0600 – wake up; laze about
I am not feeling too energetic after working through yesterday‘s post vaccine side effects.
I’m delighted to be fully vaccinated, but the side effects were not very thrilling.
I felt tired and my left arm felt like the neighborhood bully had thoroughly tenderized it. I tried to be productive at work, despite the discomfort my my arm. I at least managed to finish most of an important task and started the next one, so I suppose that is productive enough for any given workday.
0730- head to dentist. ROUGH cleaning! Next time I’ll make less work for the hygienist.
0930 – fill out HOLD MAIL card (for vacation) at the local post office.
1000 – lie down and relax; plan out the rest of the day
See my to-do list, way below!
1115 – Took a peek at the back yard: Freaking #Dandelions! Time to commit an act of herbicide
1133 – Take a quick test video: walkaround of the van (not posted, see tomorrow’s instead)
1145 – Met friends at Red Lobster for lunch
1315 – Charge first DSLR and video cam batteries. Three sets altogether.
GoPro and external battery packs will get charged later.
1515 – While sorting through AC chargers and USB cables, I found the second charger for my Nikon batteries. DSLR camera battery number two is charging now. I do not believe I ever got a second charger for my 4K camcorder (Sony FDR-AX53). Perhaps it might be wise to purchase an additional battery for the camera; I only have about 200 minutes running time across my three batteries for that device. Another hundred minutes might be beneficial.
1559 – first Nikon battery is fully charged (2 hours! Can that be right?)
I’m going to head to the store and take away the reading while I am there. There is nothing I could do to make these batteries charge any faster, so I’m going to make use of the time.
Also took a quick Kestrel reading and calibrated its internal compass.
1730 – Returned from shopping. Just enough food to make it until a day or two
before vacation.
I can eat out those last few days, as I do not want to make trash that’s going to decay for 2 1/2 weeks in my house while I’m gone.
External batteries are charging, albeit slowly. (Two of them are missing in action, however; I’ll look for those around the house and replace them if necessary). Nikon batteries are fully charged.
2359 – At end-of-day, the list is like this:
X Charge DSLR and video cam batteries
- Inventory camera/video gear
- Pack clothing for trip
- Walk through ‘to do’ list from van shakedown cruise
X Get weather reading on Kestrel 5500
- Ask neighbor if I can borrow long ladder on Tuesday pm
X Do last grocery run before vacation
X Test camera batteries
- Test video cam batteries (after charging)
X Charge round 2 of batteries
X Decide which camera/tech gear goes on vacation; pack it:
- Nikon D7000 plus three batteries
- Sony AX-53 plus 3 batteries (total 200 minutes runtime)
- Lots or 32GB SDHC cards and one 4TB HDD