Four sessions, Turned it off, Caught up to them, 40

Saturday morning I played pickleball for the fourth time during the week, having sessions Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday as well. I only played three games Saturday but they were all long games. I had a unique situation where my last game was played with another player named Shawn, spelled the way I do. What made it more interesting was it was a woman. We won our game. If cutting volleyball out of my routine means I can play pickleball four times a week that is a trade I am happy to make.

During the day I went outside and reconfigured my exterior RGB lights to talk to the new wifi network. As far as I know it was the last iOT devices in my home I had to touch. I was confident enough in my work that I turned off the Xfinity router. I noticed no ill effects from doing so. Now I need to see if I can shave down my Xfinity account to the point where I only have barebone access that allows me access to their streaming app while dropping the internet connectivity. If they want to overcharge me for that I will just kick them to the curb permanently.

I listened to the Eagles game against the Broncos. It looks like the curtain was pulled back a bit on the team. I think the 4-0 record assisted by some incredible good luck they have had up until this point has masked some of the issues the team has. They allowed the Broncos to score 18 unanswered points in the second half to come all the way back from a 17-3 deficit. There was some pretty terrible officiating in the game from what it sounded like but regardless, they should win that game, especially at home. Oh well, my emotional investment in the team is nowhere close to what it once was so the lingering effects of bad losses is much more minimal.

I saw pictures on Facebook of my 40th high school reunion which went down this weekend. It was a relatively small gathering of maybe 30-40 people. I have never attended a high school reunion yet the idea of 40 years passing since I graduated is crazy if I allow my mind to dwell on it. Some people I could still identify from the pictures while others I had no clue who they were thanks to the effects of four decades of time passing. Perusing the pictures made the time, energy and effort I have put into remaining active seem worth it.

The other thing that impacted me was a list of classmates that have passed away. There were 17 or 18 names on the list. I knew about handful of them but most of the names I had no idea about. It was yet another reminder that you better appreciate the here and now because tomorrow is never guaranteed.