Nature

Yesterday, I was wrong about the obstacles in the forest, saying that all of them had been removed. Today, when I reached the forest and started riding along the trail, I noticed that all of those obstacles had been restored. But after restoring them, some of the obstacles became much stronger than before. If they had used only small branches and fallen trees before, now that crazy guy—or guys—used huge, long logs, which can be quite challenging to move without extra help.

The day was unusual, even though I didn't do anything special or new. I just visited my relative's place and talked with my nephew about my former workplace and the military clarification summons. He didn't know that I had been fired a month ago, and he only knew about the summons from the military office through my blog when he checked it. I also returned his drill, which I had borrowed two weeks ago when I fixed the balcony floor.

Here I’ve shared some moments about how I was fired, and since that day I haven’t looked at the job market. I didn’t even update my resume because I had no plans to start working again. But today, a few messages from Telegram caught my attention. They came from my former workplace's channel, where they had forgotten to remove me. Unfortunately, after a few minutes, they realized I was the odd one out, and I was removed from the channel.

At 1 AM, when I finished my tasks and started getting ready for bed, I noticed lightning and heard loud thunder. It felt like the thunderstorm was directly over my city, making so many scary sounds. But the lightning was especially adorable because it flashed across the sky, leaving bright flashes that illuminated everything in the darkness. Honestly, it was really dark since the streetlights were turned off and the sky was covered with dark clouds.

During my outdoor activities, when I rode around the meadow, I noticed about twenty horses with their babies in the green field. The babies were actively jumping around their moms. Even when I came closer to them, they didn't seem scared of me. Probably I was much more scared than they were, because horses can be unpredictable when they have babies. Fortunately, all those horses just lifted their heads to check who was coming and then calmly continued eating the grass. So I took it as a good sign to take a few pictures for my blog collection.

Today I completed another 10K during my bike ride under the hot sun while a fresh breeze blew directly into my face. Of course, after yesterday’s rainy weather, the ground was still slippery. So I decided to ride along the highway instead, without going through the forest trail or any country roads. In my opinion, it was the safer and more comfortable choice, even though I usually enjoy riding through forest trails. Even though I only used the highway, I still managed to complete my planned distance successfully.

Yesterday, I finished my day with a bike ride around my city after a very busy day, which I mentioned here. Despite ending the previous day with dry weather and a colorful sky, this day was absolutely crazy. It started with a rainy, foggy morning, with the temperature around 10 degrees. On top of that, it rained non-stop throughout the entire day under gray clouds, which made the day feel more like an autumn day in the middle of summer.

This day was quite calm overall, with nothing extraordinary happening, and I didn't receive any news. The weather wasn't bad, though; it was a sunny and warm day. So I started my regular outdoor activities again along my usual route after taking a week off. I was glad to get back outside, because last week was very crazy, with uncomfortable weather conditions that forced me to miss my outdoor activities and broke my daily consistency. Luckily, I didn't lose my experience and still easily finished my 10K.

In yesterday's post, I already mentioned that I'd be taking another trip to the village. So after my morning routine, I immediately went there around 11 AM and arrived before the guests had arrived. Even if the guests had already arrived, it wouldn't have made much difference to me. I still didn't sit at the table with the other guests, as the seats were limited and everything was crowded. As a result, I was starving until 3:30 PM and just spent my time in a small, hot room, which didn't make my time there very comfortable.

Today at around 10 PM at night, the same thing happened again as last week. Someone loudly knocked on my door with fests and escaped again. Unfortunately, I didn’t manage to see who it was—I only noticed how the person quickly escaped. The stair railings were shaking right after, and there were some vibration sounds. In my opinion, he either grabbed them to run faster or accidentally hit them while running.

After my morning, I applied sunscreen to my face and went to the border of my city, where there are forests and abandoned fields, to pick wild strawberries. But before that, I had some doubts about the strawberries because, in my entire life, I had never seen so many wild strawberries growing in one place. So I was a bit skeptical about finding any, even though this spot had been recommended by a familiar local resident. However, my doubts vanished when I saw patches of strawberries growing directly in the fields.

Finally, I had a sunny day, and it continued throughout the day without any rain or other uncomfortable conditions. So my bike ride was pretty enjoyable and more interesting than on previous days, even though I repeated the same route. But while I rode around the river, some areas of the ground were still a bit slippery after yesterday's thunderstorm, which made my ride especially interesting and, of course, a little messy. Honestly, I thought the ground could be much more slippery than what I saw during my ride. Fortunately, nothing crazy happened. While riding my bike through the grass, my bike's wheels actually became cleaner than before.