{"id":13063,"date":"2023-03-20T18:09:14","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T01:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ericallen.x10host.com\/?p=13063"},"modified":"2023-03-20T18:09:15","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T01:09:15","slug":"if-its-spring-then-why-the-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericallen.x10host.com\/?p=13063","title":{"rendered":"If it&#8217;s Spring, then why the snow?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-background has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#75edf0\"><strong>Please <a href=\"https:\/\/paypal.me\/ericmathewallen?country.x=US&amp;locale.x=en_US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">tip the writer<\/a>. Whatever amount you like-every little bit helps, and I&#8217;ll do a shoutout. We are always short of cash, especially with a big mortgage. Let me know if you or someone you know needs web design\/development-my rates aren&#8217;t bad, and I&#8217;m more than pretty good at it. Java\/database\/AWS\/UI too. ThankYouVeryMuch!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I know the answer to that&#8230; Pretty much rolling along other than the odd weather, and a lack of ca$h. Tip, please! The wider world is pretty messy, and I&#8217;m disliking some of it. Other stuff I do like, though. Pretty generic sentiment, that&#8230; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HQJvAdLx3tk\" target=\"_blank\">Something&#8217;s coming<\/a>? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j4pm8qzWwE8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">This <\/a>is, though, to Portland! And I didn&#8217;t know <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0UeTxoh-_74\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this<\/a> existed until <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7dhvt3ZJbTI&amp;list=PL0RNmJPHxmg8qteUqviUdsuBAEM0UnEKC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">last week<\/a>! <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/community\/2023\/03\/cruiser-pelted-with-several-bottles-at-large-underage-party-hunting-valley-police-blotter.html\" target=\"_blank\">This<\/a> is fun, though, and I know that area well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sunday night- time for bed.  Pretty quiet weekend.  Gym Friday, shop Saturday, Salem to school for a thing early. Picked up Colin in the evening.  Slept in Sunday, vacuum, put grippy tape on the dining room rug, workout-dropped the intensity a bit. Watched The Last of Us with Salem, Battlebots by myself, Wartime Farm with Erika. Salem has a sore throat, as does Colin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tuesday morning (2\/7). Working. Quiet day yesterday. Wednesday afternoon. Lunch time. Good workout last night-lowering the intensity so I don&#8217;t overtrain. Last minute prod change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Friday afternoon, 2\/17. Long weekend ahead. We are so out of cash. At least the house and the car are paid for this month. Pretty quiet for the last week-ferrying Salem back and forth-they&#8217;re doing stagehand stuff. Erika got a bout of diverticulitis-she hates going on a liquid diet. Did a change of pace cardio-rowing. I&#8217;m going back to run\/hiit\/alternate row-stair-bike-elliptical for the week. Prolly start on Darden&#8217;s too, if I can find someone to push for negative day. Not much else-got a bunch of books from the libe, lots of prod issues this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tuesday morning, 2\/21. Lovely day, going to be cold and snowy this week. Yesterday was a holiday-President&#8217;s Day. Right now, the only president I want to celebrate is Jimmy Carter. He&#8217;s in hospice. That man was a good egg. Pretty quiet weekend-blew the leaves off the front and back porches, moved the shitty grill off the back porch, cut the dead fronds from a perennial, vacuumed, put up a curtain rail on the back door, worked out. Got a new Fitbit-it has a heart rate monitor, so I&#8217;m back to fulltime Fitbit. Lost 4 pounds since the end of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wednesday, noon. It snowed a little, didn&#8217;t stick. Not much else-good workout last night. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8601842953\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Elliptical<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8602012799\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">negatives<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Feric.m.allen%2Fvideos%2F1276455502905914%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saturday afternoon (2\/25). Pretty quiet-it&#8217;s still quite cold, they say more snow is coming. Salem is working the play this afternoon. Worked out early yesterday-didn&#8217;t want to get caught in icy conditions. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8616599375\" target=\"_blank\">Run <\/a>and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8617010348\" target=\"_blank\">Basic Routine 1<\/a>. Not much else-need to clean the bathroom today. Got <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.natureoforder.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Nature of Order<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Monday morning. In meeting #2. Now out  of meeting #3. Pretty mellow\/quiet. Need to get stuff done. Got the bathroom cleaned, vacuumed. Fun picking up Colin on Sat. night&#8230; Worked out last night-<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8628810627\" target=\"_blank\">intervals <\/a>&amp; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8628979592\" target=\"_blank\">BR2<\/a>. Late to pick Colin up from work. Found a way to make t&#8217;ai chi take a half hour, and mucked up the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thursday afternoon. Paid a bunch of bills, and got the power bill. About the same as last month. Good workout Tuesday-<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8639656664\" target=\"_blank\">cycling<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8639852559\" target=\"_blank\">NR2<\/a>-not many negatives I can do, but the bike is good-pretty close to a road one-narrow saddle, road-ish handles, the cool screen with stats and course segments-did a couple in France and one across the Astoria bridge. Was able to do a half-hour at level 4, interspersed with a few level bumps. My butt was a bit sore afterwards, but fine the next day. I&#8217;m much more of a cyclist than a runner&#8230;though skiing and tennis are really what I&#8217;m good at. Gamelan last night was 4 of us plus the kids. Learned another flower on bonang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saturday afternoon (3\/4). Hanging out-Erika banged her hand with a mallet yesterday, so we\u2019re going to get it x-rayed. Took Salem to school for the play-they\u2019re doing tech this time. Decent workout yesterday-<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8655525764\" target=\"_blank\">run<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8655659102\" target=\"_blank\">BR1<\/a>. A little short of breath, but everything else was fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Monday morning (3\/13) A week has disappeared. Not much happened, a bunch of workouts (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8667841897\" target=\"_blank\">3<\/a>\/<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8668102849\" target=\"_blank\">5<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8678797009\" target=\"_blank\">3<\/a>\/<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8678948591\" target=\"_blank\">7<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8693708023\" target=\"_blank\">3<\/a>\/<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8694021525\" target=\"_blank\">10<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8705111602\" target=\"_blank\">3<\/a>\/<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8705407375\" target=\"_blank\">12<\/a>), gamelan, ran around Saturday, work, production outages, Salem got a singing part, ferried them around, snow. Watched a pioneer challenge, battlebots. Put up a curtain rail on our closet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next Monday afternoon (3\/20). Getting ready to end work, and this post. Another week, more workouts (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8716209385\" target=\"_blank\">3<\/a>\/<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8716405121\" target=\"_blank\">14<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8732124252\" target=\"_blank\">3<\/a>\/<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8732382056\" target=\"_blank\">17<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8744231756\" target=\"_blank\">3<\/a>\/<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8744389122\" target=\"_blank\">19<\/a>). We are completely out of money, and not paying bills on time. Oh well, I knew this day would come. Tried for a thing Wednesday, gamelan, nothing on St. Pat&#8217;s. Got a bunch of yard work done on Saturday-it was lovely. Cleared out a bunch of blackberries, cut down a bunch of holly. More holly to come-it&#8217;s all over our yard. My arms are all scratched up. Church yesterday-we&#8217;re finally official members, put down a run stopper thing, had to postpone the thing again-maybe Weds. Got a tetanus shot. Not much else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Page 23, sentence 5: \u201cThere <em>is<\/em> no right way to live on the land.\u201d <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0374222886\" target=\"_blank\">No Impact Man<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know the answer to that&#8230; Pretty much rolling along other than the odd weather, and a lack of ca$h. Tip, please! The wider world is pretty messy, and I&#8217;m disliking some of it. Other stuff I do like, though. Pretty generic sentiment, that&#8230; Something&#8217;s coming? This is, though, to Portland! And I didn&#8217;t know &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ericallen.x10host.com\/?p=13063\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;If it&#8217;s Spring, then why the snow?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericallen.x10host.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericallen.x10host.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericallen.x10host.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericallen.x10host.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericallen.x10host.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13063"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/ericallen.x10host.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13178,"href":"https:\/\/ericallen.x10host.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13063\/revisions\/13178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericallen.x10host.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericallen.x10host.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericallen.x10host.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}