The tenth of July--Vlog

Welcome!

Tonight I went for a short walk before going home.  It was twilight time and so not too busy walking around the city.  For whatever reason, the majority of people out tonight were actually friendly as we walked passed each other.  Almost every said hi and a few even asked how I was doing.  It was rather nice and is my happy for today.

In the Vlog Gideon sang a bit of a song.  Here is a link to that.

More sky pictures.

The 9th of July-Vlog

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This is from a walk I took in the wee hours this morning.  The full moon shining down over the field with a thin layer of fog was so beautiful.  ↓

Starting out on the long ride back to the real world.

Today my happy is ice cream.  :)  

July the 8th

There are people leaving early because the sky is dripping... I will be remaining in my modern tent at this event of the middle ages.   This morning I remained at my brother's home until late morning, stopped at the store for cookies and sun block and made my way to the event.   It has been threatening rain all day but the sky has just decided to open up as we prepare for court.

Threatening sky

Raining while we prepare for court.

After the rain (court was still happening)

Later, the full moon

My daughter and I spent a good part of the day waiting in line to see a friend on Vigil.  During this time of waiting, we got to talk with people I haven't been with for a while.  This middle ages that I play is mostly for community now, and service.   It is a wonderful thing and is today's happy.

The 7th of July-Friday

It is almost 11 PM and I am not close to my 10,000 steps.   I am pacing the floor at my brother's house while I write this on my phone so I can at least get closer.   2500 steps to go... maybe I can get there by tip toeing back and forth... maybe I will just go to bed instead.   It is important to remind myself that my step goal is 2 tiered: one is to reach 10,000 steps a day.  The other is, failing that,  I reach 70,000 in a 7 day stretch.   I think I have done that.   This morning I felt crappy and a little depressed... not sure why.   Well, maybe it is that I knew I wouldn't like the job I had to do today.   I didn't finish it, that will happen Sunday.   Tomorrow is an SCA event that I have been planning to go to.  It is about a half hour from my brother's house so I visit with him and his wife one night and then I will stay at the event tomorrow night.   Anyhow, I spent a bunch of time driving today and not getting out of bed this morning makes for low steps.  My sister in law and I took a walk this evening but the bugs came out.   That is the only real good part about being in the city,  not many bugs.  The views on our walk were nice though.

↑ Anyone know what that bush with the berries is? ↑

I have been reading up a little on Mount Katahdin.  I am considering tying to hike that this year.   My injury will need to be better as this is a difficult climb.  Getting out to hike is what will be most important.

It is really nice to be able to visit with my brother and his wife.  I got to see one of my nephews for a few minutes as well.  We don't get together very often anymore.  Visiting family is today's happy.

Around 11:35 I gave up trying to get in more steps.  After walking around in a circle for 20 minutes I only had another 500 steps.  I don't think it was counting them all.  😞  Perhaps sleep is more important.

The 6th of July

So many things run through my mind.  Currently it is "WHY, Why , WHY did you eat that Popsicle so fast that you had to give yourself a cold headache!"  Ah,well... this too shall pass.  This morning I went on a walk before the chiropractor and tonight I took another.  Yesterday I told myself I would walk less often at night in the city.  Apparently I don't listen to myself well.  🙉  I didn't need to take a walk to reach my step goal, I only had about 120 left to go when I set out.  The cool, dark of the night called to me... just a few more steps... come on.  Now I am tired and forgot what I wanted to write about this evening.

More stuff went into the storage unit!

There was a beautiful sky tonight, again the camera on my phone does not do justice to the colors.  Or is it the photographer?  Perhaps there is a way to adjust a setting somewhere to enhance the colors.  Sometimes Google will enhance photographs for me.  I seldom keep them but maybe I should. 

My happy for today is that this is day 21 in a row that I have reached my 10,000 step goal!  

Maybe if I put this here it will help me to wake up in the morning.  

  

The Fifth of July

This morning while looking at my Facebook I decided to start another Blog page.  This one is a bit different in that it will only contain my bucket list items and maybe stories around the items.  My other Blogs are more of a daily thing that started with trying to find something to be happy about every day.  This year my happy thing became an addition to what was supposed to be my Appalachian Trail adventure.  Then the injury at work threw a wrench in my plans.  So instead this year is more time to train better.  I certainly need that.  I wasn't well prepared, but should be by early spring 2018.

After work tonight I went for a walk to finish getting to my step goal.  It seems like I have walked quite a few times at night since moving to the city.  The last two nights I started to feel a bit uneasy.  Most likely this has to do with the fireworks last night and summer.  There are more people out late on summer nights than other seasons.  More bored kids and young adults.  I have mostly enjoyed the night walks, but I think I will try harder to get some early morning walks in.

For today my happy is creating my Bucket List.  Not just the Blog but actually sitting down to make a list.  The other day someone older suggested that I am a bit young to be working on a Bucket List.  My thought is that there are things that may be better doing younger and that I am no spring chicken at 52.  😜

Happy Independence Day!!

My daughter was watching 1776 when I came downstairs this morning.  Here is a snippet from that movie.  This might be the whole thing but it isn't the best picture quality.

Well, I worked all day.  The drive home was a scattering of fireworks being set off.  When I got back I went for a walk to get my step count in.  Gideon didn't want to go with me so I went alone.  As I left the house, there were random fireworks being set off.  It was a bit loud.  The booms, bangs and whistles gradually spaced out more and became less and less as it got later.  By the time I was on the roof of the second parking garage they had mostly stopped.  I had been hoping for a nice view from up there but the only ones I could see were really far away or tiny backyard ones.   I am very curious what the laws are for setting off fireworks in the city are.  When I got home I was told that the last words Gideon said were something like "I hope Grammy is home soon."   

This is how he was when I got back-

Fast asleep.  The way he is holding on to his foot, it looks like he has holes in his sock toes.  Sleep is what I need as well.  I keep fading away.  

I put in a full day for work and was not able to go to a friend's house because of it.  I did finish everything I had to and that is my happy for today.  Tomorrow I have 2 quick jobs and then back to packing, or maybe the other way around.  

Sky as the sun was getting low.

15 seconds with light in the distance.