Thursday July 21, 2011

It was 85 at 0430 this morning. We have all kinds of Heat Warnings posted. I completed my at home routine without a problem, mainly because the house has AC. Today is my grass cutting day but because of the heat I will wait until tomorrow or Monday. The MAC was not very crowded this morning. I did run my 1.5 mile run on the MAC's inside track. It does not have AC but we are sheltered from the sun. The track runs around the indoor tennis courts. Normally there are six or seven courts that are busy. This morning there was only one.

When I finished my routine I checked the swimming pool and saw that it was nearly empty. I jumped in and swam 500 yards. I told Nancy I did a TRI today. I swam, biked and ran. In addition I also rowed.

I wore shorts and a short sleeve tee but I was drenched when I got to the Kava House. They had the AC cranked up to a very unhealthy temperature so I sat outside and read my papers. I was half through the WSj when my phone goes off. It was Nancy telling me that the sprinkler man had arrived to fix our backflow preventer. He was suppose to come at 1500. I jumped on the bike and hurried home. It did not take him long to fix the problem.

I had a quick lunch and then headed upstairs to finish reading the morning papers. I also took a short nap. Tonight Nancy and I are going to the White Caps game. We are leaving at 1730 for a Pre-game Barbeque. This is an annual event sponsored by SCECO.

As I was cleaning the garage last Saturday I came across a pair of calk boots. These are the boots with nails in the bottom. They are used by folks working in the lumbering industry to walk on fallen trees. I purchased these boots 55 years ago when I was working for a logging company outside of Riddle, OR. It was my first job away from Alpena, MI. We worked six days a week and made $2 per hour. I slept outside all summer. We did not need a tent because it did not rain a drop all summer and there were no bugs. It was a great experience for a kid just out of AHS.