Winter is coming. It's not even August, but I am already aware of the slowly diminishing span of daylight now that the summer solstice has passed. These long days make rising early all the more maintainable. Waking in the morning sunlight feels far more natural than struggling to get out of bed simultaneously during the winter months. Hell, even the "SAD'' light I use as an augmented waking light pales in comparison to the natural experience. My highlights for today include dropping Lauren at the train after a morning journey to Campbell and then Los Gatos in search of the perfect coffee, and a quick stop to replace anearring backing. Jen went to visit Cheryl white I lingered about. I got nothing substantial completed but did manage to return to my more focused piano lessons. I'm still working to get to a more natural feeling of placement and to be able to read music well enough that. I inherenty know where to target my fingers next. I't's becoming clear that It's achievable, but not without a hell of a lot more consistent practice and effort. It's going to fake a long time to get where I want to go but at 62, at least I'm finally trying. Jen made a wonderful strawberry and lemon ice cream. Delicious! Tommy is at Pinecrest tonight with Vinny, return tomorrow. I'm glad he went. I guess Karl didn't go. But he's gone consistently and he enjoys it. We had a little tension this morning again. I'm doing my best to relax a lot of triggers. I know that once he's gone I'll miss him but I do hope he can continue to exercise, better judgment, and more respectful and responsible communications. At least he apologized for this morning which was welcome. It shows an effort at awareness of his reactions after the fact. I just need him to reverse the order, making apologies unnecessary.
