Monday Quiet

Mondays are quiet for me. It is like my Saturdays, but without the Saturday cartoons. I am still experiencing headaches and woke up with the sunrise, then got up around 7:00. I collected the dirty clothing, stripped the bed, and washed the sheets. I do not always get the laundry put away on Friday. The weekend gets in the way; although I am retired, I find my weekends busy, as people who work meet me on the weekends and pile on gaming, church, and cooking into the weekend.

I wrote the blog, it was short, and I paid my bills. I had to transfer money from a high-interest account to a zero-interest account; leftovers from another time when you were happy not to be charged for a checking account. Having moved my IRA to US Bank Wealth Management, I now receive refunds for any charges, including ATM fees.

I wrote a summary of my upcoming trips in an email and sent that out. It had flight information for me on Sunday. I did not include that in the following trips and will send it out close to the travel times to those who need it.

I made lunch instead of buying it. Today, it was canned Stagg Chili, which is a favorite of mine. I added some shredded cheddar and some Southwest-style chips to it. I heated it on the stove and enjoyed it while watching another movie. The Odessa File is a favorite book, and the film I found to rent for $3.99 was worth the price. I see there is a recent series version that I will have to try. There is a magical moment when the viewer or reader of the book learns why the reporter suddenly dropped everything and takes up the story, and they managed not to blow it in the less-than-stellar 1960s movie. The Day of the Jackal and The Odessa File are great books, and I recommend them. You should be able to find them in your local library or at a local used bookstore for a reasonable price.

Next I headed out to Wildwood for a beer and to read more Artificial Intelligence. I have still not heard from HOPE_16 if they want me to present; I read more options for AI and Python code. There, I saw Jim V, my former director at Nike, at the bar, enjoying a Monday morning beer. We chatted for a bit, but I headed to a table and ran Python examples in my Jupyter Notebook setup in Visual Studio. Later, I learned that the green light, which was on for the first time in six months, meant there was free beer. I asked, and a can of an excellent Washington State-made pilsner was shared with me for no charge.

I continued to try to understand the more than 2-dimensional use of least-squares line detection and learned that it faltered when data sets were smaller and required the use of more complex error-correction processes. All of this was hard to retain or understand without clear examples. I will have to write one myself, as I couldn’t understand the plus/minus logic.

With my head spinning less from one and a half beers and more from Python code, I reboarded Air VW the Gray and headed home. But before heading home, I stopped by for a few groceries. With a few bags filled, including some garlic bread, I returned home. I found the pork roast, which was less than $8 at Safeway, and salted and spiced it before roasting. I steamed some aging carrots, and that, along with the garlic bread, was perfect with the just-cooked pork. I finished the movie, ShipHappens’ newest update, and The Battle of the Coral Sea by Drachinifel.

I looked at hotel rooms for Saturday night at PDX. I have an early flight on Sunday and can’t get to PDX without leaving my car there or paying for a shuttle or driver. A waste, in my thinking, and could be held up by a traffic incident on Ship Week in Portland for the Rose Festival. Instead, I will get a room. A looked at Aloft and read that someone claimed their room was broken into. I called the hotel and they explained that it was safe. I will order a room and avoid the morning rush.

I did the dishes, put away the laundry, made the bed, read some Elric, and soon was sleeping.

Thanks for reading.