Wednesday 11

Wednesday 11- I did my stretches, ran two miles, and lifted dumbbells.
Today’s Weather was: Temps of around 74 to 103 degrees, nice breeze from the SW later in the evening, humidity around 11 percent, clear skies.
According to the National Weather Service: “Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 99. West wind between 4 and 7 mph becoming calm. Thursday Night: Clear, with a low around 69. Southwest wind between 10 and 13 mph becoming light.”
I am getting my study area cleaned up and moving the computer, printers, and scanners into the computer room and off my study desk. The less distractions the better!
Joel came by with my mail and a pizza! He got one of those Pizza Hut $10 anything you want on it pizzas. Cool, it had pepperoni, red onions, pineapples, mushrooms, and dell peppers! We sat in my kitchen eating and talking crazy stuff.
I haven’t opened any of my birthday cards because I was waiting to get them all in. I had a few that I picked up two weeks ago and this was the first chance I had to get the ones waiting in my mailbox; remember it’s twelve miles round trip to my box. So I sat and read them all. It made me mighty happy to know there are folks out there who care. I want to thank everyone who sent me a card!
I watched episode 8 of “Cosmos: Travels in Space and Time”. You can see the little kid in Carl Sagan when he talks about the future and the wonderment of science.
I read another chapter in “Lightpaths” by Howard Hendrix. I still don’t know what’s going on yet but whatever it is it will be coming soon; things are building up.
I went outside hoping to see an aurora from a CME that was supposed to arrive tonight but I guess I’m too far south to see it. Maybe my online friend Steve who lives in Seattle Washington has a better chance. Steve said he was going to watch it where the skies were dark.
Tomorrow I will be outside most of the night watching the Perseid meteor shower and may not post my journal or I will write it early.
I did my stretches and went for a night run, practiced my guitar, wrote to my journal, posted it to the web, and called it a night.

Thursday 12

Thursday 12- I did my stretches, rode my bike, and lifted weights.
Today’s Weather was: Temps of around 73 to 102 degrees, slight breeze, humidity around 15 percent, clear skies.
According to the National Weather Service: “Friday: Sunny, with a high near 101. North northwest wind at 8 mph becoming east southeast. Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 73. Southwest wind between 12 and 15 mph becoming calm. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.”
I’m still working on getting my study area cleaned. The problem is that I start going through old papers from when I was in college and I kind of start reminiscing about them days and lose track of time.
The FedEx delivery truck came with the AlphaSmart Dana Palm PDA. The Dana has a really nice full sized keyboard along with a simple word processor. They are basically a keyboard without distractions. I’ve wanted one for a few years now but the price was over $399; I picked this one up for $25 on EBay. I set it up and it works just fine!
I called Ginger to remind her that the Perseid Meteor Shower is tonight. She, her son, and daughter will be going outside to have a look-see.
I got outside around 9pm tonight and had my chair and everything setup really comfy. I listened to two Astronomy Cast lectures on Johannes Kepler and the space probe that bears his name. The probe’s mission is to look for Earth sized planets in other star systems.
I saw some but not many meteors, I think they’ll be more later on, so I came inside to write my journal and do the other things I do and then I’ll be headed back outside.
I did my stretches, practiced my guitar, wrote to my journal, posted it to the web, and went back outside to watch for meteors!