Good evening! It’s 78 degrees and mostly clear as the civil twilight passes us by and night time takes over the sky. The moon is expected to rise around 8:50 PM and it will be mostly full once again tonight. Humid, but not too oppressive this evening.

Tonight is the first evening in a while where I’ve not driven to the library or the park — or for that matter just stayed home in bed. I took off the sprain boot for a while, and carefully walked down to the bus stop and then took the bus down to the Roweland Avenue bus stop, and walked the rest of the way to the library. Undecided if I will walk all the way home.

My ankle is a little sore from walking, but I’m trying to start to build it back up. I will continue to wear the sprain boot most of the time as the doctor advised, but occasionally, I want to see if I can walk on my own short distances. I’m pretty desperate to get back up and walking again as I hate being stuck at a desk all day, then being forced to drive if I want to go anywhere in the evening. By mid-September by the time I’m officially getting the boot off and back to the doctor, I want my ankle to be plenty strong so I can go out hunting, fishing, kayaking, and camping without restriction. I’d hate to miss the fall foliage because I can’t climb mountains, especially when work is slow this fall.