The pray mantis that reportedly bit Mindy I woke rather easily after a solid eight hours of sleep. I began my morning downstairs by gazing out the back door towards the sky. There was a clear, star filled sky. I quickly tucked my toes under the sofa to begin my daily exercise routine. It wasn’t long before I was hunting down Ykraps for our morning walk.
The walk was pleasant. I was surprised at how warm it was. It was nearly 70 degrees – 69 to be exact. In fact, the forecast is calling for temps above 90 degrees with 92 being the all time record. It’s supposed to be warm through Tuesday and then rain. And with the rain our temps are expected to drop to near normal. We need the rain badly. It hasn’t rained since the 9th of September, and prior to that storm, we hadn’t had rain since August 22nd. It’s been a dry late summer.
Back home at home I made concerted effort to spend more time meditating and less time dinking around on the PC. That went OK. I remembered that Mindy asked me to preheat the oven for the breakfast casserole (strada). I took care of that before making her coffee. I took Mindy her coffee and the same time that I went upstairs to dress for a run. I put the strada in the oven just before dashing out the door. I put on a long sleeved running shirt but probably shouldn’t have. I was too warm. Not only was it warm, but it was humid too. The run was good. It’s getting darker!
The strada was done when I returned from my run. It smelt terrific. It really needs to set up for a while but neither I or Mindy had time for that. I cut us each a portion. We ate quickly. Mindy needed to get on the road. She left around 7:20am. I headed to the shower.
Jacob and I headed to the bus stop at 8am. I thought about driving the BM’er but didn’t. We met up with Pat & Alena just before the bus arrived. We chatted briefly about the weekend’s football after the bust departed. But work awaited, so I left a minute or two later.
Work went well, although I was very busy. My peer was out ill. I left the building at lunchtime hoping to find the fireplace store on Sawmill rd. My trip was success once I remembered it being north of the old Toys R Us. I was shocked to discover such high prices on customized fireplace glass screens. They cost anywhere from $600 – 1200. Not me! Bye-bye.
I left there and proceeded to Dicks’ where I checked out winter running gear. More specifically, I was looking for running tights. I found none I liked. I have to remind myself that it’s not a fashion show. No one should know this better than I. One could easily spend over $200 on one pair of pants, shirt and jacket. Again, not me! After Dick’s I headed back to the office. Once there I grabbed my packed lunch from the fridge. I enjoyed the fresh salad packed by Mindy.
I left for home around 5:15pm. The drive home took me down Old Dublin Rd. Traffic on I-270 was extremely backed up. Mindy and I walked Ykraps together. I fired up the grill when I got back. We were grilling the two filet mignons that we thawed on Saturday afternoon. They grilled up real nice, as you might expect. We enjoyed them immensely.
Clean-up went quick. Soon I was out in the garage working on my upper shelves. I wanted to construct a simple 2x4” diagonal support for the free hanging end. Figuring out the angle cuts proved challenging for both Mindy and I even being the math experts we profess to be. We eventually drew up the triangle created by the brace to scale on graph paper and used a protractor. I guessed correctly within two degrees. I went back to the garage to complete the duty.
I struggled a little with the cuts even after math proved beyond doubt the proper angles. What I failed to reason was whether to remove that at much or the opposite angle. Trust me – confusing! I was able to improvise as I often do, but in doing so I removed a little too much material. Oops! But as Mindy later pointed out, only I would know. You see, I strive for perfection. Probably more difficult than making the proper cuts was mounting the brace without any help. It didn’t help either that my ladder didn’t comfortably reach. But isn’t that how it always is? That’s how it often works for me! Still, I improvised and managed to mount the brace. Soon I was painting the brace to match the rest. It’s the only piece I mounted before painting. And since I had the paint out, I went ahead and touched up some of the framing too.
Believe me, I was still bugged over the imperfect cuts, but they are just rugged shelves for goodness sakes. Still, foresaken by my own madness, I pondered the math the rest of the evening. Mindy and I watched some of the MNF game before heading to bed.
The walk was pleasant. I was surprised at how warm it was. It was nearly 70 degrees – 69 to be exact. In fact, the forecast is calling for temps above 90 degrees with 92 being the all time record. It’s supposed to be warm through Tuesday and then rain. And with the rain our temps are expected to drop to near normal. We need the rain badly. It hasn’t rained since the 9th of September, and prior to that storm, we hadn’t had rain since August 22nd. It’s been a dry late summer.
Back home at home I made concerted effort to spend more time meditating and less time dinking around on the PC. That went OK. I remembered that Mindy asked me to preheat the oven for the breakfast casserole (strada). I took care of that before making her coffee. I took Mindy her coffee and the same time that I went upstairs to dress for a run. I put the strada in the oven just before dashing out the door. I put on a long sleeved running shirt but probably shouldn’t have. I was too warm. Not only was it warm, but it was humid too. The run was good. It’s getting darker!
The strada was done when I returned from my run. It smelt terrific. It really needs to set up for a while but neither I or Mindy had time for that. I cut us each a portion. We ate quickly. Mindy needed to get on the road. She left around 7:20am. I headed to the shower.
Jacob and I headed to the bus stop at 8am. I thought about driving the BM’er but didn’t. We met up with Pat & Alena just before the bus arrived. We chatted briefly about the weekend’s football after the bust departed. But work awaited, so I left a minute or two later.
Work went well, although I was very busy. My peer was out ill. I left the building at lunchtime hoping to find the fireplace store on Sawmill rd. My trip was success once I remembered it being north of the old Toys R Us. I was shocked to discover such high prices on customized fireplace glass screens. They cost anywhere from $600 – 1200. Not me! Bye-bye.
I left there and proceeded to Dicks’ where I checked out winter running gear. More specifically, I was looking for running tights. I found none I liked. I have to remind myself that it’s not a fashion show. No one should know this better than I. One could easily spend over $200 on one pair of pants, shirt and jacket. Again, not me! After Dick’s I headed back to the office. Once there I grabbed my packed lunch from the fridge. I enjoyed the fresh salad packed by Mindy.
I left for home around 5:15pm. The drive home took me down Old Dublin Rd. Traffic on I-270 was extremely backed up. Mindy and I walked Ykraps together. I fired up the grill when I got back. We were grilling the two filet mignons that we thawed on Saturday afternoon. They grilled up real nice, as you might expect. We enjoyed them immensely.
Clean-up went quick. Soon I was out in the garage working on my upper shelves. I wanted to construct a simple 2x4” diagonal support for the free hanging end. Figuring out the angle cuts proved challenging for both Mindy and I even being the math experts we profess to be. We eventually drew up the triangle created by the brace to scale on graph paper and used a protractor. I guessed correctly within two degrees. I went back to the garage to complete the duty.
I struggled a little with the cuts even after math proved beyond doubt the proper angles. What I failed to reason was whether to remove that at much or the opposite angle. Trust me – confusing! I was able to improvise as I often do, but in doing so I removed a little too much material. Oops! But as Mindy later pointed out, only I would know. You see, I strive for perfection. Probably more difficult than making the proper cuts was mounting the brace without any help. It didn’t help either that my ladder didn’t comfortably reach. But isn’t that how it always is? That’s how it often works for me! Still, I improvised and managed to mount the brace. Soon I was painting the brace to match the rest. It’s the only piece I mounted before painting. And since I had the paint out, I went ahead and touched up some of the framing too.
Believe me, I was still bugged over the imperfect cuts, but they are just rugged shelves for goodness sakes. Still, foresaken by my own madness, I pondered the math the rest of the evening. Mindy and I watched some of the MNF game before heading to bed.
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