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A very quiet Monday in the Roscoe-verse winds down.
My main Monday chore, doing my weekly laundry, was handled this morning: two loads of laundry washed, dried, and put away before Noon.
The afternoon found me making a few loan payments, one of them online and two by phone.
Most of the rest of this day was spent listening to relaxing music, working on my chess games and quietly reading my regular prayers and devotionals, etc.
And the adventure continues.
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Recovery Day number three. That pretty much defines this Sunday in the Roscoe-verse.
The last really physical thing I've done was mowing the front yard: that three-hour job on Thursday morning. Three days ago.
Despite a good (for me) sleep last night, I dozed off twice during the day today. The first time was while following news reports on the Internet, and the second time was while listening to the Texas Rangers / Houston Astros MLB Game. Which I'm very glad my Rangers won, by the way.
Significant arthritis pain today was mainly in my hands and shoulders: that from pushing my lawnmower around the yard Thursday. This was also a very low-energy day, which manifested itself in the two naps mentioned above.
All that having been said, I don't FEEL bad. None of today's symptoms were really unexpected.
After a good night's sleep tonight, I look forward to tackling my Monday chores tomorrow, and moving into the upcoming week confidently.
And the adventure continues.
posted by Roscoe
Ready for the special “brush collection day” on Monday.
There is one big tree in my front yard and several in the back. I try to keep up with fallen branches as they happen, cutting them into smaller pieces and stuffing them into the big green organics bin for weekly collection by the city. San Antonio schedules a yearly special “brush collection day” where they collect piles of branches too large to fit into the plastic bins that get collected weekly.
Pictured above is my little brush pile for this year's special collection.
posted by Roscoe
As expected, this Friday has been a “Recover Day.” Yesterday's yard work, while not particularly heavy for a younger, healthy guy, took its toll on this old boy. And I've been moving slowly and carefully all day today.
A little later this evening I'll be tuning into the WNBA On ION Pregame Show ahead of tonight's game between the Indiana Fever and the Atlanta Dream.
Go Fever!
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Early evening Thursday, and I'm exhausted and sore, but satisfied at the amount of work accomplished that got me this way. I spent 3 solid hours this morning, from 08:00 till 11:00, mowing the front yard and hauling big branches from my staging area in the back yard where I keep such things, out to the front yard near the curb where the city will haul them away on a special “brush collection day” next week.
While I was mowing, took the time to briefly chat with the young neighbor next door and compliment him on his new lawnmower.
And the adventure continues.
posted by Roscoe
Early afternoon Wednesday and I'm happy to note this day has been much less stressful than yesterday. The financial moves I made yesterday proved good. I'll want to make a phone call tomorrow and another on Friday just to make sure the rest of this month runs smoothly, but I'm not expecting any problems in that regard.
It's seasonably hot. High temps are running in the mid to upper 90s, with the humidity that gives us heat indexes in the 115 degree range. Days are mostly sunny with chances of popup thunderstorms in the afternoons. July in South Texas, you know. Hopefully the ground will be dry enough on Saturday morning for me to mow the front yard.
And the adventure continues.
posted by Roscoe
This has not been my favorite Tuesday. When I woke there were three self-assigned chores ahead of me.
Chore #1 had me physically going to my bank and trying to transfer funds. No complaints about my local bank, folks there were friendly and cooperative. The two external banks I was trying to use to transfer funds from were disappointing. It was later in the afternoon I was able make the transfer using a third bank. Several stressful hours wasted.
The other two chores were: for the first one, surprisingly easy and gratifying; and for the second one, frustrating to the point where I was glad it wasn't something I really had to do. So I decided not to waste any more time on it.
Now on Tuesday evening I'm hoping for a much easier, better day tomorrow.
And the adventure continues.
posted by Roscoe
Late afternoon Monday and this day has already been acceptably productive.
The weekly laundry is all done and put away, and the front walks have been trimmed. Good enough, that.
The day's chess work still remains, but I'll get to that after I put this quick note online.
And the adventure continues.
posted by Roscoe
Goodbye, X (Twitter). Tired of how ridiculous it has become recently, a few hours ago I cancelled my X account.
Last month I cancelled my FaceBook account and while I miss seeing the family pictures and having “easy” contact with some friends IRL, I don't miss FB at all.
I'm quite sure I won't miss X. There are other places, better places on the Internet for an old boy like me to hang out and enjoy the company of like-minded folks, to keep up with events, etc.
And the adventure continues.
posted by Roscoe
It's almost tip-off time. Tonight's entertainment in the Roscoe-verse will be following the radio broadcast of the Indiana Fever vs the Los Angeles Sparks WNBA game.
I'm much more a fan of the Fever than of the WNBA. While I try to catch as many of the Fever games as I can, I've got no interest watching games between any of the other teams.
Unfortunately Caitlin Clark, Indiana's star player, will have to miss tonight's game due to a groin injury. But the Fever is still an excellent team, even playing without her.
GO FEVER!
And the adventure continues.
posted by Roscoe