"…Living only for the moment, turning our full attention to the pleasures of the moon, the snow, the cherry blossoms and the maple leaves; singing songs, drinking wine, diverting ourselves just floating, floating….refusing to be disheartened, like a gourd floating along with the river current; this is what we call the floating world…” Asai Ryoi, in Ukiyo Monogatari (Tales of the Floating World, 1661)
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
An Oblivion Evening
Well, it was a so-so day today at the office. There were a few too many meetings and I burned out about mid-way through the day. Somethings were accomplished, some were not and tomorrow we get to go through the whole dance again!
I've spent a quiet evening here tonight, mostly watching Oblivion (Tom Cruise, Olga Kurylenko) from the DVR, which I captured off of FX on the DVR. It's an entertaining movie - it's basically "only Tom Cruise can save the world from Tom Cruise", which cracks me up to no end. I am a little tired tonight since I didn't sleep long enough last night and had a slow and choppy start to the morning.
On the plus side I was able to sleep a solid six hours and sleep on my side for the first time in just a little over three weeks. The sprain under my ribs has mostly healed and there is only a bit of residual discomfort. It took about as long as such things to take to heal and I should be back to 100% by the end of the week. I think I made it through the entire day today without taking an Ibuprofen, though I will probably take one tonight just to make sure I sleep comfortably.
I finally picked a window for my vacation - November 12th through the 18th. I will make the travel arrangements tomorrow and see what it all shapes up as. I am planning on going to South Dakota for five or six days - I wanted to hold the last weekend in reserve so I can get back to California and enjoy a bit of staycation. So, on that note, I am going to wrap it up and curl up with a book.
Labels:
California,
Eyes,
Oblivion,
Olga Kurylenko,
South Dakota,
Staycation,
Tom Cruise,
Vacation
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