Today was fall break. I spent the morning cleaning the basement. It sounds boring, but it's rather fun. I'm getting closer to finishing the basement, but it just takes so much time to do a good job.
Today was also my first day with a belay partner and it was a lot of fun.
I got a bunch of things done again today! My to-do list is the lowest it's been since I started recording in 2019. My next two Mondays are a lot more busy so I don't know that I'll get it much lower in the near future.
More construction has started, which closes Riley for two weeks. Traffic today was a mess. It took me 20 minutes to get home after picking up the kids instead of seven minutes. I'll try something a little different tomorrow.
It also (finally) rained tonight. While the weather has been beautiful, it is October and low 80s are too warm. The rain will bring slightly cooler temperatures.
A quick sourdough update:
I made some scones the other day; they were delicious.
I made some sandwich bread instead of my normal circle loaf. Jury is still out about circle loaf vs sandwich loaf. Joshua liked it a lot better. Isaac was not sure, but likes it better for sandwiches. I enjoyed it for my sandwich. Ben hasn't had it yet.
The bad part is that I only have one pan (but Christmas is coming).
I showed up to the classroom today, as normal, and started getting set up. Except...something had changed. Usually when I try to log into my Hope account, I get an option to send myself a text message with a code that allows me to sign in. It wasn't there this time.
Then the instructions that the screen gave me to find the code on my phone were completely useless.
I got the test started that I was giving and thought about my options. I could get a one time passcode from my office, but that would involve leaving. I had my laptop, which meant I still had access to all my stuff, I just couldn't get it to the lab computer. I emailed myself the files to my personal email. It worked well enough.
I went to CIT after class. They fixed everything up, but it was just a straight-forward fix; it took them a few minutes. I was rather happy about that since it wasn't a super simple fix that I should have known.
Tonight I climbed a route with a very slight inverse incline. I've never managed to get a route on that incline before, let alone flash a route on it!
Then as I was picking Isaac up after practice someone said they'd like to be my belay partner! All right! I had a notice up on the board for about a month and at this point didn't really expect anyone to respond. Yay!
I was on a roll today! I crossed so many things off my to-do list. I went from 62 items to 46 items! It'll go back up again, but hopefully it's going to keep trending down. I haven't been this low in about 2.5 years, and if I can get just a few more things crossed off I'll be at a record low.
I pulled out a chair today to sit down, only to find a cat on it.
Horizon also was sitting on a chair later in the day, but when I pulled it out to take a picture he jumped off.
Usually, Horizon is a very quiet cat. However, when I'm picking raspberries he has been very vocal - reminding me that he wants to come outside too! The problem is that he doesn't just want to come outside, he wants to eat the plants outside. Guess what doesn't agree with his stomach? Plants.
