Yesterday morning dawned a balmy 20F and the sky was attempting to snow though it didn't put much effort into it. There are days when it is obvious the environment is being wishy-washy and can't seem to make a decision. I was okay with the temps as it meant that the snow would not become a slushy mess right away and I had time to get it moved around the yard.
I got the boys to school, got my posts written, and futzed around the house while watching the Bahrain darts masters. It was insanity watching Luke Littler. His first leg of his match against Asp and he got a 9 dart leg. He is only the 2nd person EVER to do that in a masters, the other the legend Phil Taylor, but Luke is the youngest EVER to get a 9 dart in senior televised darts. The kid then went on to win the entire thing by beating MVG. The dart world has a new standard bearer and he is going to bring the level up overall since people will have to raise their game to try and beat him.
The gate has been having issues. It seems that the hinge pins had become loose and the whole gate had been lifted and pushed around. I went out and got it set back on the pins but it wasn't until later in the day when I actually tightened the pins to keep them from rotating. The main problem is the lower gate side bracket is WAY too big for the pin and the bracket is wallowing around. This makes the bottom of the gate shift each time it opens and put pressure on the pin. I need to still squeeze the bracket down to try and pinch it down and reduce the hole size.
I've come to the conclusion that all this dark and weird shit that is floating around in my head needs to be addressed. My humor is SUPER dark and I have too many things in my head that really shouldn't be said around most anyone. In listening to more audiobooks recently I've realized that the only way for me to deal with the glut of darkness is to start writing it out. I'm hoping that by getting it out onto the screen I can exorcise it from my psyche and maybe it will mellow me out. My first short is nearing 1000 words now and opened up a full story line that is really dark and most likely will never see other eyes, I'm not sure others would handle it well. Too many triggers for too many people I think.
Mid day @stryeyz got home from work early so she could keep working from home. The boys were consistently obstinate about cleaning their rooms and refused to do anything until super late in the day. I managed to get around with the shovel and move a bunch of the snow so that the rains will melt the paths quickly. The next week+ is slated for 40F days and barely freezing nights so this snow should be diminished a lot. It won't be gone as we are in a dark pit for another month plus.
I got the fire going as it started to get dark. The wood was super pitchy and burst into flames really fast.
Continuing our 80s movies I put on Beetlejuice which is a great classic movie. J has seen it before but this was R's first time. It's fun now with the effects so silly looking so R was perfectly fine. It even starred Alec Baldwin before he became the insufferable douche-bag murderer that he is today.
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I am still a bit amazed that I did this. I was throwing darts while the potatoes baked in the oven before I put the burgers on and I have a couple practice rings on the board. The rings have a hole to push a pin through to hang them and this is the first time I have put a dart into that hole. It is an 1/8" hole that I hit.
3 minutes later I did it again! Absolutely mad! I wish I could say I was aiming for it but I was trying for the triple 20.
I dragged myself from the board and got the burgers grilled over the remaining coals in the fire pit.
It is nigh on impossible to get the boys to clean their rooms but eventually J managed to do something to just barely earn digital time. R did not in a change of roles.
Soaked for longer as my skin managed it okay. The chems have to be right or else it screws with me something fierce.
My yearly savings goals are right on track and I am ahead of my HP goal by a couple days. I have a daily recurring buy of EDSD tokens for .5 HBD so I will have at least 183 by the end of the year. My HBD savings is right on track with 3 added per day.
| 2024 Hive Goals | Week Incr | |
|---|---|---|
| HP: 30,000 | Current: 23,538 | +175 |
| HBD Savings: 4030 | Current : 2370 | +21 |
| EDSD : 183 | Current: 9.5 | +3.5 |
Today is warmer and begins our rain for the next week or more, I am not really sure what I will be doing today as I look around the farm... I know I have to keep cleaning in the house, there are ice dams on the eves I would like to break up, I should work on the gate bracket, UFC 297 is this evening but it is not that great of a card, I'll dig more shit out of my head and drop it into a short, and then this evening I will grill again.
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