Today is nice day. Like, it’s a typical autumn day with leaves falling everywhere. But it’s also overcast, drizzling and 74 degrees. It was the perfect day to walk 2.5 miles. There’s nothing going on at work because everyone is at NAB. I finished my Languages of the World audiobook and started another one on the history of Precision. It’s a good day to walk and think and be creative.

My 3D printer shipped today from the Czech Republic. I don’t have a real end-goal for it. I’m kinda just curious how they work. It’s like how I was curious about Tesla’s vehicles and by now I’ve devoured every bit of info about them. I’m thinking that 3D printing will satisfy me like my job satisfies me; it will be a technical endeavor, to figure out exactly how the parts work together to print what I want. But it will also be a creative challenge, like I could seriously use the Blender 3D program to create my own designs.

Today my left ear is a constant whistle but it’s not as loud as usual. I’ll call this a win for my hearing. Tomorrow I’m getting fitted for hearing aids. I don’t really need them but I think having them will be a plus. Maybe I won’t shy away from conversations if I’m able to fully hear everything that everyone is saying. Plus if I ever have to get a new job I’d for sure need to hear clearly what is being said. Right now for work I have a good pair of bluetooth noise-cancelling earphones with a microphone, and I hear just fine using that.

I took Jack to Mt Sterling to get his contacts today. After that we came home so he could get his Nike Air Force shoes that were delivered, and wear them back to school.

Tonight is the kid’s chili supper for band. Jack, Elsa and Emma will all play.

Oh yeah, almost forgot, I started the Weight Watchers program/app on Saturday. I’ve already lost 3 pounds, down to 178. I haven’t seen 178 in years. I have 27 points per day to spend on eating, and honestly I feel full if I make sure to get enough carbs. I am truly impressed after seeing the wife lose 20 POUNDS!!! using the app. It’s amazing. She looks absolutely stunning. I mean, she looks great at all times but now she looks healthier too. And I feel healthier. I started working out again. It’s almost like the golden handcuffs have come out again to force my actions. My life is golden in that I don’t have to worry about where our meals will come from. My family could eat and eat and eat whatever we want, we could gorge ourselves silly. But I feel we’ve come to a place where we have to take care of our weight (or at least I do) and I have to look nice and in-shape. So I can’t just eat whatever I want, whenever I want. I have to have my physical appearance match my fiscal appearance (lol, I just came up with that).

I was listening to music while working and Elton John’s “Empty Garden” came on. Elton John is about the most morose artist ever. This song was perfect for today’s atmosphere. I’ll have to start listening to all his songs while I’m in the Tesla, until I get sick of them and move on to another artist/band.