Really REALLY crappy sleep. Just couldn't relax, still the mind, and in hindsight I should have just gotten up and done something more productive. I finally fell asleep around 4am, woke around 8am to find Jen had already gotten up (6am) and now she's taking my role over as the early riser, reader, and the book she's reading is about meditation. POZER! ;-). Once up, I did my daily "calm" app routine, and really loved "Tale Spin" by Jeff Warren. I identified with it, very much. The battle of being human, imperfect, but hard on yourself about your imperfections. It hit a nerve. Tommy headed out to ExtraHours and Lauren Jen and I went to New Almaden, without scottie, to check out the Almaden Quicksilver Mines park. I've heard lots about it, but never been. We ended up going on a 4.5hr, 7.4 mile hike! We did the entire loop AND backtracked a bit as we got off path/went the wrong directions. I am SO out of shape, and already feel it, but it felt good to have made it, even though a few times (especially the backtracking) were challenging. There's some fascinating history there, we'll likely go back. None of us had eaten in the am so we were famished when we finally got back to the car. So I ordered Mojo Burgers (consciously supporting a local family business over a chain), returned home and collapsed onto the couch to watch 2 more Cobra Kai episodes. I'm losing interest. It's fine, kinda fun, but the ROI is diminishing as they appear to be stretching things out to fill time, and it's feeling more repetitive than warranted. Tommy returned and I ran him for Panda Express to go. Walked the dog, played Farkle again after first cleaning up/tidying up/prep'ing for the next day. That's a habit that's become well engrained. I wanted to write and listen to Antkind. I thought it was 9pm and I'd get a jump on it. It turned out to be 8pm. My switching to 24hr time is throwing me off, but the fatigue of the day can serve as a scapegoat too. I hope the walk today contributes to a really good sleep, and that tomorrow, my legs will still willingly support me.
