1. I had a fun morning when I left to go to work one day. I had a mini heart attack when I noticed my back right tire was virtually flat. It was going to be a terrible inconvenience. I went over and pushed on the tire to see how flat it was. The tire felt firm. I decided to take a risk and drive to a Cumberland Farms on my way to work to put air in it. Then I’d let the chips fall where they may. I got to Cumby’s, pulled in front of the air pump, and stepped out. The tire was fully inflated. What? Well, it turned out that I had parked on a raised area of dirt that only made the tire look flat until I moved. Yes, I felt pretty dumb, but I’ll take dumb over yet another nail in one of my tires.
2. At my work, we got a new piece of equipment. It is called Emsella and it is for pelvic floor strengthening. Think about the muscles you need to hold in your pee. Anyway, it uses electromagnetic energy to contract those muscles rapidly and repeatedly. It is several thousand contractions in a half hour. Another great benefit is when you sit on the special chair is that it can work on other muscles. For me I have had what’s known as ‘glute amnesia’ on my right side for years since I got injured running. Emsella with its electromagnetic energy, immediately solved my glute amnesia. It was after only a couple of minutes my right glute was exhausted because it has trouble getting activated. This means that hopefully, with some more sessions, I’ll have strong glutes again that will get me closer to the runner I used to be.
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3. A little old lady, someone that my sister Kate knows, made it a point to tell me how adorable I was at the gym the other day. Ego boosts are always welcome. Getting called adorable happens less and less often as you age, that is until you get up close to 90. Then you get called adorable as much as you did when you were a baby. Bonus points if you’re a married couple over 90, then the ‘adorables’ rain down on you like Niagara Falls.
4. There’s no better way to start the day than making a drink in a Blender Bottle, popping open my laptop, sitting down in my comfy chair, and immediately spilling said drink on my shirt. Helpful hint: make sure the top is *firmly* screwed on before taking a sip. 2 minutes into the day, nice. Oh well, on the bright side, it was laundry day so the shirt was going to be washed anyway.
5. I am torn. For so long, I would buy wired headphones to use at the gym or while running. These were usually cheapo ones since they’d break or short-circuit pretty quickly, almost routinely. Why waste money right? Flash forward. I bought a nice pair of over-ear headphones in 2018. I think they cost me $35, a big step up from the $6.99 ones I’d get at Marshall’s. These have worked great and are still functional. That being said, they are showing their signs of wear. The padding is stripping away, and parts are noticeably looser, but they still work. So my dilemma is do I chuck these even though they still work and get a new pair, or do I run them into the ground as they slowly get worn out? I’m hesitant because there’s no guarantee the next pair of headphones I get will work as well as my current ones.
6. Maybe it’s recency bias but it feels like this has been one of the worst starts to spring that I can remember. It has been cloudy, rainy, and/or foggy seemingly 90% of the time over the last 4-5 weeks. No wonder I don’t want to do anything but sit around. If it’s low 40’s and drizzle everyday there’s nothing else to do but stay inside and eat bad foods, which is another problem in and or itself.
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| How it's looked all spring |
7. I am still trying to perfect being able to keep up the hustle and grinding away at my dreams while also having time to relax and enjoy life. I have been in this constant content creation loop since I quit alcohol 4 ½ years ago. I did it at first to keep my mind off of booze, but now it’s almost like a reflex. Part of me feels that if I keep pushing out new podcasts, videos, blogs, etc, that eventually it’ll pay off. But another part of me feels like if all I am doing is working nonstop on lockdown, I am letting life go by, and you don’t get the time back.
8. Even though we’re not quite a month into spring, my mind is on summer. I need to get on planning my vacation. On one hand, I’d love to go back to the amazing Pemi Cabins in northern New Hampshire. I’d also like to visit my friend Shayna in Central Maine. Then again, I want another chance to hike in the Hoosac Tunnel and get some sick long-exposure photos. Or maybe I go back in time and do a road trip race like the old days? I feel like I can probably do 2 of those 4 things but not all. Luckily, I plan on vacationing in late July or early August so I have time to think.
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| Do I go back to New Hampshire? |
9. I know the stove is hot. I know touching it will lead to a burn. I know I should leave the stove alone, or at least shut it off. But part of me is curious if this time the stove won’t burn me, or maybe I’ve grown enough of a callous that it won’t hurt. In this case obviously, I’m not speaking of a stove; I’m speaking of a situation that I’ve seen play out enough but sadly, I am a hopeless optimist.
10. I am at the point in my life where I am there for anyone who needs me, family and friends. I am also at the point where if someone needs me, they have to reach out and ask. My days of being proactive are pretty much through. I used to feel guilty about not staying in touch or checking in on people. Then I realized that every phone number and email can work two ways, so everyone I feel guilty about also is not bothering to reach out to me.
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