Closing out, Entering the wind tunnel
It looks like the last entry I made was Friday morning. Elsa and I went to the park again. I walked her around but then loaded her up in the truck with the AC running while I pulled out my pickle ball gear. I wanted to hit some balls around, specifically practice serving.
One of my problems while playing is a hesitancy to strike the ball aggressively because I don’t trust my accuracy. Most of the time I can hit a ball much harder than I choose to. I also tried to see if there was any way I could serve left handed since it is actually my throwing hand. I had very poor results. This all ties back to when I took tennis lessons as a child. My coach did not want me to play left handed so I was taught as a righty. I only recall having a few lessons but it was enough to make me play racquet sports right handed my entire life, it’s bizarre.
Friday afternoon I got on my bike to ride. As I was pumping the tires I noticed the rear was unusually low. As I focused on the tire I was amazed at just how worn it was, dangerously worn. I am not quite sure how I did not notice this previously. Of course it didn’t stop me from riding. It was a BRUTAL ride containing some of the worst head wind I have dealt with. My heart rate topped out close to 170 beats a minute. When I got back I did make sure to buy a new tire.
Saturday was not horribly busy. The most ambitious thing I did was redo the solar string lights on the wooden structure in the rock garden followed by installing the new solar shade. I bought a bigger solar shade than I used to have out there. Trying to get it in place with one person was a unique challenge. I am not thrilled with the end result but it will shade the area I want which was the goal.
Saturday night I again went to a bar myself however this time it was a movie theater bar. I went to the Prado theater in Bonita. I got there well in advance of the movie I was seeing, Secrets of Dumbledore, so I could eat and drink. The bar again was lightly populated but I enjoyed myself.
The movie was long at two hours and twenty minutes but I liked it. There was a couple that brought their little boy to the movie. He was talking loudly through about half of the film. At one point people near them asked if they could try to keep it down. The entitled couple instantly got angry and barked back that this was a children’s movie. (it’s actually rated PG13) I was far enough away that it didn’t bother me much but I still found it amazing that the parents made absolutely no effort to encourage the kid to be quiet. I’d give the movie a B+, nothing will ever match the magic of the original Harry Potter cast.
Today I have a few disorganized things I’d like to do. I have a massively busy roughly two week period coming up. In addition to several work related projects I have four cardiologist related appointments, three skin cancer surgeries, a dentist appointment, Elsa’s annual vet visit, and a few other things I am forgetting. I very much look forward to coming out the other end of this very busy tunnel that is filled with things I’d rather not have to deal with.