The bike path actually dumps me out right in front of work, which is cool. Mike has a couple more miles to go after that. My workplace has a decent locker room and shower facility, which was empty when I arrived a few minutes before 9 AM. I cleaned up and got to work, highly energized.
I felt pretty strong biking in this morning, thanks to doing the bike trainer pretty regularly over the winter. I have slacked off a bit on the trainer the last couple months because of getting ready to move and a bunch of music things going on.
Biking really improves my mood. I had been in a funk lately because of all the moving stress and anxiety, but biking stimulates calming endorphin production and makes me more present in the NOW, like I was during my brief illusion on the bike trail, mentioned earlier. I know the move and everything will go fine. I have a whole month to get rid of junk and pack. I can’t procrastinate at all, but I still have plenty of time to get stuff done and my time is well managed. I have the St. Vinnie’s thrift store coming on June 7 to take a computer table and a dresser away, and maybe even my hide-a-bed couch which is a cumbersome beast that I do not want to move. I am not sure about the couch yet. I may keep it. I have gotten good use out of it over the years and I can always buy another one. The foldout bed is rarely used, so my next couch might just be a good long and wide one that a person could sleep on without needing a foldout bed.
June 14-15 will be a major packing and cleaning weekend. By then I want to have all but the bare essentials boxed up and ready to go. June 21-22 weekend is a weekend mini tour with my country band, DRIVEWAY THRIFTDWELLERS, so I cannot do much then. The band is going up to Minocqua Brewing Company for a show on Saturday night and then heading to Elkhart Lake, east of Oshkosh, to perform at some kind of NASCAR event there. Should be interesting. I have my dog Buddy booked in at the kennel for that weekend, and I am probably going to take Foster up to my buddy Todd’s in Oshkosh that Friday, 6/20, and then retrieve him after the Elkhart Lake shindig.
June 28 and 29, I will load the uHaul truck with everything that is left and then drive it into Madison on Monday morning, June 30, when all the closings go down. I will probably park the uHaul at a friend’s house and drive to the closing in my car, but if I cannot find someone to assist, I may end up driving the uHaul to the closing, which would suck. I will figure it out in any case. The seller of my new house might let me move some stuff in early that weekend once it looks like everything is going to happen as far as the closings and bank stuff.
Well, that’s enough writing for today.
*There is a chance I could land a new job between now and late July, but I fully plan to negotiate for the time off to do RAGBRAI because it is already locked in and my team is depending on me. I would not want to work for an employer who is not cool with that. Plus, my current contract job is open ended, pays decent, and my boss has already said I can be gone that week (albeit unpaid).