OK, I will make an effort to get back to Monday updates. There’s usually too much going on Monday morning to be typing on this thing, but today looks pretty mellow.
All-in-all, I’m going to label that a “good weekend”. I am not sure what the exact qualifiers are for one of those, but it met them whatever they are. Friday night I left work a bit early and went to the Brooksider. That turned out to be a good move; I think it was the last of the cool weather we are going to see. Not too much else to say there… sat on the deck until it was time to go home.
Saturday morning, I woke up bright and early to go help Mark start building a fence around “Smith Farms” in Lathrop. You’ve probably heard of the place; it is a large cattle ranch in Lathrop that raises Black Angus. I was kind of excited to see the cattle… I’m thinking about buying one of the calves so I got to see them and take a few pictures. Anyway, four of us were on hand for the hole-digging party. I think it served as a very suitable reminder to us all that our Mon-Fri jobs ain’t all that bad. Manual labor is very, very over-rated. Mark had rented a big two-man auger, which was pretty much a 5 hp motor stuck on top of a 10″ wide, 3′ tall corkscrew. Sort of a medieval torture device with handles. At the end of the day though, we had completed our mission; 50 holes in one day. Whew. After I poured myself back home, Doni and I went out to dinner at Strouds. For some reason fried chicken and mashed potatoes just sounded good after a day on the farm. And, as a matter of fact, it was.
Sunday we did the “regular stuff”. Went to the gym for a while, sat out at the pool for a while, and then went over to Susan’s to watch a few old episodes of The Sopranos. Susan sold her house so those events are coming to a close pretty quickly, gotta enjoy it while it lasts. I worked on my picture section a little bit too. Posted a few pictures of the fence building event and of the nieces and nephews.
On the plate for this week: The preparations for the big Katy Trail ride are kicking up. Remarkably, I have yet to actually ride my bike, which is probably not a good thing since the ride is only a month and a half away. But, I am taking spinning classes twice a week so I’m counting on that to help me survive. I definitely need to get some real ride time in though. Our first “training ride” was scheduled last Thursday but I ended up working late and missing it. Bummer. I’m also working on reloading my mp3 player… the current songs are getting a little old. Haven’t decided on a general “genre” yet. You got your “spinning music” and your “workout music“, both of which are about equally annoying. (Right-click those and choose “save target as” if you really want to hear them. Don’t play them around your kiddies though; I have no idea what they are saying but I’d bet it isn’t good.)