Thanks JJ, vieux chien

Sorry, I don’t know how to spell chien with a “w”

What have I been doing for myself lately? Do you mean apart from fretting over my D and my M, and starting another whiney thread?

Hmmmmmmmmmmm…

Well, I’ve been working like a dog. Long hours frustrating problems. When you factor in the other krap, I frankly haven’t had much energy for myself.

But whatever energy I’ve managed to muster has gone into my karate. As I mentioned, I’m grading for my black belt tomorrow, and it’s gonna be a gruelling 5 hours. I’m not sure if my biggest challenge is going to be the difficulties I’ve had concentrating lately, or an old hip injury that’s rearing it’s ugly head. But my concentration has been getting better this week, and they make allowances for injuries (and age), so I’m feeling pretty optimistic.

I’ve been riding my motorcycle a little, and am looking forward to doing more of that.

Last night, D#2 had a school concert (she’s a drummer). It was reassuring to see her doing something for herself and I quite enjoyed the concert.

And of course, this morning I had yet another opportunity to engage in my favourite activity; cleaning up after S#2 wet his bed.

I haven’t been fishing in an awful long time. Right now, I think it would be too quiet. Don’t need time alone to get my head racing, y’know?

But I’ll probably do some later in the summer.

Andy