Volume 17 - Day 34/331, 2025 - Monday

Tomorrow I will wear shorts on our walk, I wore just a light jacket this morning, and about half-way through, I was glistening. Overnight, the low temperature is going to be about 65 degrees, and that is the normal high temperature for this time of year. It got up to 82 degrees today, and that was a record setter. More temps in the 80s for the next few days, but probably no records broken. I did go in to the office this morning, just moved some paperwork around, figuring I did plenty on Saturday. Tomorrow will be a stay-at-home day, I have two zoom calls and it will just be easier to do it from home. Okay, here is something interesting: I am going to Antarctica in November. I put down the deposit this morning, and I am pretty darned excited about that. Eleven days, not including (probably) four days getting to and from. One of the things I think will be really cool is, I will camp out and sleep in a 'snow-hole' one night, and I cannot think of anything right off that sounds more interesting. The ship carries a maximum of 180 persons, and they will assign me a 'suite mate,' but there is plenty of time if you decide you want to go along. That will leave me with two more continents to hit, and I think it will be totally cool. The photo accompanying this journal entry came up in my memories today. When Jody and I lived out at the farm, I would pass this guy every day, and I always thought he looked very lonely, out in the pasture by him self. I stopped this day just to talk to him, and I think he really appreciated it. I did!