Saturday 21 to Friday 28

Saturday 21- I did my stretches, yoga, core trainer, lifted dumbbells, and rode my bike.
I shoveled two wheelbarrows full of dirt out of the shop area trying to level it all out.
I called friends and family throughout the day.
I took Kelly to town and fixed her electric when we got back.
I did my stretches and went for a night run.


Sunday 22- I did my stretches, yoga, core trainer, lifted weights, and ran a mile.
Rode electric bike to Linda’s and watered her backyard.
I went for an evening walk listening to Astro 7b lectures 9 and 10.
I read aloud from the textbook “Astronomy Today” about Interstellar Molecules and ended chapter 18 with the chapter review.
I did my stretches, core trainer, punched the bag a bunch, and went for a night run.

Monday 23- I did my stretches, yoga, core trainer, lifted dumbbells, and rode my bike.
I finally got the shop roof painted with Snow Coat and decided to paint the other porch roofs, too.
I went for my evening walk listening to Astro 7b lectures 10 and the beginning of 11.
I read aloud from the textbook “Astronomy Today” beginning chapter 19 about the seven phases of star formation starting from a dust cloud, cloud fragmentation, protostar, to main sequence star.
I did my stretches, punched the bag some, and went for a night run.

Tuesday 24- I did my stretches, yoga, core trainer, and went for a mile run.
Kelly and I went to town.
I went for my evening walk listening to Astro 7b lecture 11 and the beginning of 12.
I read from the textbook “Astronomy Today” about shockwaves through dust clouds causing them to contract.
I did my stretches and went for a night run.

Wednesday 25- I did my stretches, yoga, and went for a two mile run.
I shoveled about three wheelbarrows full of dirt and moved it to where I’m doing some filling of uneven spots around the house.
I went for my evening walk listening to Astro 7b lecture 12.
I read aloud from the textbook “Astronomy Today” about the CNO (Carbon, Nitrogen, and Oxygen) fusion cycle; interesting, I didn’t know this also takes place during the proton-proton fusion phase. All this fusion using CNO as catalysts and you end up with only helium 4! Ended chapter 19 and began 20.
I did my stretches, punched the bag a bunch, and went for a night run.

Thursday 26- I did my stretches, yoga, core trainer, lifted weights, and rode my bike.
I trimmed the dead fronds off of both my palm trees and then I watered the trees really well.
I updated the Copper Mountain Mesa Website and sent out the newsletter.
I went for my evening walk listening to Astro 7b lecture 12 and the beginning of 13.
I read aloud from the “Astronomy Today” textbook about the death of stars like our Sun.
I did my stretches, core trainer, and went for a night run.

Friday 27- I did my stretches, yoga, core trainer, lifted weights, and ran a mile.
I played around with my computers doing some updates on the MacBook.
I worked out in the yard digging a trench around the shop’s outer wall.
I was on FaceBook for most of the day. I found a few friends from Newton Elementary School in Torrance Ca. where I went there back in the middle 60s.
I went for my evening walk listening to Astro 7b lecture 13.
I read aloud from the “Astronomy Today” textbook about white dwarfs.
I did my stretches and went for a night run.