In some swamp in Florida, it’s a science park. Try to feed an animal with an orange, another takes it. Chase them down, they drop it, get it and go back to the center. Walk to another exhibit, look around, go to the next one. There’s storage and a case of stuff too buy . Want a waterproof lunch/storage thing.
October 8th, 2021
Matt finds my destroyed guitar. It’s in pieces and there are stickers and paint and all the hardware is gone.
Listen to the sheriff get interviewed by a deputy at church. He’s saying all sorts of stuff and the deputy is asking pointed questions.
Go under a desk to sleep, play. Go back and start cleaning up my guitar.
October 7th, 2021
At gamelan, playing a new piece with Western instruments too. Not many playing, but I look at the sheet and it’s hard to decipher. Finally get it and the slide bit comes in at the gong. Mindy comments on it being the wrong place and I go over to look at the music again.
October 5th, 2021
Going out, visit the Kucera’s to see if they want to go. The place is a mess and I gut upset and leave. Drive around, come back and the place is clean and we go in.
At school, have to get to math class. Girl says I’m on the wrong bus. Get off and walk to the class. It’s just getting out-I look in the room then leave. Start back to my room-across a field, past some frisbee players, up a hill. Go through a building-it’s very crowded, and I think about how I’m an older person here. Outside, listen to someone making noise. Think about going to do that too.
October 3rd, 2021
At work, trying to get everyone in on the scrum call. 2 people are missing and the boss asks where they are. Someone else is also talking about how this needs to be updated.
September 29th, 2021
In a studio/rehearsal room. Going through setting up a sample with Lili. Get it set right, then it comes up as private when switching back and forth. Can’t get it right, so walk over and try another way. Leave and go around a field and into an alley to go to the bathroom.
September 28th, 2021
In a store, trying to buy something expensive. Go to the counter and it’s Josh Gates. I ask if I can pay part now if I show that I have the money. He helps another customer, and I go to the atm to get the account balance. It’s messed up, and I look at how long it takes to go to the last page. Go back to the counter, he says no.
September 27th, 2021
At a show, Michael Stanley comes onstage and I leave. Almost go in the stage door, walk down the hall. Get to the doors, and one way is the church, turn and leave. There a bunch of guys in the parking lot. Walk past them and go to my car-it’s in the far corner. Look for the dog, and it’s rooting around in the mud with a pig. Get in the car and the dog jumps in too-it’s filthy. Pull out and get on the road and the car start making noises. Pull into a gas station and park. The dog jumps out and runs through the garage. Follow and there are a bunch of dogs there too. Go back out and grab the dog by the collar.
Coasting along
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Another post with a longer interval-I’m losing interest a bit… no matter. Life is short of coasting along, with the ‘rona, everything seems a bit off. My dad is getting to the end. Work is tough, my wife has this rare migraine thing, but the day to day is pretty stable. I’m losing a bit of energy too, and it’s tough if I shop all day-shopping drains me a lot. Anyways, not horrible, but not great. I daydream a lot. Not sure what else to say.
Wednesday afternoon-having lunch. Cherries from the Milwaukie Market. Put together S’s bed last night-removed all the energy I needed for running, so running was unpleasant. Didn’t stop for a breather, just upped my breathing tempo. Lightened weights, sharpened form too, but missed a cloud hands in the 3rd section of a faster t’ai chi.
Saturday afternoon on the porch, it’s a lovely warm day. We have new upstairs neighbors-young kids. The former tenants left a car in their spot and it just got towed. E had a hemiplegic migraine today but caught it early so no hospital visit. Good workout last night-M came for the weights. Walked Thursday and picked blackberries along the way, more to come. Want a thing, not yet.
Sunday noon, sitting in the ER, E had another, and realized the neuro doctor wanted to see her if it happened again. So we went to OHSU. Got into a bed in the hallway and the episode ended, so we left. Whole Bowl, Woodstock market, home.
Tuesday afternoon. Time for lunch. I’m home alone, which is nice. Daydreaming about alternate pasts. I have thought about the various turning points in my life, and what would’ve happened if they had come out differently. Kind of fun. Finished up Sunday working out, and the learning disabled boy saw me going into the gym and watched me almost the whole time. Sad, that. E had a minor attack yesterday, resolved quickly. Talked to mom-she’s putting dad in a home-just can’t take care of him anymore. Just a bad situation. She’s excited that we’re coming down for Christmas.
Thursday after noon. I’ve resurrected the Morning Websites, so this is part of it. Good workout Tuesday-t’ai chi is solid, pushing a little on run and weights. Have a slightly different recording method-using Strava to get there. Went to a music thing at church last evening-some guy who was a Christian Rockstar came out-he’s doing bitty church things now. Yawn-so one-dimensional. Same 3 chords, same key, same tempo, same everything. Ok singer, if you like singer-songwriter stuff, which I don’t.
Wednesday (7/28), work is done. Pretty busy, got a few things done already this sprint. Not much this weekend. Went to night skate on Friday, was super sore but skated well. Skipped Sunday and yesterday workouts, going to go now. Not much else. S is doing roller derby camp this week. They’re super sore and tired.
Thursday after work (ish). Worked out last night, got M to do t’ai chi. Busy on work problems.
Late Friday night. Time for bed. Messes at work, went to Gaffer’s for dinner, then pie. No workout. C came over with gf-he got S from Oaks Park and fed them. I’m 60 today-woo-hoo. Don’t feel it. Had a Guinness too. House needs to get worked on. S is going to camp for the day.
Late Monday afternoon, work is done. Need to go for a walk and pick blackberries. Quiet weekend-shopping, worked out Saturday, picked up S from camp, watching random Olympic sports. E found my birthday present-works on the tab, now to check the laptop. (worked on the laptop)
Late Tuesday, all done with work. Got stuff done. Time to go to the gym. Got 250 steps in almost all day! Woo-hoo! E is going out with friends. Walked last night, got a bunch of blackberries. Not much else. Daydreaming about alternate pasts, land, things.
Wednesday, late afternoon. Running an app on a new server, waiting to see if it fails. So far so good. Got some stuff done, but not enough. Lots to do. Good workout last night-nice and slow t’ai chi-23 mins. Dr. Yang says a half-hour. Still progressing… E went out with friends and I cooked before working out. She got back about 11. Slept ok.
Tuesday the 10th. Sitting at Doernbecher taking Colin to a urology visit, because Erika is home with a hemiplegic migraine. Not much else-shopping and tidying on the weekend- had to work Saturday morning and a little on Sunday night. Olympics are over-Tour of Spain now. Going to be hot this week- girls are going to Washington for the weekend-Matt and I need to take stuff to the dump.
Gonna be hot! Wednesday noon. Good workout last night, not much else. I’m staying pretty consistent with workouts, but the Fitbit is a pain- not much battery life- the joy of binz stuff. Maybe I’ll get one off of ebay…
Monday 8/16. Busy weekend moving beds and tossing stuff. Sat-pull ours and S’s beds apart, move hers to ours, stack ours. Put together S’s new frame, put it all together. This after cleaning both areas. Sun-walk to get a van, M and I packed it, to the dump, return van, walk home. E and S were with their teacher and daughter in WA over the weekend. The moms drank a lot. Matt and I had to do all the stuff. Was very hot last week, but not so much now. Afghanistan has fallen. Played my guitar late Fri. and Sat. Worked out Fri., bagged yesterday because of all the work and walking I did.
Thursday 8/19. Jeez, that went quick. Lacking energy- should’ve worked out yesterday, didn’t. Took S to a local skate park Tuesday so no workout. Shitbit isn’t holding up. Not much else. E&S&C&J went to the Clackamas County fair.
Wednesday, 8/25. Hanging out with Salem in our bed. They’ve been sleeping in the closet the past few weeks-Colin did the same thing. Not much happening-not really motivated at work, but the house is clean. Worked out yesterday, shopping over the weekend. Walking, picking blackberries.
And here it is Labor Day weekend-I should call this. Trying to walk or run every day-work is doing a fitness challenge… Not a lot else, some a-hole upstairs dumped a bunch of smelly water on our porch, so we had to clean up and toss the carpet. School work day, shop and binz over the weekend. Got my work stuff done, mostly.
Sunday of a long weekend, it’s warm and we pulled the a/c from the bedroom. Salem is going through their stuff. I’m trying to clean the house. Up late last night. Erika had an episode this morning. Shopping yesterday-looking for a new desk and chair for Salem. Got almost all my work done-it’s in, but I need to find a way to see if it’s running and get access.
Later on, took Mathias & Salem to see Shang-Chi. I got a smoothie for wife and went shopping. Made yummy shawarma from a sauce from Cost Plus. Did laundry-couldn’t work out because no clean gear.
It’s now the end of September. (9/26) I should call this… OK, so my mom put my dad in a care place, and he promptly got sick. Sis came out- she’s retired, so it’s less of a burden. He might be getting better, but you never know. He doesn’t have ‘rona, probably pneumonia. I don’t think I’m going down-Erika keeps having episodes, and I can’t really chance it. Tried to walk more as there’s a work walk challenge-did a bit more than normal. Otherwise the usual-work, workout, shopping. Trying to stay consistent. It was tough on Friday- walked half rather than running. A couple of car crashes close by. Trying to help Colin and jasmine when we can. Finally got the house vacuumed-Salem’s stuff is everywhere. They’re having conflicts with Erika. Went to a show with Salem-their first! Not my style-acoustic folk style. Taught Salem a few self- defense moves. They’re hugging a lot. And skating some, went to roller derby camp today. Had yummy gyros for dinner.
Links/viddys-brighter side: Not so bright:
Page 23, sentence 5: “Some part was always about to fall down, and for five generations the same family, the Parslows, had been employed full time by the College as masons and scaffolders.” The Golden Compass.
September 24th, 2021
At 1023, trying to put together a kite set. There’s stuff everywhere-a bike, wheels. Part of a kite, a guy comes in with a handle and puts it on the table.
Outside, something has happened. Walk around trying to find shelter. Some girl is trying to find a theme song for the disaster. I look at the sky and My mind is blown. 3 guys come up and one said the n word. I punch him and tell him to stop. Go back up the hill and there’s ice chunks on the ground, but only on a narrow path.
In a big room, hanging out. There are spiders wandering around. One comes up to us and I shoo it away. It comes back and I let it stay. Another one comes and the first one makes it leave. A huge one comes and I walk away, then come back.
September 23rd, 2021
On the circle outside, we set up the gamelan and start playing. I look over and the gong is on the ground, but standing up. I go over and the knot has come off the bottom. The filling is gone, and I look around for sand. There’s none, so I run home and put stuff on a tray and run back.
September 22nd, 2021
At work, on an old crt, typing into an old mini.
September 21st, 2021
Sitting at a table at an awards dinner, Rita Moreno is there. Walk around, try to get a day pack to fit right-pull on the straps.
September 20th, 2021
Laura Childers has a cart with toys and hats. A small boy comes and picks out a hat. He has not much money so I lower the price. Go to his dad at a car at the curb and he pays out of a big roll of cash.
September 19th, 2021
At the circle on Cook Court, Jimmy Jadrych is in his car. Look in, then walk away.
September 4th, 2021
In Atlanta? trying to get somewhere on a bus. I ask for directions, then go to the next stop.
September 3rd, 2021
At work, trying to go through my desk. There’s a bunch of stuff. Pull out a huge file of policies, then a box with office supplies in it.
September 2nd, 2021
With a guy, driving. We need to get somewhere fast. He’s driving crazy, on the curb, the wrong way. I say he’s going to get stopped and he says no. We turn onto a bridge.
September 1st, 2021
Going to look at houses with Brian from Family Guy? Have to get the OK from the desk, walk through and up to the real estate office. Have to drive over to another building. Get stuck in the parking lot, drive out and on to the freeway. Have to cycle in the side lane with sand on it. A car passes on the right as I struggle up the incline.
August 28th, 2021
In a big room, looking under a loft bed at the desk. Turn around and look out the window.