Out Like A Lamb

At the start of the month, I mentioned that March was rolling in like a Lamb. My observations on this last day of the month are that the month seems to be going out as a Lamb as well.

It's chilly out there right now but once the sun establishes itself, I think it will be a nice day.

With that brilliant and sagacious insight, I would like to mention that Gonzaga continues it's march to the national championship. They made it to the Final Four last night with their dominating win over USC, 85-66. 

Everything in Spokane is ZAGS right now. It's pretty cool.

March BP

 

Vaccine Number One

With only a week left before the end of Lent, my weight is going in the wrong direction. I gained two and a half pounds since yesterday. The French Dip sandwich at Jack and Dan's Tavern might have contributed to that. I will be able to drink beer again in less than a week. Then my weight will take off to the north again.

I'm getting my Covid vaccine today at 10:40. I have a few other errands to run after that. I need more peanuts and corn cobs for the squirrels. I need to stop by Cartoys and see if someone can give me instructions on my car radio.

After that, I have the day to myself. I might try to clean my closet. I've made a couple of attempts but never gotten very far. I have a shit load of clothes I hardly ever wear. Mostly T-Shirts that have some sort of significance. Gonzaga and WSU shirts, concert shirts or shirts with designs by me. I will end up keeping them but there are other shirts and pants I should jettison.

In the meantime, I'm going to make some breakfast.

5PM: I have had a productive day. I never got to my closet. But I did get the old mattress out of the upstairs landing. Through connections with my neighbor Ted, I found someone how wanted the mattress.

I tried to run a snake down the kitchen drain but didn't have any luck. I poured more drain cleaner down but that didn't do much. In fact, the drain may be worse.

My vaccine went smoothly although the site of the injection is pretty sore. I get number two in about a month.

   

Wind Advisory

The Weather Services are going nuts with advisories concerning the wind. Originally, it was going to happen about 5PM today. But it has since been revised to start about now. The wind is picking up but it's not anything that will cause our lights to fail. Not yet anyway.

I fired up the generator yesterday to make sure it was ready to be pressed into service if required.

In the meantime, I think I shall build a nice fire and then take a nap in front of the nice fire. Nice!

Returning to Posts

My home computer died on me so I have not been posting here even though I had many thoughts of posting.

So here I am today making a post. Todays' weight is 220.2 pounds. I seem to be stuck at 220. It's a hard barrier to break. I got as low as 218 but then had my birthday weekend in Wallace where I regained four pounds. There was beer and a lot of carbs. I had a great steak at the Wolf Lodge Inn on Friday the 5th.

The amazing thing about that dinner was that somebody paid for our meal. The waiter came up to us and asked if we wanted any dessert and we said no. He then told us that someone bought our dinner. It was nobody we knew as far as I can tell. It was just someone who decided to do a nice thing for a stranger. 

So we tipped the waiter $30.00 and gave him $50.00 toward the meal of the couple sitting next to us.

The skiing started out a little rough with little darts of snow coming down and stinging my face. But it mellowed as the day wore on and was pretty nice.

I ended up with nine runs for the day and felt pretty worked out.   

Partial Ski Day Number 4

At some point during my ski adventure last Friday, my glasses fell out of my snow suit. I did not realize it until I got home. I called the mountain and they had them in the Lost & Found.

I chose today to head up to Mt Spokane and retrieve my glasses. It seemed pointless to travel all that way and not ski. Fortunately, John allowed me to use his corporate pass. That way, I won't feel bad or ripped off to ski three runs and leave.

I ended up skiing only two runs. The conditions where not great.

It had been a bright sunny day and when I check the temperature on Mt Spokane's website, it was 42 degrees. So the snow warmed up and was melting all day. 

When I got up there at 4:30, the sun was over the horizon and the snow surface started to freeze. It skied  two runs on really hard packed snow and it was not enjoyable.

But I did get my glasses. 

In Like a Lamb

I made it through the whole month of February doing the Cold Shower Challenge. As of this morning, I extended the practice into March. I think it's my thing now.

I'm leaving right now for a walk around the park. I'll tell you all about in a paragraph or so.

There goes Susan on a run whilst I begin my walk.

That was not as effortless as I was hoping it would be. First , it took 20 minutes to walk a mile. Isn't that about three miles an hour?

Secondly, my feet hurt. It wasn't unbearable but there was discomfort. My hips weren't thrilled to be out there either.

Finally, I felt a little winded when I got to the house. I shouldn't be winded from walking on solid level ground.

I'll be bringing this up when I meet my new Doctor next week.

It was a pretty nice day today. A great way to greet the month of March. It's supposed to get warmer through the week. It looks like it might be a pretty nice weather weekend for a birthday celebration.