August 03-09 2014

 

Sunday 03- 90 degrees if that and overcast all day with occasional rain and drizzle.

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a mile and a half run, core trainer and punched the heavybag for about two minutes.

I am giving away one of my old laptops and am getting it ready for them.

I mostly talked to Family here and there throughout the day.

Took Cassie for her evening walk.

Monday 04- 94 degrees and nice.

I did my stretches and took Cassie for a walk.

Kelly picked me up and we went to Yucca Valley to get supplies. I mailed off that State tax form from 2011 I didn’t owe money on so hopefully that’s out of the way. We went to the Pet Store and then Carl’s Jr. for dinner and then on to Vons, Walmart and Home Depot. Got to her house around 10pm, carried her stuff in and then fixed her swamp cooler. She took me home and unloaded my stuff and I took Cassie for a night walk because she was a good doggie and stayed in the kennel for about 6 hours waiting patiently for me to come home.

Tuesday 05- maybe into the high 90s.

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a mile and a half run, core trainer, punched the heavybag for about two minutes and swam for 30 minutes.

I worked on the Cougar repairing the front grill that was broken when I hit the embankment on Saturday July 30th coming home from potluck. In some places I had to twist myself into a pretzel and my back is hurting.

I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening walk with Cassie. I did a little bit on the core trainer when I got back.

Kelly left her salami in one of my shopping bags and I too the scooter and delivered it to her house.

I worked on one of my laptops I am going to give away to a friend. I just have too much clutter in my home and have to get some of it out the door.

I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells, and went for a night run with Cassie.

I practiced my guitar.

Wednesday 06- still in the high 90s.

I did my stretches, and took Cassie for a walk.

UPS delivered a birthday package for me from my sister Paula and her husband Mark. It contained a doggie toy that I played with for a spell and tired of it and gave it to Cassie who really enjoys it; thank you Paula and Mark!

Doug finally got the wireless hooked up at his home for the laptop I sent him. I spent the better part of two hours on the phone walking through how the browser works.

I worked on boxing up a bunch of sci fi books I’ve already read and movies I’ll probably never watch again that were gathering dust. I am making room and clearing out the clutter and distraction for when I start my studies again.

I took Cassie for her evening and night walks.

Thursday 07- around 100 degrees.

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a mile and a half run, core trainer and punched the heavybag for about two minutes.

I continued to clear out junk I don’t need and finished getting a laptop ready for a friend.

I went for my evening walk with Cassie and listened to lecture 1 from Astro 10P Fall 2006 UC Berkeley: Introduction to Astronomy given by Professor Joshua Bloom; a little history of astronomy. There are twenty 1hr and 22min lectures in all.

Friday 08- a little over 100 degrees. (my Birthday)

I am doing a reboot today and try to get things back together again before the sickness, passing and dealing with the estate of my biological Father. Thankfully I kept up with my exercises and have done a lot of editing on the 4th book in the series. I now need to rid my system of some awful malware and toxic viruses (metaphorically speaking) and save all the good memories of Family and Friends I’ve met and love. I’ll begin where I left off before this tragedy began and continue with my studies and hopefully setup a schedule and routine I can live with; my writings I need to finish and publish are first on the list. Once I finish book 4 I will get to working on the Book of Poems thingy everyone wants me to do.  I need to setup a reading list of books I want to read too; mostly textbooks of science or anything else that grabs my attention.

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a mile run, core trainer, punched the heavybag for two minutes and swam for about 30 minutes.

I did my studies; a lesson in “1100 words you need to know workbook”, and I drew something: two small faces.

I listened to lecture 4- old kingdom Egypt, from the course History 4A The Ancient Mediterranean World by Isabelle Pafford. (28 lectures of an hour apiece)

I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells, core trainer, went for my evening walk with Cassie and I listened to lecture 2; Cosmic Orientation, from Astro 10P Fall 2006 UC Berkeley: Introduction to Astronomy given by Professor Joshua Bloom.

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

I took out the book “365 Starry Nights” by Chet Raymo which I’ve been reading for many years. Each day he writes about the night sky or the history of astronomy. The poor book is falling apart in sections (I bought it in 1984) and I might need to buy a new one. I found that I had stopped reading it on Feb 19, so I read all of it into March; I gots a lot of catching up to do.

I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells, and went for a night run with Cassie. The Moon was bright washing out all but the brightest stars, but not full yet; that’ll be on the 10th. I didn’t need a flashlight and we found our way up and down the hill without any problems.

I practiced my guitar for a spell.

I believe I answered all the Birthday Wishes I received today on FaceBook from some of the most thoughtful and kind people on this planet; I thank you all!

Saturday 09- around 100 degrees or so.

I did my stretches. I had to wait for a FedEx delivery and had to stick around so Cassie and I didn’t go for a walk.

Sherry came by to chat for a little spell while making her rounds.

FedEx arrives with a birthday gift I bought myself; a Dell laptop. I got it all tuned up and MS Office loaded on it. Speakers are nice and loud.

I went for my evening walk with Cassie and I listened to lecture 3; Radiation and Waves through space, from Astro 10P Fall 2006 UC Berkeley: Introduction to Astronomy given by Professor Joshua Bloom.

Played around with the new laptop some more and then me and Cassie went for our night walk!

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

May you find happiness in each new breath, a wonderment in each new moment, and peace and serenity in each new thought...

~RD

There are good people, there are bad people, and then there are them no good bad people.

~RD

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