November 2015

November 2015

Sunday 01- windy

2732 words written today and total so far.

Monday 02- wind began blowing hard at 11:20am right when I started my morning run with Cassie.

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

3101 5833 words written today and total so far.

Tuesday 03- Very windy!

3072 8905 words written today and total so far.

Wednesday 04- I did my stretches and took Cassie for her walks.

I fixed the flat on the left back tire of the Cougar

3035 11940 words written today and total so far.

Thursday 05- I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a mile run, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

3250 15190 words written today and total so far.

Friday 06- I got up early, took Cassie for a walk, and went to do some shopping at WalMart.

3185 18375 words written today and total so far.

Saturday 07- I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a mile run, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

3157 21532 words written today and total so far.

Sunday 08- I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells, and took Cassie for a mile run.

3645 25177 words written today and total so far.

Monday 09- 3061 28238 words written today and total so far.

Tuesday 10- 3374 31610 words written today and total so far.

Wednesday 11- I did my stretches and took Cassie for her walks.

3240 34850 words written today and total so far.

Thursday 12- 3070 37920 words written today and total so far.

Friday 13- windy

I did my stretches, lifted 20lbs dumbbells, core trainer and took Cassie for a mile run.

3123 41043 words written today and total so far.

Saturday 14- windy

I did my stretches and ran a mile with Cassie.

Took a nice long walk over to see Jimmy and Clorice at Stoney’s.

3070 44113 words written today and total so far.

Sunday 15- 3305 47418 words written today and total so far.

Monday 16-  2693 50111 words written today and final total!!!!!

Done! And now I can go on to other things as soon as my brain synapses cool down!

I want everyone to know I have been taking Cassie for all her walks, trying to do my exercises here and there, and also played with Cassie; this is the reason I didn’t keep much of a journal these days.

Tuesday 17- not as windy and warming up.

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

Wednesday 18- very nice and warm day!

I spent the day getting the new tires put on the truck. They sent the wrong size tires.

Thursday 19- another nice day.

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

Friday 20- I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a mile run, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

Saturday 21- I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells, and took Cassie for a mile run.

Went to potluck

Sunday 22- a little windy.

I thought I was catching a cold so I spent the day inside the house. Cassie was upset I didn’t take her for her walks.

I took a nap later in the evening and it seems the symptoms of the cold went away.

Monday 23- the wind started blowing hard in the evening hours.

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

I cut up a whole pile of wood for my wood stove to keep me and Cassie warm at night.

I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening run with Cassie and did some pullups and punched the heavybag for a round.

Trying again to catch up on my “365 Starry Nights” book that I missed during my week away in Torrance and the sixteen days I spent on the National Novel Writing Month... 16 days over 50,000 words. I had to 30 days to finish it, but why wait.

I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells, and took Cassie for a mile run.

Tuesday 24- very windy again.

I did my stretches and took Cassie for her walks.

It was a day where I could have caught up on some stuff I had to do, but ended up doing nothing but finishing my Christmas cards I’m sending out tomorrow.

Wednesday 25- I did my stretches and took Cassie for a mile jog.

I went to the post office to pick up a package (a Pebble smartwatch I bought) and to mail off those Christmas cards and one of my books I published to a friend. I then went to the Doctor’s office to get my flu shot, got gas for the truck, and picked up some supplies for me and Cassie; I remembered the donuts, but forgotten the bananas.

Thursday 26- cloudy

I did my stretches, lifted weights, took Cassie for a mile and a half jog, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

I wished everyone Happy ThanksGiving on FaceBook and called a few too.

Me and Cassie had leftover chicken and french fries for dinner; I ate the donuts.

Friday 27- cloudy and cold.

I did my stretches and took Cassie for a mile and a half jog.

I read some astronomy, geology, and vacantly stared at a math book.

I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening walk with Cassie and did some pullups and punched the heavybag for a round.

Saturday 28- just dang cold.

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

I spent some time cleaning up the place. Got all the stuff that accumulated on the electric piano I late last year to learn how to play, but ended up becoming a table. I shall put it on my to learn list.

I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening one mile jog with Cassie and did some pullups and punched the heavybag for a round.

I read some more astronomy.

I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells, and went for a night jog with Cassie up the hill and back, did some pullups and punched the heavybag for a round.

Sunday 29- 53 to 32 degrees, clear skies and no wind.

I did my stretches, lifted weights, took Cassie for a 1.22 mile jog, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

I swept and mopped, using Pine Sol, the whole dang cabin.

I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening 1.2 mile jog with Cassie and did some pullups and punched the heavybag for a round.

I just got done with the jog and lifting weights when a red car pulled up and began dumping trash into my dumpster. I confronted him and he said he thought it was the community dumpster because it didn’t have a lock on it; he might be the same guy in a red car that checked out my mailbox a month or so ago. He said he lived up the street; I knew the place, been there a bunch of times when Carolyn Rich owned it, she passed on about 2 years ago and her daughter owns it now. So I told him the dumpster wasn’t a community dumpster and my mailbox doesn’t get any mail. I also said the polite thing of him to do would have been to ask permission first. He seemed like a nice enough person, works for the JT National Park, so I said he could use my dumpster for little things like household garbage.

I got caught up reading my astronomy book, “365 Starry Nights”. I also did some reading of chapter 5 in the geology book.

I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells, and went for a night jog with Cassie up the hill and back, did some pullups and punched the heavybag for a round.

Monday 30- 58 to 32 degrees.

I did my stretches, yoga, lifted weights, took Cassie for a 1.17 mile jog, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

***** Stuff I Wrote this Month******

No matter how bad you feel when you wake up in the mornings and look into the bathroom mirror, know that you are loved!

~RD

I am a peaceful person. I remember when there was a kinda sorta band on ORV awhile back. We started to see more critters coming around. There were some foxes that came back to live and tortoises crawling about. It was nice to be able to enjoy the silence of the desert on the weekends again... Like I said I am a peaceful person and I won't be coming to this event because I feel I would become, well let's just say I wouldn't want to lose the tranquility that the desert has bestowed upon me arguing with some folks who want to turn our beautiful desert into a highway to hell. Now I don't mind sharing the desert with these folks, it's a wondrous place. It would be nice of them to see the desert through my eyes, to learn to respect it as I have and use it not as a destination to destroy but as a place they would want to come back to, a place they could call their home.

Life drifts away like some sweet melody played upon a grand instrument and only a few understand the tone of our passing.

~RD

So tiny a speck we tread... But so vast is our awe and wonder.

~RD

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