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Exercise is a Good Way to Generate Creative Ideas

Cycling through the woods is relaxing and enjoyable

The Cycling Oddysey Continues

So even though this was on October 10^th, and my Cycling More Consistently in September Oddesy is over, I still recorded some video footage. In this episode, I make a recording while riding and then nearly flip my bike into a hole in the ground. I comment on how I need to get a better setup if I want to keep recording rides.

Then I turn onto the street, drive down a hill flip my bike and bust open my lip. I was holding the camera with my right hand so the sun would be on my face, and my left hand was on the bike and controlling only the front brakes. I noticed I was going a bit too fast down a hill and so I squeezed the brakes on my new bike. I have disc brakes now, not the old caliper brakes with the pads. These disc brakes are way, more responsive, and I knew that, but I wasn’t aware I was just slamming the front brake.

At any rate, this was a good lesson to learn. I need to focus on my safety and I am glad I only busted open my lip out in an open space and didn’t break a bone somewhere in the woods.

There is a biking school that has been marketing to me on Facebook and the advertisements are good. I have looked into attending classes but I can’t justify spending money on learning this when I am a learning and development professional. I plan to locate some good learning content on YouTube and double-check my LMS at work. As a long-term goal, I plan to volunteer at NICA (National Interscholastic Cycling Association). This program offers me an opportunity to become a coach in training in a local team of student learners, then when I graduate I can lead a pack of cyclist students and perhaps include my kids in the team if they are game.

Home

Video Evidence of the Ride

Check out the video to see me bust open my lip and make video footage in a state of shock! LOL!

Getting There

This was easy. The bootlegger’s trail is a quick 5-minute ride from my house. Easily the second-ranked off-road trail in the Saint Louis area and is right next to my house. That’s lucky!

Where Was I?

The Bootlegger’s Run is a 4.7-mile trail through the woods of the upper level of Creve Coeur Park. All Trails has a lot of comments that it is not the best trail for hiking because there are a lot of Mountain Bikers. When I ran there the bikes didn’t bother me but I guess I am a walker and a rider.

https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/missouri/bootleggers-run

Ideas From the Ride

One thing I have liked about these solo rides is they give my subconscious mind time to speak up. I have gotten several ideas while on these rides. Many of them are about the Blog or my day job as an Instructional Designer. One that popped up during this ride is especially interesting. It pulls on my background as an actor and an English as a Second Language teacher. I did a lot of theater in high school and received my BA in Theater Arts. While getting that degree I also studied Japanese using a curriculum called Japanese, the Spoken Language (Authors: Eleanor Jorden, Mari Noda) developed by the US government for spies and the like. It was a great language learning platform because it systematically used simple dialogues to reinforce crucial grammatical structures. You relearned how to think and build thoughts according to the Japanese grammar system. (*I used this concept a lot when I worked in Thailand for 7 lucky years teaching English as a Second language ESL.)

In this JSL curriculum, the learner looks a small clumps of very useful conversations and memorizes them one line at a time. These are backed up with well-written explanations of the grammar being introduced. Then you listen to recordings of native speakers saying these lines. After that you work in class and the teacher sets up given circumstances that support the same language (notice the teacher term I used there?) Once the scene is set the students take turns acting out the dialogue with the teacher. The benefit is you get to hear the dialogue multiple times in class and you get to participate. My basic conversational Japanese is not bad to this day, if I had pursued it I would have been set up for success. Instead, I decided to start over and learn Thai from scratch while living and working in Thailand.

So, my idea would work at this point in the curriculum. I came up with the concept to call “Play Right”. At this point in the language learning the students would take the simple sentences that we learned in class and each week, create a video of them speaking the dialogue with themselves or other students in a real setting. Throughout the class, the students could build a video scene of their achievements. This could even become an online resume of sorts the showcase their language skills. Very useful in a country like Thailand where tourism is a large part of the national income. With English being the universal language, That is one of the most useful languages to support tourists.

Another thought that I had that brought more of the theater into the idea was using simple plays as the dialogue. Like a fun play by David Ives. This part may maybe more of a useless pipe dream, but I think it could open the door to more creative results. The Tourist application would be more useful for a resume, but using actual plays would be more valuable for artistic or aesthetic reasons, which is what I am more interested in.

Music

Polo & Pan – Ani Kuni (CC)

Music by To Hot to Play, Lobo Loco, Free Music Archive (CC)

Wandering in the Woods

In this video, I share my experience as a father. As a member of a family where we all have aspirations and we all have goals. Everyone in our family unit has their perspective and their set of objectives when I get out of any given situation. This post is a continuation (Day 25) of my September Cycling Challenge.

Consistently Cycling More Often in September 2023 – Day 25

Yesterday’s Bike Ride Was a Crash

In the video, I focus on how we chose to walk through the woods on this day because the day before I planned a bike ride in my mind where my daughter would not ride as the third wheel behind my bike. That is a format that we call the copilot in which my daughter’s bike only has one wheel and is attached to my seat post. my mind it would be great if we could go out on a bike ride and she could ride her bike by herself. This was a large leap that I made on my own because she’s really only written on her bike a few times and her confidence is still low. We can add that, but it was late in the day she hadn’t had a nap, maybe not eaten the most healthy food and she wasn’t in her best form. More importantly, I packed the car without consulting anyone and when we got to the bike ride, that’s when she realized that she would not be riding with me but she would be riding on her own. This was met with unhappiness, tears frustration, and of course, I ignored all of that, because this was going to be the best thing ever.

Inclusive Decision-Making Wins

In this post on my Vlog, I resolve to better include my family in decisions, that impact outcomes that they will be a part of. I will attempt to pause and plan with everybody included. This idea of mine, to have my daughter ride her own bike, which was not malicious, or in any way an act of me wanting to negatively impact her experience; doesn’t change the fact that it did negatively affect her experience. It was hot and sunny in the only empty parking lot we could find, and she fell numerous times. She was angry, frustrated, thirsty, tired, and she cried; and then, of course, I was frustrated and angry at myself because I didn’t get to ride my bike at all or exercise.

What I learned
Don't make big decisions in a silo.
Include the whole team/family
Be open to possibilities you didn't expect

Ideas From the Group

We didn’t cycle the following day. My wife had a great idea to lower the bar and just go run through the woods. This turned out very well because everyone in our family is good at running in the woods.

Stepping down off the bike also enabled us to talk more, and I realized that maybe my children would like to be more of a part of my video creation. You can see in the video that the kids are interested in being involved so I started including them more.

Wondering About Consent Whilst Wandering Through the Woods

In the video, I talk quite a bit about wanting to have consent from my kids. While also not asking them to speak, or asking them to do something for the benefit of my videos.

Consent Matters

Consent is something that came up while I was on a business trip last week. We were all at a table, eating and drinking and I started recording my colleague.

I had no ill intent in this act, I just really liked what was being discussed at that time and the designer in me had an impulse that I should record the conversation.

The second time I hit record on my phone the recording app stayed on the screen and I laid the phone on the table. My colleague noticed I was doing that, and he politely said, “You need to ask before you start recording me” he was 100% accurate, especially in a business setting. I will add that we have discussed the idea of starting a podcast together, so this is a person that I know rather well, but that doesn’t change the fact that I need consent and can’t just start recording without sharing what I am doing.

I will say that I had already had a few cocktails and did not make a good choice at that moment. The next day I felt very guilty about my behavior. I apologized and he said that he was kidding, which felt good but didn’t change the fact that had a good point. Moving forward I will commit to always asking for consent before, including anyone and one of my recordings.

Music

Music by RoyaltyFreeMusic Nver Avetyan from Pixabay Technology Dubstep

Music by John_Kensy_Music from Pixabay Mindfulness Relaxation & Meditation Music

Polo & Pan – Ani Kuni

Music by To Hot to Play, Lobo Loco, Free Music Archive (CC)

Never the Same River Twice

Consistently Cycling More Often in September 2023 – Day 22

This was not a new path that we rode, but it was still a brand-new experience.

This was another Family Ride, but we got set up nobody wanted to pose for a picture, and I can’t say that I blame them. So, in the act of benefiting my children’s experience, the content on my BLOG suffers, I think I can live with that…

A Techie With Difficulties

I still managed to drive back home without switching the GPS tour tracker on my phone off, this reduced the mileage listed on the map of our trip (left) by 7.8 miles. So, instead of 14 miles we only rode 6.2 miles.

If you look at the inaccurate visual aid, to the left, we rode from the “A” in the black dot to up north toward “Saint Charles”.

We went to the “Bike Stop Cafe”, and I paused my recording, (so it would be super accurate). Then we rode back to the “A” where I did not end the recording, loaded the bikes, and drove 7.8 miles (US) home. So, the only thing completely accurate on this image is the date.

Accidental Attendance of Oktoberfest

We rode from the Family arena in St. Charles, MO on the infamous Katy Trail
up north to Old Town St. Charles. The Oktoberfest was in full swing in Old Town
St. Charles, but there were no interesting pictures to take of a mass of
Americans binging over-priced beer, pretzels, and sausages.

While I am talking down on them I’d like to mention that at this time a couple of years ago I attended that party. I drank a few beers while pushing my son around in a stroller. I would like to share that I had a great time, and although it was not inherently bad, I felt much better after a bike ride and a lot of ice water in my mouth.

Video Evidence of Our Ride

Never the Same River Twice

You can step in the same river twice but it will never be the same river. This ride runs alongside the Missouri River. I prefer this accidental experience of Oktoberfest from the outside looking in. Then the planned one where I was included in the shenanigans. This just felt better in my soul. I am not saying that Oktoberfest is a bad choice, many times it is.

However, I will share that the time I did go I had a shocking image presented while leaving. There was a couple, a mom and dad, who had probably had a bit too much to drink. Their child was strapped into a very cheap “umbrella” stroller and was screaming to get out. The child was desperately pushing up from the stroller with all their might and had been when I walked up and stood and watched, while my crew caught up. The child was still desperately trying to get out of the stroller when I walked away. Throughout the whole event, all the parents did was yell at the child without even looking at them.

I am not saying that this type of experience is inherent with children at an Oktoberfest party. However, I will say I did not experience that type of scene while riding my bike through the same environment. Sure people were aimlessly walking on the Katy Trail oblivious to their surroundings and mad when I called out “On your left”… but this only confirmed that I was in the right pair of biking shoes and on the right path for my family.

Music

Polo Pan – Ani Kuni

Music by To Hot to Play, Lobo Loco, Free Music Archive (CC)

Consistently Cycling More Often in September 2023 – Day 22

This was not a new path that we rode, but it was still a brand-new experience.

A Techie With Difficulties

If you look at the inaccurate visual aid, to the left, we rode from the “A” in the black dot to up north toward “Saint Charles”.

Accidental Attendance of Oktoberfest

Video Evidence of Our Ride

Never the Same River Twice

You can step in the same river twice but it will never be the same river. This ride runs alongside the Missouri River. I prefer this accidental experience of Oktoberfest from the outside looking in, then the planned one where I was included in the shenanigans. This just felt better in my soul. I am not saying that Oktoberfest is a bad choice, many times it is.

Music

Polo Pan – Ani Kuni

Music by To Hot to Play, Lobo Loco, Free Music Archive (CC)

Mu Kratha of Thailand

If you travel to Thailand there is a very high probability you will encounter the Thai “Mu kratha” dinner.

What Mu Kratha Is

Mu kratha (Thai: หมูกระทะ, RTGS: mu kratha, pronounced [mǔː krā.tʰáʔ])
…is often a buffet of uncooked vegetables, meats, and various types of tofu (Egg, bean, fish, crab) and noodles (rice, bean) that are cooked on an open fire right on your table on a “Grata” or “pan”. Mu in the Thai language translates to pork, so this culinary experience is transliterated to “Pork Pan” but it is so much more than just that.

Mu Kratha originated in the regions of Siam: Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, and Indonesia, all have their version of this dish. There is also a version in the Philippines. This dish differs from the Japanese and Korean versions by the shape of the “Pan”. The Thai Kratha has a mote around the perimeter of the convex pan. The flavors tend to be rather simple, seasoned with salt, pepper, egg, soy sauce, fish sauce, or oyster sauce. The dipping sauces tend to have more Thai flavors, crushed garlic, sliced ginger, lemongrass, chilies peppers, fermented peanuts, or any other Thai ingredient that the family likes to use. The grilled meat is tender but has a crispy outer layer. This is because on the top of the pan you lay pork belly, or large chunks of fat that sizzle and drip fat down seasoning the pan.

Never the Same Meal Twice

From my experience, every Mu Kratha restaurant in Thailand does it a little bit differently. The marinade on the meats is unique, the sauces they offer to dip the cooked meats in are secret family recipes. Sometimes there is ice cream, sometimes there are Thai desserts, but there is nearly always beer and whiskey with soda water over ice involved.

A Social Event

Mu Kratha is a slow meal and it can take hours to prepare as well as hours to consume. It is a lengthy social event where people slowly cook, slowly eat, and calmly talk around a live charcoal fire.

Video of Mu Kratha on My Deck

“It [Mu Kratha]
is so good!”
Robert Minemier

Consistently Cycling More Often in September 2023 – Day 19

A special thank you to TK (Tatiwat Kananuruk) or Ngop (Thai Nick Name) for letting me tag along on his morning ride. TK, thanks so much! TK also gets credit for the Featured Image at the top of this post. Great shot TK!

The Ride!

LOREM

The ride today was 12.3 Miles
but I didn’t turn off my tracker
for the 4.2 mile ride home
so it reads 16.5 miles.

I am a grown man and I do not know how to use apps on my phone, or at least I can’t seem to consistently stop tracking when I get off my bike.

I will make this a new goal of mine:
Don’t FCUK up the map track, Dave!

Below are some more pictures that we all took. (TK, Da, and I.)

Friends, You Didn’t Know You Had

I met TK while working at Fin Japanese Cuisine in Chesterfield, MO. TK was, and is, an amazing sushi chef and I was a mediocre bartender at the time. I knew TK, and I always thought he was one of the funniest people I have met. I would say he is the funniest Thai person that I know. However, maybe he is just very happy.

Either way, we never spent any time together outside of work. When I started posting about cycling online TK appeared out of the mist. He said, “Hey Dave, let’s go biking.” … So, today we did just that. Not only did I have a lot of fun I learned a lot. TK is into doing events. He doesn’t race for winning, he races for fun, or at least that is what I understood.

I feel like today I made great progress on my Cycling Oddessy and I made a new friend with a good heart in the process.

I Rode a 9 lbs (US) 4.08 KG Racing Bike

TK thank you for letting me ride your awesome racing bike! I hadn’t even thought of asking, but then TK offered. I was shocked he would let me ride his prized possession.

Then I rode it really fast and he was probably really scared that I would crash. Check the video, when I make a joke about not wearing a helmet, he is like “Ah, yeah, heh heh…”

Video Evidence of the Ride

You can pay a lot for a bike, but it is an investment in your health.
Tatiwat Kananuruk (TK)

Cycling All Morning and Hiking All Afternoon

I continue my quest to bike as frequently as my schedule will allow in September. On Sunday the 17th it was a family affair.

Be Prepared

As I cycle more frequently I am finding a rhythm in being prepared. I always fill my Camelback with water and hold it close to carry my, car keys, wallet, phone, and of course my phone’s travel tripod. I also wear my long-sleeve SPF 50 sun shirt. (below)

Getting There

We ride out with two bikes in the Oddesy van and then two bikes on the back of the van. This works OK now because I can borrow the bike rack from my dad anytime we want. His bike rack is sturdy but it is heavy and only holds 2 bikes.

My wife is on her new TREK Marlin, my son is on his new TREK Pre-Caliber, and I am on my old TREK ZX6000 pulling my daughter on her neon green “WeeRide” Co-Pilot.

Cycling

We are all at a point on our cycling journey where we can all handle a relatively long ride. I paused the tracker for lunch, so collectively we rode 6.85 miles in 51 minutes. We parked in St. Charles just north of the Page extension, or, Highway D, or Highway 364. We drove north along the Missouri River to Old Town St. Charles.

The Destination

So, we ended our ride in Old Town St. Charles and had some drinks at the local Bike Cafe.

Video Evidence of the Ride

Spontaneous Afternoon

The weather was so amazing that we just decided to drive down to Elephant Rocks State Park. We had been to that park before but it is always such a good time. We made plans to go back in a few weeks when he leaves change!

Change returns success
Going and coming without error.
Action brings good fortune.
Syd Barrett – Chapter 24

Consistently Cycling More often in September 2023

In this Vlog post, we rode around Creve Couer Lake which was around 5.6 miles in 30 minutes at an average speed of 11.5 miles per hour. I rode with my daughter on my old Trek ZX 600 from the 1990s towing her on the green Co-Pilot by Wee Ride. (The tail end of the ride on the map was actually in the van, I didn’t ride up that treacherous bluff with my child.)

It was a perfect day for a ride, I realized I had an hour free in the afternoon so I picked her up early from her “school” (daycare). We drove straight to the park with the bikes in the back of our Honda Oddesy to have a lake-side Oddesy of our own.

Pushups

Even though my 50 Pushup-a-Day Challenge for St. Jude Research Hospital is over I am still doing pushups. So I added that to the end of this video for the fun of it. It’s nice to hear the pushup music again.

Video

“This is the best day ever.”
My daughter as we reach the halfway point around the lake near the new soccer/(International football) feilds.

From the Series

This post is from the Series I created in September 2023.

Consistently Cycling More often in September 2023

Music

polo-pan-ani-kuni

To Hot to Play, Lobo Loco, Free Music Archive (CC)

RoyaltyFreeMusic Nver Avetyan from Pixabay Technology Dubstep

September Cycling Continues Strong!

We drove in our Jeep Cherokee
and our Honda Oddesy,
We stopped at the Family Arena,
then rode on due north
along the Missouri River
to the little Bike Cafe, we know
in old town St. Charles Missouri.
The air was cool, the sun was bright,
My app might have calculated the time based off of speed and distance because it was more than 13 min.!

The Family Arena

We had seen Holiday Lights at this arena where they often have a snow machine that blows snow into your car. We had also seen the circus here so my son recalled the location after some discussion.

We made it out to the chat of the Katy Trail that connects so many of the trails in and around St. Louis, MO. I was riding with my father and my son which made today’s ride all the more special.

Video Evidance of the Ride!

This video spans the whole trip.

The Tunnel Under the Road

This video is an Instigram Reel of the Tunnel playing the song Ani Kuni by Polo & Pan. Click the YouTube video to view the English translation of this song.

Bike Stop Cafe

We stopped in to the Bike Stop Cafe in old town St. Charles, MO.

It was rad as always.

I don’t normally drink alchohol, but I had been riding a bike for a long time and felt it was a good choice. When we started getting Yuengling beer imported to St. Louis was a bout the time I stopped drinking. So We have had it for about a year and I had yet to have one. It was a decent Lager, It reminds me of road trips in the Smokey Mountains. But it is a simple Lager so it also reminds me of Thailand…

Bike Stop Cafe

701 S Riverside Dr,
St Charles, MO 63301

https://bikestopcafes.com/

Made it out to the River

After the Cafe we rode out to the Missouri River.

It felt so good to be outside on the bicycle!

“Riding my bike today was, it was just so much fun!”
My Son.

The Best Day Ever – Writing Prompt

Hello, this is improvement Dave, and I am David Kolmer. I used and continue to use the WordPress platform to build this blog. There was a prompt on my WordPress dashboard of an idea for a blog post which was “Describe your best week “, or maybe “Describe your perfect week”… something like that. I didn’t click on it, but then realized last night that I had started one of the best days ever.

At any rate, I am going to use this prompt even though I didn’t click on it and submit it to the WordPress Metaverse officially. I will alter it a bit and narrow the scope to 24 hours.

Exposition to the Perfect Day

My perfect day involves me :

Supporting my kids
Supporting my wife
Supporting myself

Initially, in that order of importance.

I had a promise to myself that I wasn’t going to purchase myself a new bicycle for my September biking challenge until I purchased a new bike for my wife. My wife has gone through a few bikes, and they were all gifts or someone else’s bike, and none of them fit her. She’s not an avid biker, but I can tell that our lives would be better if we all had decent bikes.

Wait, What About the Kids?

I should state that I have purchased two balance bikes for my kids since before they could walk. These are bikes that do not have pedals so they can get used to riding without worrying about pedals. Let me see if I can dig up a retro photo…

Look at that handsome dude rocking that balance bike! Proud as a pig in mud!

So, when the kids did get pedals they learned to ride in about 24 to 48 hours. If that doesn’t sell you on a balance bike then you hate children!

Last month, I bought my son a brand-new bicycle. It was a trek pre-caliber at the TREK store. It was what he wanted for his birthday. He shared that his perspective is that I always get him something secondhand and that Grandma and Grandpa put down real money for the big ticket items. (Well, this is my extrapolation. What was said is that my mom bought me a Game Gear portable Sega gaming system for $130+, and he stated, “You never bought me something that expensive.”) So when the grandparents offered to buy this bike I said, “I am buying this one.”

The TREK store on Manchester Road was very well-equipped and very clean. The service charges for tune-ups and the price for components seemed expensive. Or at least they cost more money than I want to pay. Anyway, purchasing my son a new bike provided my daughter with a very nice silver hand-me-down bike.

We bought her a Unicorn bell that she got at my son’s birthday party to make it more of a “her” bike…

She also got some nice flashing lights.

She wasn’t getting the hang of the pedals so I hooked up the Co-pilot by Wee-Ride and she felt better about pedaling. Just watch her RAWK that for the first time.

SO BOOM MY KIDS ARE TAKEN CARE OF. I HAVE SUPPORTED THEM IN THE MISSION OF HAVING QUALITY BIKES.

A Moment of Weakness

While I was at the TREK store shopping for my son’s bike, I noticed the Marlin. Now this is a bike that I have read about, and I know that the marlin is a quality bike at a good price. However, I also discovered that Roscoe, which is a higher-level mountain bike with a Hardtail, costs significantly more money. I ordered one of those in the view and then the TREK store never called me back. Exit Trek store stage left.

I ALREADY DISCUSSED BUYING A NEW BIKE WITH MY WIFE FOR MY BIRTHDAY AND WE HAD AGREED THAT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA HOWEVER, SOMETHING DIDN’T FEEL RIGHT ABOUT IT. LATER, I REALIZED THAT I SHOULD BE GETTING HER A BIKE FIRST. OK SO THAT’S ALL OF THE PRE-LOG OR EPILOGUE AND NOW WE’RE GONNA GET INTO THE PERFECT 24-HOUR PERIOD WHICH I STARTED LAST NIGHT.

The Perfect Day Started Last Night

Last night I drove with my whole family to pick up some sandwiches at Potbelly. We had some gift cards, so essentially, I paid no money for them, which is pretty awesome. We eat the sandwiches in the car, which is something my family loves to do because it’s somehow wrong but then so right.

We drove to Billy Goat Bicycle Co. down on Manchester Road in St. Louis Missouri. This bike Shop had been recommended by one of my daughter’s friends’ fathers at my son’s birthday party as the most awesome bike shop in St. Louis to go to. I guess it pretty much qualified as that because when I walked in, they had the marlin eight that I was interested in in the dark blue to dark gray fade in my size. They also had a Marline that was very small, which also had incredibly nice coloring from more of a blue to yellow fade which fit my wife perfectly. We did some test drives in the front parking lot. I was wearing sandals, but I didn’t let that hold me back from curving and carving some banks covered with grass on the apartment complex behind the bike shop.

After some amazing discussions with a man called Ben, who was wearing a T-shirt that had bandit from the show, Bluey and the word “DAD” on it, I found I had learned a lot about bikes, gotten some very quality advice on the downfalls or potential pitfalls of tubeless tires, and essentially purchased my wife’s bike moments before I purchased my bike.

Hers

His

So now we both have brand new bikes, and we can fulfill our destiny of taking family bike rides together. Now, that was just yesterday evening.

As I’m writing this, it is only 5:30 a.m. It is raining outside, and I have a window open. Rain is a big part of the perfect day for me.

So far, I have woken up at 4:30 and finessed the water I had in the 32-ounce mason jar next to my bed. I brewed a cup of coffee while I was filling the jacuzzi hot tub in the new basement bathroom with hot water and Epson salts. I noticed that all these push-ups and all these bike rides have made my body very stiff, and my muscles seem to be filled with lactic acid and they’re sticking themselves. Now after exiting the hot tub and dictating this blog post into my phone in the basement to play some of my favorite video games on the PlayStation 3 which I never give myself time to do. It is called PixelJunk shooter, and it is the best game ever in the history of everything.

After that, I plan to do 30 minutes of yoga. After that, I will help put my daughter in the car and give her a Dum Dum sucker and kiss her goodbye kiss my wife goodbye. Then I’ll hang out with my son for about 30 minutes, and brew some more coffee. He’ll probably watch some Minecraft on YouTube kids, that is, he will watch someone else play Minecraft, instead of playing a game himself, (which is normal these days), I think.

While driving to school I saw they were tearing down that old house on our street that was an eyesore!

Then I will go to work in my basement. I recently put together a spare bedroom with an egress window that doubles as a study and a bathroom in the basement and this is my home office.

Today I have finished adding audio to the four modules of EPEC BRONZE for the National Association of Electric Distributors. Next, I will look at the script and enter all of the new script into the notes section of the Articulate Storyline file. This way I can easily print out a user guide PDF because the screens will be updated, and the notes will match. I’ve already aligned all the screen animations with the audio, so the last step is going to be pretty easy. I plan to break my fast at 12 but will probably wait until 2 or 3 because I drank whey protein powder last night at 8 p.m.

Tonight’s Plans

This evening I will pick up my son from school, then pick up my daughter and we will ride home in the Honda Odyssey. Then I will pull some fresh vegetables out of the fridge and some eggs and stir fry that all up in the Thai style I’ll probably fry some tofu as well and heat some of those smoked ribs that I have in the air fryer. Then I will drive to the YMCA with my son, or he will take a level five swimming course while my wife and my daughter ride bikes after that I will ride home in the Honda Odyssey with my son where he and I will probably ride bikes, then we will probably eat some ice cream. (Well, I might not have any ice cream because I am back on my ketogenic and intermittent fasting diet.) The kids will take a bath and we will take our showers. We will read some dog man turn on some colored, moving lights and the kids will go to bed. Now on some days, I would turn on some TV but for the perfect day, I would choose to not do that, instead, I would go to bed early at around 9 PM after drinking some chamomile and mint tea or some decaf coffee.

That will take us to about a full 24-hour period for the perfect day. What was interesting to me is my perfect day started last night and I’m not even halfway through it, It is not yet written, but maybe that’s the most important part of my perfect day. Much of the day is still in the future. It is unwritten, it has potential.

Conclusion

You know what? On second thought I don’t think I’m going to play that video game after writing this post I feel like it’s time to do my first 25 push-ups (of 50) do some yoga and Brew, and some more coffee.

The Best Day Ever

After I wrote the above content, I did some YOGA, My daughter woke up and then we walked outside in the twilight and enjoyed the rain.

We went back inside, I made her some hot chocolate and made a pinky promise that I would do some My Little Pony Cosmic Kids Yoga with her, but we did 15 minutes of the Frozen Yoga by Cosmic Kids featuring none other than Queen Elsa of Arendale.

My daughter said,

“This is the best day ever.”

She says that a lot, and she is always right.

Music by RoyaltyFreeMusic Nver Avetyan from Pixabay Technology Dubstep

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