Woke up with my alarm and didn't go back to sleep. Looked outside and with all the snow I knew I had to go skiing (we got like 10 inches in a night). Took me way too long to get out of the house though. Also I made the mistake of taking my bike. Only some of the streets and paths had been plowed by that point so I ended up walking much of the way. Really should've just skied to the trail, but couldn't do that with my bike.
Even though it was late morning by the time I got there, I was still the first skier of the day, so I got to break trail (a couple snowshoers preceded me but their paths were one, not super helpful and two, only on some of the trails). I ended up breaking trail for all three loops, which I'm sure lots of people appreciated. The temperature was already going up, which made the snow a bit sticky, especially on first break. But it was good over all.
Breaking trails is hard work, so after eating and showering I took a nap. Then I answered some student emails, paced around and considered life and my questions (well the question, I've given up trying to find an answer for my existential question for now. Not sure how I'm going to get an answer to the question besides talking but I don't know of a natural way to do that because I'm super awkward). I cancelled my nature walk for tomorrow since it will probably be all mud (more than half the snow was already gone by sunset and tomorrow will be even warmer), but will still be going to the arboretum. Maybe others will too, despite the cancellation. Not counting on it though.
Got on the pathfinder chat. We didn't end up doing anything (some character models were missing and so was our samurai) but it was nice to talk to Stephen and the others for a few hours. Still not sure if choosing pathfinder over the ward line dancing activity was the right idea but I'll just have to live with it (also I wouldn't have answered the question, probably).
Worked on Fishing for Birds by which I mean started laying out yet another structure and thinking about the core metaphors. I saw that only one verse was left for Counting Sheeple so I just deleted it. Now I have 10 verses which, after reordering, tell a coherentish story in 5 groups. Counting Sheeple is right up there with Indian Summer Love for being one of the most personal songs I've ever written (many years out of date, yet still very personal), but I do think with the double entendre it fits well enough with the rest of the album. Especially since both sides of it really fit with both underlying themes (conspiracy and growing up).
Did not answer those emails. Tomorrow I swear, they just cause me so much anxiety and I'm already anxious enough as is (in part due to brain chemistry, in part due to the question).
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