It’s only Thursday.
Yesterday was a classic, almost cliched example of how “helpful” technology can make everything difficult when it’s not working correctly. From software fail to AI fumbles to mere bureaucracy, my goals for the day were significantly encumbered and drawn out. Tasks were completed, but in 3x the time they should have taken. I learned some lessons and fixed some problems but whew, it was exhausting.
Today, it’s only Thursday.
Since I fell into a couple of hard seltzers for dinner last night, I ended up sleeping in a little. Still made it to work on time and now here I am writing this. Time keeps rolling on, doesn’t it.
But so does change. This stump appeared where a magnificent oak used to be, next to Los Robles Animal Hospital. I assume the tree was dying off, and posing a danger to the buildings around it, but it is still sad. 
We are so careless with the living things around us, and I suppose climate change it is the ultimate result of that, but I think it is important to pause and consider what we’ve lost. I think often of losing Keely, not in a morbid sense, but in a fragile way — life is fragile, especially hers as she ages, so I want to enjoy her company as much as I can every day. Which, sadly, is not as much as I would like on days I have to go into the office to work.
It was a cool morning and we took a slow walk around Lake Ella. Keely was fussy and suspicious of some scents, and I was trying to sing. It was nice, simply and lovingly.