Gym, rocketing

Two quick gym related stories. Yesterday I was sad to pull into the lot and see a crew of mexicans slaughtering the beautiful mature trees that were scattered throught the parking lot. These had to be at least 20 year old trees that were big and full. All they were leaving were 6 foot tall barren trunks. When we asked at the front desk about the carnage they said they trees were out of “code” for parking lot trees. This county is f’in ridiculous sometimes with the things they find time to worry about. The trees have been around for a few decades and now they are out of code? This place aggravates me sometimes.

As I was up front doing a shoulder machine, I saw an old man, in his 60’s I would assume, with leathery, heavily wrinkled skin, a big belly and smoking a cigarette. I figured he was heading a few doors up to one of the shopping places. Nope, he dumped his cigarette just before he came in the gym to do his “workout” I watched the guy as he went from machine to machine doing minimal weight and using improper form on pretty much every one. I mean what is the point……

I just found that the new appraised value on our house has gone up an astonishing 45% since last tax year. It really is an amazing real estate situation down here. If we moved down here now we would struggle to get our foot in the front door of a 2 bedroom condo.