Wednesday 16

Wednesday 16- I did my stretches and yoga; too dang windy to do anything else.
Today’s Weather was: Temps of around 38 to 62 degrees, SW winds from 13 to 26 with gusts over 45 MPH, humidity around 48 percent, somewhat cloudy skies again.
According to the National Weather Service: “Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 54. West northwest wind 5 to 11 mph becoming south southwest. Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 36. Southwest wind between 6 and 8 mph.”
Last night I had a weird vivid dream about diving into a swimming pool. The pool was at our community center that I just had purchased and was living at in a back room there. Folks weren’t supposed to use the pool but when they saw me jump in so did they. Now I really love to swim and I took diving lessons at college but I don’t own the community center and there is no pool there. I only mention this here because it was so vivid.
I did a lot of yapping to folks who called me on the phone: Jimmy, George, Ron, Denny, Joel, and someone else. I had to make an emergency run over to Mac’s for a minute. And I talked to Kelly on Skype for long spells. I guess windy days make for good conversations.
I signed up for two HP online classes doing lessons in each: one for Windows 7 Tune-up and another for Intermediate HTML.
I read more of “Origins (Spinward Fringe)” by Randolph Lalonde.
I practiced my guitar, wrote to my journal, posted it to the web, and called it a night.

Thursday 17

Thursday 17- I did my stretches and yoga, ran a mile, lifted weights, did the core trainer (actually did five sloppy chin-ups!), punched the bag some, and rode my bike.
Today’s Weather was: Temps of around 37 to 58 degrees, slight breeze, humidity around 26 percent, clear skies.
According to the National Weather Service: “Friday: A 30 percent chance of rain after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 59. Calm wind becoming south between 14 and 17 mph. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph. Friday Night: Rain, mainly after 10pm. Low around 44. South wind between 8 and 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.”
My friend Kelly is really sick and she asked me to go to Rite Aid to pick up a prescription for her. I drove the Harley and arrived there at around 2pm. The pharmacist said that because of the flu epidemic they wouldn’t have it ready till after 5pm. Flu epidemic, yikes! Just the place I don’t want to be! I left there quickly and went down the road to Burger King to kill three hours. While I kicked back in a booth sipping my coffee a couple in their late 60s came in. Judging from all the camping gear they had on their van I figured correctly that they had been up to the Monument (Joshua Tree National Park). I started a conversation with them. They were from Pennsylvania and told me how they make their way down to these here parts once every four years or so. I told them that I live close by but before I moved out here that I lived on a boat in Redondo. They live on forty acres or so, have well water, and plenty of wood for their stove to keep them warm. They also have two grown sons that live on either side with their own families. We talked about solar panels and batteries. They have a 100watt panel on their van that barely keeps up with their needs. I told them they need the right batteries and that I use golf cart batteries and they serve me good. I never did ask them their names.
After talking with my new friends and drinking more coffee than I wanted; Burger King calls the blend “Seattle’s Best” but I’d call it old and musty, I went over to Stater’s to do some grocery shopping; I took my time because I still had an hour to kill. I can’t carry much on the bike so I have to be very selective on what I buy. I did get eight pieces of fried chicken to share with Kelly when I got back.
I got arrived to Rite Aid at 5pm and they told me it wasn’t ready yet, to sit and wait to be called when it’s done. There is an out cove with chairs, a TV, and an old crazy lady eating ice cream. She started coughing! She looked sick! I decided not to sit there and just stand as far away as I could from her. She’d look at me and cough some more! I moved farther away! I then heard coughing throughout the store! Lots of coughing! I wanted to get the hell out of there and after half an hour asked if Kelly’s prescription was filled yet. Finally after ten more minutes it was done, I signed for it and made my exit to the outside and freedom! If I get sick you’ll know the reason why!
I got to Kelly’s a little after 6pm, ate the chicken with her, she was mighty hungry, and gave the meds to her along with her mail I collected on the way back, got back on my Harley and made my way home at last.
I read more of “Origins (Spinward Fringe)” by Randolph Lalonde.
I wrote to my journal, posted it to the web, and called it a night.