Hey There! It's 8:30 AM EST. It's 29°F, mostly cloudy with streaks of sun. Snow is forecast for the weekend.
I've been a little depressed these past two days as I have begun a project to winnow down my news feeds. I've decided I receive more news than I consume in a week, so I am trying a new tactic - reading only what I need to know. We'll see how that works out.
Yesterday was what is becoming to be a routine day. I did my usual morning routine of coffee and some news. DW made a breakfast of eggs and sausage. Then I took her to PT. She had the time wrong on her calendar, and they actually called her to see why she hadn't shown up. So we made a beeline for the building. I cleaned myself up and overlooked my project while she was away.
My senior tech student called to cancel and re-schedule for next week, so I decided to get a start on our holiday newsletter. While I enjoy doing it, it is also a sore point, because everyone is very fussy about what goes in it. No one really trusts what I write, and everyone has to approve it before it goes out. That makes the process more tedious and long. I think this will be the last year I do this.
I took a nap, and then I resumed looking at my newsletter situation. Dinner was a little later in the evening, but worth the wait - steak tips in sauce with mushrooms and egg noodles, and a salad. The evening was spent catching up with the Ashes. Australia now leads with something like 20 runs going into Day 3, and they are still at bat, down 6 wickets. I'm trying hard not to see the scorecard, so if the information here is not quite accurate, it's because I'm not researching the information, just going by approximate memory.
I'm feeling the repetition of days a bit more strongly, which may also be leading to some depression. I can't say I'm utterly depressed. Maybe I'm just bored. I cannot at times shake the feeling that my life is over, but living is not. I am actually more concerned with things outside my control - that is what depresses me the most. There is little action or pushback in the world against the authoritarian trends taking shape everywhere, and that worries me. But it's not my problem to solve. It's the work of younger people, and they don't seem too concerned about doing anything about it. That is - depressing.
Notable Deaths: D.L. Coburn, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Gin Game, 89.
'Til We Meet Again!