October 19, 2026

This was taken on our short walk behind the Avenir Centre.  I saw the sky and knew this would be a good look.  No filter either, I generally hate using those.  

So I'm writing for Oct.19, 2026, Monday.  Barbecue burgers for our one meal; no snacks around except for the awesome Krispy Kernels sweet and salty mix they have at Costco.  A passable snack alternative to chips and the like.  Which we still have from time to time, but hardly.  I have a half liter of water in between other drinks.  I had a whiskey and Vanilla Coke Zero, the closest I think there'll be to the legendary Diet Pepsi Vanilla.  For me.  Ahhh, the THC's gliding in here!  I'm looking at the TV right now and it looks like this whole Alberta separating crap was just a waste of time and money, when there are other things more worthy of that attention.  

Anyway - we walked a rather short stint tonight, which is where these pictures come from.  It made for a really lovely fall night.  We came across several homeless people all along our walk, as we do every time.  We stopped into Sobeys to get burger buns and just took advantage of the opportunity to walk.  Janice's hip has been bothering her the last few days.  I'm pretty laser focused on her health.  For me, my right knee is wearing down but I just make the best of it.


This, right here, that's the stuff of comfort.  This is good energy in its visible physical manifestation.  We took this in the Kiwanis Park parking lot.   Kiwanis Pool used to be right there.  We are in there.  I wanted this shot with our house in it. 

So I made those burgers and man, they were good.  I like to sautee mushrooms and onions with garlic in olive oil and a little kosher salt while I'm frying the mushrooms.  The only burgers we ever have are the frozen Angus ones from Costco.  Making damn sure it's not American.  Add a slice of real marble cheese and a brioche bun, and behold.... the Cheddar/Mushroom Mikey Burger.  We ate too much though.  We have made an effort to eat less, to eat to be satisfied as opposed to full.  It was quite the game changer for our diets and habits.  Just not tonight!

We shared a Dairy Milk Crunchie bar for good measure.  Watched an episode of the amazing "Severance" on Apple TV.  What a blast to watch that show.  A second viewing of whole seasons lights up the brain cells.  We also took in another episode of "For All Mankind", also on Apple.  Great TV on both shows here.

Guess I'll shut it down and try to sleep.  

SEEYALATER

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