Count down

to the road trip and departure...


am I ready? nope, not yet.

am I still tired? Yup. Have not been able to fall asleep last couple nights, despite cutting back on coffee and stopping drinking it earlier. weird and annoying...

but even with the touch of insomnia i'm feeling a bit less exhausted. I did totally say f'it last night - sat down on the couch and watched a couple episodes of Chopped instead of doing anything productive... needed a mental and physical break. TV worked for that.

I've got books loaded up on the tablet - audio ones - that should free up phone for navigation and comms and stuff. And battery lasts forever on the big device.

i've got 8800 mAh of back up power spread over 3 batteries. Just gotta keep that Garmin going. Should be good I think. Phone I'll run in super low power mode. Basically use it as a camera/video camera unless needed. I dunno - shits kind of either ready to go or not.

I have to switch wheels - still has the road wheels on there, but will wait to do that till thursday or friday. Gotta remember to pack those tools tho...

it is an adventure, right? should be fun...  got some great books lined up to listen to, and one old book I haven't managed to get past the first chapter, Neuromancer. I hated the lead up in the peripheral but I made it through it and was good by the end so figure maybe that's the only way I can get through a gibson book, not read it.

got food sorted maybe - at least part of it. going with smoked turkey and cheddar on some soft seven grain bread. No egg but a touch of mustard and some mayo. will make em probably friday but the meat and cheese is in the freezer right now. Why? I want food I'm used to eating made from stuff of known quantity without having to stress over sourcing stuff to the level i'm comfortable eating - and more importantly what will perturb my fueling the least.

I did kind of day dream about McD's cheeseburgers as ride fuel. They aren't totally real food, but they are pretty damn easy to eat in a few bites...  but the turkey and cheese should be way better. Maybe pick up some swedish fish or something as a sugar snack or who knows what else. Going to try and avoid soda/coke and gels and that stuff. Hoping to get one of the big to go coffee things on Thursday or Friday, charbucks or wherever.

And fucking just ride...  gonna be an adventure... if i forget something it will be just another added element of the adventure...

Right now that same feeling of Amor Fati that took over the start of last week and made it all good is coming back, esp when I think about what i'm not remembering, i'll embrace what happens and enjoy the process and the experience.

so yeah... i gotta get out of here - I have a LOT to do before leaving tomorrow early.

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