Cool again, low 50s? and then warming a bit. Yesterday was beautiful. Sunny, cool, and not raining. I’m hoping for the same today.

I didn’t get anything at all done in the morning. After taking the kid to school, I came home and crashed out at my desk. Woke up 4 hours later. Too little sleep, and too many carbs, and I was out.

In the afternoon, I did some smaller things from pretty far down the list. I had to move some stuff that had been sitting in the foyer and living room, so I decided to just install it where it belonged. Of course that wasn’t completely straightforward… and took more time than I’d hoped. Ran out of daylight and that was that.

So today I get to finish that job (replacing a camera on the roof) and then do the other stuff on the list. With the added short list of stuff I need to do to get ready for the Hamfest. I’m really not feeling it this year, but I’ve got stuff to sell, and the Hamfest is the easiest way.

I’m even taking a look at my test bench to see if I can reduce it some more. Sold several pieces last year, and haven’t even powered on most of what’s sitting there in years. I have to wonder if I’ll ever learn enough about fixing radios to get any real use out of the radio test set… Maybe the compromise is take it, and see if I can get a good price. I don’t want to give it away just to get rid of it. On the other hand, someone else could use it to fix radios and get them back into circulation. I’m less likely to do that with every passing day.

I get ‘enthusiasms’ and then don’t have the time to pursue them at the level I was hoping to. I’m better at managing that now than I was, but I’ve got the legacy of that sitting on my bench and in my workshop. Some of you guys here give me hope that I WILL get to it at some point, but maybe I need to concentrate a bit more on actual doable stuff…

Feeling a bit introspective I guess with my 20 year wedding anniversary and 59th birthday both coming up in the next couple of months.

Anyway, I’ve stacked some stuff that I think I might never really learn to use, and that (unlike medical supplies) I’m unlikely to be able to provide to someone that could help me because I have it. Re-thinking and re-evaluating as your circumstances change is part of prepping. Maybe time for me to do some of that…

And then I can stack something useful.

nick

Cool and not so wet this morning. It rained buckets yesterday, but then the front moved in and dried everything up. Stayed just under 70F all day too. Really nice to drive around with the windows down. It was crazy gusty though. Lots of debris falling from trees, including in my yard.

I did mostly domestic bliss in the morning, since it was raining cats and dogs for part of the day. I cut my hair, did some computer work, and knocked off a few little things that had piled up until I had time to do them. I actually got stuff done. Not big stuff, but stuff. I made the appointment to pickup my rental trailer for the Hamfest too.

After that I got out of the house and did a very uneconomical pickup. Wasn’t much stuff. Wasn’t high value. Was far away. I couldn’t combine trips, and it’s an auctioneer I like so I didn’t want to blow it off or leave it for another week. Had a good chat with him, so that part was nice. And the weather was actually good for the drive. Except the wind. That sucked balls. I watched it blow a garbage truck out of his lane on the freeway. Good thing traffic was weirdly light.

Did my Tues/Thur kid taxi stuff with the extra bonus of dropping the wife’s car at the shop. “weird” crunching noises coming from the front end… I think that sounds expensive. D1 may not be getting mom’s old ride when mom upgrades. Chinese takeout for dinner.

I forgot to mention that the day before I tried a beef “shoulder roast” in the oven. I’m not sure what it’s normally cut as or sold as. It’s clearly a cheaper cut, with fairly coarse grain running all different ways, but like the sirloin, it was plenty tasty. If you pay attention slicing it, it’s not even chewy or hard to cut. It was on sale so I thought I’d give it a try. The stores are really trying to make sure people can get something close to the before times, for what money they have available. Sometimes that is a cut that isn’t normally sold that way, or sometimes it’s slicing a steak in half so you get two servings that look like a whole steak… sometimes it’s selling 70/30 hamburger instead of leaner blends (a false economy since you drain the fat away.)

My wife pointed out that I’m way behind on planting a garden. IDK about that, but I do have volunteer collards off my 3 year old plants. I cut everything back severely in the Fall, and now I have two or three healthy looking plants. I may just do a “scatter and rake” seeding and see what happens in the raised beds. Should be ok for herbs anyway.

Too much to do, to little drive to get it all done. Small victories are still victories.

Stack. Improve. Work.

nick

Cool, but warming. Mornings have been cool, 50s and 60s, but later it’s been low 70s and Saturday wasn’t an exception. Humidity was a bit high though so it was bordering on uncomfortable without a breeze. Today should be more of the same.

Spent Saturday morning in bed. Brain felt good when I got up, but my back was hurting. Some extra stretches made that better, but man, my torso hurts. Maybe from the stress test? I was leaning back, holding on to the treadmill, and none of that was normal body mechanics for me… dunno, but it keeps tweeking me.

Anyway, eventually got out of the house and did my pickups. Had D1 drive me around so she could get practice and coaching. I hope she’s getting the feeling that maybe she isn’t as good as she thinks she is and that maybe some more practice is a good thing. She’s WAY overconfident for her actual skill level. Lots of crazy drivers out and about.

I also went to my storage units and moved some stuff around. I misplaced my keys and haven’t been able to get in my units for a couple of weeks. Found them yesterday in my truck.

Spent some time on relationship maintenance with my wife later in the day. Went for a walk with the dog. Chatted a bit. Don’t forget your loved ones.

TODAY I’ll be doing some of the stuff I didn’t do yesterday, starting with getting out of bed earlier…

Really, I will……………………………………………..try anyway…

Stack something.
nick