I had a bit of trouble falling asleep last night. And then I woke up around 4 and had trouble falling back asleep. With the rain coming in overnight, I was able to leave my windows open all night. The ones with screens, and the ones that I can easily reach. I don’t open the windows in the kitchen because they’re too hard for me to reach. And my bedroom windows don’t have screens. I need to rectify that.
I still went for a run, even though I was short on sleep and it was raining outside. My pace is still slower than I thought I could possibly run. I wore a poncho to stay dry-ish and didn’t wear the leather running shoes. My calves just start to burn so fast and they don’t calm down. I’m not sure what to do about that. I skipped the plant-watering portion of my new morning routine and went straight to the calisthenics. Then I did some simple Move U exercises because I didn’t have the motivation to do more.
My Xbox One has been giving me issues. It won’t play most discs, so I had to buy a DVD/blu ray player to be able to watch movies. Now it won’t initialize some games and apps. There’s a sequel coming out for this game, Hollow Knight, so I want to play that game again and it just won’t start up. Neither will Prime Video. I can access Prime through my Roku, but not the game. I tried a console factory reset this evening and it still won’t work.
Work was busy. I got several little projects completed and had meetings for most of the afternoon. I’m continuing to be pleased with my newest direct report. She’s putting in the effort, and I appreciate that so much.
After work, I drove to Midvale to check out the farmers market. At first, I thought no one at all had showed up, but when I got closer I saw there was one table. Two young women were selling baked goods. As much as I wanted a pie, I went with a single cinnamon roll. I’m thinking of having it with coffee tomorrow. A nice big cup of black decaf, mmm. I won’t be able to go there for another three weeks with other things that I’ve got going on. I hope it’s still going on the 17th. And that the woman I bought the granola from is there so I can turn in my jars.
I listened to music on the drive, and sang. I’ve been able to do that more recently. For a while, I didn’t really sing, especially in the car, because singing in the car would make me cry and that’s not safe. But I made it almost all the way home before “Doll Parts” by Hole came on and for some reason that song got me crying. I’m glad I’m able to sing more now, because I need that voice to be in shape for choir. I’m looking forward to seeing everyone on a regular basis and creating beautiful music. There might be a flute duet this year with one of my neighbors who also plays.
Photos from a year ago are starting to pop up again on my “on this day” feature from One Drive. A year ago today, we picked up Ambrose’s ashes. And I began to wear the ash keeper. That was the only photo from today. Just that necklace around my neck. Soon there will be photos of my month in Chicago.
I want to get some writing done this weekend. Maybe that should take precedence over hiking. Maybe I’ll just find a place to camp out and write and relax. Give my calves a break before the trip with Sally. I could stick closer to home. I’ve been thinking of Black Lake, where Ambrose and I tried to spend Memorial Day in 2024. There was too much snow on the road at that time of year to reach it. But will it be crowded? Will I be able to make the drive? Apparently there’s a $10 per night fee to camp there, so I should be able to make the drive. Yeah. I’m thinking that might be the better option. I can go out to Bellevue for Peruvian food on my birthday weekend. When it won’t be hard to find camping – just hard to stay warm. And I can do Newman Peak some other time.
