So, I’m going to call my posting of the new version of “Shutdown Blues” a stroke of luck, because, as you, a reader well-informed on the news of the day, know the government didn’t shut down over the weekend, which, honestly, was fine, apart from the knowledge that it’s all the more likely we’ll be having to do this all again in six weeks, because the Republican House decided to take it’s middle-school drama to it’s logical conclusion, and they kicked McCarthy out of the big desk yesterday, which makes resolution, continuing or otherwise, timely or last-minute, all the less likely next time.

That’s history, I suppose, which is significant to my inner-former-civics-teacher, though less-than-encouraging for my outward concerned citizen and public-sector bureaucrat.

But hey, I sold a few cents’ worth of the new recording…take the wins where I can get ’em.

The week thus far’s been novel, at least. I got a ton of stuff done on Monday and Tuesday, including seriously re-engaging my Microsoft Project muscles (last used more than a decade ago in grad school) building integrated master schedules, leading a bunch of meetings, and then taking a couple of days off starting today, stretching the Columbus/indigenous Peoples’ Day break out a bit.

While I’ve got some plans with friends for the weekend, today I was up bright and early after sleeping a bit less than usual and engaging in non-traditional core muscle exercises most of the night thanks to a pre-procedure four liters of PEG 3350, which, let me tell you, is a ton of fun.

The rest of it, though, was relatively benign Old Man Maintenance™.

Otherwise, I’m just planning on taking it easy for a couple of days, catching up on some rest, catching a bike ride or two, and ideally getting the damned air conditioning fixed today because it started being weird on Monday after I got back from twenty-four miles on the Capital Trail for it’s 8th Birthday.. Oh well, there’ a reason I got the house warranty, though honestly it’s probably nothing.

But, there’s always something…