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Sunday 08- overcast and dreary...

I’m feeling somewhat better and did my stretches, yoga, lifted weights, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for two minutes.

I worked trying to fix the inverter but even after thoroughly drying it out it kept blowing fuses, so basically it is toast and I’ll have to buy a new one.

I called Family and Friends or those who would talk to me.

I talked to my teenhood friend and Army buddy Doug Dorney... it was mighty good to reconnect after so many years. Thank you Joy for getting us back in touch!

I drove my scooter to collect my mail on Lear Ave. My T-shirt for the 2013 Perseid Meteor Shower was in the mailbox, Yay!

I just found out that the power supply brick that plugs into AC and then into my Chromebook laptop does Not like the cheap 300 watt square wave power inverter I had as a spare which I hooked up and to run my laptops until I could get a replacement. Well the 300 watt inverter charged and ran everything (except the refrigerator) just fine, even my Sony Vaio e-Series laptop, but not the Chromebook! I thought it very strange, so I started up my Honda generator which is pure sine wave and the green light went on in the power brick and the led lit up on the Chromebook! Go figure, the Chromebook would run on one square wave inverter but not another! While my generator was running I ran my refrigerator for three hours and cooled everything down a bit.

Monday 09- overcast and flunky.

I did my stretches.

I went for a short walk around the property and took a video of the storm damage. This storm was the worst I've ever seen since I've been out here in 1997. Footpaths I’ve made over the years which survived other storms are now all washed away or covered with a foot of mud or more. Storm cells can bring havoc to one small area and leave others not more than a mile away untouched. This storm came right down Winters Road! The whole landscape has changed! I'll be digging mud and drying out for weeks to come.

I ordered a new inverter from Inverters R-US online and it will be delivered on the 11th.

I watched the first half of “Das Boot” the German version with subtitles... I like this better than the English one.

Tuesday 10- a few clouds at times with temps into the high 80s.

I’m exercising light today and did my stretches, yoga, lifted weights, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for two minutes.

I finished watching the rest of “Das Boot”; 3.5 hours for the whole movie. Best darn submarine movie ever made!

Wednesday 11- a very nice day with temps in the low 90s.

I’m feeling much better today and did my stretches.

UPS came today with my new inverter to replace the one damaged by the storm and a new Nexus 4 cell phone I ordered last week at a big discount. I hooked up the inverter and had power to run all my electronics and even the refrigerator.

The refrigerator had gotten pretty ripe with mold from sitting that long without being run and I ended up cleaning it all out and cleaned the kitchen while I was at it. I found a bunch of corroded holes inside the refrigerator I’ll need to patch up before I can really run it.

I called my brother Kevin to wish him a happy birthday.

I am watching a few episodes of season 1 of “Fringe”; I kinda forgotten a few things about the show and I see one of the Observers pop into a scene every once in awhile.

Thursday 12- warming up into the mid 90s.

I did my stretches.

I picked Kelly up at 1pm to drive her down to Palm Desert for her Doctor’s appointment at 2:45. We made a fast stop at the pet store to get special food for her sick cat, and we still arrived at the Doctor’s 15 minutes early. We waited in the office for an hour and a half until they called her name. The hard chairs we had to sit wasn’t making the wait any pleasanter; we didn’t get out of there until almost 5pm. We then went to the Denny’s down there for burgers and fries. We were both mighty hungry because this was suppose to be a quick appointment and the two of us didn’t have a breakfast knowing we’d pig out later, but not this later.

We got to Vons around 7pm and didn’t get out of there until 9:30, now I ain’t saying anything but I had all my stuff I wanted in less than half an hour.

We stopped off at Sonic Burger for their hot dog special; we were still hungry. Git gas next door at the Arco.

I dropped Kelly off at WalMart and I went to get epoxy patch for my refrigerator at Home Depot, but they were closed at 10pm... So was the Service desk at WalMart where Kelly was going to get a money order for her rent. So after shopping at WalMart, where I decided to just get a tube of Liquid Nails for the patch, we went to Circle K to get her money order and then to the Post Office to send out our mail. We didn’t get to her house until somewheres around midnight. I helped her carry in her groceries. She gave me a half done crossword puzzle to do as she put away her groceries. I must say that I only have done crossword puzzles when I was in grade school and never felt the need to do them afterward, but I really got into this. We stayed up working on three others until we had completed them all. I can see now how working these can help me with my writings; my mind just wants to solve everything.

Friday 13- very nice day with the temps in the mid 90s.

I did my stretches.

I mostly kicked back to recover from all I did yesterday and got a full 8 hours sleep.

I watched a few more episodes of season 1 of “Fringe”.

Saturday 14- it is getting hotter now with the temps going into the low 100s, quite a difference from the past week after the storm hit our area.

I did my stretches.

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

I called Family and Friends.

Kelly called to say the water pump on her swamp cooler had died with sparks and bolts of electrical currents zipping around. She has pets that don’t do well in this heat and I took the one out of my swamp cooler I wasn’t using now and replaced her burnt out one with it. I stayed over there for a short time after yapping, and then went back home to do some chores around the house; mostly cleanup from the storm.

I watched a few more episodes of season 1 of “Fringe”; it’s kinda cool watching these old episodes again after a couple of years.

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

There is wonder in a heart so kind, words that flow with awe, this love of mine. She beckons me afar with sweet promise of intense affection, for this my love sets my heart afire. To sail my craft through currents of raging seas, to find that port where my love waits for me.

Go to bed my sleepy one and have those pleasant dreams of childhood wonders that'll lift your spirits aloft and bring songbirds to serenade the new day when you arise with the morning Sun....

And let the troubles of the world, politics and religion slip away into the nether realms of darkness and settle into the abyss where they belong!

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