Out of it
I left work a little early to prep for the fantasy football draft party I was hosting Friday night, the first time doing so in two years. With the recent addition of the recliner there was some minor tweaking to the arrangement of furniture but otherwise the layout was the same. Cindy helped me get everything in place before she headed out which I appreciated.
The draft itself went ok, a little longer than normal because of a technical issue that halted the process for close to 20 minutes. I did absolutely zero prep or research for the draft which is pretty normal for me. To be quite honest I care very little about fantasy football at this point of my life. I stay in the league because everyone likes our house as a draft venue because I have the technical knowledge to connect our remote owners in with our in person owners. I was yawning by round 8, there are 14 rounds, just to give you a reference.
The draft didn’t end until after 10:30. As always I did not want to wait until the next day to clean up. Cindy had passed out asleep and I did not want to wake her so I did the entire undoing of the party myself. The end result was me getting to bed shortly before midnight, I was beat but thankful that we held the party on a Friday night instead of mid-week as we have done many years in the past. I have no idea how good or bad my team I drafted will be, nor do I really care. I did grab the Eagles defense and Zac Ertz to add some spice to what may be a very long Eagles season.
Despite the late night I was up early on Saturday, heading out to do chicken chores right around 7AM. The rest of the day was more or less navigating from one task to another. I weeded the property and then went to Home Depot with Cindy to grab a bunch of sod for a landscaping project she is doing for someone. I helped her lay the sod although she will likely need another load of the same if not greater amount to finish it all up. Once returning home I got on the tractor to mow, taking advantage of two days of minimal precipitation. I finished up the long day doing a live stream talking about the four new wheels that were recently announced.
Sunday morning I got my normal stuff done before packing up for my long drive to the work conference in Orlando. It was the first time I have done a long drive in a gas vehicle in a long time. I missed the Tesla for sure but the Tacoma is a nice vehicle as well. For some reason I had it in my head that the drive should take 3 hours. I was surprised when the truck navigation spit out an ETA of over 3 hours and 40 minutes.
I brought the V12 and One Wheel with me. I left both in the truck initially but when I realized I left something in the truck, I rode the V12 back to the hotel to save time and have it parked in my room. It looks from the schedule I should have plenty of down time to ride and read my WoW book which is ok with me. Sometimes the only way I will decompress is when I am forced to do so, by being physically separated from the household that enlists so much of my time, focus and energy.
That being said, I really am not feeling much like being here. Mentally I just don’t feel like engaging and socializing much. When you are at a conference that doesn’t match up very well, since it is all about engagement with others. I’ll muddle my way through it but I’m already looking forward to the end.