"…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)
Showing posts with label Staycation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Staycation. Show all posts
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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