random thoughts - Day 1,990 (Thursday) - tech and nostalgia

Another day, another follow-up with the surgeon from the broken wrist of winter 2025. Yay. Today's adventure involved driving from the new address, significantly further from the office than the Lowell address. To complicate things, Waze and GPS chose to mysteriously flake out and I was running on offline maps the entire drive with no live traffic updates. I knew something was off when the program had me starting from two streets away from home, but couldn't pinpoint the issue. 

Somehow, I arrived really early. There was time to relax with social media in the waiting area before my x-ray and two minutes with the surgeon. Surgeon said, "Looks good. You're healed. Do you have any questions? Come back in three months." On the way back, there was no actual navigation again. I even pulled into a rest stop to try and troubleshoot the problem without luck. Technology is great until it isn't and Bad Technology Karma is real. For me anyway.

The afternoon was spent in manual tasks that couldn't be screwed up by the absence of GPS. I finally retrieved the items from my Lowell house that had been stored in Mom's shed. Before the fetching and schlepping, there was the consolidation of packing boxes in my own shed, with several reassigned to the recycling bin. That made room for the snow shovels, skis, ski boots, snow shoes, beach chairs, and assorted flower pots. 

Turkeys surveying the yard.

The late afternoon delivered mysterious noises from the roof. No source was determined. Then there were weird noises in the front yard that turned out to be two turkeys walking around like a couple of land surveyors. 

The evening was invested in the second night of binging Bunheads on Prime, a series from 2012-2013 which was really good but lacked widespread viewership and was cancelled. Of course it was. I liked it when it was new and seeing it again still feels fresh. 

Ballet studio!

It has all the elements that interest me. There is comedy drama set in a ballet environment with actor-dancers who remind of dancers from my past. It was created by Amy Sherman-Palladino with Sutton Foster and Kelly Bishop in leading roles and the trademark rapid fire witty dialogue and several actors familiar to anyone who knows Gilmore Girls or  recognizes Sutton Foster from Younger. 

Kelly Bishop reminds me of one of my dance teachers and late in the one glorious season of series' existence, one of the ballerinas who reminds me of one of my nieces does roller derby, which sent me right back to one of the best years of my life. There is an episode set in Henderson, Nevada where another niece lives. It's been a great binge full of memories and points of nostalgic connection.