The weekend began with a visit to a client’s office where we accomplished none of her goals but an hour later had a plan. Relatives were visiting so family took priority which ultimately meant Chuck E Cheese and sushi with Froyoz for dessert. Then there was massive cleaning, throwing away of things, Goodwilling piles, and room moves. The house is gaining a new sense of order despite the current disarray. I can once again enter my garage! Things are only getting better.
Category: Daily Life
Ramblings, often stream of conscious, journaling the events of my life.
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Back to School
Today is the first day of school for many Tennessee students. It’s a special kind of hell where you have to wake up early, walk around the house like zombies, and still arrive at work far later than desired. I had just attuned my body to getting to work between 7am and 7:30am.
This year we return to having a child in elementary, a child in middle, a child in high school, and a child in college. It’s not quite the same as the year we had 5 children in 5 schools and only had 1 working vehicle. But this is close.
Please drive safely particularly in school zones. The children are out. Those few seconds you save by speeding are not worth the lives you risk.
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Of Being Dad
I really hope my children never read my text messages to my wife…I can’t afford the therapy bills.
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So much accomplished and so much more to do
This has been an action packed weekend. Well, Saturday could have been better. Saturday was taxi day. I woke at 5:45am to drive Tommy to work. Instead of staying up and being productive, I went back down for a "nap" and was left little productive time before taking Amy to her friend’s house across town. A few errands (Home Depot) later and it was time to pick Amy up and head off for some Tax Free Weekend shopping which culminated in sending the children to the grandparents and having a date with my wife. Today, Sunday, was far more productive. A great cleaning occurred in the downstairs (still hard to tell). Noah helped empty the Dodge Neon (a car being used as storage for Ladies of Charity) which I hope will motivate me to install the new water pump. I did not get to install the shelving downstairs that I set as my weekend goal but at least now I can access the wall where the shelving will be installed. I attended a meeting for the launch of the cub scouting year. I’ve worked on a plan to help a local organization with a technical endeavor. And now, weary, I work to finish a client obligation only which after it is done can I begin to relax and figure out where the unfinished business will fit into this week’s schedule.
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365 days of trash
I’m rekindling my effort to toss something every day for a year. Today, I have already successfully discarded a box of documentation from 2000 (mostly old business paperwork) including an IRA application my mother had asked me to fill out and return to her. Oops. And the mint condition Palm Pilot III manuals.
Next, my notesbooks from high school. Er, yes, I may have notebooks from my high school classes in my garage.
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Wind River – July 22
Depart SLC 10:17am Frontier Airlines flight F9 570.
Arrive Knoxville at 5:17 pm, Frontier flight F9 600. -
Wind River – July 21
Start (9,700) Travel Southwest on Big Sandy Trail for 5.5 miles. End at Big Sandy Campground (9,200). (5.5mi total, 500 ft loss.)
Drive to SLC 268 mi., 5:30 hours. (Click to see map)
Overnight at La Quinta Inn, Salt Lake City West, 3540 South 2200 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84119 -
Wind River – July 20
Start (10,000) Hike East on North Fork Trail for 2 mi, See Lonesome Lake. Hike South on Jackass Pass Trail, over the Continental Divide at Jackass Pass (10,800), then back down to Big Sandy Lake.
End.(9,700). (5 mi total, 800 ft gain, 1,100 ft loss, 1,900 ft total change)
Campsite 7 (9,700): Just North of Big Sandy Lake, where Jackass Pass Trail meets Big Sandy Trail. -
Wind River – July 19
Layover Day. Hike East on North Fork Trail, Explore Cirque of the Towers. Woohoo!! Campsite 6: Same as Campsite 5.
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Wind Rivers – July 18
Start (9,900) East on Bear’s Ears Trail for 3 mi, traveling North of Valentine Lake. This takes us up steep switchbacks above treeline to about 11,600 ft., in the area of Cathedral Peak. Then take Lizard Head Trail South for 5.5 miles, across the plateau-like area, with a high point of 11,800, back down into Lizard Head Meadows, at about 10,000 ft. (8.5 mi total, 1,900 ft gain, 1,800 ft loss, 3,700 ft total change) Campsite 5 (10,000): In Lizard Head Meadows, Near North Fork Trail.
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Wind River – July 17
(Same campsite)
Layover Day: Day hike Southeast on Washakie Trail into Washakie Lake Area, Explore around, potentially check out a Glacier. (Macon Lake is at 10,800; Washakie Pass is at 11,600) Campsite 4: same as campsite 3.
Exploring Cirque of the Towers.
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Wind River – July 16
Start (10,000). Hike East Along Trail that is North of Grave Lake for 2 miles. Trail meets Onion Meadows Trail and Bears Ears Trail. Take Bears Ears Trail Southeast, then south, for 3 mi. (Ignore valentine Mountain Trail that branches East after 1.5 miles). End. (5 mi Total, 100ft loss. ) Campsite 3 (est. 9,900ft): Where Bear’s Ears Trail meets Washakie lake Trail, along the South Fork Little Wind River.
