Abbreviations are useful things. If you can use one, why write a word of four or five syllables? This is especially useful if what you are writing is for your own use. So what if nobody else can understand it?

Abbreviations occur in other ways, too. For instance, daylight. A few weeks ago it was still starting to get light at 5:30 am. Now, it\’s only beginning to be daylight at about 6:15 am. I\’ve noticed that it gets dark a little earlier in the evenings, too. Fall\’s a-comin\’, even if the weather doesn\’t feel like it.

Today was my first day back to working on-site. Until further notice, I\’ll be working abbreviated days/weeks there. Four hours a day, three days a week. The rest of the time I\’ll still be working from home. That suits me just fine.

Today my ride to and from work was curtailed . On the way there, I had to use the short route perforce. A train was blocking the RR crossing, and there was no telling how long it might sit there. When I emerged from on-site work to go home, I saw a threatening-looking cloud and heard thunder grumbling. I didn\’t want to get caught in a storm, so I took the short route home; but as it turned out, I could have gone by my usual, longer way.

I wish I could continue to work remotely as a permanent thing. It means I don\’t have to rush through breakfast so that I\’ll have enough time to get to work. I can do longer rides in the mornings if I feel like it. Today I didn\’t do an especially long ride; but all of a sudden I was pedaling harder than usual. Where did that strength come from?