Full Relaxation

I was a bit slow out of the starting block today, instead opting to linger in the comfort of my warm bed for an extra hour or so. Mostly I was trying to get back to sleep after a so-so performance in that department. To totally smash my fast I felt like I’d partake of the alternative to yesterday’s lunch decision. You remember right? Maybe the picture just below will be a hint, you guessed it, perogies! I ate a healthy dose of those and put the rest in the fridge. Then as icing on the cake I snogged a drumstick, vanilla and caramel.

With a full to the top belly and a satisfied feeling I wandered to the computer to take down a few days of MSC challenges. I knocked that off and still wasn’t feeling very productive at all. I went back to make the bed and there on the nightstand was the same book that had been sitting there untouched for a couple weeks now. I decided that today was the day to tackle it. I started reading Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. The edition I got as a gift for Christmas 2019 has some author commentary through the book. I’m not sure if that heightened my experience but I know it didn’t dampen it. The font was bigger, probably for kids or something. I got about twelve pages in and my face hit the pillow. I had a deep nap for just under an hour, it was beautiful and topped me to my sleep goal for the night. Minutes after waking there was a vigourous knock at the front door. Who knocks when there is a doorbell? I sleepily sauntered down and found that my previous week’s order of boat parts had arrived. A few expensive electrical items. I’m going to do an overkill job on the electrical in the boat.

That was the only interuption in another otherwise cover to cover reading of the entire novel. In the author’s notes he talked about writing in on the trail and reading what he’d written back to his sled dogs. That affected the pacing of the book, and I noticed, it was fast paced and I didn’t consider putting it down. I ripped through all 188 pages in a few hours, done before dinner. It was a very interesting story. I can tell when I liked something when it alters my emotional state and takes me to a different pattern of thinking. I like something substantial like that. I started feeling like there is an ending to things and that we need to learn to survive. It was good and I found a lot of the story relevant to our situation in the pandemic. I’ve bery glad I didn’t read this as a boy and got to experience it now, in the pandemic, really adds a different dimension to the story. Because of the enjoyment garnered from the novel I’d skipped lunch. As a result, I was starting to feel peckish around dinner time, despite the earlier feed. I kept it respectable with a Stouffer’s Bistro BBQ Chicken Crustini and a Dr Pepper. While that was settling in my guts I played some NES Classic. I still find it very difficult for the most part. I struggled at the basketball game in particular. I lost Wheel of Fortune twice on the last puzzle. I did okay at Gunsmoke and enjoyed it. I crushed WWF King of the Ring. It was a bit too easy. Next thing I knew it was time for the Leaf game. I wanted to start the feed ahead of time and not change it, just in case they tried the same garbage as Thursday. I found myself eating some ketchup chips in the second period and enjoying another can of Dr Pepper. When the game ended, so did my day. I again had trouble falling asleep, likely the late food and drink. It was half eleven when I finally checked out.