For some reason this was a week dominated by irritability…
…and I’m not absolutely sure why. It might have something to do with wanting to feel I’m improving my golf game (but still only managing to play well for half any given round). It might be because, while I do want to fulfil my writing commitments this month and next, I don’t actually want to do the writing. Then again, it could be my indecision around organising wing foiling lessons and the fact that I’ve not decided to go windsurfing yet this year. I’m scared - I know that, know why and respect that feeling - but I would still like to give these things a go (again).
This week’s image is related to preparing for the heat now and all through next week: reflections in the pool whose cooling embrace will be needed in just a few moments.
Reading:
Nearing the end of the Detective Kindaichi Mysteries by Seishi Yokomizo series now, I’m still enjoying the gentle narratives, well drawn characters and many dead bodies often artfully presented. The stories always feature a number of missed opportunities to find out key pieces of information that would prevent more death.
I’m still not reading anything else, but I’m happy to be finding more and more interesting personal blogs and people to follow on Mastodon.
Golf:
My golf was ok on Wednesday and poor on Friday (after a great start). My mood on Wednesday was upbeat. I did a bit of practice before I left after lunch. Friday though… Well, I got quite (read: incandescently) angry with myself (although I don’t think my playing partners noticed the level of rage). I was still hitting some good shots, but there were a few things I did wrong repeatedly, in spite of making adjustments that should have helped. I could not putt (with an issue that plagued me the whole round, but that I failed to correct effectively at all). Again, I did more practice before leaving for home, and that did make me feel a bit better (but not much).
Exercise:
I managed 5 minutes of additional weights on top of my physio session. Hmm… must do better (yet another irritation).
Running? Not in the wind (and now, not in the heat).
Food:
We’re doing pretty well in terms of eating atm. I’m quite enjoying it most of the time, with the occasional issue (when I’ve already been feeling peeved).
Garden:
My dedication to getting stuff done in the garden - watering things and sorting out pots, cuttings and planning future changes - is going well. I’m actually enjoying this a lot!
I continued to put off sorting out the huge cactus with a new pot and it took matters into its own… spines. Part of it fell off, so I potted up the pups and cut the large section off clean (above any rot/dry die back) to see if I can pot that up when it develops a callus.
Adventure:
I had already located three potential places for wingfoiling lessons by the end of last week. I think I’ll go with one of the two offering individual lessons (more expensive, but probably worth it). Now I’m having issues getting down to making a booking. I’m thinking of emailing them to see how responsive they are and what they think about teaching someone who is using a hinged knee brace to protect a permanently injured knee (no ACL on that side, no pain but potentially unstable if twisted).
The thought of skiing (or maybe snowboarding) at some point this year continues to be in my head (and not always in a positive way, but I don’t want to just give up).
Work (a new section):
I did manage to set the timer for 15 minutes twice this week and actually considered the most urgent writing project on the books for about two hours in the end. I can write this, but only if I work out what I want to argue in the next few days (making the article different from everything I’ve already said, but also fun to write, with the latter being key to me now). The deadline is looming dangerously close.
Three ideas:
- Email two of the possible wingfoiling teachers about lessons for someone with a knee brace
- Find and buy a cactus pot
- Set aside 15 minutes to outline a potential journal article argument
I don’t think anyone reads these weeknotes, but if they do then they might notice that they’re always posted a day (or even two days) late. This is in part because I’m struggling to feel I’m moving forward, in particular with the adventure/ideas aspects of my life, so I don’t want to write up what feels like a failure (until I’ve had a chance to move at least one of the things along ready to report on in the next week). I guess that means the accountability aspect of writing these is almost working!?!?
