Monthly Archives: June 2012

Tuesday night – finite energy

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You know, I always have felt that I have had infinite energy when I needed it.. but today I’m not so sure.. I had so much packed in to the day.. but I just didn’t seem to gether the energy required for any of it. I had a bunch of touch.g but interested work meetings.. and interesting lunch meeting with the city of Burlington on open data,

a  retirement party and more meetings.. then a show in the evening. I needed to really kick butt today in all of those things.. but I just wasn’t feeling.it.. do you have days like that ?

 

At least I got to meet the kids at the GIV Games program. I did a show for them.. it’s always fun meeting smart kids this age..


ok.. nearly 2am and I need to sleep..
more tomorrow.. if I can muster the energy
-nite all, nite sam
-me

 

 

 

Monday night – dents

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It’s funny what can bring back a memory. I worked from 8 to 6 today with only a 15 minute brake, it wasn’t a bad day.. Just a busy day. When I stood up finally at 5:50 I realized I had time to make dianes Monday night yoga class. Usually I skip Monday and take her meditative Tuesday night class. The Monday class has too many down dogs for my liking.. Still , I was feeling a bit stiff from my date with scythe yesterday so I spread out my mat and started to bend.. I always set up in the back of the room so I have the walls for company and a window to stare out during the parts I space out on… Today we were doing some sort of floor move when I caught site of the dents in the floor. Well, not in the floor actually, they were in this black foam mat that covers the back quarter of the floor. We got that mat to protect the floor from Sam’s band practices . They would always set up the drums, mikes and amps on those mats.. The thousand of tiny dents in the mat each correspond to a mike stand or a cymbal or a drum…

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I don’t know what I was supposed to be doing.. But I just lay there and stared at those dents. I ran my hand over them trying to remember the sound of those bands.. Usually metal .. High speed drums, shouted lyrics… Loud , angry and really fun. Sam was in his element whien playing whether it was drums.. His usual.. Or bass or guitar. I actually started crying a little as I tried to grab my left foot with my right hand in some sort of contortion we were doing …
The moment past land we we standing agin.. But part of my day is till there laying on the floor up there

Nite all, nite Sam
-me

Sunday night – grin reaper

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Somehow I managed to sleep until almost 9:30 today… i can’t remember the last time that happened. I remember Diane getting out of bed around 6, .. the next thing I know it’s mid morning and there’s a yummy fruit smoothy sitting next to my bed (I know I married the right girl 🙂

i woke up realizing that I had nothing at all planned for the day.. always a rare pleasure. I decided that I’d spend the day doing some trail maintenance on the Rivershore trail we run on most days. The foliage is getting high and it’s a pain to run to in the mornings when it’s wet. John H. down the street had offered us his scythe .. so after breakfast.. Diane , and I took the girls and headed down the trail…   Here’s me as the not so grim reaper…

I also borrowed George and Jane’s weedwacker for the tougher parts.. The medieval approach is far more satisfying .

I spent about 3 very peaceful and mindless hours swinging that blade… pure bliss….

 

 

The rest of the day was very peaceful… we had many friends drop by for one reason or another.. Lots of folks borrowing intertubes to float the river… .. but the river is so low.. lots of paddling required

ahh.. I hear it raining.. that’s great…. we need it so badly…

ok.. all for today.. more tomorrow

nite all, nite sam

-me

Saturday night – deprogramming

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I just realized that I spent the whole day not thinking about work. I was not thinking about work when I woke up.. I was not thinking about work when Diane and I went for a hike.. I was not thinking about work on the long drive over to Homers and pack, nor was I thinking about work while we worked on a contraption we’re developing..  I was not thinking about work through dinner.. or when Ian and his freinds stopped by. In fact I was not thinking about work until about 5 minutes ago when I sat down to write this.. That may not sound like a big deal.. but for someone who’s usually obsessing about work.. it is..

The big accomplishment for the day was going for a hike. Diane and I were determined to spend time outside today. For me, it was all about the weather.. the heat had broken last night. and it’s ow cool and dry.. By the time we drove the 4 or so miles to the bolton notch trailhead of the long trail, the temperature had dropped into the low 60’s.. A full 30 degrees cooler than it had been just 2 days before.

 

We love this hike.. I think it’s about 4 miles of up and down through fairly covered trail. There are some good lookouts over camels hump about a third the way in and a beautiful beaver pond.

We stopped at duck brook shelter to give the dogs a rest and drop off a samstone.

Right after the shelter we ran into our friends and neighbors  Veronique and Matt and their dog Toby. They were planning a quick up and downjusst to Duck Brook and back, but Diane had the great idea of giving them our car key and letting them hike the same thing we’d just done in reverse. It gave them a chance to see the really nice parts of the trail beyond the shelter.. and it allowed us to get our car back here .. everybody made out.. they loves the hike.

Later in the day I went over to homers to work on a long term project we’re doing. While there he tried to convince me to join him in forming a team for the 72 hour redbull create competition in July.. It looks pretty cool. I’ll have to think about that…

but I won’t think about that until tomorrow..

 

All for now..

 

nite all, nite sam

-me