Daily Success December 18 – Outstanding. It was by the skin of my teeth, but it counts. Lots of exercise, the Internet Monster under control, but a Christmas Party at Brian and Karen’s led to zero booze points.

It is increasingly clear that the latest revision to my scoring criteria makes high scores both achievable and suitably difficult.

Yesterday

Yesterday involved a lot of exercise. A significant part of my “Outstanding” score was the opportunity to turn my moving average calories burned number from a yellow 499 to a green 500+ simply by getting back on the bike for a couple minutes. A minute less would have made my Daily Success score “Very Good” rather than “Outstanding.”

Motivation.

Chores, mostly Christmas Cards and laundry, consumed most of the available time yesterday. The exercise and Christmas Party were real limiting factors. So was pain. My left knee is really acting up and was very bad yesterday, probably because of the rainstorm that blanketed the area.

Today

Today begins with Monika. It seems fairly clear that she is helping me make progress, but the progress is painfully slow.

Beyond Monika, there is finishing the Christmas Cards and the laundry. Plus, SurveyorBot on the professional / work side of things.

The Future

In the short term, I will see Dr. Higgins for another injection on Wednesday and Monika again on Thursday.

But what of the longer term? If my back improves enough to make a basic life comfortable, perhaps volunteering at Ribadiso or with the local American Pilgrims chapter. If the back and knee can both be brought back to functional, which seems unlikely, perhaps Arles or Bordeaux. Or, maybe, a change. The heel of the Italian Boot or Greece.

But the longer term depends more on success with Larry than all other factors combined. I’ve reminded Jan to text him. If she does, that is hope. If she does not, I will move to work with him on my own to prepare myself for life’s next chapter.

Finally, as if more stress was needed, I must meet with Allen tomorrow to discuss the XArc / Astroport / Sam situation. We have an offer from them. Now I must decide my next move. But I am tired. So very tired.