Hello there

by Duf Anything and Everything

Hi all. After a roughly two week and change hiatus from pretty much any public facing social media or content I decided to start putting stuff out there again. Dawn is out of the woods in regards to life and death but her eventual condition is going to take a considerable amount of time to resolve. Myself and many, many others are hoping for the best of possible outcomes.

Am I going to go back and give you a cliff notes version of everything my life has included since I last posted here? Nah. I will just see where it goes. I have an Inmotion V9 sitting in my house that I have gotten out to ride once. I am supposed to be doing a review on the wheel and producing content but I have been slow to do so.

This past weekend I attended my first pro pickleball tournament with my buddy Rich. It was a cool experience seeing the best players in the world compete. You could be watching them on the center court one minute and rubbing elbows with them in a food line the next. I would definitely go again.

I added a very painful lower back to my injury list for a week or two. I ironically hurt it in yoga class, something that is generally viewed as a rehabilitative activity. That has improved now. The hip/knee pain I have had because of the IT band for the last 3 months plus is actually at it’s lowest point in a very long time. I am cautiously optimistic that I may be finally turning the corner on that as well. I played pickleball yesterday and came out of it feeling decent.

I have had my A1 printer running nearly non-stop creating cool multi-color prints. Almost every single print I have made I have given away to friends or co-workers. I enjoy sharing what I make I guess. This is the same premise that likely drives my YouTube channel and even what I write here.

Two weeks at this time I will be on a plane to Pennsylvania to attend my friend Troy’s wedding. It is going to be a very fast trip with me returning on Sunday morning. I hope to see some of my family on Saturday but that will be about all the time I have outside of the wedding itself.

The incident with Dawn has put a spotlight on how quickly life can be flipped upside down. It also triggered another personal risk tolerance assessment within myself. The lesson learned is to value what you have, embrace happiness, and don’t waste energy on negative things that serve no practical purpose whatsoever in your life.

Do I plan to resume writing more or less daily? We will see how I feel.