Daily Success February 7 – Outstanding.

Daily Success Yesterday

Success yesterday rode on the pale horse of a long walk: home to Nabila’s via my “long route,” back home, then to Giant. No shortcuts. That totals 5.75 kilometers (3.6 miles) and got added to an otherwise good day on the stationary bike. Importantly, my back and knee seem none the worse for wear this morning.

What does seem a bit the worse for wear is me in general. Not feeling well. Nothing specific, just a general malaise. Zicam may help.

Success Today

Success today must deal with Cliff’s kaffeeklatsch at the Empress. I remain conflicted about these things, but the need for some socialization other than typing at the computer is becoming serious.

That said, the challenge will be to maintain my focus on what’s important. My promise to deliver some Project Pinecone material to Jon by Monday morning is more than a bit challenging.

Success in the Future

Success in the future must begin with an email to Julian expressing the thought that what their family has gone through over the last months is much, much more important than helping me get from the Madrid airport to the train and back. Yeah, it’s not that simple, but this is not my first rodeo in Spain. If it’s going to be unlikely that they will be around to pick me up on March 29th or have a problem helping get me back to the airport on April 22nd because they want to have time, and especially family time, to grieve, so be it.

Importantly, that is a decision that should be made sooner rather than later because it’s unlikely that changing my tickets will be less expensive next week.
On the bright side, there is my walk yesterday. The distance was not all that impressive and nothing like a day on el Camino, but it’s encouraging, especially because there does not seem to be any negative impact today.

We shall see.