Wednesday 11/05/2025
Started the day with a brisk walk up to PAMF for a blood draw. This was a standard metabolic panel as a follow-up to draining the kidney cyst. Results came late in the day, no real change as a result of the drainage. My BUN and creatinine numbers are marginally high but basically flat for the past year plus.
Back from that by 9 and I set to work editing the video of my talk. I continue to get people who encounter me in the lobby saying, “great talk!” so it really went well. You want to watch it? Here’s your link!
After lunch I edited yet another video, an interesting talk by a retired teacher on the history of how California finances its schools, which has gone through many changes since the 1970s. (No, the California Lottery only pays about 4% of the total costs of education.) Heck, here’s that link.
In between those I was rehearsing my music. Then it was approaching 3pm so I took the guitar and went across to the assisted living center where I was due to perform at 3:30. I would not rate my performance very high, C-minus at best, but fortunately that is the world’s most forgiving audience. Half of them are asleep in their chairs, but the half who are awake are just so supportive. “You did that reeeeel good!” one lady would say after each song.
Anyway, that is almost all my pending jobs this week. Tomorrow is mostly clear, oh what will I ever do with myself? In the evening, the band that I sponsored is coming to perform. That will be a challenge, getting them set up, but they are quite professional and I will probably just say, there’s the sound board, have fun.
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