I had a slow start this morning. I skipped breakfast because I wasn’t hungry yet after a weekend of feasting. I skipped showering because I just didn’t feel like showering.
Getting back to work after the long weekend wasn’t too bad. I got decent work done today. I’m working on a query that’s kind of urgent. Once I figure out how to do one piece, I’ll be able to iterate so it shouldn’t take too long once I get that next piece done.
I was going to mow after work, but I decided against it due to the weather. It’s been howlingly windy most of the day, and the clouds have been low and threatening all evening. No rain yet, but it feels like a matter of time. The clouds are blocking my views of the mountains.
I’m thinking about going for a run in the morning. I would love to just go to a CrossFit class, but that’s impossible. Even if I got up on time to drive the hour to the nearest box, I don’t think they have a class earlier than 6, and if the class ends at 7, I wouldn’t have enough time to drive home and be ready for work. Even if they had a 5:30 am class, I don’t think I could make it work. And, yes, technically I could do CrossFit at home, but I only have two 20 lb dumbbells. It’s not the same.
I had a bit of a crying freakout on the phone today. The eye doctor place informed me that my vision benefit only includes new frames every other year, and so even though I last got new frames in September 2024, it hasn’t been long enough yet. I’d have to wait until July to use my frame benefit again. It’s not a huge deal, but it felt like a huge deal. I wouldn’t have needed a new prescription so badly if I hadn’t had the retinal detachment, and I truly believe I wouldn’t have had the retinal detachment if Ambrose had been alive. Because instead of getting my head conked on the economy lot shuttle, he would have picked me up from the airport.
Over the weekend, I didn’t find the spot that I wanted. And the road I was on gets pretty rough not far past that spot. But last year, I drove the whole loop back to 71 on that rough, rough road. And I knew that I could make it. I knew that there were other options and I just had to fine a site. And I though about how I might not have found the great site that I did if I hadn’t chosen to explore on the way home last year. The rough road might have put me off.
I played guitar a little bit today. My hand remembered the C and the E minor, though not without a looking. I have yet to develop the ability to find a chord with my hand without looking. I think the flute key positions are easier to learn because you don’t have to move your hands at all.
Hot springs tomorrow. Time to pay for the annual pass again. I’m still enjoying my weekly sojourns.