- My mead seems to be fermenting well. After having read a lot about making it, you never know if you’ll get random off flavors or not but I did add yeast energizer on day 4 and plan to add some more on day 7. Some people said add it once and others said add it every day for 7 days so, who knows? The problem with it is that you ideally want to leave it for six months and then try it. Will eventually report back.
- I’m trying not to get ahead of myself in too many things such as my parents’ impending arrival and the Saturday morning 5k. I am sure I can bang out 3 miles, it just might be slow. I haven’t run in well over a week because my knees and quad were hurting and I figured a rest would be good. I don’t know; I really think it’s time to sink myself back into something physical, especially with the long boring days at work; I just sit.
- After Wednesday’s rain, it’s getting cool again and I should have expected it but it feels sort of jarring. No complaints though because we all know how hot it’ll be in about two months’ time.
- We watched the most random 2008 movie the other night, Be Kind, Rewind. It has Jack Black and Danny Glover in it and trust me when I say that it was weird and unexpectedly good.
- I’m probably going to muse quite a bit for the foreseeable future about the whole job thing. I keep questioning what more I could have done but it’s eluding me. Which is probably the answer to why it didn’t work out. It would probably feel worse if it weren’t for the fact that I had already decided I’d look elsewhere to save my marriage. It was such a strain and I don’t know if we could have gone through another session. You are not defined by your job, in my opinion, and this job, for a few months, does define you. It runs your entire life. And that just doesn’t work. I thought I’d give it a try, and try we did, but it is not for us.
- So now we wait; look for openings elsewhere and apply… and wait. It’s frustrating but I know I have a little bit of time before it gets dire. Not to say I’m not taking it seriously because I totally am. Each day I scour the boards and look for something I can do.
- It’s such a weird dichotomy to be unsettled in that aspect of life but also, calm in others. For example, each day this week has been really nice: came home and made a meal (or had lunch right after work) and then watched a movie with the kids (all or a combo). The weather was cool yesterday and all three of them went outside together! Shock! This hasn’t happened in a while, since they’re getting so much older. We used to rely heavily on outdoor play when they were little but that has changed so much.
- I even saw my first rabbit of the season. Actually it was Tuesday evening. I went out to dump water from the pool for Wednesday’s rain and heard a rustling. There he was, a pretty large rabbit, skittering around in the overgrowth. Feels a little early for rabbits but maybe they got a head start this year. I wonder if this means we’ll also have fireflies early. Though they don’t typically show up until it is warmer.
- And today, it is definitely not warm. It was 46 this morning! Supposed to stay that way until Monday or so – 40s in the AM and low 70s by afternoon. VERY nice weather indeed. Sadly, allergies are still prevalent. I had to take an allergy med for the first time in over a week and my oldest can’t stop sneezing.
- I’m about 75% done with a book and know I’ll probably finish today. Always nice to be done but also, sad that it’s over and I have to find something else. I’ve been out of the reading mode for a while but then this one book drew me back in. I might want to try something nonfiction next but we’ll see.
- Again this interim they’re doing construction on the floor above us so all day it’s hammer pounding and things being randomly dropped with a clunk. I do have headphones but don’t want to wear them all day. Sigh. I guess the positive aspect is I won’t work here forever!
- I have a whole lot of random things on my to-do list today and I’m trying to get there. Stuff like calling a different dance studio, getting my other 2 kids on at a new pediatrician (we rarely go to the doc but my youngest will need middle school shots), and to make my slides for the next brew club.
- On that note, I am going to start reading and studying to be a BJCP certified beer judge. We’ll see how it goes and how far I get but it is something I am really interested in. I have to start reading the guide and figure out how to talk about the different styles; how to describe smells and tastes and qualities of different beers. I think I have the palate for it but it’s going to take studying and tasting!
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