Tuesday 21

Tuesday 21- I did my stretches and yoga, ran a mile, and lifted dumbbells and weights; finally got tired of loafing around.
Today’s Weather was: Temps of around 50 to 54 degrees, mostly calm winds, and humidity around 96 percent, cloudy skies with lots of rain and fog!
According to the National Weather Service: “Wednesday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. High near 55. South wind between 15 and 18 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. West southwest wind between 8 and 11 mph.”
I spent the better part of the day trying to write my column for the newspaper and talking to folks who wanted to yak their fool heads off over the phone; I really didn’t mind too much but I didn’t finish my column until later in the evening.
Kelly came by around 5pm for coffee and a chat. We sat outside most of the time so she could smoke her cigarettes. She had better luck at seeing the eclipse than I did! She had to get a prescription filled at Rite Aid late last night and happened to see the start of the eclipse and decided to drive a little ways out of 29 where it was clear; she got to see the blood red (she said it looked orange) Moon of totality! I am really happy for her.
I spent the rest of the night finishing the book “Velocity” by Alan Jacobson; turned out to be a mighty fine book and a first-rate author!!!!
I did my stretches, practiced my guitar, wrote to my journal, posted it to the web, and called it a night.

Wednesday 22

Wednesday 22- I did my stretches and lifted dumbbells.
Today’s Weather was: Temps of around 40 to 55 degrees, mostly calm winds, and humidity around 100 percent (never seen it at 100 percent), cloudy skies with rain.
According to the National Weather Service: “Thursday: Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 55. Light north northwest wind. Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37. Light northwest wind.”
I’m going through some old files that I have stored in boxes seeing what I can throw away and what I need to keep.
I went for a walk down to the bottom of the hill where a lake has formed in the middle of the street. A friend of mine called it "Lake Bob"! I was taking a few pictures when Dana drove up and we yakked for a spell. He said that Karin’s weather station she runs in their back yard registered 2 inches of rain from the recent storm. Dang, that’s a lot of rain! Dana drove off and then another neighbor drove up. He (doesn't want his name mentioned) told me he got a job down the hill somewhere working at an Apple store. It’s only a temp job but he hopes it’ll go fulltime; takes him three hours a day to drive there and back, yikes!
I had a nice chat with Kelly and worked a few things out.
I started a new book called “Deadly Sanctuary” by Sylvia Nobel; looks to be a good one.
I did my stretches, practiced my guitar and broke a string, wrote to my journal, posted it to the web, and called it a night.