Thank goodness it's almost apple season

B/c I could use some homemade comfort food.

Not a whole lot going on, just my boss leaving and me stepping into an interim role while I'm trying to get feedback from my dissertation committee chair and feeling like I'm behind schedule. I could use some pie.

The dog's got the right attitude though. I could learn from her. Actually, I think I could use a drink. And that might be on the agenda for this weekend. 

I guess I will be buying new tires sooner than expected.

I got in some rainy commute rides last week, and as I was doing some chain maintenance this weekend I noticed a concerning amount of tire wear.

That looks concerning.

Oh, that looks worse!

Yeah, I have no idea where these came from but I would guess the gravel access road I take for around a mile to get in and out of the Arb have not been kind. Which is why I'm wondering if I should trade in for a gravel bike at some point. In either case I guess it's time to order a new set of tires.

It's the little things

I don't have much time to spend with my not quite as new anymore x-box, but when I played some in between classes this spring the downstairs tv being a little off was driving me crazy.

With the dog in the house the basement isn't really getting much use as our ready-space for the kids, so we brought the fancy TCL upstairs and put the older LG downstairs. I reconnected everything, but the placement of the basement tv was off. It was never quite straight, but it was a little too high on the wall too. It shouldn't have bothered me as much as it did since we weren't getting much use out of it anyway, but I guess my brain was looking for a distraction b/c I could not let it go.

So I re-hung it this weekend and I feel so much better. It's actually kind of worrying me how satisfied I feel just moving the tv down a few inches and reconnecting everything. I need to get out more.