Written on BART…7:15am…
Weekends go by quickly and slowly. Inevitably I sleep terribly on Sunday evenings. Not sure why this is…wrestling with the number of “To Dos” to be done…the tasks not finished, the ideas half-baked but due…Sunday is generally a horrible night for sleeping. I wake often and randomly. Sometimes a clip of a dream in my head, generally a flashback to something I have done over the weekend.
We have decided baseball is **the** most boring sport on the face of the earth. Not sure if it is this age group, the beating down of the sun or it really is just moves so slowly that you lose interest. Max, Jordan, Crag and Bob all came to see Freddie play…for the first four innings this helped in passing time. It was good to have them there…it was good to see that Freddie’s friendships are a bit more dynamic and not one dimensional. They won yesterday, but lost their game on Saturday. Puts them somewhere in the middle of the pack as far as placement. Although Freddie is enjoying his time on the field, he enjoys the dugout as well. Just chatting, joking, relaxing and being a kid.
Saturday Steve ended up doing a middle length run on the shorter side. I tagged along to the area…and walked 6.4 miles. I’d forgotten how much I enjoy just wandering aimlessly…not exactly without a goal…go one way for an hour and then head back to the parking lot…but just the ability to be in a place right now for the moment and fully…that is what I enjoy about hiking.
I was thinking on the train this morning it has all three things I crave 1) solitude 2) mental machinations 3) physical challenge. I’d like to do the Ohlone trail. Backpack overnight. Pack light. Focus on just one foot in front of the other. And some time alone. Physically I am not ready for this…but we’ll see in a week if I can get a Mission Peak hike in this week…then maybe.
Busy week ahead.
Heading home…9:00pm…
Long day, but a little closer to the goal. Finished most of the deck of slides and will complete them in the morning. I was asked an interesting question by an interesting individual in my interesting department. Along the lines of new projects—opportunities. I enjoy research, I enjoy looking into the new and different. I don’t mind the grunt work related to understanding a thing…I relish it. That sense that some are confident with “thinking they know” and it’s enough…I’d rather just dive in and know…see it, run the numbers, know it—live it—breathe it.
I love SF at night. This is the first time I am seeing the city in the evening at dark from my office. It’s the first night I have stayed late since we have moved. Makes me miss NY. The hum of the city, the low roar of constant motion.