Volume 13 - Day 38/327, 2021 - Sunday

So far, I have not been impressed with any of the commercials, and the half-time show (so far) is only confusing. It is most likely because I am old. There is a lot of screaming going on in the stands (unless it is fake screaming), but I am confused as to who anyone in the stands can be watching the stuff that I am not paying attention to on the television. Those are pretty strong words for someone that has three televisions in the house all tuned to the Superbowl. I need to get a paying job as a critic somewhere, I really enjoy it, and it just comes naturally to me. And who is this guy, anyway? New subject: The Lazy House neighborhood is really a boon to my Gladys Kravitz skills. Once again, there were three first responder vehicles within eyesight of the house. I heard no sirens, but when I went outside to check out the sunset, there they were, bigger'n Dallas, lights all a flashin', but no noise making. This part here would be better if they were in a pool and splashing water like synchronized swimming. Okay, I recognize this song, but I still don't know who he is. I'm gonna shut up now, while I am still ahead.

Volume 13 - Day 37/328, 2021 - Saturday

I did a little bit of investigating today. I pass a food truck court every day, and I have never quite figured it out. So, today, I stopped to check it out. Pretty good, live music venue, playground for small hoomans, a good variety of food, and that is great. better yet, it is less thank five minutes from the Lazy House. Wednesday thru Sunday, 4-8 and noon-8 on the weekends. I will try to check it out next week. It was off then to HEB, where I spent a lot of money, allegedly on food-stuffs, and then off to the farm. My goal for the weekend is to get all the art from the farm to the Lazy House. One more load tomorrow and I should have it all. Overall, I think it was a pretty good day. Brunch is tomorrow at 11, and before that I want to make a quick trip in to Austin, and pick up some stuff I need here on Monday. The plan is to stay home the first three days of next week, and go in to the office the last two. I'm looking forward to a lot of goo things happening at the Lazy House next week. Stay tuned!

Volume 13 - Day 36/329, 2021 - Friday

Let's maybe spend the next few days talking about things that I question or that make me a little bit crazy. So, how many times can you re-use a zip lock bag. It just seems kind of wasteful to throw out an otherwise perfectly good zip lock bag, but after several uses, they get kinda cruddy. I have actually taken paper towels and wiped out the insides of the bag, or even washed them, but that seems kind of totally crazy on the other side of the pendulum. Kind of a far left v. far right kind of conundrum. SO, any direction you can give me on this topic will be greatly appreciated. you most likely cannot really appreciate it from the photo, but it was dribbly this morning while I was on my way to the office. It was also the kind of dribbly that was dirty. You know, the road dirt was co-mingling with the dribbles and it made the windshield muddy. I hate that. The afternoon turned out to be really pretty, but the high temperature today was almost thirty degrees lower than yesterday. Go figure.

Volume 14 - Day 35/330, 2021 - Thursday

Well, repotting this ficus was a bit more of a challenge than I was suspecting. I worked from home today, so before my zooms started, I went and found a bigger pot and a saucer for the bush. I expect it has been at least two (probably four) years since the last time I repotted it. I have no idea, what I do know is, if I think it was two years ago, it was probably five years ago. At any rate, it was a little bit difficult, and definitely heavier than I was expecting, but I got it all done. I expect it will settle in nicely, and be ready for another round of repotting in another couple years. Or five. My zooms went well, everything is pretty much under control. I have a zoom tomorrow morning at 8:30, which should last about an hour. Then I will drive in to the office, where I will jump on another zoom. Then off to the farm at about 2:30, and then the weekend begins. The high temperature today was 86 degrees, which beat the old record of 83, which was set in 1951. And next week, we are going to be down in the 20s overnight for two or three nights. After that, maybe it will be spring time. I really have no idea. Everything at the farm was pretty good this afternoon, the girls were doing well, I got nine eggs. I didn't see Barney, but that is not unusual. He will show up on the cameras later tonight and into the early morning.

Volume 13 - Day 34/331, 2021 - Wednesday

As I recall, today was a really good day. Last that I paid attention, it was 77 degrees, and I think it is supposed to be even warmer. As I recall, there were a couple zooms, than I had an appointment outside the office, and another appointment with a prospective buyer client via conference call in the office. I didn't leave the office until after four o'clock, I got to the farm at about 5:30, and I got home after dark, which is something that has not happened for a long time. It's about eight o'clock right now, and I still have about an hour of work to get done before I call it a day. While I was at the farm, I got to spend some quality time with Barney. As things are being moved from the farm, some of his hidey places are disappearing, but I am pretty sure he will make it. He is creative and a survivor, so I try to take a couple minutes to let him know there will be food for a long time to come. 

Volume 13 - Day 33/332, 2021 - Tuesday

This was a really good day in many ways, and I only cried a couple times. First off, one of my very best friends ever died in 1994, and on the anniversary of his death every year, I would call his mom and talk with her for a little while. Last year (2020), I called and the phone had been disconnected. Ugh. I tried to find out what I could, but I could find out nothing. In the midst of moving, I found a card that his mom sent me in 2000, and it mentioned his brother and his brother's wife. I knew he had a brother, but I didn't know the name. BUT...with the name, I tracked him down and talked with him this morning. The mother is doing well, or as well as can be expected, in an assisted living center, and he will tell her I called. That makes me really happy. At least I know what happened. Many times, I wonder about what has happened to people I knew, way back when. The other happy thing that happened is going to be held in reserve for another day. I think I did either three or four zooms today, and that could be a tie for the most zooms in a day. I also learned a lot about a variety of subjects, and that makes it even more successful. Plus, the sunrise was really nice. Not as nice on the farm, where I would see them all the time, but nice still. Now I have to 'seek out' the sunrises and the sunsets, but they are always worth it., but I no longer take them for granted. OH, plus I finished the book last night, I could not wait.

Volume 13 - Day32/333, 2021 - Monday

It seems, if you are judging it by the photos I have been including in my journal entries lately, that my life is not nearly as interesting or exciting as it once was. I think that is probably a true statement for many of us, considering all the things that have changed in our collective lives in the last eleven months or so. I have about another hour to go with my new book, and it is making me totally crazy. I am aware of man's inhumanity to other men, but it is difficult to imagine the creativity we can conjure when wanting to cause harm to others. It is kind of like when I read The Winds of War and War and Remembrance. So, I will be happy to complete the book, and get it behind me. Otherwise, today was a pretty good day. Calm, peaceful, high temperatures in the upper 60s, got into the office, got a lot of stuff done, got some other stuff NOT done, but there is always tomorrow. I had one zoom today, three tomorrow plus a delivery and a tele-conference call. Oh yeah, holy crap, it's February!