Jikoji planning loaded up my to do list. I whittled the tasks down throughout the morning and afternoon. Tommy and Lauren returned from Rush Creek in time for Lauren to go with me to return my mom home after her chemo treatment using the PT Cruiser. We hiked with Mark to "the Plateau" in El Serena open space at the end of Overlook. I tinkered in the evening on a few automation optimizations with a lot of misguided "help" via Gemini AI. It's not only unreliable, it's also prone to deflect its failure and oversight. Maybe it is capable of consciousness after all. The evening concluded with a 30min elliptical session in the garage, during which the sound of both kids and Jennifer talking and laughing felt like a continued reward for navigating the path that led to this by choices I made as well as fates that played out. Knowing this too shall pass makes appreciating it in the moment a mandate.