Hey There! It's 6:54 AM EDT, 57°F, Humidity 67%, Wind 11 mph S, cloudy
I'm up early this morning because DW is having a consultation this morning for her upcoming ablation, and we have to go to Big City to have it done. It's at 9:30 AM, so we're already moving about and getting ready to go.
Yesterday I started the summer's big project. I took a walk yesterday morning, keeping it short at 1.5 miles because I didn't want to fatigue myself. Getting exercise is never a mistake, but sometimes, at my age, it seems like you can overdo it and wear yourself out faster and take longer to recover. That is something that I find frustrating about aging, the gradual wearing down of endurance. I wish it were possible to have more than I do, and I imagine it is, but I am not willing to go that extra mile I presume you have to go to obtain it. Then your life becomes about nothing but maintaining your endurance. It consumes you, and I don't want anything to consume me these days.
Son2 chatted me up in the morning about buying a house, and he's spoken to a realtor about what it would take to buy one. He showed me a workup that an AI had prepared for him, and to me the size of the numbers are staggering. But he seems in line with being able to afford one, especially because he has little debt other than the new car he just bought, and he doesn't have a family. The numbers look so huge to me. In 1988 I bought the house I'm still in for $59K. Now he says he's in a position to afford a house costing $375K. It's hard for me to process those numbers, as in my day those were millionaire numbers. He's doing well, I guess.
I took a shower after breakfast and then prepared the bag I'll be using day-to-day for the project. I haven't had anything like an office briefcase in years, so thinking about what to put into the bag took a moment or two. Not much is needed: pencils, pens, snacks, water bottle, small notebook. If the project binder weren't so big I wouldn't really need a bag. No computer necessary. Simple enough. I tried three bags, and the old backpack still came out the winner. Usually it's the water bottle that's the problem. The bag has to have a secure place for the water bottle as well as enough space for the project binder. Backpacks usually make all the requirements work.
I got to the location and put the EV on the charger. 27 cents per kW. I went over to the bank to get some cash while the car charged. The machine was out of order, so I had to go into the bank. By the time I got out the machine was back in service. I walked back to the car, waited a few more minutes for the battery to get to 90%, and stopped the charger. 80 cents was the cost to re-charge. This is going to be the process, I believe - leave home fully charged, charge in town, go to work, and come home and charge again overnight. It should work out well.
We spent a couple of hours reading over the project. Nothing fancy or out of the ordinary. I got home about 5:30 PM. DW had a dinner of baked zucchini boats with sausage and a salad. No ball game last night, as the team was off. I can't tell you I did anything spectacular after dinner. I was tired, and during the work session I felt like taking a nap. It actually was hard to remain awake. I wanted to go to bed by about 9:00, but I kept myself up with YouTube videos, none of any consequence. I went to bed at 10:10 PM, since I also knew I had to get up early today.
'Til We Meet Again!