October 2019

Early October cement pond ice

October 2019

Tuesday 01- 85/59 and clear. I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, hit and broke the heavybag and it fell to the floor while I was punching it, and jogged a mile with Cassie.
I moved my solar panels to about where I want them on the back patio roof.
I did my evening stretches.

Wednesday 02- 90/63- I did my stretches and went for a mile jog with Cassie.
I worked on connecting the wires to the panels. It seems to me I spend most of my time looking for the tools and parts I need. It might be to my benefit to collect them all into one place.

Thursday 03- 93/65- I did my stretches. I worked on the electrical of my solar system.
I did my evening stretches.

Friday 04- 93/65- I did my stretches, core trainer, exercised on the weight bench and the 10 and 20 pound dumbbells, and took Cassie for a mile jog.
I needed some connectors for wires connecting the panels together, so I made a run into 29 Palms. I also got some supplies at Stater Bros. Supermarket.
I did my evening stretches.

Saturday 05- 94-/60. I did my stretches and took Cassie for a bike/run (I bike, she run).
I worked on my solar panels.
I did my evening stretches.

Sunday 06-
I did my evening stretches.

Monday 07- 96/59F. I did my stretches, core trainer, exercised on the weight bench and the 10 and 20 pound dumbbells, and took Cassie for a mile jog.

Tuesday 08- 98/62F. I did my stretches
I did my evening stretches.
I completed my book but just don’t know what to name it... I called it the Kneeling Man, but that might change. Anyways, I posted it on my FaceBook page as a PDF my friends can download. I will leave it posted there for one month only and then delete it before I publish it.

Wednesday 09- 93/59F and windy. I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, and jogged a mile with Cassie.
I went to the post office in 29 to pick up the solar wiring I ordered. The went to do some shopping. I checked out the health club while there to see if my membership was still good; it was. I think I might start using it.

Thursday 10- 85/59F and windy. I did my stretches, core trainer, exercised on the weight bench and the 10 and 20-pound dumbbells, and took Cassie for a mile jog.
A guy called Jason and his girlfriend ran out of gas
I frisky and did my stretches, core trainer, did 50 setups, and took Cassie for a mile jog.

Friday 11- 84/55F. I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, and jogged a mile with Cassie.
I did my evening stretches.

Saturday 12- 85/ 54. I did my stretches, core trainer, situps, and jogged a mile with Cassie.
I did my evening stretches.

Sunday 13- 87/ 58. I did my stretches, core trainer, situps, and jogged a mile with Cassie.
I did my evening stretches.
Solar panels

Monday 14- 89/ 56. I did my stretches, core trainer, exercised on the weight bench, and took Cassie for a mile jog.
Monday night's dinner thingy at the community center.
Solar panels
I did my evening stretches.

Tuesday 15- 90/57F. I took Kelly to Yucca to rent a car so she can see her doctor in Palm Springs. I went to get my flu shot and then went to Labcor to get my blood work done.
Jason came by to use my air-pump to inflate one of his tires.

Wednesday 16- 87/59F with clouds. I did my stretches. I followed Kelly so she can return the rental car in Yucca. We did a little shopping at a new supermarket there called Grocery Outlet Bargain Market. The store had many discounts with fair pricing. We had lunch at Carl’s Jr.
I visited Shanna and her kids at Motel 6 in 29 Palms. They drove out from Arizona to visit me and she’s thinking of moving back here.

Thursday 17- 86/52F and very windy. I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, and jogged a mile with Cassie.
UPS delivered the 200AH gel cell battery I ordered. It weighs 127 LBS and I think I may have pulled a muscle lifting and moving into place (I gots to remember I ain’t 24 anymore). Got it all hooked up with the other 200AH gel cell battery, making a total of 400AH the inverter has to pull off of.
I had dinner with Shanna and her kids at Pizza Hut in 29 Palms. I had a very good time.

Friday 18- 89/67F.  Saturday 19- 89/67F.
I did my stretches and walked Cassie.

Sunday 20- 90/63F.
I wondered where all that traffic came from going past my house yesterday all night. The last time when Winters Rd was used as an emergency bypass was many years ago when there was a bomb scare on Hwy 62.
I wonder when the County is going to pave Winters Rd if it's going to use it as an emergency bypass in the future?

Monday 21- 92/65F.
Well, I found out why all the traffic came down our road: Hi-Desert Star “A fatal collision happened late Sunday night, Oct. 20, on Twentynine Palms Highway east of Rotary Way. A huge section of Twentynine Palms Highway remained closed to through traffic Monday morning in as investigators continued to work on the scene. At Lear Avenue, Citizen Patrol volunteers spent Sunday night sending westbound traffic north on Lear to Winters Road, but in the morning they got word that overuse of the road had made it impassible.”

Tuesday 22- 94/68F. Wednesday 23- 91/59 degrees F.  Thursday 24- 82/50F.
I did my stretches and worked editing my books.

Friday 25- 83/52F. For the first time since I hurt myself deadlifting a 127 pound battery last week, I did my stretches, core trainer, jogged a mile with Cassie, exercised lightly on the weight bench. Just a little pain, so I think I’m still healing and will probably take a few more days off from exercising.

Saturday 26- cloudy with evening sprinkles.
There were about 15 denizens of the desert attending our Halloween Potluck.
Dyan Carroll haunted us with her bloodcurdling barbecued chicken, beefy enchiladas, beets, and sweet potatoes. Elizabeth West dragged in a coffin full of white bean & ham soup, chili cheese cornbread, and peach cobbler. Pretty Patti Huges spooked us all with her cabbage salad, pear crisps, and handed out jars of homemade jams and loaves of lemon bread. Chris VanNortrick and Mary Kobal flew in on their broomsticks carrying veg mac cheese casserole, pea salad, fruit salad, and chocolate cookies. Mary Rider avoided the Zombie Apocalypse outside to bring us a delicious potato salad. We all had a Ghoulish time chowing down with our Poltergeist and other apparitional friends who donated money and haunt the halls of our little community center.

Sunday 27- I did my stretches.

Monday 28- I did my stretches and went for a mile jog with Cassie.

Tuesday 29- I did my stretches and took Cassie out for a bike/run.
I installed a 5Watt solar panel to the house fan.

Wednesday 30- 59/36F. I did my stretches, jogged a mile with Cassie, and exercised on the weight bench.
I wanted to continue with my studies since I completed most of my solar patio. I listened to three Astronomy Cast Lectures: Ep. 517: Fritz Zwicky and the Zwicky Transient Facility; Ep. 518: When the Universe tried to Declare War; Ep. 519: Transients: What They Are and Why They Matter Part 1.
I did my laundry and went on poop patrol.
I helped Shanna and her kids find a hotel in Mesa Arizona.

Thursday 31- 67/37F. I did my stretches, jogged a mile with Cassie, and did some situps.
I gathered all my tools together so I could sort them all out and have them handy without looking all over hell to find them. I still have more to do on sorting other things like nails, screws, and more tools for electrical and woodworking.
I listened to two more Astronomy Cast Lectures: Ep. 520: Transients: What They Are and Why They Matter, Part 2; and Ep. 521: The Deep Space Network.
I colored a page of the heart and its parts in my anatomy coloring book.


******************** Poems for October 2019 **************
I reflect upon my wild endeavors
of youth unburdened indiscretions
free to challenge the world
but as grains of sand
slowly fill the glass
iron turned to rust
to gather like dust
upon the vast desert
of my mind
~RD

Coffee: the lifeblood of poets who awakens thy spirits and illuminates this darkened void with the brilliant colors of poetry and purity of verse.
~RD

To me, life is like writing a book: it depends upon how you edit your story. What type of characters you want to include. The adventures and mysteries you and your characters dream up along the way to life's final chapter.
~RD


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