January 26- February 01 2014

 

Sunday 26- cloudy all day and it rained a bit in the evening.

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, ran up and down the hill carrying 5lbs in each hand, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for eight minutes.

I watered the plants and started up the Harley, truck and little scooter and let them run for a spell.

I went for a short walk... thinking.

Monday 27- mostly sunny.

I did my stretches.

I went to doctor’s appointment and then picked up my meds. I noticed that the people sitting around in the waiting room had tablets or smartphones. I got into a conversation with the guy next to me on my left who was playing some kinda game on his; he told me the name of the game when I asked but I didn’t recognize it I guess because I don’t play game. The guy on my right was busy working on his ten inch tablet which looked more interesting to me, but I didn’t want to bother him; I also noticed a smartphone on his lap. The lady across the room had a tablet too. I thought it kinda funny that here are all these folks with their tables and I have a few at home, one being just released a month ago and here I sit with an old cell phone that only makes telephone calls.

I stopped off at WalMart to buy a few things for Kelly who is still sick in bed. I bought us a broiled chicken and red potato salad to eat and watched a few episodes of some show she liked.

Tuesday 28- nice day.

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, ran up and down the hill carrying 5lbs in each hand, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for eight minutes. I went for a short cool off walk; I think I’ll be doing these for now on.

I got caught up with my astronomy readings.

I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening walk with my backpack. I did the core trainer when I got back; I’ll be doing this too after my walk.

I did more reading of chapter two of “Physical Geology: Earth Revealed 6th edition”; Gravity measurements using a gravity meter: Newton’s law of gravitation= the force of gravity between two objects and the distance between them, but I think this here sounds better than what I wrote: "law of gravitation: (physics) the law that states any two bodies attract each other with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them"... Underground dense metallic ore would pull the down spring more on the gravity meter than a cave would. Also if the the area is being held in or out of isostatic equilibrium. A positive than normal isostatic reading means that an area is being held up by tectonic. Oceanic trenches have the most negative isostatic readings means they are being held down and out of isostatic balance.

I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells, and went for a night run. I did the core trainer when I got back; yes it feels good!

I studied “The Cell: a Molecular Approach”; the development of multicellular organisms.

I watched  season 6 episode 13 of “Castle”; a rockstar is found murdered, but not.

I finished lesson 1 unit 2; pronunciation of Rosetta Stone Spanish course.

I practiced my guitar.

I decided to start rereading “Astronomy Today; Fifth Edition”; just a few pages. I felt I am getting a little rusty on the subject. I figure I can read and learn a little bit of each of these books almost every night.

Wednesday 29- overcast!

I did my stretches, jumping jacks, deep knee bends, core trainer, and ran a mile and a half with 1.5lbs around each wrist.

I cleaned a little inside the house; I swear there’s someone else living here making all this mess.

I reading chapter one “Physical Geology: Earth Revealed 6th edition”; Earth’s Magnetic Field.

I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells, core trainer and went for my evening walk with my backpack.

I reading chapter 1 of “The Cell: a Molecular Approach”; Cells as Experimental Models: E. coli.

I read chapter 1.1 our place in the universe in “Astronomy Today; Fifth Edition”

Thursday 30- a bit overcast and windy today.

I did my stretches; kinda rest day.

UPS delivered my Aims 1250 watt inverter. I hooked it up with little problems and had the refrigerator up and cooling down in no time.

I finished my 100 word story for the Readers Digest contest my sister Paul and I both entered. I usually don’t do these contests because there must be tens of thousands of entries and I really doubt the editors have the time or patience to go through them all; I wouldn’t.

I went for my evening walk with my backpack.

I reading chapter one “Physical Geology: Earth Revealed 6th edition”; Geothermal Gradient.

I reading chapter 1 of “The Cell: a Molecular Approach”; Cells as Experimental Models: Yeasts, Dictyostelium discoideum (slime mold) and Caenorhabditis elegans.

I read chapter 1.2 Scientific theory and the scientific method in “Astronomy Today; Fifth Edition”

I finished unit 1 lesson 2; Grammar of Rosetta Stone Spanish course.

I started work on the poetry book some folks want me to do. I also worked on a new book that’s been lingering around on my laptop called “The Girl in the Cellar” that Bonnie created a most hideously haunting cover for.

Friday 30- very windy and colder today with clouds blackening the sky!

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, ran up and down the hill carrying 5lbs dumbbells in each hand, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for eight minutes. I went for a short cool off walk afterwards.

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

I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening walk with my backpack. I did the core trainer when I got back.      

HA! Something I forgot I was doing last year and stopped in March when there was some problems in my Family: I did my studies; an English workbook on grammar, and another in “1100 words you need to know workbook” and I drew something: two male faces.

I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening walk with my backpack. I did the core trainer when I got back.

I am reading chapter one “Physical Geology: Earth Revealed 6th edition”; Summary of the chapter.

I am reading chapter 1 of “The Cell: a Molecular Approach”; Cells as Experimental Models: Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly), Arabidopsis thaliana (Some kinda flowering plant) and Vertebrates (Frogs, Zebrafish, monkeys, humans and transgenic rats).

I read chapter 1.3 The Obvious View in “Astronomy Today; Fifth Edition”; describes the different measurements like light years, how we divide cosmos into 360 arc degrees; One degree equals 60 arcminutes and a arcminute into 60 arcseconds, Declination and Right Ascension, and a little bit on constellations.

I thought I finished unit 1 lesson 2; Grammar of Rosetta Stone Spanish course, but it made me take it over again. Plus I think I answered the different kinds of question sets the wrong way. I will persevere.

I practiced my guitar.

I watched season 2 episode 14 of “Elementary: Dead Clay Walking”. Also watched a couple of episodes of “Unforgettable” about a woman police office who doesn’t forget anything... I’m not sure I care for it because it’s too predictable so far.

Saturday 01- another cold and windy day outside.

I did my stretches. It was too windy outside to do my 1.5 mile run so I thought I’d try something new from this video I saw earlier in the week: 12 burpees, 45sec of high knees, 45sec standing knee to opposite elbow, 45sec of alternating uppercuts, 45sec side to side cross jabs and 45sec of pile squat jump and tap which I was only able to do ten. I just might start doing these of Saturdays.

I spent the next couple of hours yammering away at Friends and Family who would answer their phones or don’t have caller ID.

I was just finished feeding the doves and about to start writing a book of poems folks have requested I do when I was interrupted by whimpering and whining from outside. I found these to dalmation pups, a male and female, inside my yard. They were both scared of me and would sit up everytime a car drove by and wag their tails and then cry when the cars would drive by; makes me think they were abandoned.I hope they weren't abandoned, but we get a lot of them out here. All the dogs and cats I ever had out here were abandoned. They do look well looked after, but no tags on their collars. I finally got them to trust me and after a spell had them come in the house. They went directly to my bedroom and took over my bed.

If you know if anyone has lost a pair of dalmatians and isn't the evil lady Cruella De Vil... let me know please.

I contacted Peggy and she quickly brought over some dog food which was most appreciated. I put up a notice on FaceBook to let folks know that I had the pups and maybe they’d know the owners. Peggy called me later and said she might have an idea and would let me know later after she called our friend Nancy.

I put newspaper down so they’d have a place to pee, but they woke me up at 6am Sunday morning. I figured they needed to go take a pee, so I put on my socks and was about to put on my shoes when I stepped in a puddle of pee and got both socks soaked... to be continued next week...

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

Part of a song I've updated and been writing for many years:

Whatever happened to the young girl we used to know who was the breath of early spring.

With flowers in your hair we danced on a moonbeam and watched the stars as they go by. ~Robert DeLoyd

My Readers Digest- 100-Word True Story Contest Entry:

Whimpering, an abandoned puppy collided with obstacles while picking his way through the scorching desert. Noticing he was blind I made sounds so he could follow me home. After a week he had my whole backyard mapped in his mind. Hide and seek was his favorite game on our walks. He didn’t know he was blind and would sniff me out and jump with joy upon finding me. I couldn’t keep him, shelters weren’t taking blind dogs, but one found a couple whose blind dog recently died. Tears came that evening walking without my buddy sniffing the air behind me.

Dreams of opulence oh slender maiden, who rests before me so frail and timid. Shall I take a chance and hold thee in arms so strong, this lovely soul I have shied away from for so long? To breathe a breath of delightful relief if accepted or wallow in the darkest depths of self pity not ever knowing, to be alone until my demise. If only to rise again to meet the challenge, a quest I seek till my journey's end, a love, a loss I may never defeat.

~Robert DeLoyd

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