June 30- July 06 2013

 

Sunday 30- temps over 118. Excessive heat warnings in effect until July 4th at 11pm.

I did my stretches.

I decided to worked getting my own swamp cooler working. It is the earliest in the season I ever remember connecting it up; some years I never need it. I had to hunt around for all the parts to connect it up to the water, but unfortunately some parts were missing and I’ll have to use a hose to fill it up for right now until I can get to Home Depot.

I called Family and Friends, but most were not home and out doing something or saw it was me and decided not to answer; damn that caller ID thingy.

I am still editing, proofing, changing my first Sci-Fi book, “Rainbow at the end of Tomorrow. It is funny how reading it on my Kindle Reader I am finding all these little mistakes that need correcting. I am going over it now chapter by chapter correcting them.

Welcome to the month of July- dang hotter than that place down below. The kind of heat that sucks the life energies from your body, bake the marrow inside yer bones to a greasy goo, and drys out yer eyes that you can hear them blinking like an old rusty bike wheel needing oil.

I did my stretches.

Linda H. calls to say she has a flat tire. I drove over and changed the tire in 119 degree heat. It took about half an hour and my clothes were soaked with sweat, but it was well worth it; she had ice cream waiting for me!

I continued editing from my book from the Kindle Reader.

Kelly called to tell me a small lizard is stuck between her windows and she can’t open it to free the poor critter. I put on my cape and flew over there to free the lizard from a certain hideous death by heat.

Tuesday 02- the temps are over 105 with much humidity.

I did my stretches, lifted weights, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for two minutes.

I continued working on my book until I finished it around 11:30pm and republished it on Kindle. Lots of bad zingers I caught rereading it on the Kindle Ereader.

A treat for finishing the editing I watched season 3 episodes 19 and 20 of “Numb3rs”; Pandora’s box and Burn Rate.

Wednesday 03- temps are around 114 degrees.

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, and punched the heavybag for two minutes.

I spent three hours on the phone to the IRS! It seems they started my call with someone who knows and cannot do nothing and reads from a list of FAQ. Then she transfers me to someone who knows a little something but can’t speak english very well (I did my best to listen to her very carefully as not to offend her and be hung up on) and cannot do anything to help and reads from a different list of FAQ. She transfers me to someone who finally really knows something, has a cool demeanor, understands my situation, he tells me exactly what I need to do and records the error into the IRS system (I thanked him profusely). The reason I call was a letter I received from them asking about a discrepancy in my 2011 tax return. I did a simple rollover of my IRA and the bank didn’t report it as a rollover. This led to the rollover being reported as income for that year of several thousands of dollars more than what I reported. I still have to refile the tax return but at least I won’t be sent to the deepest darkest dungeon of some tax prison for wayward souls like mine.

Happy Fourth of July!- temps hovering around 107 degrees.

I did my stretches.

I was invited to my friend Sherry’s house to have a Fourth of July lunch with her and watch reruns of “Castle”. I also helped her with a few chores she needed done around the house.

I got home around 7pm and then went over to Kelly’s an hour later to watch the fireworks from her front yard. We then went to Denny’s restaurant in Twentynine for burger and fries.

I had quite a full day and didn’t get back home till 2pm or so.

Friday 05- temps of 110 but seems to be cooler; maybe because there’s less humidity.

I did my stretches.

I did nothing today. I slept a full 8 hours, when I usually do 5 to 6.

I did watch Season 7 episode 1 of “Burn Notice” and a couple of reruns of my favorite show “Elementary”.

Saturday 06- slightly over 100 degrees.

I did my stretches.

I read part of Unit 7 of the CERT training course.

I took Kelly to get her meds at Rite Aid. We shopped at the 99cent store for a few things; I got me a 99 cent back scratcher. We had hamburgers, fries and a coke at Burger King and sat there till the 7pm. Then we went to Stater Brothers to grab some supplies.

I got home early tonight and got some web work done.

***** Stuff I Wrote this Week******

The ocean with its different shades like passageways brings comfort to my soul. Beyond the horizon as far as I can see, I know someone is waiting there, waiting just for me.

To a Dying Friend (I hope I have not overstepped )

Is it our lives we surrender on our finale day? Be it not a lonely task, the finale journey come at last? Lost, we seek, to grasp and hold on, to cherish this moment as life is our song. Fear not you this call that beckons, to leave this world of earthly skin. Fight that fight to carry on and sing that song with all your might, because your song is what you leave, a note, a chorus, or full symphony, delivered to the living in fresh harmony. We shall sing with praise this pleasant composition, a gentle essence of a prose of a life that you have written, of love and friends, in this we shall not fail, in remembrance of your sweet loving smile.

Beneath the calm of waters clear, lies a sea of storms I fear. Carefully cross this void of endless woe, on slippery stepping stones, or fall within its tears...

The greatest gift you can give yourself is to walk away from a very bad situation and start your life over again.

Remembering a girl I knew, a kiss, a hug, a dream....

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