Thursday, August 21, 2025

Highlights: Lauren’s down for a short stay - arrived on late train, leaves on the afternoon one tonorrow following a dr appointment. Jen’s heading to Minnesota for a week with the Hills on an early am flight out of SJ so the morning will be busy, but the afternoon and weekend will be filled with several movie outings and get togethers with friends. I finally ‘cracked’ the shortcut scripting to resurrect my ‘Mindful” reminders list, which was very gratifying. Jen and I took time in the afternoon to visit the LG library, Museum and then enoy a late lunch of her homemade Mexican Stew and a perfectly paired 2021 Wrights Station Chsrdonnay.

Insights: The aforementioned “Mindful” reminders came in handy today and may play a role in my current effort to realign with some ideals. One, a note I wrote to myself over a year ago, states to “Find the value in every intteruption, inconvenience, distraction and annoyance. It is there.” was timely in fielding a call from my mom looking for assistance that’s totally reasonable, warranted and justified. It felt good to not see it as a negative.