May 28-31 2012

 Monday 28- a very pleasant day.

I did my stretches, core trainer, lifted weights, and punched the heavy bag.

I worked very hard on the Carport; worked my butt off getting it done. Now I am able to park the Cougar underneath in the shade.

I read a chapter of Edgar Rice Burroughs “A Princess of Mars”.

 

Tuesday 29- a little hotter today.

I did my stretches and ran a mile and a half.

I topped off my batteries with distilled water and checked all the solar panel connections.

I did my laundry over at Stoney’s and looked at the work Roger is doing on the stopped up tub drain. Many years ago the drain had stopped up and me and Stoney discovered that it was the roots of the creosote bush that had clogged it up. After cutting down the bush, I had to get down there with a shovel and dig out all the roots. Then Stoney put poison on the plant. I hope it hasn’t grown back.

Kelly and I went to the post office, Rite Aid, Berger King where we had a great time, and Stater Bros. where we picked up supplies.

I read a chapter of Edgar Rice Burroughs “A Princess of Mars”.

 

Wednesday 30- temps into the high 90s.

I did my stretches, lifted dumbbells, rode my bike, core trainer, yoga, lifted weights, punched the heavy bag, and ran up the hill and back carrying 5lbs in each hand.

I watered the plants; they were mighty thirsty.

I cleaned out the Cougar and put Armor All on all the interior plastic and leather. I cleaned and wiped down the Honda with Armor All, too.

I went for an evening walk. While I was walking I stopped off at John Massey’s to see how he be. I decided to see if I could get the lager SSD to work in the HP Mini Note. I took out the 8Gig and put the 32Gig in and did a fresh install of Win XP- still doing all the update.

I read two chapters of Edgar Rice Burroughs “A Princess of Mars”. I almost got caught up with my astronomy reading. I went for a night run and played the guitar when I got back.

 

Thursday 31- temps are 114 degrees or more!

I did my stretches and ran a mile and a half.

I updated the Copper Mountain Mesa Website and sent out the Newsletter.

I read a chapter of Edgar Rice Burroughs “A Princess of Mars”.

The Windows updates for the HP Mini Note are now done. All I need to do is install a word processor.

The red racer snake ate the dove eggs. I went to check on the nest today and the two eggs were gone. I saw the snake yesterday and shooed it off. That sucker is 8 feet or longer!

UPS came with some books I ordered from Amazon: “The Universe in a Nutshell” and “Grand Design” both by Steven Hawking and the last co-authored by Leonard Mlodinow. “Sky & Telescope’s Pocket Sky Atlas” by Roger W. Sinnott.

I finally got caught up with my astronomy reading. I was three months behind on “365 Starry Nights” that I’ve been reading for a bunch of years now and the pages are worn and a few are falling out. There is a paragraph or more everyday about some particular part of the night sky. Chet Raymo is the author.

I did a night run, and played the guitar a bit.

I started reading “Grand Design”.

Goodbye to May! You've been a fun month with all the astronomy I got to do and the people I got to meet :)