Well, it's been right around 3 weeks since I've updated the old blog. I have an excuse though; my laptop just spent 4 days in the repair shop! I'm not really sure what it's problem was; things just weren't working right but they did figure out that the battery was deader than anything so I imagine that was it. It was a $40 part and a $50 install but let me tell you being without a computer for that long was a terrible experience! I wasn't aware how much of my life is tied to this little thing. Well, now things are back to normal and I can even update the blog.
The news is all about the election and I've got to admit that I'm spending way too much time reading about it. There isn't a thing I can do about it until I vote on Election Day and reading all the guesses about what the various courts are going to say about Mr. Trump and his legal problems are just a waste of time. I have been looking at https://jobsanger.blogspot.com/. He posts a lot of very insightful comments about Mr. Trump. I try to find other things to read but, darn it, there doesn't seem to be a lot of other news except the stupid crimes (including bad driving) that people are committing. I'll tell you, I wish people could suddenly start being nicer to one another! And not just in this country; those wars going on in other countries are not making my days any brighter either.
I did get a nice sunset photo a few days ago.
And here is a shot of the moon going down behind the mountains.
We have transitioned into summer around here. Our days are in the 104F - 107F range (40C - 42C); the nights getting down to 65F - 75F (18C - 24C). Humidity is in the 10-15% range. Going outside and remaining in the shade is possible but I cannot imagine how the people who have to work out in the sun manage it. I'd be sweating buckets. I am thinking about those folks because for the first time in a very long time we are having houses built in our neighborhood. There is one that has roofing on it already and the wallboard is up. There is one that only just has it's foundation and there are two that are just holes in the ground. Around here you dig a hole about 3 feet deep then fill that with gravel or something similiar for the foundation to sit upon. We have areas in the valley where if you don't do that your foundation will be breaking up in a couple of years. And that would be nasty for the builder, the realtor, the plumber, the purchaser and anyone else involved in the thing. Houses in our area also have to have a well dug (ours is 200 feet deep per our well guy - around 60M) and a septic tank/field installed. It's all very nice but far from cheap. Houses that are on the re-sale market are in the $450-600 thousand area. Of course there are some that go way higher! Needless to say, when we bought this house 16 years ago things were a lot cheaper.
I've been having a lot of trouble standing up and walking is pretty nasty as well. After all kinds of medical fooling around I finally got an MRI of the lumbar region of my spine. There are 7 bones down in that area and the doctor looking at the results found something wrong with almost every one. Now I'm scheduled for some sort of spinal injection to ease the impact of my spinal stenosis. If that doesn't work then we'll be looking at more surgery and I'd sure love to avoid that. I've got to admit that while the doctors have all been pretty nice, they sure take their time about scheduling you for care. That injection is scheduled for August 1st! I wonder how many patients that doctor has waiting for care.
That's probably all the news that's fit to print. Take care and try avoiding all the sick people out there.
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