Strategic Hump

The days started ahead of six bells. Not sure why, hoping it was an early to bed situation. After watching sports for a spell I ventured out to quietly clean part of the driveway. The part needing scraping would have to wait until everyone was awake. I probably made a few enemies as it was. I tossed the shovel back inside and struck off for a morning constitutional. It was nice, the sun being up earlier played a role, as well being up earlier myself. I got back and whipped up my normal breakfast. It was eight when I got into work and I’d already received a couple emails. I don’t succumb to their siren song, especially when I’m eating, they had to wait. I plugged away for a couple hours until the start of day two of our national meeting. It was solid content coming across but not much I hadn’t heard before. I think they wanted a chance to bring the group together in some fashion. We’ll see how well it worked. I was getting hungry after noon and saw that lunch was going to be on mountain time today. I noped that pretty quick and hustled down to the kitchen during a break. I warmed up the leftovers from the previous night’s dinner and realized there was leftover fish from last week still. I warmed it up and made a sort of plastic bento box for myself. The food really woke me back up.

The fun continued into the afternoon. When the real lunch break came I went out and finished the driveway for real, did the dishes and added some soil to all the potted plants. Somehow the levels seemed to have decreased slightly. The additional soil was bone dry so I hope it evens things out in some pots. I’m supposed to try perlite but I don’t want to repot anything right now. I mixed up some 20-30-20 and fed everything again. The meeting ended with a keynote speaker with an inspirational tale. Chris Koch is a farmer in the West who was born without arms and legs. Wild story and he tells it well. That was a nice way to end off the meeting, just a great guy with an unreal attitude. A few emails and calls got tossed around and I was at the MSC challenges by half five. Dinner was done by half six and it was time to settle into the Leafs. The cardboard pizza and ketchup chips weren’t the greatest meal but that’s what was on the big board for the night. The Leafs looked different but so was their opponent, a 1-2 matchup tonight, the real measuring stick for both squads. The game was fairly lackluster until the Leafs got two quick goals and held on for a 3-2 victory. The third was more wide open and entertaining. It was an interesting match, I think the Leafs at full strength have a decent shot at winning a round this year. But I’ve been disappoint often. I was all over my phone throughout the game and went straight to bed upon its completion.