When:  Another day where I didn’t, 2/2/2018
Weather: Low 50’s with sun
Observations/Thoughts

Today’s walk was still nearly 7,000 steps–so claims my iPhone.  I didn’t take a formal walk today. The busyness of work supplied the iPhone app with something productive to do.  I have been testing out a few excuses for myself.  None of them seem to be very convincing.  In the National Guard (and probably most of the military in general), they often said, “The maximum range of an excuse is 0 yards.”  This was a take-off on us having to memorize the range of various weapons we trained with.  So, the truth…

On a good night, I get something less than 7 hours of sleep.  On a bad night, “something less than 7 hours” MINUS “lots of stuff on my mind” EQUALS “6 or fewer hours of sleep”.  This week a project we “anticipated” since I started 6 months ago really started.  Besides the logistical issues, there were moments when people didn’t deal with their frustration well.  I was not immune to the headaches surrounding this change.  After getting home from work today, I chose to postpone any walks until after my nap.  After my nap (Before sleeping, I set an alarm.  I didn’t want to go TOO deep.), I found out I did go too deep.  I had to coax myself back to wakefulness with some mindless television.

After watching the news with my wife with minimal conversation, a dinner of warmups got my probably as close as I will come for the rest of the night to human.  At this point, the only option I have is to promise myself to be better tomorrow.  I am hopeful my “real” trail will be officially open.  I rather write about happy things than about being terrorized by homeowners who wave phones and throw threats at me.  Simply, I want a stressfree weekend.  Monday I get to start the SECOND week of the new project.  Don’t let me disguise my enthusiasm!!