Yesterday (Thursday), someone was taken away from work by EMS. It has been warm enough in my facility to have heat breaks declared, so I think it was heat related.
My wife told me I should seriously consider taking Friday off. She said I have been exhausted. I felt like garbage as the day went by and determined she was right.
Woke up today with stiff upper body and stiff hips. I called off and went back to sleep for another 5 hours.
I didn't do much of anything. Just rested.
Everything entropic is inevitable. Iraq was a mistake. Iran is probably a mistake. Are they the same? Everything is dumb.
I remember '03 buildup and overflow into Iraq. I was meh because Hillary Clinton was for it. She was a senator "from New York," as well as the former first lady of the previous administration, thus privy to things beyond normal people.
I didn't realize HOW EVIL SHE REALLY is.
Weekends are times for relaxation and catching up on oddball stuff not finished during the week.
I work in a warehouse doing warehouse things so I really don't feel like mowing my lawn on days I work.
I enjoy mowing the lawn. My green grass gives me a sense of accomplishment... but lately, people have been letting their dogs take dumps in my front lawn throughout the week.
A couple weeks ago, we bought signs stating: "please pick up after your pets" Two other neighbors have signs stating to stay off the grass or stop having your dogs poop on our lawn, so we bought a spray can to add vinegar an pepper to further dissuade.
A dog left a pile next to our sign.
Frustrating.
I went to add more spray to yard since it had rained... the sprayer didn't work. It wouldn't keep pressure... probably due to vinegar messing with seals.
Frustrated, I decided it was cool enough to mow. Mower starting making low on fuel sound so I filled it for it to not start from pulling the cord.
The recoil ignition starter was BRAND NEW this season. The cord had broke when I tried mowing back in spring, but I hadn't put it on correctly to work so I bought one off Amazon. ALL of the parts said they worked on my Toro but none were made by Briggs-Stratton or Toro and had comments that said they worked a few times or the holes needed redrilled to align.
The part I had did the latter, and worked for a month. I got frustrated and went back to my spray can problem. I duct and Teflon taped some things and the pressure came back and IT WORKED.
Seeing MacGyvered the sprayer, I went back to the mower. The new starter wasn't catching when pulled, while the old one wasn't recoiling when pulled. I MacGyvered the old cord and the thing started. I moved 3/4ths of my lawn without stopping since the cord was extended. Weird metal sound came from the mower so I didn't think I could get it started again if I hand wound the cord again.
Mower is 20 years old. I was hoping to buy a new one at the end of the season when the sales start... I'll check with a Toro dealer to see if I can get a real replacement part.
It's been HOT and humid, so it's been chill indoors and grill food on grill to keep house cooler.
I have 3 propane tanks. One is hooked to the grill and is low. One is hooked to the fire pit and is probably above half full. The third is empty. I grilled Friday and Saturday expecting the need to swap out the tank and get 2 refilled but it never occurred.
I refilled the empty and got Little Caesar's pizza, since today was the last day for Pretzel crust.
I usually take one of the older cars for propane since the tank rolls around in the Atlas. Journey got maybe a mile from the house when the ENGINE light came on.
It ran normal thus seemed fine, so I ran my errand and went to Auto Zone later to get the code checked.
Evap leak code, so it could be a number of things that could be causing it. The rando guys at Auto Zone lamented as much. I think our Sebring had that code for the last few years we had it, so I'm assuming it's weather related, so what more can I do? My son drives the car just to work and back a few miles a day... and we have AAA.
Frustrating.
I have to do a couple things this week it seems.
I fail to understand rioters. We're at a time when martyrs can be made by the use of patsies being in the right place at the right time.
I don't condone violence, but anyone could use the opportunity of "chaos" to create a catastrophe to paint false images of authoritarian behavior.
Nothing about the rioting is organic. Pawns are probably being played with hopes of blood in the streets it seems for their end game is nonsense or unacceptable to the general population.
My older daughter is having a couple parties this weekend for friends groups.
We don't drink name brand soda, so I was shocked that a 2 liter of Coca-Cola is going for $2.99.
I very rarely drink soda. I'm a coffee, water and milk(protein) sort of person. I've tracked my calories for the last 15 straight months. My calories serve purpose. I feel like garbage when drinking a coke anymore.
I don't eat sweets like donuts and ice cream as much but I have a problem when it comes to fresh baked cookies or Peanut M&Ms.
Crazy to think I weighed as much as I do now when I used to work at a car wash or at FedEx and ate a container of Moose tracks ice cream and a dozen chocolate donuts from Aldi almost every day when I got home. No fruits or veggies.
Turning 40 made that diet impossible. I don't eat nachos daily like I used to, but there are weeks where I do. I don't eat junk unless I've been good for a stretch.
In college after dorm days, I used to not eat meat during the week. Basically, I ate oatmeal and rice and then ate steaks and hamburger on weekends. Is that binge eating? Probably... the way I ate, but when I was 21, I drank beer most days and didn't really eat meat aside from Taco Bell. Weird to think I had a drinking problem but people thought it.
I've a couple friends I met through my current job. They were hired a couple years ago, but one left within his first year. Long story, but we try to get together and bowl once a month.
We were good about the monthly meeting up until I couldn't physically do it and thus... well, we went an extended period between bowling so we had the idea to do a book club and cigar night.
It's not formal, yet. We just threw the idea out there without any NAYs. Somehow Ambrose Bierce was picked as the author to read. We chose Negligible Tales.
Two of us had to get copies from a library to read. I've read most of these Negligible Tales, and I am struck by the idea i could write better than Bierce.
It's interesting having friends. I've not really had any since college, aside from whom I married, or course.
