Looks more like late March, early April outside today with all of the exposed green grass, blue sky, and perks of sunshine through the grey lined clouds. Also above zero degrees Celsius, so the roads are good and clear too. The rain drained off the streets over night, so it was a pleasure to drive across Markham to get us to the gym.
The girls both got new climbing shoes of their own for Christmas so now I can just head over and climb without paying anything extra. Nice. We have not yet tried out the new larger padded harnesses I picked up for us over the holidays. We don’t climb for that long so the free for kids under twelve versions are good for now. The padding only really makes sense if we are going to go and actively climb for a few hours. The ten seconds you spend descending isn’t enough time for the belts to dig or upset you. Plus, I need a much larger bag to hold three pairs of shoes, three chalk bags, and three padded harnesses, as well as my original basic harness, and our water bottle. Without ropes, helmets, or repelling gear we still have a tonne of equipment with us. It can get unwieldy.
It’s Saturday right now. Mid day at that. Had a couple of new projects this week, which is nice. Nothing major. I have started to ask around about part time work with the Town. Nothing too serious. Just looking to fill some gaps inbetween client work. Waiting for late payers can be taxing, so if I can start to see a small, but steady stream of wages from week to week, that would ease some of my anxiety around finances. You never know I could get a huge project come my way, or has an old client reach out for something substantial and all these concerns go away again for another year. No point taking on stress about money, if things can go from empty to overrun with a handful of emails one morning. I don’t want a massive amount of obligations on my plate because when I do get busy, it can last for months at a time.
I know I get like this when I’m in the midst of a slow period. Things will pick up again, just need to hold on until then. Stay positive. Keep on keeping on.
In other news I read an additional 30 pages of a book I started last year. I’m almost halfway through the whole novel now. I still feel the same way about it. I think I want to find large print format science fiction, because my eyes are not getting any better, and going for my glasses is a hassle. Important thing is, I did some reading, and not just cleaning while doom scrolling.
Everytime I go in the garage all I can think of is how I desperately want to get rid of the waste wood from the garbage bin box, and the train table, plus some old bird houses, and tool trays I made many years ago. We have garbage in there now too because my inlaws missed our garbage pick up while we were away visiting family in Ottawa over the holidays. Not to mention the two old blue boxes that need to get picked up by the GFL folks in early February. Makes me feel unsettled that all this junk is back in the garage once again.
Oh the cycle of life!
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