Two is too short
This was my first two day weekend in awhile and I found myself immediately wanting for more time. On Friday I got back on the Echelon bike for a 20 minute tabata ride that had my heart rate up into the 160’s repeatedly. It was tough but felt good to subject myself to some hard cardio, something that has been off the menu for a few weeks due to various reasons. I was also very happy to come home to a mostly mowed property as well. Cindy hopped on the Husqy and did that for me to save me a couple hours of chore time as I still had to get the weed whacking done Saturday.
Saturday morning I buzzed around doing normal stuff and then tackled the weed whacking. The extreme heat very quickly melts you doing this unfun task. By the time I whacked my last weed I was lumbering. Deb came over for a fun visit. Her and Cindy played a bunch of Beat Saber and loved it. Deb loved it enough that she finally broke down and bought a Quest 2 for herself. It will be fun to have another friend that we can consistently pull into the games. We watched the movie Jolt, streaming on Amazon Prime. It was a chick (Kate Beckensale) kicking everyone’s ass in sight. It was a quick, action packed flick that all seemed to enjoy enough. I’d give it a B.
Today was less “choreish”. While out running errands we picked up a fire pit that Cindy is going to build in the zen rock garden area. I had made the suggestion that the roughly 100 castle stones I bought years ago to add a second layer to the pool landscaping were no longer needed. I bought them for the sole purpose of keeping the chickens from kicking mulch out when we used to let them free range the entire back yard which they have not done for years. She will use a bunch of the stones to build a wall around the fire pit and to fix up a few landscaped areas that could actually use the stones.
I took some time to affix a set of pads to my Sherman, the first time I have ever used them. These pads give you better acceleration and braking power than just using your feet alone. I was surprised just how much of a difference they made.
I watched a good portion of the Olympic opening ceremony. I thought it was cool although I fast forwarded through the two hours of people walking in. The 1800 drones flying in precise patterns was amazing and we both really liked the human pictogram routines where performers posed through 50 olympic sport graphics. Of course athletes performing in front of empty stadiums is old hat by now but seeing this at the olympics which is all about celebrating the athletic performance made me feel tinges of sadness. That sadness continues each time I read a headline of another athlete failing a covid test, obliterating the dream they have worked so hard for for so many years…
Speaking of sadness, I have had a continuing back cloud hanging over my mood from losing Cupcake. I actually called one of the birds Cupcake by mistake this weekend and it brought the sting right back. My overall disposition has not been bright and cheery. I haven’t looked where the moon is in it’s cycle but I’d bet it’s around full right now. Nothing feels good with my world during these periods of time. Even the four remaining chickens seem blah.