The Weekend! (04-NOV-24) - Our Geek This Week

It’s been a minute, but work, life, and anxiety have ruled the past week. I don’t suspect this week, with the election tomorrow, is going to be any better.

Life

Friday: Poker with the Grohs, a monthly, friendly poker game that used to be a family thing, and mostly still is. I lost $15, and then lost another $1 playing three-person euchre after poker. $16 is a small amount of money to spend four+ hours with lifelong friends.
Saturday: Went to MSU to watch them get slaughtered by Indiana, who is currently undefeated. I mean, seriously, when the heck did they get that good? Stopped by the annual Groh Halloween party on the way home because it’s always nice to see friends even if it has been less than 24 hours.
Sunday: Tried to sleep in because Daylight Savings ended, but my anxiety would not allow that. Did grocery shopping for the house and for Anilee, went home to watch Wrexham crash out of the FA cup, then ordered pizza to watch the Lions stomp the Greenbay Packers with Mackie and her boyfriend. Followed that up with a relaxed night of Shrinking and Resident Alien; it was the chill weekend I needed coming into this week.

Music

I listen to a lot of music, if you didn’t know, and own almost as much, so sometimes I come across something I have not listened to in weeks/months/years and may have forgotten about. This time it was this techno track “Pink Panzer” by Extrawelt that I think I grabbed anywhere from two to four years ago. Anyway, it’s my current earworm and I’ve been playing it a lot.
That said, a week on the new Underworld is still in heavy rotation as well.
Shalee went to some estate sales on Thursday and grabbed me a reprinted copy of Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits on vinyl for the paltry sum of $5. It was still sealed, and appears to be a 1984 BMG/CBS record club reprint of the 1978 release. I love it and listened to both discs; Shalee said it sounded like her grandpa Al was in the house.

Reading

I haven’t read my current book, Human Acts, in probably over a week. Reading calms me, but as I’ve already noted a few times, I’ve been too anxious. Last night I forced myself to sit down and finish a chapter. That seemed to help a little.

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