October 2018

October 2018

Monday 01- Cloudy 86° | 72°

I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag, and jogged a mile with Cassie.

Tuesday 02- Cloudy 88° | 69°

I did my stretches, exercised with the 10 and 20 pound dumbbells, punched the heavybag, and jogged over a mile with Cassie.

Wednesday 03- Thunderstorms 86° | 64°

I did my stretches and jogged a mile with Cassie.

Thursday 04- Clear 82° | 61°

I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag, and jogged a mile with Cassie.

I swept the whole house, I did multiple loads of laundry and hung them all out to dry along with my bedding; I am pooped.

Family Game Night Julia 

Friday 05- Clear 82° | 63°
I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag, and jogged a mile with Cassie.

I went to Twentynine to get supplies.

Saturday 06- Clear 84° | 62°
I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag, and jogged a mile with Cassie.

Sunday 07- Clear 77° | 60°
I did my stretches, exercised with the 10 and 20 pound dumbbells, and jogged a mile with Cassie.

Monday 08- Clear 78° | 60°

I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag, and jogged a mile with Cassie.

I went to Monday Night Football at the community center.

Tuesday 09- Clear 82° | 54°

I did my stretches. 

I went into town to get supplies and stopped off to get a flu shot.

Wednesday 10- Clear 81° | 53°

Feeling sick

Thursday 11- Thunderstorms 102° | 71°

Sick in bed working on editing book

Friday 12- Thunderstorms... rain in the evening into Saturday... 

Sick in bed working on editing book

Saturday 13- Thunderstorms... lots of rain.

Sick in bed working on editing book

Sunday 14- Clear 75° | 54°

Sick in bed working on editing book

Monday 15- Clear 66° | 50°

Feeling better went to CERT meeting but had to leave early due to itch in throat caused me to start coughing. I guess I wasn’t as well as I thought.

Tuesday 16 through Thursday 18

Stayed in bed working on editing book... finished the 3rd edit of the whole dang book.

Finished Chapter 35 in the history book- about overseas colonization and competition for empire.

Friday 19- Clear 79° | 59°

Feeling much better. I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag, and jogged a mile with Cassie. I don’t think I should have done the jogging quite yet because I felt the cold get worse.

Trying to get myself back on track and centered.

Finished Chapter 36 in the history book- about society, faith, and culture in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Practiced playing my guitar.

Saturday 20- Cloudy 82° | 55°

I did my stretches, and took Cassie for a walk.

Finished Chapter 37 in the history book- about the scientific revolution.

Listened to Astronomy Cast: Episode 499- The International Astronomical Union on naming. 

Sunday 21- Clear 82° | 60°

I did my stretches and exercised with the dumbbells, and took Cassie for a walk.

Finished Chapter 38 in the history book- about the enlightenment. 

Listened to Astronomy Cast: Episode 500- first half of episode talk about the history of astronomy.

Monday 22- Clear 82° | 60°

I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, hit on the heavybag for a few minutes, and took Cassie for a walk.

Finished Chapter 39 in the history book- about the American Revolution.

Listened to Astronomy Cast: Episode 500- second half of episode talk about the future of astronomy.

Tuesday 23- Clear 82° | 62°

I did my stretches, yoga, and took Cassie for a walk.

Finished Chapter 40 in the history book- about the French Revolution.

Listened to Astronomy Cast: Episode 501- water worlds..

Wednesday 24- Clear 84° | 61°

I did my stretches.

I spent most of the day cleaning the patio and getting everything ready for winter.

Thursday 25- Clear 86° | 57°

I did my stretches.

I did my laundry.

Finished Chapter 41 in the history book- about the Napoleonic era from 1799 to 1815.

Friday 26- Clear 87° | 59°

I did my stretches, worked out on the core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag, and took Cassie for a mile jog.

I sat down and went over the voting material... voted what and who I felt like voting for or against and will mail it out soon. 

Finished Chapter 42 in the history book- about restoration and reaction from 1815 to 1830

Started drawing where I left off years ago in my anatomy coloring book: organization of the body cell division/mitosis (and I thought mitosis was bad breath). Interphase Prophase Metaphase Anaphase Telophase. Watched some videos about mitosis at the Khan academy. 

Saturday 27- Clear 87° | 57°

I did my stretches and took Cassie out for a walk.

Finished Chapter 43 in the history book- about liberalism and revolution 1830-1850.

I cooked up some rice, picked up Stevie Villarreal and Chris, then headed on down to our community’s potluck. Stevie been living up in these parts for fifty some years, raised some kids and I believe it’s her first potluck. Our potluck has been going on more than twenty years now and it’s about time Stevie came for some of our outstanding grub. Speaking of which, I didn’t get the list of what the good desert folks brought and I’ll have to do it from memory... unfortunately I misplaced that to, but here it goes: Dyan Carroll cooked up some luscious lasagna, beets and apple crisps. Chris served a chili casserole and cookies. Yvonne’s yummy jello and cherry tarts hit the spot. Mack tossed a salad. Kip Fjeld whipped up some guacamole and chips. Jeff brought something that totally escapes me. Stevie came by with peach crisps. There was cupcakes, cookies, fruits, vegetables, and assorted other foods on the table that I can’t account for, but thanks to someone they were there waiting to be devoured by us denizens of the desert.

I drew in my anatomy coloring book: organization of the body tissues/epithelium- Four types: squamous, cuboidal, columnar, and pseudostratified columnar with cilia & goblet cells. Watched some videos about epithelium cells at the Khan academy. 

I finally found the time to visit my friend Ami Ven’s blog where she writes stories I’ve been reading of hers for many years.

I practiced my guitar.

Sunday 28- Cloudy 84° | 55°

I did my stretches and jogged a mile with Cassie.

Worked in the yard a bit.

Finished Chapter 44 and 45 in the history book- about liberalism and revolution 1830-1850/ romanticism in philosophy, literature, and the arts.

I drew in my anatomy coloring book: part one... organization of the body tissues/ Connective Tissue- areolar, adipose, dense regular fibrous tissue, dense irregular fibrous tissue. Watched some videos trying to understand all this.

Monday 29- Cloudy 81° | 59°

I did my stretches, exercised with the dumbbells, and jogged a mile with Cassie.

I cleaned up the front of the house moving 5 sheets of plywood to the back and tossing away a bunch of garbage; it doesn’t look like my house anymore... I wonder if my friends can find it now.

Finished Chapter 46 in the history book about- nationalism and the nation-state, 1860-1871.

I mailed in my ballot on my way to watch Monday Night Football at our community center and met some new people: Kay and Sherry who live in a red house on Mars.

I drew in my anatomy coloring book: part two... organization of the body tissues/ Connective Tissue- elastic, reticular. Supporting tissue cartilage: hyaline, elastic, and fibrocartilage. 

I practiced playing my guitar.

Tuesday 30- Clear 75° | 57°

I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench and jogged a mile with Cassie.

Finished Chapter 47 in the history book about- democracy, expansion, civil war, and reform in the United States, 1800-1920.

I took Cassie for an evening jog for a mile or so.

I practiced playing my guitar.

Wednesday 31- Cloudy 71° | 54°

I did my stretches and jogged a mile with Cassie.

I went to LabCorp to have a blood test... kinda fitting for Halloween ya think... 

Did some shopping at Stater Bros and WalMart... got gas and drove home.

Finished Chapter 47 in the history book about- politics in the age of progress, 1871-1914.

I got up enough nerve to get dressed and drive over to the Halloween Party over at our community’s old firehouse. The music was very loud, and my ears are still ring as I type this. There were bunches of young folks there dress up in all kinds of costumes. There was lots of dancing on the floor, flashing lights, and black lights glowing a kaleidoscope of many colors. Everyone was in good spirits and there wasn’t any trouble… I also behaved. It was so nice to see our center being used for people having a good time.

****************** October 2018 Poems *******************

I see moments of time sweep past me like raindrops carried away by windshield wipers on a dark rainy day: the water is gone but the windshield is still there...
~RD

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