Yup, my kids go back to school today. Can't say I'm not nervous. Keeping my fingers crossed...
^°^Back to school Thursday^°^
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did not want to get up but leg cramp said otherwise. dogs are eating and I am sipping my 3 shots of espresso FTS I don't want to go to work today but.....
Hey lolmao. I swam 2000 yards this morning, fast (for me) and hard. I don't know how or why I've bounced back from the Covid shutdown so quickly. I figured it'd take up to a year to get to where I am, but it's taken 11 weeks. Hopefully I can keep getting stronger, but my swim has a way of leveling off.
Hungry.
Also, since we put the cat down, I am noticing the other cat tends to sleep all.the.time. I have never noticed this before. She seriously sleeps a good 20 hours a day.
Hungry.
Also, since we put the cat down, I am noticing the other cat tends to sleep all.the.time. I have never noticed this before. She seriously sleeps a good 20 hours a day.
Morning..............kids in school,
Im getter ng ready for archery to open on Saturday morning.
Im getter ng ready for archery to open on Saturday morning.
S.O.P. for our cat as well. Cats are fucking LAZY. I'm kinda envious of their level of lazy.
Great news today - will have to burn through 18 days of annual leave in September that can't carry over to the new job in October. Time to get the road bike out.
Mornin!
90% humidity out there, WTF is that nonsense?!
Going to make Ina Garten's corn chowder later. I think I might love her.
90% humidity out there, WTF is that nonsense?!
Going to make Ina Garten's corn chowder later. I think I might love her.
Man... that reminds me... I really should go in for a check-up. Fucking bifocals.
worth braving the movie theatre for....or is it streaming...
We got a Covid-19 protocol update at work this morning, and we are to continue to work from home "for the foreseeable future." WOO HOO!!
Braved theater. Dolby Cinema is awesome and this movie maxed out every sense. I’d see it in the theater—well I did.
Wasn't gonna do any projects on the new Sprinter until this winter or even spring. Oops...
We're building a 6" tall drawer in the bottom of the space I'm sitting in, with a "false floor" of sorts above it. The space I'm in is pretty deep, and where we keep all our clothing during camping trips as well as the cookstove and some other doo-dads. It was kind of a paint to reach that far down to get clothing and gear and such. So, the drawer will contain the cookstove and doo-dads, and our duffles will be higher up and more easily accessed.
Always a project to do.
We're building a 6" tall drawer in the bottom of the space I'm sitting in, with a "false floor" of sorts above it. The space I'm in is pretty deep, and where we keep all our clothing during camping trips as well as the cookstove and some other doo-dads. It was kind of a paint to reach that far down to get clothing and gear and such. So, the drawer will contain the cookstove and doo-dads, and our duffles will be higher up and more easily accessed.
Always a project to do.
Morning. Sun's out today.....
Ride tonight...
Ride tonight...
Had to explain to a director that his new tech guy is going to get him in trouble. Director was angry because I was "starting a turf war." I said "No, I'm just going on the record before it happens so I can't be blamed. You do what you like." Then he got quiet. When you show someone how your motives are selfish, they believe you.
Hopefully this was all via email? If not... follow up that shit with an email! Directors often conveniently "forget" face-to-face conversations after about... oh, 9 minutes or so.
Saw a rattlesnake yesterday. Only the second one I have ever seen in the wild. It was hanging out by a storm drain where I park to hike. About 18” at the most and didn’t rattle or seem too concerned with me.
basking in all that humidity...
For sure. But the GM was there for this one.
Man, the east coast is weird. I've seen more than that in the space of an hour, in the backyard I grew up in.
Do y’all have Copperheads out there ? We do and they will literally jump at you.
Their rattle snakes are big though...
Eastern diamondback rattlesnake - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
I think I want to find a decent pair of transitions riding glasses. My Smith prescription sunnies are too dark if it's not bright sunlight, I always used to ride in rose coloured lenses before I was pronounced as old and blind...
All the ones I grew up with and skinned were Western Diamond Backs. Copperheads and cottonmouths are the east coast varieties, as I understand it.
Surely that's an artifact of camera perspective?Their rattle snakes are big though...
Eastern diamondback rattlesnake - Wikipedia
Edit:. Has to be. That wikipedia article you linked says no eastern diamond backs of more than 8ft in length have been discovered.
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I have interchangeable lenses. Open riding I wear darks. Otherwise usually clear, just for protection. I rarely ever wear my rose, because I have astigmatism issues more than anything.
Nope.Surely that's an artifact of camera perspective?
I spent a ton of time in the GA mountains growing up. Anytime we were in the water we were minding our backs for cottonmouths. Creeks was for copperheads.
Eastern and Western diamondbacks are about the same size, on average...Surely that's an artifact of camera perspective?
Edit:. Has to be. That wikipedia article you linked says no eastern diamond backs of more than 8ft in length have been discovered.
11 North American Rattlesnakes - Reptiles Magazine
Rattlers remain awesome despite frequent persecution from humans.
www.reptilesmagazine.com
5' vs 4'