Rain ...

 296th day sober. I really did take yesterday off, only listing a dozen things on Ebay which didn't take all that long. 

It actually rained last night and on the radio they're talking about hail up in SF. So I'm kind of glad I've stayed in. Maybe I'm a bit spooked after that run-in with (probably) Crazy Chrissie. 

I got plenty of practice in last night, going through the exercises but doing more in the Kan octave which is starting to sound better and is also strengthening the lower, Otsu octave. It sounds funny talking about playing a musical instrument being good for health, but I believe it's positively healthy to play the shakuhachi. Probably the only thing healthier would be if I went out and ran every day and ... that's not going to happen. 

I stayed in, having woken up at 5PM again, and "staged" 25 things. This means, go into the warehouse and hunt them down, find packaging for them, weigh and measure dimensions if needed and print the label, and if the thing's going in a box, pack the box to the extent that it only needs the label put in. So all I have to do is trim and apply the labels on these things before taking them to the post office/FedEx. 

That plus "fixed" (actually took case off and replaced a missing foot) an oscilloscope and got 10 things ready to list but ... those will have to wait. I also cooked up a nice beef and leek miso ramen, which came out well. All while listening to them talking about hail and freeze warnings on the radio.