Enjoying Easter Weekend
The weather this weekend was damn near perfect with lows in the 50s and highs in the 70s. I found myself more than once feeling remorseful knowing that this was going to be a very fleeting circumstance as heat and humidity will soon become the status quo again for the next 6+ months. On Saturday I kept hopping, doing abbreviated weed whacking and spot mowing as well as a number of smaller chores around the home. Cindy was over at Katie’s for most of the afternoon so it allowed me to surf between tasks quickly.
On Saturday evening we met up with Deb for dinner at Brooks, which is quickly becoming our new hang out spot. We had a fun dinner catching up with lots of laughs along the way. It does feel nice to have some feelings of normalcy. I still wore my mask when ordering from the bar and using the restroom but I was in the large minority by doing so. This does segway into a sobering fact however.
Currently our office has had the most people come down with covid since the pandemic started. It is proof that the continued advised caution is valid, despite vaccinations rolling out. A couple of the cases are serious. This “it’s over” mentality is going to be damn near impossible to jam back into the bottle. People are sick of anything and everything related to covid however I am seeing first hand that a lack of care or precaution does have consequences, it is not lip service.
Saturday afternoon I installed my second set of mudflaps on the Tesla in as many weeks. When I posted my original video outlining my install of the official Tesla flaps, which are front wheels only, I got a comment from someone telling me of a better option that has a more molded appearance to the body lines and includes rear wheel guards for symmetry. The kicker is they cost the same as what I paid for just front flaps from Tesla. Of course I documented my mistake.
Saturday night we watched Birds of Prey, the Harley Quinn standalone movie. I was quite tired so my focus was a bit in and out. If you like seeing women kick ass you will love the movie however for what I recalled, it didn’t quite meet my expectations and would give it a B or B-. The new Suicide Squad trailer does look sort of awesome though.
Our Easter Sunday was enjoyable. After stopping at DD we headed over to Katie’s place to visit. We brought Elsa along so she could play with Tank and Bowser, which she did in large quantities. DJ was on the move constantly, not playing or doing any one thing for more than a couple minutes at a time. We stayed outside almost the entire time enjoying the pleasant weather while hanging out with out favorite nearly two year old.
My Easter afternoon was very busy as I did some frustrating work on my Sherman that wound up turning the hobby room into a small disaster area before I cleaned it all up. One of the videos was about the “exo-armor” I have been working on for a couple weeks. I am still up in the air if I want to print/sell the parts exclusively or if I want to put the models on the internet to allow others to print for themselves.
After I got stuff cleaned up I suggested to Cindy we take our mountain bikes out for a ride, something we had not done in a long time. Our 7.5 mile ride to the swamp entrance and back was tougher than I expected. Mountain bikes are heavy and pushing them into the headwind on the return trip had both Cindy and I breathing hard. I wore a chest strap mounted GoPro which didn’t work out as well as I hoped.
By the time I got done editing video the Easter weekend had basically expired. As is most often the case, I just could not find a time period where I felt like I could just relax. I likely will not find that until I either retire or three day weekends become a full time reality.