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Monday, August 7, 2023

Monday excursions

It seems the summer fever has broken, with temperatures here down to 50F overnight, and highs below 80 the past few days, even without storms to cool things down. It will get up into the mid 80s later in the week, but no more of the hot stuff this week, at least. I hope this is the case across the country, as well! Charlie will take the bus down to the workshop today while I have lunch with one of our friends. It occurred to me that while I sit here waiting for someone to call, there's no reason... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, August 3, 2023

Thursday relief!

Good morning! My strategy is working... I called first thing this morning to that online setup and immediately was connected to someone who knew what needed to be done. When we reached a certain stage, the ball had to go back to the parent, and she said she could take care of that directly then get back to me herself. This way I don't have to crawl through their system again with someone else who has to start again from scratch. I think this can be actually accomplished today, as long as the... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, August 2, 2023

Wednesday woes and frustrations

Dark falls and brings on flashing in the sky and rolling thunders! Much of today--too much!--was spent trying to coordinate with the online schooling of my friend Joanne's daughter. I've promised to help with her remote school assignments for reason too tangled to go into, and while her dad has told the school that I am joining as a learning coach, the school needs me to dance through hoops to be able to connect. I was serial hold for almost an hour today while no one did anything but listen to... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, July 31, 2023

Under the storm--hooray!

9pm... Sitting unplugged, on battery power while the lightning flashes and thunder rolls, and hail taps at the windows while the rain pours down... I've been waiting days for this stormy weather to beat down the heat! More of the same is predicted for tomorrow and through the week with temperature highs in the low 80s. All this day I've immersed in yarnwork, with some lovely colors of acrylics. Acrylic yarns used to be scratchy and unenjoyable to work with. Not as bad as micro-fibers which don't... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, July 30, 2023

Juggery Pokery!

Our Juggerer Charlie has finished with his team placing 5th among the 13 national teams at the Mile High Open, biggest jugger tournament in the US! For a relatively new team, that's not bad! Besides that, he has had tremendous fun over the two days. Several of his team stayed in an airb'nb Friday and Saturday nights, his share being $45 which is also not bad. The team captain gave each of the team members a little model--maybe 3D printed?--of themselves. I'm thinking, I'll bet most sports in... Sign in to see full entry.

Surprise, surprise...!

I was about to step into my shower, but someone was already there. It was pretty big as such things go, it had eight legs, and it was not a spider. It was... weird! I captured it in a large plastic cup, put a lid on it, and then went online to discover the identity of this peculiar thing. It is, in fact, a 'sun spider' which is a common name for an arachnid that is its own kind of thing. Scientifically speaking, it's a solpugid. They like dry parts of the world, and maybe the rains we've been... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

Caliban shenanigans

"Heat advisory in effect from 10am to 8pm today." Predicted high is 97F and my personal prediction is I will be hanging out with a/c wherever I am! I hope they're right about thunderstorms in the afternoon which will break the heat. Caliban poked his face out of the hanging plants yesterday and was happy to snatch several mealworms from my hand.This morning he was out of the leaves again, and I put a stick in his way to slooowwwly climb onto, bringing him in range to eat several more mealworms,... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, July 23, 2023

Peaceful Sunday

It's the Golden Hour here, the sun not quite down yet but already the heat has calmed down to the 70s. It will be 90 again tomorrow, but it looks like a lovely evening. No drama today, just pretty quiet. Charlie went to a gathering of his jugger team where they watched video of how the various teams play. It was at the house of the person who took home the folding rocker that Charlie forgot at the league day a month or so ago. It's my folding rocker, a very comfortable camp chair, and I can't... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, July 22, 2023

The drama goes on...

Nice day here, expected to get hot but not expected to get into the 90s. There are clouds but no storms--yet! The overall Alliance organization has declared Nationals not cancelled, but now to be held in Tennessee instead of 30 miles from here. That's a major trip for local players, and while the weather in mid-October will probably be nicer than it is in the hot, humid summer, it might include hurricanes. Hard to predict likely weather anywhere anymore. It's also a 2-day drive each way--14.00... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, July 20, 2023

Going Fishing

We went out to the fish'n'chips truck that shows up once a month about 10 miles from home. We headed there to its usual location--and it was not there! Turns out they were in a new spot about 3 miles from home! On the way there, we pulled over under a tree alongside the road, and watched the hail come bounding and bouncing down, making a fierce tattoo on the roof, and tearing the leaves out of the tree. When it tapered off, we went on up the road, and there were flash-flooding gutters and... Sign in to see full entry.

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