Thursday, May 22, 2025

Thursday Morning May 22nd...5 days to go

 Well it is down right hot and muggy here and no rain with temps above normal and its miserable to be outside in the afternoon until late evening. I've been able to work outside until lunch time but after that its inside in the a/c until after supper and then you sweat like a sauna when doing any physical activity outside. The forecast is for a hotter than usual summer here and I'm totally ready for the mountains. I sure do miss the big oak in the back yard and even Nancy mentioned the difference since she insisted it get gone, oh well.

I started the day with my usual 5'ish rollout to my routines that start with some quiet times to honor my lord, Jesus, give thanks for another day and to lift up several by name for comfort and healing. I added brother in law Mike to the list as he is having some heart issues and of course several others who are still battling life threatening issues. I headed out on my bike to the Rec for an hour and half of pickle ball play with mainly B players but I did work up a sweat and got some exercise. Today will probably be my last morning of play with mainly A players as they usually only play on Tue. and Thur. as many have left the area and of course I'll be gone next week as well.

My ear issues have cleared up since seeing the EN&T physician on Tuesday and I'm using fungus drops in the ear plus I'm hearing much better, seems old age issues are some what present with now using eye drops at night for glaucoma, yikes I'm starting to fall apart, oh well. Pickle ball is still in the forecast but that will soon go away for the next 5 months, unless I can find a partner in Sparta to play with weekly, oh well. I will have plenty of outside work at the cabin starting next Wednesday and for the next 8 to 9 days as we get it ready before Bobby and family to arrive around the 6th of June. That should be a fun time as the now 5 year olds are full of it and talk constantly about coming to the cabin.

After supper we walked up to neighbor Dan and Carol's to play hand, knee and foot with two other players and one of them another Dan played with the girls team and they beat us guys 2 games in row, oh well, we are on a losing role after winning consistently for weeks. It was going on 9 before we got home and it was shower time for me and some hockey on the bedroom T.V. before lights out at 10 for me, LATER