Tuesday, July 05, 2022



Another brutal night wrestling with neck pain and the dog's stress over fireworks. I had the day off, focused on Matson, cleared the rest of the storage and set up a slew of things for the giveaway. Posted on CL, and 30m later, a flood of people came to take whatever they could. Free stuff moves fast on CL. Ask $10 for a $500 item, and you get little interest but make it free, and boom… value's perceived. The more stuff we get rid of the more I want to get rid of stuff. We went over later to get more of the final items, and we're pretty much down to just getting the last things tomorrow—one car load's worth. And we're done. Amazing. Cleaning is scheduled for Saturday. The work's not done yet, though – I have a lot of stuff to sift through, organize, and thin out. I enjoy putting on headphones and going to town. I think it'll take less than a week. I'm going to pass along some camping gear to Mark. I took a midday nap on the couch with classical music playing and, as a daily ritual, found myself amazed to be where I am and with such a vastly different experience. I restrung the patio lights and have one more pass ahead as I realized yet another optimization awaits - securing to a better anchor point and raising slightly. Tomorrow I return to work, which will likely consume my day.