Daily Success January 30 – Very Good. Outstanding was within reach, but not within easy reach. Just a hair too far away. I didn’t even try.

Yesterday

Yesterday was a bit confusing. Not doing a single thing for Sam other than work with Allen to get the formal “take it or leave it” message forwarded through Vince plus a couple emails cancelling Zooms felt strange. Thus, I didn’t get as much done as I should have, just a little disoriented.

But I started to get my head around to a “no Sam” future. I did a pass at the voice part of the August 4th, 2018 PowerPoint that seemed much improved except for minor (heh) camera and cameo issues. I’ll probably redo just a slide or two to see how that all works.

On the negative side, I had quite a bit of pain, so much pain that I took an 800 mg ibuprofen during the afternoon. Nothing seemed to loosen things up, it was muscle pain for the most part, but the knee was very unhappy as well.

Today

There is a lot on my plate for today: Laura and company Zoom at 10:30; Larry at 11; pest control folks at noon; Monika at 1:15; and poker at 7. No emails from Sam today, so the 5 PM tagup is not only not required, it’s forbidden.

That schedule means exercise, including the bike, must happen in time for a shower before going to see Monika.

The Future

Murky.

Will I be able to work through the pain sufficiently to hike again, to feel that – je ne seis qua – that screams at me from the photo on my desktop and the one that Riccardo took back in ’21. Both are simple pictures that I did not seek out, just taken by others and a candid shot in Riccardo’s case, that somehow bring back that feeling. Am I now like an aging athlete who will never experience that again?

Does my Compostela represent an actual end? Would a knee replacement change that?