June 02-08 2013

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 Sunday 02- a fine June day it is. I did my stretches. I finished Bonnie’s gift and I called her to say I was coming to Landers to visit her and her new home. What a beautiful house Bonnie and Larry have. They gave me the grand tour of the place and I took some pictures while they told me of the improvements they are going to make. Knowing Bonnie it is going to be a masterpiece! Linda H. came by my house around evening to give me some avocados she brought up from her retreat in San Diego. We had a short chat before she was on her way to visit Ruth Denison.

Monday 03- it is starting to get hotter. I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, ran a mile and a half with 1.5lbs around each wrists, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for five minutes. I went to Stoney’s to do my laundry and check to see if everything was okay at the house and rental property. I visited with Roger at his place next door and brought him the avocados Linda gave me to share. I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening walk with my backpack. I studied Unit 3 of the CERT Training manual; about first aid for first responders. I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells, and went for a night run. I watched episode 4 of “Grimm”...

Tuesday 04- into the mid 90s but with a little breeze. I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, ran a mile and a half with 1.5lbs around each wrists, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes. I kinda messed around the house donit this and that. I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening walk with my backpack. I did a little stargazing and practiced my guitar. I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells, and went for a night run.

 

Wednesday 05- still in the mid 90s with a slight breeze. I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, ran up and down the hill with 5lbs dumbbells, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for two minutes. I did my laundry over at Stoney’s and cleaned up the kitchen counter of mice droppings. There is poison left out and I’ll see if there are anymore droppings later in the week. I worked on Kelly’s swamp cooler; I took one from Andrew’s property and swapped it with her’s that was burned out. I fired it up and it started to smoke. I figured it was the engine that decided to die, or it was that the belt was on too tight and the squirrel cage needed lubricant. I will pick those up Friday when I go take Kelly shopping and also check the price of a new motor. I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening walk with my backpack. I talk to a FaceBook friend for a long spell. I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells, and went for a night run.

 

 

Thursday 06- very hot at 106 degrees, no breeze, no clouds. I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, ran a mile and a half with 1.5lbs around each wrists, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes. I headed on down to the community center for our third CERT Training class. We all studied Unit #3 which consisted of what to do when there is an emergency and how to sort out the injured folks when performing a Triage; “I” is for Immediate ( you treat for the killers: Airway, Bleeding, and shock); “D” is for delayed (may need professional care but not right away); “M” for minor (walking wounded), and “Dead”... We learned how to clear the airway, a methods for controlling bleeding, and preventing shock; the three killers.

 

 

The Battalion Commander gave up a tour for the Cert trailer that is full of supplies for emergencies and is stationed in Yucca Valley. We will be getting our on CERT supplies here at our community center. A bunch of us signed up for CPR training the will take place in two weeks and there is no cost to CERT members.




Friday 07- the temps jumped to 109 and it was too hot to exercise, but I did do my stretches. It was also too hot for Kelly to go to town, so I went by myself. I had a doctor’s appointment at 10:15am, but stopped off at Kelly’s to pick up some swamp cooler parts for replacing. The doc took an hour to see. I went to Rite Aid to pick up Kelly’s pills. While I was there I decided to get my Shingles vaccine; the doc wanted over $300 but Rite Aid did it for $220. Feeling woozy after the vaccine I went to WalMart to see if they had the belt to the swamp cooler; they didn’t but they had the motors for around $70 to 100, so I’ll keep them in mind if I need to replace it. Went to Starter Brothers to pick up some fried chicken. Goth the parts I needed from Home Depot and headed home. I got to Kelly’s around 3pm and put the new belt on and oiled up the squirrel cage, plugged it in and the dang ran a little longer but still overheated the motor and the plug at the wall socket. This will need a new motor; I am tired of working on old equipment for others and told Kelly and then Andrew so when I called him on Saturday; it’s just taking too much out of me in this heat. I was overheated myself and stayed until 10pm in Kelly’s A/C room with her and all her critters; it was 102 degrees in the rest of the house.

Saturday 08- temps are 112 degrees outside so I stayed inside all day and yakked to folks on the phone. I did do a little watering of the plants. I updated the Copper Mountain Mesa Website and sent out the Newsletter.

They transferred my Dan from the hospital in Tucson to a continuing care facility today. He is still a little weak and we'll have watch him carefully. ***** Stuff I Wrote this Week******

Fairies are swift and quick, among the mighty trees they hide. A spell they cast of innocents to those dear and pure of heart. Not to walk upon the darken path covered shadows fall, but up the sky they soar, on wings of glossimer strings, to become one with one and all.

And now we read and write electronically with bits of electric current that transverse the world traveling at the speed of light. These keystrokes I type are broken down into what is called packets containing the information I have just written and each is sent on a different path, to finally be assembled almost instantaneously on your computer screen for you to read.

Each day is a wonder; a new chance to realize how very fortunate and special we really are. Each and every one of us holds a key to a brighter future inside our minds, buried deep within the core of our very existence it lies waiting silently to burst upon the global theater to correct the wrongs and make things right for all humanity. Each day is a wonder; waiting, hoping, anticipating the rise of this Global Consciousness which will sweep like a wildfire throughout our planet and bring an end to the greed that chose to destroy it. Each day is a wonder...

I remember sailing my small boat at night through the red tide that sometimes came to Redondo Beach during spring and summer. Streaming bright glowing luminescent rivlets flowed behind the boat as emerald waves broke upon a dark quiet sandy shore. Once a dolphin headed towards midship, a greenish trail like a torpedo speeding to our middle and diving down under our craft to emerge on the other side. This leaving this green dissecting line through our boat in the waters above.

Yes it is really dark in the desert. The only light cast is that of the stars shining brightly on the black velvet carpet of space that is the firmament of our existence, overhead <3 ******