Great dinner with my parents on Sunday night.
Something that my daughter and I don't do with them enough.
Work is getting really busy as our clients and customers are going on new systems so a lot longer days are ahead soon enough.
So what did I do in response to that?
I bought myself an air mattress as one week out of six or more will be spent taking on call so there are nights that I likely will spend in my office.
Last night, I inflated it and did just that: slept in the office.
Not sure why I got a queen instead of a twin as it filled up most of the entire floor.
The first half of the evening I slept better, but the second half I was up and down with those issues that men my age tend to have to deal with as we get older.
My doctor said that there's medicine for that but it might affect certain performance. I think I told her that I didn't have to worry about any of that!
I will also be getting a new mattress for my bed soon. It's been long, long overdue.
Looking forward to getting a firm mattress.
I don't even know what you would call the shape of what I'm sleeping on now. I do sleep so it can't be incredibly terrible, but I can improve - and I have the money thankfully.
Close to finishing another book. This one I got last week and it is called "God in the ICU: The inspirational biography of a praying doctor." (Not that I don't have enough already.)
The doctor is from South Africa and he shares his experiences with stories of prayers while serving as an anesthesiologist in various healthcare settings.
Some of the language - not bad - is different, which makes you focus in even more; however, it's been a source of encouragement that if we know God and we get off the well-worn path that the easiest way back to Him is through prayer.
And it isn't anything that has to be pretty or flowery. Basically it is just: talking to God.
It's also always good to hear some of the funny stories of the day that my daughter shares from her second grade classroom.
So happy for her as her first year was such a challenge and almost a "beat down" that she's beginning to reap some of the benefits of her incredible hard work.
And even if you know me a little, I've probably have told you how proud I am of her.
Not too much else going on. Time to start thinking about the weekend.
I've got the new movies in the area mapped out as to when they're coming and going.
I think there are four, plus one from back in August - "The Tax Collector" - that is in the area that I want to try to see in the next week or so. That scene changes almost daily.
I also know of a 10-mile race over south of Johnson City and north of Blanco that is on the potential list for Saturday morning. We'll see. Haven't run 10 or more since before the pandemic started.
There's a half marathon on the calendar for January 2 in Canton, which was a shift in the schedule after they cancelled the August event.
The biggest benefit is that it should be cooler, but you just never know.
I once ran the Texas Marathon in Kingwood on New Year's Day when it was in the low-to-mid 80s as I crossed the finish line. Ouch!
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