Cool and clear, possibility of rain but clearing later. So we’ll see what happens. Yesterday was so nice I sat out for an hour and contemplated the world. Sunny and clear, with light variable breezes, just beautiful.
Of course, I spent a fair amount of time indoors first. I fell down a rabbit hole moving stuff to the attic, moving stuff IN the attic, looking in some boxes I haven’t looked at in a while in the attic, and generally messing around in the attic. I also did some sorting and organizing.
Went outside, noticed that the pond pump was barely circulating the water. Spent some time cleaning the filters, and scooping out a bunch of muck from the bottom of the pond. Fish was happier afterwards. The fountain makes a soothing sound, the weather was great, and the seating was comfortable. So I spent a bit of time smelling roses, so to speak.
Then I noticed that the automatic fish feeder that wasn’t working was driven by a simple quartz clock. THAT led to some repair work that involved files, nippers, and combining 3 clock movements to get it going again. Not high on the priority list, but a satisfying fix and one that my wife will actually appreciate every day since manually feeding the fish was her task. Sometimes a distraction is exactly what is called for.
Today I have a bunch of things to pick up. They are scattered around town, so I’ll have to make a big loop. I’ll have time to do more cleaning here first as none of them open before 10 am, and I have to wait even longer than that because of who opens when, and what order for the pickups makes the most sense. And since I’ll be in the neighborhood, I’ll try to stop at Microcenter. I need some resin for the 3D printer, and they are giving out 128Gig flash drives. The store is very inconveniently located because of the intersecting expressways, and how the offramps work. The whole area is also under construction as they re-do how those roads all come together. Not a fun area to drive in at the best of times.
The day will culminate in the kids’ play at school, which means I’ll be heading to the BOL Saturday morning, instead of Friday afternoon. I’ve got to get up there this weekend both to deliver all the cr@p that is piled up in my living room, and to make sure we are ready for guests NEXT weekend. Plus I get anxious when I haven’t been there in a while.
So much stuff to do, so many things to stack. So not motivated for the last few weeks…
Stack it up, buttercup. Hard times are here and getting worse. Gotta bring your A game.
nick