Monday's Ugly Sister... Apr 14th, 26...

[ST1100Y]

Took a sip of coffee and immediately got annoyed at something that hasn’t even happened yet...



G'Day...

9°/14°C, full overcast, haze with the sun trying to penetrate causing a dim scene like shown in the Perseverance' photos...
rain predicted for the afternoon/throughout the night, gonna be an interesting mix with all the Sahara dust in the atmosphere...

ze GF got up all by herself this morning, now that's something new...

much needed home and office...

uneventful commute, now lets see what the day brings...

 

[ibike2havefun]

Good morning everyone

Thanks for the coffee, Martin.

It's 60°F and clear in Rockville. Later, mostly sunny with a high around 80. The weather makes me wish I were camping somewhere, but my lazy habits make me just as glad I don't have the hassles that go with doing so.

Apart from a check-in phone call with our finance guy there's nothing specific on my plate. A gym visit and / or bike ride would do me good, and each is long overdue. But will they happen? See under "Lazy", above.

Stay safe and well everyone and tell your dear ones you love them. Do it today, NOW, for tomorrow may be too late.

 

[Chris09]

Thanks for the start it's orange power ade [aid? eh'd ... I dunno ... ] but it'll be coffee on the second wake up; a mix of star bucks and kick ass or something, never get a straight answer - drink it and shut up!
It's all in good humor, I think anyway
9C seems to be the number last few days and a couple more here on the wet coast, in and around, drizzle and overcast if not full rain good for the ST it likes this weather so I do too
Couldn't get on it yesterday maybe after work will see
Good couple of days so far, working outside around big noisy equipment, rain gear, hearing protection, hard hat, safety glasses, training a new guy seems to have not killed himself yet, can't hear the phone
My left boot filled up with water about 9:00 am [usually I'm ok with 3:00 but it's not what you want at 9:00] and it occured to me; nobody's bothering me, I'm not cold [like Fort Mac and Grande Prairie days] and this ____'s easy
Was going to wish everyone a good one but I opted for one of these I gotta stop watching this guy
If you're out and about have a safe ride and don't follow too close
(edit) ... and look how cheap gas got... overnight!!

 

[Obo]

Morning all, and thanks Martin for getting us started.

4C here and sunny for the drive in. It's supposed to top out around 12C later on, which will be nice.

Channelling my inner Keith, yesterday's first afternoon vacation day was a success. I returned a tire to Princess Auto, followed by going home and crawling into bed and sleeping for a few hours, accompanied by the very pleased cat. I'm sure she'd take regular afternoon naps with someone, but someones are usually never home. It's TBD if today will be another day of happiness for her.

As for going camping, you can always do that in the back yard!

Enjoy your day.

Obo.

 

[steve3b3]

Good morning and thanks for the coffee start, Martin.

It's 52 and sunny in MA this morning, rising to 81 for today's high. We'll have a mix of sun and clouds, but it'll mostly remain sunny.

Yesterday's trip to the hospital for pre-op tests went pretty well, after they initially forgot about me.
I'll visit with my Urologist today to go over HIS pre-op instructions.
One of the instructions I wasn't expecting is to remove facial hair before surgery. I haven't been without a beard since the mid-90's, and the mustache for even longer, so that will be a change!

Yesterday evening, while feeding the cats, we had only one visitor. We searched around, and found two in the upstairs bedroom and computer room. Monica must have followed Brenda into the bedroom when she went for her afternoon nap, and was quite content on our bed. Kailua was in the computer room, which I was in last on Sunday morning. We're going to have a cat-count, going forward, and we'll start opening up the upstairs, slowly.

Have a great day,
Steve

 

[ibike2havefun]

As for going camping, you can always do that in the back yard!

Actually, I've looked for a spot but between steep slopes, heavy undergrowth, and a poison ivy infestation there is no suitable spot back there.

One of the instructions I wasn't expecting is to remove facial hair before surgery

Huh. I wonder what that's all about?

Last time I had a naked face was over spring break in 1985, three months before I got married. I didn't tell her beforehand, just showed up clean-shaven one day. By the end of the week she didn't even have to look at me; just thinking about it made her smirk and giggle. Message received: I've not done a full shave in the 41 years since then.