Cutting the dead

Well my knee that felt pretty terrible 24 hours ago has improved quite a bit since then, allowing me to walk limp free.  I will see if it continues to rebound.  I am sure the pain I am getting is meniscus related.  Sometimes something is loose and gets pinched, causing pain and inflammation.  However that same thing can relocate, allowing the knee to again become more functional.  I will be monitoring how the joint feels closely.  It definitely feels good enough for me to get another road bike session in tonight.

The two days of intense cold, by Florida standards, has swept a sheet of death across the property, green has been replaced by brown as the dominant color.  There are a few areas where I need to cut out the now dead plants/trees.  The banana trees got completely smoked but they always do when this happens.  The good news is even if I cut them to the ground new trees will start emerging within a few weeks.  There have been a number of other casualties in the yard. Years ago this would have caused me concern or stress.  Nowadays I have a survival of the fittest mentality about it.  If something is in the yard that gets killed by 35 degrees, it doesn’t need to be in the yard.

Outside of that task, everything else should be pretty standard fare.  I keep waking up each day hoping to magically have a bright, hopeful, and cheery outlook on life.  It hasn’t happened yet.