Cool and clear, warming later… kids had great weather for their field trip yesterday.\u00a0\u00a0 The whole school went, and they had a great day to be outside.\u00a0 Today should be more of the same.\u00a0\u00a0 Cool, but hotter in the afternoon.<\/p>\n
I got some of my stuff done.\u00a0\u00a0 Did two pickups.\u00a0\u00a0 Had an interesting chat with the auctioneers.\u00a0\u00a0 One I hadn’t seen in a long time, that does mostly salvage and municipal surplus, said she is seeing the beginning of another bankruptcy cycle.\u00a0\u00a0 She’s had a couple of businesses call her to sell all their stuff before it gets seized and sold, and a bank looking to do the seizing…\u00a0\u00a0 There are definitely cycles in the economy, and if she thinks she’s seeing the beginning of a downturn, I’m willing to believe it.\u00a0 She’s been in the liquidation business pretty much her whole life, and that’s several decades as a successful business herself.<\/p>\n
I am waiting on a part, so I won’t head to my client site today.\u00a0\u00a0 I’ll be doing stuff here, mostly sorting and stacking, but also I better get started on the cleaning and upkeep stuff too.\u00a0\u00a0 I’ve let it go far too long out of distaste and other things to do, but I really can’t let it go much longer.<\/p>\n
Sometimes we just have to pull up our big boy pants, and man up.<\/p>\n
I used to have a quote on my wall, credited to Goethe, but I never could find the source,\u00a0 that resonated with me.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “Who must do the difficult things?\u00a0 – He who can.”\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There is a slightly different version credited to the author Trevanian in his novel ‘Shibumi’\u00a0 – “Who must do the harsh things?\u00a0 He who can.”\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 My teenage self could have gotten it mixed up, although why I’d have attributed it to Goethe, I can’t imagine.\u00a0\u00a0 (Loved ‘Shibumi’ btw, don’t know if it would stand up now, but I re-read it many times. JerryP would sometimes mention Trevanian…)\u00a0 ANYHOW…<\/p>\n
Cleaning up the possum mess in the garage and on the canned goods shelves barely qualifies as “difficult” or “harsh” but not only am I the only one who can, I’m the only one who WILL do it.\u00a0 Eventually.\u00a0\u00a0 Today.\u00a0 Maybe.\u00a0\u00a0 When I have no more chance to procrastinate.\u00a0 Or later.\u00a0 If I get to it.\u00a0 Someday.<\/p>\n
Stack it up.\u00a0 And keep it in good shape.<\/p>\n
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Cool and clear, warming later… kids had great weather for their field trip yesterday.\u00a0\u00a0 The whole school went, and they had a great day to be outside.\u00a0 Today should be more of the same.\u00a0\u00a0 Cool, but hotter in the afternoon.<\/p>\n
I got some of my stuff done.\u00a0\u00a0 Did two pickups.\u00a0\u00a0 Had an interesting chat with the auctioneers.\u00a0\u00a0 One I hadn’t seen in a long time, that does mostly salvage and municipal surplus, said she is seeing the beginning of another bankruptcy cycle.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n