Roasting, D Day
Although I am no longer running I got a decent amount of cardio in on Friday. At lunch I did my parking garage 5K which entails walking from our office to the six story parking garage and climbing it up and down twice in a S type fashion. With the heat and humidity it was a bit of a sweatfest. Then when I got home I did a 20 minute live cycle class that used a tabata format. I was drenched. Neither of these activities give the same sense of accomplishment that running does but it allows me to elevate my heart rate and burn calories without the impact penalty on my joints that I can no longer tolerate.
As I mentioned last week, the grass has been growing like mad since rain has returned in earnest. While Cindy was out at an appointment Saturday I got on the tractor with it’s fresh set of blades. I have had my tractor canopy off for awhile because it is a bit screwed up, meaning my sun protection has been relegated to my ridiculously oversized straw hat. It keeps the sun off my face and neck but not a lot else. I was broiling during the two hour session. The new blades did a great job of delivering an even and clean cut.
As I was finishing up Deb came over for an earlier than normal visit. A little later DJ was dropped off for us to watch while Katie ran some errands. DJ seemed to take a liking to Deb which was cute. Even with three of us, DJ can be a handful to keep safe, entertained, and under surveillance. Late in the visit all of us were outside. I brought my one EUC out and started riding around the back yard. DJ started chasing me incessantly, he thought it was the coolest thing. If I stopped to let him catch up he would bend down and point to the foot pedal, meaning he wanted me to ride some more. I swear I had the kid running around for nearly 20 minutes, it was funny.
Saturday night we had some alcohol which led to the normal degree of silliness. At some point Cindy and Deb were referencing scenes in Flashdance that I had not seen. Thanks to the wonders of Prime Video I was able to launch the movie within seconds. Deb watched about half of it with us and Cindy and I finished it after she left. It confirmed that although of course I had heard of the movie, I never actually watched it. It was entertaining, silly and had surprising nudity.
Sunday was Father’s Day. I already told Cindy I had no major projects planned for the day which she was glad to hear. Really outside of taking care of the chickens first thing, the rest of the day was chore free. Mid-afternoon we met up with Deb for a ride around the golf course again. We brought two vehicles that had not been there yet, my Veteran Sherman and Cindy’s Dualtron scooter. Cindy had a blast zipping around the curves and hills on the powerful scooter. The Sherman with it’s high power was fun too but I did miss the softer ride the suspension wheels give me on that terrain. It was so freaking hot and humid though, we didn’t stay as long as I would have liked.
Speaking of hot and humid, it has been so nice to have the AC performing to normal levels again. The difference between outdoors and indoor is drastic. I actually had to bump the thermostat up a bit last night because I was “cold”. I also am curious how my energy consumption is affected by having the until being able to drop into low power mode to maintain temp instead of screaming like a banshee all the time, trying to keep up with the cooling demands.
I called my dad during the day to catch up and wish him a happy Father’s Day. I was curious how his reinsertion into the workforce since May had been going. As I would assume, he isn’t thrilled with all aspects of it and he dropped some clues that made it seem this may not be a very long term experiment. I have been wondering if my dad and step mom have given any consideration to adopting another dog to fill the huge void left by the passing of Maggie and Clara. I haven’t had the heart to ask.
I finished up my Father’s Day with a spaghetti dinner and some time in WoW. All in all it was a pretty excellent day. I am going to start chewing through my excessive vacation starting this week. I am taking off Friday and Monday.