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Where Is Everyone?

One of the biggest discussions over the past few years has been the simple question: where did everybody go?  I really felt that today during my walk.  It’s a Thursday afternoon, it’s October.  Where are the people?

Guthrie isn’t the largest town, but it’s large enough.  And I know that online shopping continues to take away our shopping centers, our downtowns, or common spaces.  It seems like there needs to be some sort of reckoning.  A reset.  A coming back together.

One of my concerns about Guthrie before moving here was how hateful the town is, a perception I was able to garner easily by paying attention online.  But in reality, I haven’t met anyone who is remotely like that.  There have been a few who are almost certainly conservative-types, but nobody has been overtly unpleasant.  In Glencoe, I almost always encountered people like that.  There, it seemed like it could be hard to find chill people.  But like always, the Internet is not a window into reality.  It’s a curated lie, sometimes one that makes us feel better and sometimes one that makes us feel worse.

I think some of that online perception could be changed if people would get out of their houses and be in their communities.  Just around me in my own neighborhood, most of the people spend a lot of their time outside.  Neighbors aren’t interacting with one another, but everyone is familiar with one another.  There is one exception next door to me.  I see them only when they are getting in the car to go somewhere or getting out of the car, having returned from somewhere.  Otherwise, they don’t seem to be as out and about as everyone else.  I like that about this neighborhood.  Everyone sees their neighbors.  It’s harder to hate people you know.  Now maybe we all need to start talking, although it is nice to go outside and read a book without everyone in my line of sight feeling the need to say hello.  Sometimes, presence is enough.

I’m rambling.  Downtown needs more life.  Everything needs more life.  Maybe it’s bad actually to buy anything online.  I’m guilty.  We all are.  Maybe culture will shift back to community.  Maybe everything will die and the only options will be online shopping.  We will see.

[Walk #352, 2.62 miles]

• Location of Walk: home to downtown, Guthrie, OK
• Magpie: red foam clown nose

Playlist

1. Yellow, Coldplay
2. Halfway There (Half-O-Ween), LVCRFT
3. Snap! Crackle! Pop! Music!, Chad Post
4. Night of the Creeps, Lofi Munk Music (feat. Slaapzac)
5. Fare Thee Well, LVCRFT
6. Thriller (Robert Parker Remix) [Instrumental], Scandroid & Celldweller
7. Die With A Smile, Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
8. C2md (Coded Club Remix), Chad Most & Aria Jay
9. Ruin The Friendship, Taylor Swift
10. Supernatural Oasis, Cain Culto
11. Roses, Adam Lambert & Nile Rodgers
12. Mystical Magical, Benson Boone
13. When I See You Tonight, Joey Amato
14. I Like Girls (Who Like Skulls), DBone and The Remains
15. Calm in the Chaos, Rosé
16. Carnival of Souls, Lofi Munk Music (feat. Ray D.O.)
17. Sunshine & Rain…, Kali Uchis
18. Breeze!, Kali Uchis
19. Bélmez Faces, Lofi Munk Music (feat. Gelch)
20. Hellzapoppin’, Terra Glitch
21. Wood, Taylor Swift

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Doing Some Calculations

I could not sleep last night. I tossed, I turned, I paced, I sat up… It was around 5am when I finally got a little sleep, but I woke up a couple of hours later. I forced myself to go back to bed, but only after determining a few things about the day. First, I was not going to Stillwater like I had hoped. Second, I was not going grocery shopping. Third, I wasn’t even sure I was going to get a walk in. I did do some upper body exercises and got some movement in generally, so I did get all of my rings closed pretty early. I felt good about that.

I watched a movie this evening, Devil’s Partner. Even though I hadn’t slept much, I still felt restless and feared I would struggle again tonight. I left to go up to the park at 9pm, hoping to get in about a mile. Sometimes that is all it takes. By the time I reached the park and did one lap, I was feeling like going a full 3 miles. So, I went downtown and back. That route is exactly 2.5 miles, so if I either do 2 laps at the park before or do 1 going and 1 returning, I can easily get 3 miles in.

I could feel my body’s exhaustion, but it also felt nice to get the steps in. I was struck, as I sometimes am, by how easy the walk actually felt. I’m thinking about looking into abandoning “consistency” in my walking times and replacing it with fitting in an hour at times when I often have one to spare. Early mornings are always great because a walk gets me going for the day, but I often have an hour or so in the evening when all I am doing is scrolling social media. I’ll realize at some point that I’ve been doing that, having no memory of what I was just looking at. While that is how I keep abreast of current goings on in the world, it is just a way to give myself anxiety. Spending that time walking would be better.

I don’t know if I will be able to commit to two 3 mile walks everyday, but if I get into it, maybe I can do some sort of schedule that both gives my body a rest sometimes, but also allows me to get in more steps. And when I say schedule, what I mean is saying I want to do two separate walks in a day, but fitting them in when I’m feeling bored or whatever. If I do four days of two walks & three days of one walk, with the option of taking one of those days off entirely, that increases my walking for the week significantly without feeling overwhelming. That is increasing from seven walks per week to ten or eleven, with eleven the preference. That would increase my average exercise minutes from 60-70 to as much as 102 (daily average). It would also increase my daily distance walked from 3.50 to about 5.50. It seems so easy…too easy. I worry I’m trying to add too much, but I really need to be moving my body more.

I’m exhausted. Mentally. That was a lot of rambling. I should sleep.

[Walk #351, 3.12 miles]

• Location of Walk: home to downtown, Guthrie, OK
• Magpie: orange silk flower

Photo of the Day

Playlist

1. Luna The Wolf (Lullaby Version), LVCRFT
2. Let’s Have a Satanic Orgy, Twin Temple
3. Late Night Rider, LVCRFT
4. Bélmez Faces, Lofi Munk Music (feat. Gelch)
5. OW, Moby & Acti
6. Feeling Like Halloween, LVCRFT
7. Banshee Boogie, Lofi Munk Music (feat. Rigid Moods)
8. Gay in the Light, Kara Major
9. Happy, Able Heart
10. Walk To The Point, Dave Mason & Cass Elliot
11. Gore Diner, Hellzapoppin’
12. Delusional, Tears & Gearz, Bentley Robles, & Zee Machine
13. Calm in the Chaos, Rosé
14. peekaboo, Kendrick Lamar (feat. AzChike)
15. Hot As Hell, LVCRFT (feat. Dexter Darden)
16. The Life of a Showgirl, Taylor Swift (feat. Sabrina Carpenter)
17. Sauna, Chad Post
18. Cheap Love, Cain Culto
19. Stupid, Brendan Maclean
20. Zombie Parade, Fries On The Side
21. Die With A Smile, Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
22. Love You Feel (Wh0 Rolling Remix) (mixed by Fatboy Slim), Soul Avengerz
23. Her, Megan Thee Stallion
24. Girl With The Bat (DJ Mix), Idris Elba (feat. Shadow Boxxer)
25. Cemetery Lane, LVCRFT
26. Musa Pt. 1 (The Death of the King), Eliza Carthy & Ben Seal

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Coming Together in the Heat of October

If I can just continue making that loop my routine, I should be okay. It’s amazing how much a little pain can change things. When I had to take a few days off from walking, I felt incredibly discouraged. It was so frustrating to not be able to get in my steps, but walking today without pain made that hiatus worth the frustration. I just have to remember that when I start feeling any sort of pain, it is important that I stop pushing and let myself get the rest I need.

It was another warm day, too warm for mid-October. I do feel more accomplished on warm days, returning home absolutely drenched in sweat, but I am ready for things to start cooling off. I’m afraid it will be so fast when it does happen that I’ll be a popsicle, but we’ll see what happens!

In some ways, I feel like my life is starting to come together. Im some ways, I feel like things are just as unravelled as they’ve been for two years. There are so many things to do, and I still feel mentally drained most of the time. I’m being patient with myself. I’m not against anyone’s clock. The only thing that matters is relaxing and enjoying the ride.

[Walk #350, 2.57 miles]

• Location of Walk: to downtown & back, Guthrie, OK
• Magpie: chandelier pieces

Playlist

1. PURE/HONEY, Beyoncé
2. Easy Lover, Miley Cyrus
3. Neptune (In the Stars Wants His Bloody Pound of Fish), Eliza Carthy & Ben Seal
4. All of the Good, Kali Uchis
5. Power Is Taken (Felguk Remix), Moby
6. (Fallin’ For A) Fallen Angel, Twin Temple
7. Raw (Tony Romera Remix) / ID2 / Stayin’ Alive (Remix), Julia Navas, David Amy, Gustavo Bravetti, ID & BeeGees
8. Precious, Cain Culto
9. Watermelon, Able Heart
10. Gay in the Light, Kara Major
11. Walk To The Point, Dave Mason & Cass Elliot
12. Taste, Sophie Ellis-Bextor
13. Burn Your Bible, Twin Temple
14. Foggy Graveyard, Lofi Munk Music (feat. Lofi Temple
15. Nothing Really Matters, Madonna
16. hey now, Kendrick Lamar (feat. Dody6)
17. When the Devil Calls My Name, LVCRFT
18. When I See You Tonight, Joey Amato
19. Cry, Benson Boone
20. Erotomania, Sallie
21. You Can Go Now, Joey Amato

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Knee Pain Subsiding

I have retuned!  After a bit of freaking out about my knee, I decided to take a few days off and rest my knee to allow it to heal like it needed to.  Today was the first day without a sharp pain, so I went for a walk.  There is a slight dull pain and tightness still, but that only prevented me from pushing myself too hard.  I took it nice and easy and only did the loop to downtown, under the bridge, and back.  That is exactly 2.5 miles.  If I’m up to it, I’ll get in the last half mile later this evening.  We’ll see.

The International Bluegrass Festival was at The Cottonwood Flats over the weekend.  It made for a lot of traffic in the area, but sadly it was just far away enough that I couldn’t really hear any of the music.  I suppose next year, I could walk up there.  There have to be people hanging out in the areas nearby to enjoy some free music.  I can’t afford to actually go in!  The park was filled with RVs packing up and heading back to their lives.  It looks like it must have been a good time.

Changes happening tomorrow at my house!  I’m finally implementing my weekly schedule.  I had wanted to start 1 November, so I’m doing it a little early.  I’m sure it will be rough at first.

[Walk #349, 2.51 miles]

Playlist

1. Once In a Lifetime / Yeah the Girls / ID1 (mixed by Fatboy Slim), Talking Heads, FISHER (feat. MERYLL), & ID
2. Spirits Unknown, Lofi Munk Music (feat. RT3 Beats)
3. From the Start, Goldenfang Records
4. Almost Always, Never Nothing, Never , Dale Hollow
5. We Got The Treats, LVCRFT
6. Here Comes the Bride (Of Frankenstein), Elvira
7. Surrender, Eliza Carthy & Ben Seal
8. Sneaky Link, Chad Post
9. Bang Bang, Tom Aspaul
10. Foggy Graveyard, Lofi Munk Music (feat. Lofi Temple)
11. Our Savage Friends, Eliza Carthy & Ben Seal
12. IYKYK, Joey Amato
13. Dead Inside, LVCRFT & Christopher Young
14. Cabaret, Tom Aspaul
15. Shoulda Been Yours (Lo-Fi Version), Zee Machine
16. Ghost Town, Benson Boone

Photos of the Day for days I didn’t walk

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Even More About This Knee

I rested most of the day, keeping my leg elevated, but I was feeling pretty good, so I went for my daily walk this evening.  My pace is very slow.  I am being too cautious about walking on my left knee, and that caution is causing more problems than it is worth.  I got in the full 3 miles, and will less pain than yesterday.  I’ll see how tomorrow goes, but I will only do the walk if my knee is up to it.  If it is in pain, I’m going to do some upper body cardio exercises and let my knee have a full day of rest.  

I need to lose weight.  Why can’t I figure it out?  I’m trying to be less annoyed about it all today.

Guthrie was teeming with life today, and I loved it.  There were several people at the park, people walking and biking all over the neighborhood, lots of people downtown.  It felt alive.  If I can get this knee sorted, I’m really looking forward to being a part of that.

[Walk #348, 3.06 miles]

Playlist

1. Good Luck, Babe!, Chappell Roan
2. That Girl, Tom Aspaul
3. Sugar Sweet, Benson Boone
4. Around the World, Daft Punk
5. Here I Am, Elvira
6. Haunted Hill, Lofi Munk Music (feat. Windsor Gordon)
7. Once In a Lifetime / Yeah the Girls / , FISHER, Talking Heads & ID
8. Oh Sherrie, Steve Perry
9. I Just Wanna F-, David Guetta (feat. Timbaland & Dev)
10. Kernkraft 400 (Remix) (Mixed by Fatboy Slim), Zombie Nation
11. Different, Cass Elliot
12. Nothing Really Matters, Madonna
13. Magic, Kylie Minogue
14. Beast Mode, LVCRFT
15. Can You Hear Me, LVCRFT
16. Straight To Hell, LVCRFT & Sabrina Spellman
17. Heart Sing, Sophie Ellis-Bextor
18. Alcohol, Lufthansa
19. Words, F.R. David
20. Wish It Was You, Tom Aspaul & Jack Ward
21. Her, Megan Thee Stallion
22. Calm in the Chaos, Rosé
23. Night of the Creeps, Lofi Munk Music (feat. Slaapzac)
24. Carnival of Souls, Lofi Munk Music (feat. Ray D.O.)
25. Layers, Sophie Ellis-Bextor

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Down

Okay, pain.  And frustration frankly.  I decided during my walk that I really couldn’t do 3 miles, so I tried to at least get 2, which I did.  By the time I got home, my knee hurt more than is should.  I’m frustrated because everything had been going so well in the Spring, and now I can’t seem to get on track.  My eating is poor, my exercise is erratic.  Things just feel completely out of sorts.

As long a I get in 3 miles total during the day I guess, but still.  I was going to get back to my full plan in October and now I’m dealing with this knee pain that came out of nowhere.  It feels like my body is just working against me.  I’m doing something wrong, but I really don’t know what it is.  I don’t want to overdo it, but how is an hour of exercise overdoing anything.  I feel a bit confused and defeated today.

I need to get some sleep.

[Walk #347, 2.33 miles]

Photo of the Day (Bette Davis in Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?, playing on my TV)

Playlist

1. Scary Stories, Lofi Munk Music (feat. jetfueljayy)
2. Redesign Your Logo, Lemon Demon
3. Howl-0-Ween Halloween Kids, LVCRFT
4. Night of the Creeps, Lofi Munk Music (feat. Slaapzac)
5. Thessaloniki, Tom Aspaul
6. PS: Je t’aime, Christophe Willem
7. Beautiful Things, Benson Boone
8. Rappin’ Roast, The Cast of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars
9. The Valley of the Pagans, Gorillaz (feat. Beck)
10. Sauna, Tom Aspaul
11. Mi, Mariah Carey
12. Desire, Years & Years
13. Killing Moon, LVCRFT (feat. Psychobuildings)
14. Pleasing You, Dave Mason & Cass Elliot
15. Darkskin Queen, Karnage Kills & KDA
16. Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’, Journey
17. The One, Kylie Minogue
18. I Want Candy, LVCRFT

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Stress?  Lack of Sleep?  Not Enough Dogs?

Why, oh why is my VO2 Max score going down?  I honestly don’t get it.  I do have a bit of injury to my knee, and injury can lower the number.  But so can “overtraining.”  3 miles a day is a lot for me recently, but I have trouble believing that it is excessive.  Do I need to cool it?  Do I need to alternate days or do I need to let my knee get better before doing more walks?  These are all good questions and I have no answers.  I need to know a trainer!

I finally got a chance to pay the guy who mowed the other day, and he offered to let me walk his dog for the additional upper body exercise.  He’s not wrong actually, but I don’t really want to burden myself with a dog on my walks.  I know he’s been really busy and doesn’t want to have to stop and do that, but I also feel busy and don’t want to do that.  

Photo of the Day (metal chicken sculpture at Stone Lion Inn Bed & Breakfast)

I’ve been mush today.  Just absolutely worn out.  I don’t know if there is a reason for it.  My average sleep time is a little low recently.  Maybe I’ll try to force myself to stay in bed.  I tend to just get up for the day if I wake up after 4:00am.  By that point, I’ve usually gotten a full night’s sleep, but I have been getting to sleep a bit later.  I just need a day to completely sleep in and not stress over broken things in my house.

I also haven’t been getting in the reading I want to get in.  I keep stopping and starting.  Stress?  Lack of sleep?  Something is going on.  I just need to chill out and figure out what my problem might be.

[Walk #346, 1.18 miles]

  • Location of Walk: Banner Park, Guthrie, OK
  • Object Collected: trumpet vine seedpods

Playlist

1. Traces, Tom Aspaul
2. Cos Slay, LVCRFT & Christopher Young
3. Wood, Taylor Swift
4. Nu-di-ty, Kylie Minogue
5. Here For It All, Mariah Carey
6. peekaboo, Kendrick Lamar (feat. AzChike)
7. All Over Your Face, Cazwell
8. Love Myself, Able Heart

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I Am Not Waiting for the Train!

So, I feel a little bit guilty for so strongly encouraging Justin to walk so far.  Only a little bit though.  It is good for him, even if he doesn’t like doing it.  I need to be nicer about it though and signal him when we are at half a mile, so he can decide if he wants to head back home.  We went up to the train tracks; I intended to go across and under the bridge next to the creamery, but a train not only came through, but stopped.  It would have taken a long time.  We started to hear the train moving again around the time we got back to the house.  I can’t be waiting half an hour for a train.

I started taking glycine yesterday on some recommendations I had seen.  I’m going to do it for a month and see if I notice any results.  I’m pretty skeptical of supplements, so I don’t think I’m likely to attribute just anything to adding glycine.  I also got some more B12 as mine has been missing for a few months.  I misplaced so many things during the move!

Hopefully I can get the rest of my walk in, but I’m going to take it easy until then.  I really want this knee to stop hurting.  I will say it does feel better today, but not ideal.  Even with the naproxen I took, there is a twinge of pain.  

[Walk #345, 2.18 miles]

  • Location of Walk: home to train station & back, Guthrie, OK
  • Object Collected: black walnut

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Hot Water & Cat Warriors

It’s so nice to shower in warm water after a few days of not having access.  The hot water tank is in.  Now what will break next!?  I don’t actually mind a cold shower, but a hot one is so amazing after a few cold ones.

I finished my walk.  My knee is feeling better.  I’ll keep wearing a brace.  I don’t need a full on injury.  All in all, I feel accomplished in spite of my lack of accomplishments.  I guess I did get in my exercise for the day, and that’s not nothing.

Last night, as I returned from downtown Banner Park was host to a group of cats.  I didn’t think anything of it, but this morning there was a copy of a Warriors book sitting on one of the park benches.  Since it was still there this afternoon, I brought it home as my collected object.

I think I’ve decided to put the collected objects in the hollow part of the elm tree.  Whatever happens to them, happens.  Maybe I’ll document them like the important specimens they are first.  I’m not sure.  

[Walk #344, 1.53 miles]

  • Location of Walk: Banner Park, Guthrie, OK
  • Object Collected: paperback copy of Warriors #5: A Dangerous Path by Erin Hunter

Playlist

1. Foggy Graveyard, Lofi Munk Music (feat. Lofi Temple)
2. Pumpkin, Randy Newman
3. Bélmez faces, Lofi Munk Music (feat. Gelch)
4. Mean to Me, Eliza Carthy & Ben Seal
5. Maybe I Can Change, Rosé
6. Words, F.R. David
7. Cinnamon, Derik Fein
8. Stupid, Brendan Maclean
9. Thessaloniki (Remix), Tom Aspaul
10. Padam Padam, Kylie Minogue
11. 70s Angels (Jack Ward’s So Reluctant Mix), Tom Aspaul & Jack Ward

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Any Personal Trainers Walking By?

What is wrong with me!?

I was expecting the plumber this morning, so I sort of hung out here at the house instead of going for a walk first thing.  Recently, there has been a guy staying in a house at the next intersection, cleaning up the yard.  I’ve been intrigued by him, but I don’t know what is drawing me to him.  There’s nothing I need to know, but I find myself avoiding staring at him as I walk by.  I feel like I’m being a little creepy, but I don’t think I mean to be.

This morning I was enjoying my coffee and social media outside when that man walked by with his dog, and on seeing my overgrown lawn offered to mow it for $10.  That’s far too little, but I agreed.  He returned after taking his dog home and did an excellent job; I really appreciated it.  He strikes me as a decent person who is going through some stuff.  I doubt we would agree on much about life, but he’s clearly just trying to get through it honestly (maybe only just now), and I liked his whole attitude.  

Whatever draw he’s had might have subsided.  He rarely wears a shirt, and I’ve been afraid he’ll think I’m being lecherous.  I’m really not; I don’ think so anyway.  

Photo of the Day (katydid in my yard)

After he mowed, I went for half of my daily walk.  No plumber yet!  I am not that bothered by the wait; I have other things to do.  And I wanted to split my walk up anyway because of the pain in my knee.  It’s a little better after sleeping with he brace on, but I just need to remember to use it during my walk as well.  

Now, if a man could walk by and offer personal training help…and then if a man could walk by who is interested in me…

[Walk #343, 1.54 miles]

  • Location of Walk: Banner Park, Guthrie, OK
  • Object Collected: elm twigs

Playlist

1. Spirits Unknown, Lofi Munk Music (feat. RT3 Beats)
2. Until Then (The Goodnight Song), Eliza Carthy & Ben Seal
3. Fancy, Able Heart
4. Sit And Wonder, Dave Mason & Cass Elliot
5. Ships Passing, Eliza Carthy & Ben Seal
6. Worth It, Able Heart
7. Muscle, Years & Years
8. Our Savage Friends, Eliza Carthy & Ben Seal
9. From the Start, Goldenfang Records
10. City People, Matt McKnzi
11. Worth It, Able Heart
12. Happy, Able Heart
13. Don’t Hold Back, Able Heart

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Refreshed, Reset, Ready to Go

I’m feeling good today, is spite of the unexpected expenses.  Life happens and there’s not a lot that can be done about it!  The plumber came a day early & they are bringing a new hot water tank tomorrow morning.  There’s a relief to that, especially since I have a home warranty for the first year.  This little hiccup was expensive, and left me with no flooring in two rooms, but that’s okay.  There are bigger problems in the world.  

My knee continues to hurt a little.  I should be wearing a brace until it feels normal again, but I have no clue where mine is.  I hate to just buy another one, but I think that’s where we are!  

Probably because my knee was hurting, but I found it disappointing that to downtown and back is about a quarter mile short of three miles.  That means I have to add tangents to make up for it, so I probably need to do that going.  After the second mile, all I want to do is get home.  I think when I get to the point where I can do two miles to downtown and then stop for shopping or coffee or whatever before returning, things will feel less daunting on the walk back.  Or maybe when the knee is not hurting.  Otherwise, my breathing is good.  My pace could be better, but I feel good on the walk.  It’s a nicer walk  overall than rural Glencoe was.  I do have things I love about those rural walks, but I think this one is just slightly better.  There’s greater opportunity for variation certainly.  One thing I might try is just going until I reach 1.5 miles and see where that is.  That would at least give me a walk I could do that would guarantee I meet my 3 mile goal.

Photo of the Day (Fievel Goes West playing in downtown Guthrie, OK on 30 September 2025)

[Walk #342, 3.13 miles]

  • Location of Walk: home to downtown, Guthrie, OK
  • Object Collected: cypress cones

Playlist

1. Mean to Me, Eliza Cathy & Ben Seal
2. Night of the Creeps, Lofi Munk Music (feat. Slaapzac)
3. Barbaras Rhubarberbar, Bobo Wartke & Marti Fischer
4. Her, Megan Thee Stallion
5. I Just Wanna F-, David Guetta (feat. Timbaland & Dev)
6. Georgy Porgy, Toto
7. Purple Rain, Prince & The Revolution
8. Where U Iz / Feels (mixed by Fatboy Slim), Jinadu, Just Aaron, Wh0, & Fatboy Slim
9. Too Good, Able Heart
10. Daddy, Cazwell (feat. MASCFISH, John “J-C” Carr, Bill Coleman & 808 Beach)
11. Bélmez faces, Lofi Munk Music (feat. Gelch)
12. How Do You Sleep?, Sam Smith
13. Can’t Get You Out of My Head, Kylie Minogue
14. Our Savage Friends, Eliza Carthy & Ben Seal
15. Heart Sing, Sophie Ellis-Bextor
16. Carnival of Souls, Lofi Munk Music (feat. Ray D.O.)
17. Sit And Wonder, Save Mason & Cass Elliot
18. Teeth, Lady Gaga
19. Stupid, Brendan Maclean
20. City People, Matt McKnzi
21. These Dreams, Bright Light Bright Light (feat. The Illustrious Blacks)
22. Stay On Me, Sophie Ellis-Bextor
23. Spirits Unknown, Lofi Munk Music (feat. RT3 Beats)

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Fievel Goes West

Life happens.  It’s useless to stay upset about it.  The hot water tank needs to be replaced; I’ve got a call in with my home warranty, so it’s going to be in their hands.  Meanwhile, the flooding, as little as it was, got under the flooring and since I don’t really know what the nature of my subfloor is, I felt like I had no choice but to pay for mitigation.  The wall between the laundry room and hallway got the worst of it, and it’ll dry in time.  They removed the baseboards and have fans on it.  They ripped up the flooring on either side because there was no way for the vinyl floor to dry out, and nobody knew what was underneath.  Concrete!  It would probably have been okay, drying really slowly.  But it likely would have dried.  I feel like I wasted $1700, but I am also happy that I won’t end up with any mold issues.  There is some value in peace of mind.  I’m going to have to live without flooring in those two spaces until I figure out what kind to go with.  I really do want rolled vinyl, but the water tank needs to drain properly!  

My walk was interrupted earlier, so I went downtown this evening to finish my miles.  There was a big screen where Fievel Goes West was playing, which I thought was fun.  I like how alive downtown feels here.  There are too many vacancies, but it seems like it is holding on.  I hope that continues.  

Cold showers for now.  That is a problem with Justin’s eye issue.  He really needs to stay on top of cleanliness.  Big fans (loud!) are on until Sunday.  Plumber comes Thursday for the hot water tank.  Hopefully they can get a new one quickly.  While I’m annoyed that it went out, it is fortunate that it went out within the year that I have this warranty.  

[Walk #341, 2.54 miles]

  • Location of Walk: home to downtown, Guthrie, OK
  • Object Collected: magnolia leaf

Playlist

1. Havin or Not, LaRussell & Lil Jon
2. What’s The T?, Cazwell (feat. Cherie Lily & Alyssa Edwards)
3. Feels, Wh0, Just Aaron & Jinadu
4. I’m That Bitch, The Cast of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 12
5. They Can’t Get Next to You, Ric Wilson
6. Comin In Hot, Adam Lambert
7. Welcome To My Office, Make a Move
8. Judas, Lady Gaga
9. When the Devil Calls My Name, LVCRFT
10. Mourir au club, Bagarre
11. Praise You / Don’t Stop Me Now (mixed by Fatboy Slim), Queen & Fatboy Slim
12. Who Can It Be Now? Men At Work
13. 17, MK
14. I Kissed A Girl, Katy Perry
15. Loverboy, Adam Lambert
16. Sanctify, Years & Years
17. So What, P!nk
18. Jump, Van Halen

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Moist Hallways

What a stupid day already!

My knee was still hurting a little when I got up, so I thought I should try splitting my walk into 2 shorter walks.  So, I waited a while & just sort of watched TV and dozed off for a bit.  At 9:45, I started to get ready for a 2 mile walk when I noticed an issue with the floor in the hallway.  It sounded like it was coming up, but as I investigated it started to sound like sloshing.  I could see a little moisture on the baseboard on the wall adjacent to the water tank.  I went it an checked there.  The pan is full of water and it is overflowing slowly.  Because I had things stacked down there, I don’t know for how long.  There doesn’t seem to be a ton of water soaked into anything, but it could also be draining more under the house.  Hopefully the plumber can figure out what is going on.  I put a service request in with my insurance, but they cannot come until Thursday, so I called someone else who is on the way right now.  If it is a big issue, I’ll keep it through my home warranty.  I am not happy with the contracted plumber though; they had terrible customer service, so I’m actually hoping this is an issue that isn’t too much different cost-wise.  I’d happily pay a couple hundred this week just to keep from dealing with those people again.  But if the quote is a lot higher, then I’ll have to just wait for them to come out.  This is the third time I’ve had a person out to deal with this water tank.  

I was just about half a mile into my walk when the plumber called to say he was on the way, so I only got in a single mile so far.  It was a nice day for that; the neighborhood was surprisingly busy for a Tuesday morning.  I didn’t even do my usual walk in the park, I meandered through the neighborhood.  My goal was 5th Street, which goes under the highway into downtown, but I’ll get to doing that walk next time maybe.  Now, I get to just wait around and hope there aren’t big things wrong.  And I wish I knew how to shut that water off!  

[Walk #340, 1.19 miles]

  • Location of Walk: neighborhood around my house, Guthrie, OK
  • Object Collected: USB cable (broken)

Playlist

1. You, Regard, Troye Sivan & Tate McRae
2. Born for This, Kali J & LiTTiE
3. Cold Sweat, Hot Boys, Bright Light Bright Light
4. The Valley of The Pagans, Gorillaz (feat. Beck)
5. Cha Cha Cha, Käärijä
6. Well Hello, Kali J
7. Missing You, John Waite
8. The Night Driver (Chasing Big City Night, The Goondock Saints
9. Come Into My World, Kylie Minogue

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Quiet & Sometimes Sketchy

I’m going to be tired this afternoon!  I fell asleep early yesterday, so I woke up very early today.  Since I was up, I went ahead and got my walk in, leaving just before 5am.  It’s actually a great time to walk, and most of the path is well lit and easy to walk.  Downtown is a great place to get in steps that early; it’s so quiet, but not completely empty.

I crossed the highway going, thinking I would cross over and come back on the other side of the street.  That did end up being true, but I crossed under the bridge.  That actually ended up being a mistake; there a big area of mud just under the bridge, but it’s in the dark, so I couldn’t see it and it wasn’t clear how easy it would be to cross it.  Just got my shoes gross, but wasn’t too bad.  I wouldn’t want to do that again!  I think there’s a gravel drive next to that part of the road that is dry, but I need to see it in the sunlight to work out where to go.  It might not be a great idea to walk under the dark bridge and then alongside the abandoned jail with the busted out window.  I’m sure people sometimes hang out in there and if anywhere is unsafe in Guthrie, I’d guess that was it.  Stay in the light!

I enjoyed window shopping, and think it’ll be really nice to see Guthrie during Christmas.  This isn’t the ideal year for that sort of thing, but hopefully it’ll be nice.  The entire downtown was decorated for fall, so I think they do keep in the spirit.

I intended to only to two miles, but once I had done the one I felt like I could do a little more, but aimlessly getting a mile downtown is a challenge.  I need to have a path, a goal, something mapped out the achieve what I want without stopping too much to figure out what to do next.  

[Walk #339, 3.27 miles]

  • Location of Walk: home to downtown, Guthrie, OK
  • Object Collected: pecans & magnolia seedpod

Playlist

1. The Sex That I Need, Cazwell (feat. Avenue D)
2. Padam Padam, Kylie Minogue
3. Nothing Really Matters, Madonna
4. Impressive Instant, Madonna
5. Beguiled, The Smashing Pumpkins
6. Kitty Girl, RuPaul (feat. Trixie Mattel, Shangela, Bebe Zahara Benet, & Kennedy Davenport)
7. Oh Sherrie, Steve Perry
8. Auditions, The Cast of RuPaul’s Drag Race
9. Raw (Tony Romera Remix) / ID2 / Stayin’ Alive (Remix), Julia Navas, David Amy, Gustavo Bravetti, ID & BeeGees)
10. Starlite, Christophe Willem
11. The Bitch Is Back, Elton John
12. Don’t Cha, The Pussycat Dolls & Busta Rhymes
13. Flashdance…What a Feeling, Irene Cara
14. Bad Girls, Donna Summer
15. Eat Sleep Rave Repeat / Discoteka / Renegade Master / Apache (mixed by Fatboy Slim), Luca Debonaire, Block & Crown, Fatboy Slim, Riva Starr (feat. Beardyman), Incredible Bongo Band & Wildchild
16. Fairyboy, Simon Curtis
17. Atlas, Matt McKnzi
18. Mighty Wings, Gloryhammer
19. Too Much Music, Jake Shears
20. The Parade (mixed by Fatboy Slim), Joel Corry & Da Hool
21. Shady Love, Scissor Sisters

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Children in the Park, Confetti in the Grass

Working my way back up.  My knee is a little sore still, but not unmanageably.  I got in a little over 2 miles.  If I had waited until it was a little cooler, I might have gotten in more.  The park was pretty full of kids from one of the churches across the street.  Relatively full, I should say.  It would take a lot more to qualify as full!

I worked on a template for a daily post in DayOne, but when I played around with it, I hated having The Wandering Hermit & BookNotes in it.  I do like moving my daily checklist into a post with space for any blogging I want to do, or any notes I want to make for the day.  I think doing this will encourage more journaling, while almost eliminating the “Notebook” journal in DayOne.  I’ll still use it for playing around with things, but my lists and plans can all live in the regular journal.  I think it’ll be better that way.  Until I decide it isn’t!

[Walk #338, 2.20 miles]

  • Location of Walk: Banner Park, Guthrie, OK
  • Object Collected: redbud seedpods

Playlist

1. Excuse-moi, Zazie
2. Too Funky, Bright Light Bright Light & 808 BEACH
3. Fuchs (du hast die Gans gestohlen), HBz & iiven (feat. Bekkaa)
4. Holy Guacamole, The Cast of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars
5. Worth It, Able Heart
6. Meltdown, Jake Shears
7. Little L, Jamiroquai
8. So What, P!nk
9. When I Think of You, Janet Jackson
10. Pose, Kali J, Omg & LiTTiE
11. Right Here, Right Now (Camelphat Remix), Fatboy Slim & Roland Clark
12. The Valley of The Pagans, Gorillaz (feat. Beck)
13. I Just Wana F, David Guetta (feat. Timbaland & Dev)
14. Pussy On Fire, The Cast of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars
15. Gaslight, Derik Fein
16. Nothing I Would Change, Janice Robinson
17. Emojis, Adam Casanova (feat. Abby Parra)
18. Exercise the Demons, LVCRFT (feat. Olivia Demon Spawn & Bruce Campbell)