mental health monday
As I indicated last week, I took myself a mental health day on Monday in order to try to cleanse some of the frustration, stress, and craziness of last week’s “rush to do all the acquisition things” theme. It mostly worked, and I got a bunch of stuff done, both for me, and around the house.
For example, I saw all kinds of “trail friends” on my bike ride Monday morning, including this guy, who looks quite dashing in his velvet:
The weekend itself wasn’t all bad, either. The lovely spouse and I had a nice anniversary date (in accordance with all public health mandates), grabbing burgers on the patio at Luther Burger, doing a little bit of fabric shopping and AR game playing, then stopping by Steam Bell for a drink on *their* patio before heading home. The schedule changed on the food trucks, so our original plans for gourmet mac & cheese didn’t happen, though if all holds, they’ll be out at Crazy Rooster this weekend, so we’ll get our fix then.
I also got to play music with some friends from all over the place Saturday night, as I sat in on a tech test for the Dragoncon Filk Track. A few of us tested the livestream/conference platform and did a few tunes for an hour or two. It was nice chatting with my friends and picking up the guitar again. I also got confirmation that I’ll have a short set (along with several others) for the virtual con, and we’re working up the details there, so….cool.
Back in the “office” this morning, however, the bureaucratic dysfunction started grinding on me immediately; I need to get on the bike again this afternoon…
