Lauren's Mini Cooper interest was the dominant part of our walk 'n talk this am. I get it. She's thrilled at the prospect while I'm a grizzled, jaded old man with a lifetime of exposure to the ramifications of impulse decisions—also, a skeptic. But the plan remained to go check it out after school if time allowed. Note to self – I should have learned from going to "just look" at the dog kennel when she and Jen saw Scottie and look what happened. On the walk back, I came across a stack of cut tree branches in the street awaiting trash pickup, and in plain sight, a beautiful bird's nest wedged into one of the limbs that I stopped to wrestle free and take home. I ran into Larry, who offered to share his Meyer lemons along the way, and I jumped at the opportunity. He dropped them by later, and my mom's not interested right now, so I'm stuck with a box of lemons. Shit. Oh, and on the way home from the walk, with the bird's nest in hand, it occurred to me that I'd failed to put out the recycle bin, which was full AND needed for this coming week. As I walked down my street, I heard the truck behind me, causing me to increase my pace to make it home in time to set the nest on the car and roll the bin curbside as the truck approached. I bet those guys see that all the time. Work was stressful and demanding, and I wasn't in the mood for either. I started the day feeling annoyed that Tommy's doubled down on doing things I asked him not to do, seemingly for the sole purpose of annoying me. Mission accomplished. I did manage to take Lauren to see the car. It's nice, drives well has low miles, and is a reasonable price. But then, later in the afternoon, through a few emails, they raised the price because they found that "Carvana" and others would give more than the original asking price. I have tried to find a mid-point of reasonable agreement. Lauren's willing to pay the asking, and in all reality, it's a fair price even with the increase as it's what a reseller would give them to sell it for more. We're waiting to see what their next move is. I suspect we're being played, I checked and Carvana's offering less. As pleasant as the seller seemed, the market's pretty hot right now for used cars. I get that. I'd like to do the same with Linda's pilot if I could take the time to do so. Time is one thing I have about as little as I have patience for Tommy's aggressive, awful abusive, hurtful ways. I pretty much am at the end of my rope. Again. And as Jen said, the cycle's not changing, so change your direction. Good advice. I'm working on it. Oh, and today I learned what alacrity means.
📊 seven-day averages: ⚖️ 159.9 lbs,❤️ 61.8 bpm, 👣 7413 steps, 🧘🏼19 min, 💤 6h:4m