Yesterday

08:29 Tuesday, 3 March 2026
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All my troubles seemed so far away...

Anyway.

Beautiful day, yesterday. Cold, but lovely. Mitzi and I started the day with a heart-to-heart about the new house and finances. We seem to be on the same page now

Then we went to the gym and did some cardio. Both bikes were in use, so I spent 35 minutes on the elliptical, which is the longest I've done any dedicated cardio work in probably years, excluding hiking up and down the gorges here, and that wasn't "dedicated," so much as "inevitable."

My Apple Watch said my heart rate was in Zone 5 for nearly 19 minutes, which suggests to me that the Health app doesn't really know what my maximum heart rate is. To be sure, I was in the zone where I absolutely could not "carry on a conversation." At that level of effort, nearly all of my attention is on the clock, counting down the minutes.

We're going to start doing dedicated cardio every other day or so.

At noon, our contractor came by and we met with the design firm on our new house. We think we have a good idea now of what we want. Whether or not it will be as affordable as we'd like will depend on the plans so our contractor can give us a bid. Our notion of "affordable" is somewhat malleable today, so we may end up stretching to get what we want. The future is never certain, but the level of uncertainty feels much higher today, and perhaps putting more assets into a better home is a hedge against that uncertainty.

It's exciting, but also anxiety-inducing. We don't want to make an expensive mistake, and we're pretty inexperienced in all this. We have confidence in our builder and designer, so that helps.

Last night we watched the latest episode of Paradise. I started getting Man In the High Castle vibes last week, and they grew stronger with this episode. Unsure how I feel about that, except to say I'm leaning toward disappointment. A very moving episode last night, and I liked it. The themes were refreshing. Also felt a lot like The Last of Us, which isn't a criticism so much as a feeling that the writers are borrowing pretty liberally.

After that, another episode of Will Trent, which is a pretty unusual series. It doesn't always work, but it keeps you engaged. I like the characters and the actors, so it's been our nightly go-to.

I guess we got started a little early because Trent ended a little before nine, so we spent several minutes watching cat videos on YouTube and laughing our asses off.

Let me say that I think that's a fine way to end the day.

And a good spot to end this post.

It goes on.

The beat.

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