#1530, Wednesday, October 28: Good problems to have.

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Post 1530, Day 301 of 2015
- 1,762 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

It isn't what people do when everything is running smoothly, it's what happens when they don't.

Too many musicians showed up at last night's open mic (where I am in the house band).

And the principles of our open mic got a bit trampled.

I'm waiting to see how we'll adapt.

This is the problem with good intentions. For the first three weeks, we had a good, but not excessive turnout, a couple of times we ran a little late to accommodate some people who came after the initial sign-up.

Last night, if the only people who showed up were the ones who contacted me asking to be put on the list, we could have easily filled our three hours.

But I'm not the guy running the list. The non-performing leader of the open mic has sole control of the list. And he, too, was taking names leading up to the open mic.

Then there are the good people who show up at sign-up time, rightfully expecting playing time. By the time the list was made, last night, some of these people were told they'd have to wait three hours to play.

That isn't good, but here is the good thing: It's a sign of too much success, and it isn't an insoluble problem. We have to adapt.

And I'm happy to be working with people who are willing and able to do that.

Yeah, grateful for even these kinds of problems.

Food and Diet Section

Today's Weight:                   205.0 lbs.

Previous Weight (10/27):          204.4 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    + 0.6 lbs.

Diet Comment

I guess this is what maintaining is. Eating a dinner consisting entirely of bacon may or may not have been the culprit, but I think it was the slightly under-average water consumption.

Food Log

Breakfast
At the Syracuse VA Medical Center:

Scrambled eggs and sausage.

Lunch
At CORE:

Spicy Ginger Steak with Quinoa Bone Broth Bowl (hearth bone broth, grilled steak, quinoa, broccoli, carrots, scallions, slivered almonds, ginger, cilantro, sriracha). Not shown: A bowl of butternut squash soup and a Quest bar.

Snack
A Quest bar.

Dinner
Grilled cheese sandwich made with Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grain bread with guacamole and cole slaw.

Snack
A Quest bar.

Liquid Intake
   Espressos: 2;  Coffee: 8 oz.;  Water: 80+ oz.

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