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List of things I had to do to get my car to move. - Mood:Good

Thursday December 17 20201:29:25 PM |

Shovel. Turn on snow button. Put in low gear. Turn off traction control. Turn off snow button. Turn on traction control. Spin tires. Wiggle the wheel. Go in reverse and then in low gear. Go in drive. Go in reverse and then go in drive. Shovel behind the tires. Shovel in front of the tires. Pray. Two feet of snow. So. That was why I was battling. And I fought hard and I fought strong and I fought quiet and I fought loud. But now I’m on the side of the road. And I believe I will be able to navigate down the street to work. My pants are wet. I need to walk to the gas station and buy stuff. I need to shower. Question. Should I offer help to neighbors getting out of the snow if they’re not even out there trying to get out. Like should I shovel out behind vehicles? The one neighbor is a younger woman who’s kind of a small lady. And it’s going to be hard for her.

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Silence soon. - Mood:Good

Sunday July 26 202010:04:00 PM |

Going to a very silent place. Regrouping with soaking in water. Regrouping away from people besides my family. It should be good. I’m looking forward to it. Tomorrow is the start of the final stretch. Just five more days of hard work. At this point I only have one week of vacation and it’s all being used at once. It really is a quiet place. We have a routine that we’re accustomed to. It’s nearing the point of ritual. I think it’s been every summer for almost twenty years. I think there was a stretch without it but we’ve been going for a long time. So this is the kicking off point. The drinking might be out of control. I hope it isn’t but it might be. Which conflicts with the silence. Like mornings. Time reading. Daily tennis. Coffee on the dock. But we’ve begun to ramp up the lake drinking. I guess it is what it is. We are all drinkers among my brothers. But yay...

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