Balance

We continue along 2020 semi-sheltering and getting some physical exercise here and there. Temperatures continue to spike in the SF Bay Area. Three months in a row, we’ve had little heat waves (4 to 5-day stretch). We’re currently in the middle of one right now. It should be over Sunday.

It’s over 90 degrees in San Francisco today.

It’s tougher to continue to eat light on warmer days when all you really want is to bathe in ice-cream. It’s a balance. When it’s not too hot we can get out there and hike with our precocious pitbull. We did a late day hike at Milagro Ridge, a few days ago. It wasn’t a hardcore hike but I think it prevented us from permanently melding into our reclining chairs.

We’re probably watching more streaming shows than ever, Netflix isn’t hurting. On the plus side, I’ve almost caught up with everything I was interested in watching. The funny thing is the more I watch, the more I can spot crappy TV writing quickly. We generally don’t give shows a whole lot of time to get things going. If you don’t get me early, you lose me. Sure, if I’m watching a British period piece then..sure, I accept ahead of time that you slowly build your world first before there is a confrontational line like: "Reginald you cad!"

It’s high viewership time and there is a load of junk to sift through, even still you can find worthwhile things. Garry and my tastes are not identical, I’m probably a little more patient with a show but when it clicks for both of us it’s cool. And there are times when we don’t agree and either I go off on my own to see the rest of it or he does. The streaming stuff, like the ice cream, we try not to over-indulge but it helps for me to shut out another contentious election year. I feel I can say that because I voted. 🙂