As mentioned, this new job has me all over the state. I’m still on my first annual rotation through the branches and have really enjoyed some of the smaller corners I’ve visited. I got to go to Kilmarnock back in October and it was a lovely drive.
Can’t be mad at a country road.
Or a long, long bridge.
Luckily the shipper packed it like a paranoid professional, so I dodged any damage.
Headed down to Florida for some work things.
Still not over taking pictures from the plane.
It’s easy to get a sunrise photo when it’s so damn late.
There’s a 5:30am game that I got into. It’s higher level players so the tennis is good, but holy shit is it early.
I enjoy starting the day with a workout but the early hour blows my day up pretty good.
Timelapse Perseid over Stonehenge via Warren Ellis.
Big concert week last week, we went down to Hampton and saw Sturgil Simpson on his Why not? tour. I got to see him a few years back when he was touring the Metamodern Sounds album, but that was in a much smaller room. Luckily he translates well to a small arena.
And Hampton Coliseum was a good place to see music. I’d never been before and the sound was great.
Great.
With one match left (and I’ve already played so much I may not make it in the lineup), I took my first L of the 6.5 Mixed Combo season this weekend, 5-7, 3-6. I took a nasty bite from the double-fault bug in some inopportune moments in the first set and then we just stunk it up in the 2nd.
Adding insult to injury, the match was on hardcourt so I was starting to get sore before I got back to the house. Playing on clay is so forgiving to these old bones.
Saw Conclave this weekend. It’s got a lot of good actors doing a lot of good acting.
We’re going to try to see all of the Best Picture nominees again this year. We only missed one last time, and Conclave is definitely going to be in the mix.