June 4, 2017

 This morning I woke up before my alarm and read in bed four an hour before getting up and starting my day. My day really didn't consist of much. I cleaned my house a little bit (just a little sweeping and moving some empty boxes out to the garage), moved some books into my barrister bookcase, and moved my elliptical into my bedroom because it wasn't getting much use sitting in the middle of my living room. Then I had lunch and watched some YouTube videos.

After lunch I went back to reading until my Dad came over around 1:30PM. The main reason for the visit was to talk about his finger. He popped the tendon on the top of his left middle finger a week or so ago. My sister told me about it and she was pretty upset that he wasn't going to get it fixed. She saw it soon after it happened when it was still swollen, which didn't help. She said one of the big reasons he wasn't going to get it fixed was the cost so I sent him a text basically offering to help pay for it. I didn't hear back from him for a week and then we set up our talk today. We eventually got around to the finger and he showed it to me. It's not overly noticeable unless you're looking for it. The last joint of his finger is now permanently pointed down because the top tendon isn't there to hold it up. He said he still has his grip strength and he can straighten it a little bit more than he could a week ago. He also pointed out that it is kind of convenient because it is also in the right position to hold a pencil or utensil and to put in his contacts. For the most part he said it's mostly cosmetic and not worth all money and then the rehab to get it fixed. He explained his reasoning and I'll accept it.

After talking about that we talked about everything else under the sun. It was good times. We need to hang out more often and hopefully that will happen. I mentioned wanting to build a workbench and said he could come hang out in my workshop, as well as participate in the creation of it because he knows a lot of stuff. I walked him out and we talked a little while longer in the driveway before calling it a day a little after 7:00PM. The afternoon flew by.

When I went back in I ate dinner, watched YouTube videos, and then went down to the basement to play more Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel. I finished one story mission. I don't know how long the game is but I'm doubting my ability to make it to the end. At the end of the mission I finally went back to the main hub city and got to spend the moonstones I had collected. That is the currency used to unlock more inventory space and more ammo. Earlier I “lost” forty moonstones when I unwittingly opened a moonstone case which cost forty moonstones to open. I wasn't even paying attention because I typically just open everything I see and have already hit the open button before I can register what the pop-up says. I was a little annoyed by this. I think you're guaranteed a purple weapon (I got a rocket launcher) but I don't think it is worth it until you've upgraded inventory and ammo space completely. Tonight I ended up with about one hundred moonstones to spend, which is a lot, but all I could think was that I should have had one hundred and forty moonstones. Oh well. I was able to get up to twenty-seven inventory slots, over one hundred sniper rounds, and maybe twelve rockets. Not bad.

It is now half an hour until midnight and I need to record my audio journal so I can go to bed. I open tomorrow morning. Hooray for waking up at six o'clock. In a perfect world I would actually get out of bed at six o'clock and run on the elliptical for a bit before getting ready. I'm not feeling particularly tired at the moment due to sleeping in this morning, so I don't foresee myself falling asleep before midnight, which would already not be enough for a full night of sleep. So I'm not very confident in my ability to get up and exercise, especially because it isn't part of my current routine. But we'll see.