The Holiday Weekend

I was worried about my lack of energy and went for a very long ride a week ago, very long. My energy levels shot up afterwards and then I crashed for the holiday weekend though I didn't take more long rides. Must have been the family stresses around the holiday, though I did see my older brother who came into town for the activities I wasn't invited too. You'd think after some 40 years I'd be used to it.

Yes, Hoyt Trails are wrapping up the flood control work. This bulldozer was doing its dozing over a week ago. I was there Friday and the plantings were all going in. The trees were done and they were putting in some shrubbery. Don't know when the fence will come down, if it hasn't already. Fortunately for the new plantings, we are getting some rain this week which most likely means no Wednesday Night Race tonight. June is the month for flooding around here. Maybe I will play a free poker tournament tonight instead, but who knows.

Not sure if I will be ready for the Sunburst Showdown. My weight shot up over the weekend. We went to see "Robin Hood" at the theater Monday, Memorial Day, and nothing says bloated like a gut full of popcorn and cherry coke. I'm surprised Obama hasn't declared the movie an act of sedition yet.

Misao said if I wore my nice shoes with my nice sweat pants (with a button down collar shirt) she would not walk with me through the mall to the movie. She would claim she didn't know me. I had to wear my tennis shoes or put on a pair of dress pants. I wore my tennis shoes.

Yes, we went to the cemetery(s) as well as the theater. It looked like people have decorated the graves and crypts of their loved ones far more than I believe I have ever seen before in the public mausoleum. And then we grilled up a bunch of meat. When we fire up the grill we have to cook up all the meat we have in the house. I said it would last a week. Misao said three days.

With the dogs gone the gardening gets more of our attentions. Even Misao was spending more time getting her hands dirty. It has been a bit stressful with the dogs gone. The mourning doves seem to enjoy our front upper deck.

On Sunday we went to a church outing and I shared some of my stories. People were impressed and suggested I publish in a magazine. I really don't know anything about the publishing scene. I do much of my writing (as well as my plotting to RULE THE WORLD) in the basement. I may get to washing and tuning the bikes today but will be working on lots of my blogs to clear my mind for the next story, already started, I will be working on. Five years of consistently looking for a job and only one interview. Been putting out at least two inquiries a week recently. Poker, writing, investing (actually made a little with a little), e-bay, Internet advertising and surveys, maybe I should buy a metal detector. Still trying to pay medical bills almost two years old among other things. The retail business just doesn't make enough.

I actually find the most job leads on craigslist.