DeYank

I am trapped in a house with 5 females and only 1 little year-and-a-half old guy. But seriously, it is real nice having most of my family here visiting from Texas. I know the girls have to be bored out of their skulls here with the 'old folks' but that's what we do. They've been going through my video collection (647 movies and counting) quite a bit and just 'hanging out' after the press of school. Driving lessons for the older granddaughter are progressing, albeit slowly, as she has a hard time waking up before the crack of noon. She suffers from insomnia so sometimes she doesn't get to sleep much before 2 or 3 AM and that makes it difficult to get up early. We have been out a bit though - no clogged city street driving yet, but progressing. This has to be the first teenager in history that isn't hopping from one foot to the other waiting for a chance to drive.

Rain clouds have gone away and sunny skies have returned. Today was nice, but it is supposed to be hotter tomorrow. I hope not as I have a few outside things to do - like put up another ham antenna to add a 2M capability from my shack. Not good to be climbing towers when lightning is afoot.

I had a barium swallow upper GI today. OOK is that stuff nasty. It wasn't the pepperminty kind, just plain old chalk that the military uses. Wouldn't have been too bad, except that they kept it in the sun for about three days and it was almost warm. Cold I can take it, but warm is the very worst. What started it was the little bit of bubbly crystals they have you take first. The kind that expands your stomach to bass drum size while they tell you "don't burp now". I tell you, my eyes were out on stalks trying not to burp loud and hard enough to cause seismographs in California to stutter. I bet I looked hilarious.  Like Ren or Stepmy (whichever one does those really gross burps).

Stupid bicycle has a flat - again. There has to be a garage troll that pokes holes in tubes when you don't feed them regularly. This makes the third time in two years I've had to patch a tire (sorry, I guess I mean 'tyre'). This time the repair went pretty fast though and it is back in operation again.

Later.

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Posted by: DeYank    in: My entries

Modified on July 11, 2008 at 2:00 AM

Where does the time go? Seems only last year I had one of these. Now, I'm 66 on the 5th. How about we all petition to have birthdays every other year? Sound good?

We (the family) are going out to a friends house for a Fourth of July celebration. Loads of hot dogs, burgers, beer, and brats. Good music also due to a really good boom-box (emphasis on the boom) provided by one of his neighbors. This will be almost a block party if everyone comes.

More later.

Had a real nice celebration even if the drizzles came and went.  There was a neighbor from the Philippines that brought Lumpia - very, very tasty.  Had a few Hispanic guests also that filled a table with all sorts of really good meals from south of the border.  I'm afraid I overindulged a bit though - I feel very fat.

A couple of days later:

Now, it is nice and sunny out, but not very hot.  Temperatures are down in the 70's and very pleasant.  I have to go mow the lawn or it will get out of hand.