I’m listening to Aphex Twin’s “Rhubarb”, a song I will forever associate with trains after my last Chicago trip. This afternoon I put together an ambient playlist. Sounds good.

Today I recovered from the weekend. After J and Mell left I cleaned up the house and read “Outlander” on the front porch. After some fairly cool days today the temps rose above 80. Eventually I moved into the living room, behind the cool shades, and read further. This morning I was down to the last 130 pages or so and now I’m down to the last 35. I love that exhilaration as I near the end of a book. Hopefully I’ll finish tonight. The Brewers won, I checked on and off, and I slept for a bit while M and the boys hit the beach with their friends. Since I ate like shit all weekend I stuck with bananas, salad, and yogurt most of the day. N is lining his matchbox cars on the living room floor. Earlier I took a bath as well and I feel like I could use another. The heat may keep me up a bit later but I’d be happy to sleep early, rise early, meditate, read, write, work out and go to work. I will welcome self-discipline in the morning. Good night.