Daily Archives: February 7, 2015

Colorado, Our Land and Home, Third Phase

Sunday, Sunday

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Imbolc                                                 Settling Moon II

A workout. Bought two 4×8 rubber mats, 3/4 inch thick, for my weight lifting and other resistance work. They came Friday. Into the garage. I had to get them upstairs to the loft.

Problem. They weighed 92 pounds each. I used the dolly to get them to the stairs and then turned them end over end up the stairs. My shoulders still feel it at almost 9 this evening. This was about 9 in the morning.

Tomorrow they go down. The wi-fi works in the loft now thanks to a nifty Netgear extender I bought Thursday. The TV works. Jon and I will mount it on its stand, put it up on the shelving unit that will be its home, move the treadmill to line up with it and I’ll get back to my regular hi-intensity aerobics. Though, I admit, I still don’t know how all that will work with the altitude. But, I’ll find out soon enough.

Kate and I went to a Stickley Furniture store in Littleton, one that’s been in place since 1900. We found a table that will fit behind our couch and folds out as a table that seats six. It will be our game table and overflow guest seating for entertaining. This was a President’s Day sale, so we got 42% off.

When we left our house, our truck’s thermometer, the truckometer as we call it, read 55. When we reached the Stickley store, it read 75. At some point, I suppose, this temperature spread will become usual, but for now. Wow.

Kate works best under a deadline. I work best when I have no deadline. As the birthday/house celebration comes closer, 6 days away, Kate’s energy level goes up. Mine. Stays the same.

 

Colorado, Friends, Sport

Advancing to Mediocre from Next to Last

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Imbolc                                                         Settling Moon II

Left Shadow Mountain at 4:30 pm for Denver. It was 49 here. When I got to Denver a half hour later, the temperature was 73. There were guys in shorts and short-sleeved shirts playing golf at a course along Hwy. 285.

After an errand down Santa Fe Drive to the south, I headed back north to Colorado Blvd. S. Went past shawirma joints, sushi places, Mexican of course, into the 1500 block where a 24 hour IHOP sat in a busy parking lot. It was empty.

8 of us from the Sheepshead meetup gathered. I met a woman who grew up in Muncie, Ann. Another older, balder gray haired guy named Jim joined Jeff and me as as the mature male contingent.

My cards were mediocre, but I ended up in the middle of the pack for the evening. That’s up from next to the bottom where I stood last time. The trend is encouraging.

We played until 9:45 or so and the restaurant was empty most of the time, but as 9:00 came and went groups of teenagers came in, Latinos mostly, laughing and looking shyly at each other, the usual awkward courting rituals.

As I drove home, the almost full Settling Moon II moved across the southern sky toward the west, highlighting the mountains as I drove into them, going home.