Oh, man. I'm slammed.
Slept late at 12:45 but had the gumption to wake up early at 7:45. Lamped in bed until 8:05, got ready. Blanked out in the shower a few times. Finished getting ready and had some instant ramen with broccoli for breakfast. Made a whole bottleful of some Earl gray around 11:15, added a little milk. Took Seth to Chase around so he could deposit some money, and then Panda Express because apparently he hadn't had breakfast yet. Drove back home. Couldn't help but notice my fuel economy is worse this summertime than last year. Last year I got up to 44.1 MPG -- this year it's 43.2. Negligible to be honest but it does make me wonder if I'm a worse driver than before ...
Got home and made coffee and tried looking for my AeroPress cap still and ... nothing. Made some pour over coffee instead on the Hario Switch, Hoffman, added a little over a teaspoon of some condensed milk. Coffee tasted a little more acrid today, probably because I didn't seal the leftover bag too well and it's started to oxidize. (My frozen beans tend to fare much better even with air exposure.)
Spent the majority of the afternoon working on Helios. How could I be surprised I felt so wasted around 5:15, when I wrote 38 notes today?! Short notes to be sure but I still referenced the papers and sources, and tried to make connections between notecards. I'll tell you it's a lot easier to get tripped up thinking your digital notes ARE your ideas ... not really ... representations all the way down.
Spent the early evening trying to unwind, took a few photos of the plants we have at the front of our house. I love love love my 55mm f/1.2. Depth of field is so shallow that foreground blur blends together with background blur, almost haloing the subject. I'll send a picture later.
Grandma made some pork and Chinese broccoli stirfry. Yum. Continued unwinding at the computer after dinner. Did some shopping on Amazon -- got a replacement AeroPress cap namely, but also more AeroPress filters, a few toothbrushes, a headphone jack dongle, some Astra razor blades, and a UV filter for my FD 28mm f/2.8.