12:35 PM (Houston, TX): I awoke this morning irritated and slightly jaded that expedited morning relations were not in order. The old neural pathways started taking me down the rabbit hole of spite ridden fantasies, but I was able to cease and desist. I feel the better for it without a doubt.
Today is Mike Simon’s wedding. I am a groomsman. Today will focus simply on being present.
1:31 AM: I had a multitude of opportunities to let self-disserving martyrdom drive a wedge between myself and any chance of contentment. I chose to be content.
I was also the voice of reason advocating positivity to Suzi. I stressed that we had so many close calls that turned out fine on our trip, that no matter what happened moving forward, we had a net win. This is beginning to feel a little less forced.
