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Hey there I am still here despite a lack of entries over the last six days. I just have not felt like posting.

On Friday night I wound up playing pickleball with Jeff, one of the guys that plays with us over lunch hour as well. We had actually played Friday at lunch as well in the sweltering heat. Playing at 7:30 in the evening at least got the brutal sun off us but it was still super humid with temps in the high 80’s. I was a sweaty mess when done.

On Saturday after going to the grocery store I worked on getting some small things done around the house that I have been putting off for no good reason. One of those was to finally go through the last cardboard boxes I have from the move. In total there was maybe around 10 of them. Since I have not had a pressing need for anything in those boxes in the 2 months I have been in the new house I knew I would be throwing a lot of it out, which I did.

Evidently my brain is still in hardcore throw it out mode as I threw away some things that I had held onto for 30-40 years, trophies. I have had around a dozen trophies that have followed me on my travels as an adult, they are a combo of bowling, baseball, and one volleyball trophy from when Rich and I won the Pottstown Rumble. I had more bowling trophies than anything.

At first I started stuffing them into one of the cabinets in the garage but then I stopped, looked at them and thought to myself if these actually mattered to me. The answer was, mostly no. I only kept the couple baseball and the volleyball trophy. All the others got tossed into the trash bin. I felt little remorse in doing so. Shawn from 5 years ago would have looked at such an act as blasphemy. The trophies were far from the only casualty. I bet almost half of what was in those boxes got tossed. It felt good in the end to have all of the temporary boxes off my garage shelves.

On Sunday my main accomplishment was replacing the hardware for the shower faucet. The old fixture was corroded and loose. I have done this task three times now. This was the most challenging because the old hardware was somewhat stuck due to the corrosion. I eventually got everything worked out. Unfortunately ACE only had a chrome set which doesn’t match the brushed nickel shower head I have, oh well.

Early in the afternoon I rode over at the Greenway. I was on my S22 and Christine rode the One Wheel, which she has picked up very quickly. It was hot as hell but a fun ride, as long as you kept moving to keep the air flowing.

When I got home later in the afternoon I found myself feeling down. I turned on Netflix and continued watching Narcos. I binge watched the hell out of it. I just felt lazy and blah until my eyes finally shut somewhere around 11. I had to watch at least six episodes yesterday, almost non-stop.

Yesterday was not the only episode of my feeling off, it has been a pretty steady state for a week or more. As always, only I have the power to change that.