Victoria Day

The morning started earlier than expected. The annual barrage of cosmetically pleasing artillery fire was more sporadic last night than the previous but it lingered later this time. I checked around and saw it was coming from a street or two to the North of me, in a very densely populated sector, not sure how that is allowed or safe. Anyways, the noise affected the efficiency of my sleep. I found myself in and out of slumber until after one, then it firmly took hold and lasted until seven. I couldn’t get it going again after that. I decided to shower and break my fast as I would on a normal work day, rather than a statutory holiday. I wasn’t feeling fully refreshed after my deliberate unplugging from work the last two days and was glad for this bonus day. Breakfast consisted of breakfast bullets and an avocado. A very tasty treat. My next move was retire to my office with my books and a notepad and work on a few things for upcoming sessions. We had talked about marking a path last week with a symbol in chalk for someone to follow and I had been imagining what it would look like and sought to get it out of my head and on to paper. I did it and then found a page that showed the alphabet of other languages and I drew those letters in a similar design. I was going to share that with you but I realized that I was using the wrong letters! Luckily I hadn’t invested my time in it but still, what a bummer. Nice job rookie. The reason I was doing that was mainly to procrastinate in cutting the lawn. In that spirit, I tried to investigate why the Apple podcast app on my phone had ceased functioning. I discovered that in their new iOS update to 14.5 many issues had surfaced, but i’d updated weeks ago and was on 14.5.1 now. I’m not sure what happened and I fear my company had a hand in it. Either way, I had to use the Mini to rip through the pile that had built up the last couple of days. As that was happening I dozed off for a tight ninety minute nap. Very impressed with myself on that front, taking back some sleep. I guess it was sunny enough for my brain to want to doze, like a giant cat in the sun, picture that. When I woke up I realized it was time and suited up for the job. I did forget to take my allergy medicine, which would haunt me for ten minutes after I was done. I also neglected socks which formed a gruesome looking blister on the big toe of my left foot.

I have to admit, it is starting to get back to form. There is a massive population of thistle that needs to be dealt with but the big open patches have started to fill in. I watered the bare dirt extensively along with all the plants. It wasn’t as warm today but enough that it was well warranted. That was all done by two in the afternoon. I checked on some Musings and emails briefly, this chewed up the better part of an hour. At this point I went down the stairs and fired up the lair. I spent some time watching a forgetable film before powering that off and finding my way back upstairs to have a snack. I ate some leftovers from the fridge before hustling back to watch my beloved Leafs. They played a very close game and ended up pulling out a 2-1 victory over their forever rivals from Montreal. It was a stressful finish but nice that they moved ahead in the series. After the match I made my way to my bed but didn’t fall asleep immediately, preferring to roll around in a frustrated fashion until sleep arrived.