While in the scheme of things, this week wasn’t as overloaded with work stuff as some, by Wednesday afternoon, it felt like it should have been over days ago.

I honestly don’t even know why; maybe it’s the world on the precipice of…something; could be huge change, or complete destruction. Maybe it’s just the fact that I’m getting discouraged by what I’m seeing around me in the community (my little municipality is not, shall we say, tolerant or open-minded) regarding the current protests (folks in my ‘burg are not particuarly thrilled with the statues coming down in Richmond or NASCAR banning the Confederate battle flag from events); people not wearing their masks as ‘Rona cases spike nationwide (I saw an old woman, on oxygen, at the grocery store the other day without a mask!), or maybe it is work, where I can’t get a straight answer on so many different things that should be simple.

Or it could be the simple fact that on top of all this other crap, my beloved Instant Pot threw a fatal pressure sensor error Wednesday night and now it’s bricked. Even though information online tells me that this is a manufacturing defect that the company will quickly and courteously address by sending me a new one, the fact that it died as I was getting ready to make dinner was maybe an ounce too much on an already heavy burden of stress.

Good news? There’s been some. I’ve gotten a lot of riding in this week (even with a blown tire tube early on) including a this year’s personal best long one Wednesday afternoon, and a quick check of the scale tells me I’m down about seven pounds from last week (only about 25 more to go to be within spitting distance of what I call reasonable). Something at work that *usually* waits until the very last minute got taken care of months early, which is a relief (even if it creates a void to be filled with other people’s crap to solve rather than mine)…

So, I don’t know, scales maybe not quite balanced, but getting there.

No idea what’s on tap for the weekend, really, other than I’ve taken Friday off, because damn, I deserve it.

So, tunes. Solid indie mix, as I’ve come to expect. Perfectly adequate:

1. “Golden Shower of Hits” – Circle Jerks
2. “Ohio” – Cherry Glazerr
3. “Your Reply” – Frances Quinlan
4. “Dangerous Type” – Letters to Cleo
5. “Every Flower I See” – Young Guv
6. “Balloon Man” – Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
7. “The Perpetual Optimist” – Luke Lalonde
8. “Citysong” – Luscious Jackson
9. “Darkness” – Pinegrove
10. “Search 4 Me” – Chris Farren
11. “Townie” – Mitski”
12. “This Sentence Will Save/Ruin Your Life” – Born Ruffians
13. “The Rest Will Follow” – …And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead