I worked on the secret project again yesterday. I think it’s OK if I write a bit more about it. No real details. The best part was that it involved hanging out with Carolann, Mark, Felix, Katherine, and David. I grew up watching the Little Rascals and made me think that what people do when they get together is work on secret projects. The gang was always getting together and putting on shows or building things, or finding ways to make money. When I get to do anything like that it strikes a chord deep in my psyche.
There is always a price to pay for fun. My price was running around inside a beastly hot costume on beastly hot days. Oddly even though yesterday was hotter it bothered me less. People can adjust. If we couldn’t much of the world could not survive. People survive in terrible conditions in the world. Even in refugee camps kids find a way to play. There would be mass suicides in many parts of the world if people couldn’t adjust. Walking around in a hot costume is a pure First World Problem. I got to follow it with cold water and air conditioning.
Yesterday’s adventures were in Prospect Park. That’s much further to get to but other than the trip taking far longer than I expected as the Q was running local on the R line in Manhattan, it was relatively stress free. Nobody kicked my stainless steal water bottle so hard that they dented it as they did the day before.
I capped the day with getting to play with Katherine’s dog and dinner, not with the dog. We had Japanese. I now know that you can get great strips of fried chicken at a Japanese restaurant. I know that my taste in food is limited. Does it sound better that we shared edamame as an appetizer? It’s food that you have to play with to eat. You know it’s good, as I eat it even though it’s green. It really isn’t but the pods that it comes in are green and I don’t see the part that I eat as it goes straight into my mouth. So it feels like I’m eating something green.
I got my exercise in, I took 13,036 steps yesterday. Those were steps where I was carrying things and was very hot. I get a bonus for that, right? Sadly I had no ice cream waiting for me when I got home. I made myself an egg cream.
I should spend the next two days preparing for Falcon Ridge. I won’t but I should. Doing laundry is not optional. Most of my hot weather gear is dirty. Smart people prepare a Falcon Ridge packing list. I’m an idiot so I don’t. There is always the great game, what will I forget? I forgot a pillow and a towel so many times that those are ingrained in my head. When I get back I’ll let you know what I forgot. I won’t be writing from Wednesday through Sunday. Perhaps I’ll write on Monday after I get home.
I’ll keep this short today. I’m feeling anxious so why push it? Breakfast will make me feel better. So will taking my meds. I just remembered I didn’t take them yet. They don’t work that fast but it’s good to know they are there.
Wise Madness 