Eyebeemania

Probably not in this case, but I’ve just been getting up very early in the mornings for work and consequently feeling too drained in the afternoons to put fingers to keyboard very much! I haven’t gone away though.

Been awake since soon after 6 am. Slept well, though, which makes a whole lot of difference to how you feel first thing. Enjoying a large mug of coffee right now.

It’s been a bright, sunny day here, but it’s cold outside. It was around freezing point first thing this morning, and it’s only crept up to 43°F all day. It won’t get any milder than that now, as sunset is in about an hour at around 5 pm.

Thursday, and it’s dry outside, and currently 49°F. The sky looks like it could rain soon, but it’s looked that way since daybreak.

I’ve finally finished sorting out my local audio file library, so that albums will display correctly in Roon. My private journal is up to date, and I’ve had coffee and even some breakfast.

I think I will go and read a book for a while, right after I make myself another mug of coffee.

I am sitting in my living room, and upstairs, and soon, the kitchen is in upheaval as I have ceilings replaced and then painting done. It will be great when it’s all finished, though.

Up early, got some emails sorted. Took a quick trip to Costco, grabbed a few items. Had a hot dog on the way out.

True!

The alarm went off at 5 am and I am getting ready to head to the hospital for my thyroid operation. Everything packed, just a quick coffee before I order an Uber to get me there.

I’ve decided that I’m going to try to read more books this year. I read a lot online. Websites, Medium, Substack, other blogs, but not nearly so much printed matter as I once did. So, right now, I’m going to find a book, get another mug of coffee, and have a read.

I was awake around 5 am, but I actually managed to go back to sleep until just after 7 am. Kathy had to get up for work, but I am off until Monday.

I’ve been sorting out some music files and tidying up bookmarks in Safari this morning. Mugs of coffee and some music have helped this. The two main spare-time indoor relaxants these days

Here’s a CD I listened to while I was busy.

The last working day of 2025. I hope it’s a non-eventful one. Will I stay up tonight? I’ll see how I feel. These days, I’m usually in bed asleep by ten pm or so.

I shall start the New Year with a four-day long weekend off.

I’m working my way through some of Compact Grey’s Sets on Soundcloud. Some great stuff if you enjoy house, deep house and techno.

Some of the sets are five hours long, and I seldom get that much time in one hit, so I listen in ‘instalments’.

Yes, I’m looking at you lucky buggers that get a break all the way from the weekend before Christmas to the weekend after New Year’s Day.

I went back to work on Boxing Day and will be working through to New Year’s Eve. I don’t always stay up to see the New Year in these days, but I finish just before 9 pm, so it’s an option to do something if I wish. I’m then off for four days, and go back to work on January 5th. Just happens that my long weekend off falls on those days.

It was a late start to the day. We didn’t get out of bed until nearly 11, although I had been awake since soon after 7 am, and I drank coffee and did some reading.

The painter and decorator who was coming tomorrow is now rescheduling the work for after Christmas, so that gives us some time to get things in order when they arrive. I was not looking forward to having to rush around today to try and get everything sorted out so they have easy access.

Kathy made breakfast. We had some fish that I’d bought yesterday that were quite short-dated, so we ate them so they wouldn’t go to waste. I spent a little time processing the video I took at the tree lighting ceremony last Friday and posted it on YouTube.

I made dinner tonight and we had pork ribs with roast potatoes and sprouts and some broccoli and roasted parsnips too. Dug out some music and listen to that for awhile before heading to bed around 8:40.