Little Victories

Things are really looking spiffy. It's fun browsing around, thank you, cyn!

 

I've lived here in the Phoenix area now 14 months. I only drive on the highways at most a couple times a week, always too anxious about getting lost to put anything on the radio for fear of possibly missing a cue from the navigator. Today I felt confident enough to play tunes over my 50-mile round trip (there was even singing). Milestone.

 

Talk about traffic, it's "season" here in S. FL, Ft Lauderdale...the traffic on Federal Highway (US 1 to you) is like a wall....I needed some small items from Trader Joes, it's "almost" walking distance from the house....but....anyway I beat the traffic with a few shortcuts....(lots of turns and side streets)...now I'm in for the weekend!

 

I know that the editing is the hardest part but congratulations on the completion.

 

It's been years since my wife slept in our bed (she prefers the living room couch) but it just hit me that it IS pretty damn comfortable sleeping in a large bed without having to share covers.



You have to take the perks where you find them, people!

 

An errant beeping car alarm just shut itself off... finally.

 

The back porch bug zapper that arrived this afternoon just made its first kill.

I hope it was a mosquito.

 

Got up today with little to no pain after doing some serious gardening (transplanting bushes and such from an aunt's house to ours) yesterday afternoon.

 

Get up just about 6 every morning, feed the dogs, let them out in the patio, make coffee, 2 Ibuprofen, good to go, back to bed for an hour or so, ....(not bad for 85)

 

Got two beers gifted to me this evening by two good friends.

 

I STAYED HOME ALL DAY....NO SHIT FROM ANYBODY.... GREAT DAY...

 

made every light on the way to work this morning

 

One of said friends, a former coworker I haven't seen in probably four years, rubbed my freshly buzzed head, and it made me very happy.

 

Did NOT blow off my workout last night. WOOT! WOOT!

 

Pushed through possible knee pain to do my treadmill today. Took it easy and successfully did the full time. Back's a bit wonky, but, I'm a fat dude so that's not too unexpected, especially considering the amount of yard work we did. Lots of bending and twisting. Week 4 started.

 

Today started out with some shit (literally, stepped in dog shit when I was arriving to work) and got progressively worse. But my new lens came today, which was cause for joy and a smile.

And I picked up my violin to practice for the first time in seven months. Not only had my violin not exploded during my hiatus from it, the playing itself didn’t hurt as might as I thought it would.