Adios Olympics, more pressure, stormy
Friday night I had a triple header post work grocery shopping experience, stopping at Trader Joe’s, Publix and Sam’s in rapid fire fashion. After grabbing my goods I stopped at Ali’s to help her with getting a refreshed version of the Run for the Paws website up and running. The new site utilizes WordPress and looks much cleaner as well as being more functional.
My Saturday was once again stuffed full of to do’s. I did the full load of chores as well as pulling out the new pressure washer to clean both storage sheds. The larger shed I actually had blasted quickly maybe a month ago but it already was starting to regain some of it’s green tint.
The smaller shed was a mess as well, especially the back of it which receives no direct sun. In addition to the green algae, it was also filled with black circles of mildew. I actually blasted the area twice, the first time quickly to blow off the green, the second time, I went slower with the washer head a few inches from the siding to blast off the black mildew which is very stubborn.
The new washer definitely makes pressure cleaning easier. It is 3000 PSI, almost 30% stronger than the 2300 PSI unit I have used up until now. The extra power makes the work go faster and easier.
On Sunday my brick training plans morphed a couple times. Originally I was going to ride my bike the 16 miles to the water park, swim and then ride back. Well once I got up I instead decided I would do the 20 mile Dunkin Donuts ride and then drive to the water park to swim. That way I could pick up the dogs on the way back to take them out to the house.
I hadn’t done the Dunkin Donuts ride in a long time, I think the last time was with Randall. I pulled a good pace, averaging a little under 20 mph. I was working hard to keep it at that speed.
So I got home, stripped off my dripping wet bike gear and headed out for the water park. The skies, which looked overcast during the bike ride now looked stormy and ominous. I hoped that it was just an isolated problem and the weather around the water park would be ok.
Well I arrived at the park a few minutes after 10 and the gates were closed. I walked up to the counter where a girl said they were closed because of the storms for now, they had no idea if/when they would open. Damn it.
So I wound up picking up the dogs earlier than planned after a brief stop at Wal-mart. I grabbed a replacement clock for the master bathroom (I dropped the old one) and a new bike water bottle to replace the one I somehow lost.
All day yesterday the stormy weather hung around. I had a very lazy day and was feeling quite tired. I should have taken a nap at some point.
Last night was the closing of the London Olympic games and as usual I was somewhat sad to see it all come to a close. I watched some of the Olympics almost every day of the 17 that it took place over. I never ever get tired of watching people compete for the ultimate prize. The successes and failures can be equally compelling in different ways. It just grabs me.
I was unable to prop my eyelids open to watch the entire closing ceremony but I saw a bunch. They were better than the bizarre opening festivities for sure. The most impressive thing to me was the thousands of LED’s that were installed throughout the stadium to make the entire building one big A/V orgasm. The musical acts last night were entertaining as well.
As a whole the US did really well in the Olympics this time around, topping the medal winners count. Overall, these games were good but could not keep pace with the Beijing games four years prior, which for me were just amazing.
Also amazing is just how fast four years of my life passes at this point, and I mean in a really scary way.
Of course I have some thoughts on Romney’s VP choice but I’ll save them for a fresh day.