Another week where I’m filling in for the boss, and spending too much time on conference calls. This is starting to become a habit, and I’m not sure how I feel about it. I suppose it’s inevitable, as so many folks look to me as the substitute boss most of the time anyway, but it’s not like I *asked* for this arrangement; it just sort of happened organically, or was engineered from the shadows…or…hrm.

In any case, it meant I had to run a few meetings and answer a few more questions than usual, and respond to a couple of requests from on high when some missed marks in areas adjacent trickled up. Not too terrible, all told, but just adds to the other garbage I’m already dealing with.

On the fawm front, I’m up to ten of fourteen, with six days to go, and one song percolating in the background. I’ll hit the mark, but I won’t be running up the scoreboard. Couple of good ones in the hopper, though, and that’s really what it’s all about.

And finally, with the weather flirting with the sixties yesterday, I had my first real road bike ride of the year on the VCT, knocking out a little over twenty miles at a pretty reasonable speed. It felt good, and there shouldn’t be too many concerns about being ready for the half-century and change of the Cap2Cap in May.

In terms of tunes, it started off country, then sliding into an indie pop rock vibe with strong feminine tendencies…Not bad:

1. “Hi-Country” – Daniel Donato
2. “Hw It Ends” – Mama’s Broke
3. “Pump It Up” – Elvis Costello & The Atrractions
4. “Glad All Over” – The Rezillos
5. “Halah” – Mazzy Star
6. “Can’t Hardly Wait” – The Replacements
7. “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” – Pat Benetar
8. “Lose You (feat. Soccer Mommy)” – Bully
9. “Pool Hopping” – Illuminati Hotties
10. “Lilacs” – Waxahatchee
11. “Puppy and a Truck” – Jenny Lewis
12. “Knees Deep” – The Beths
13. “brutal” – Olivia Rodrigo
14. “Brand New Key” – The Dollyrots