I had to take our dog, Jimmy to the vet last week and have him put to sleep (nice way of saying I paid someone to kill him). Jimmy was in very poor health. He didn’t eat for weeks, didn’t drink much water and was very weak. Goodbye Jimmy. I was surprised when after they took him in the back room, they brought him into the exam room and did the deed right in front of me. It was sad to see it happen.
I just got a tweet that Weiner the Weiner is resigning from Congress.
Holly’s graduation is over. The open house went really well. We didn’t even run out of food. It was nice to see people I haven’t seen in years. We also accomplished a lot on and around the house.
We bought tickets for the US Open yesterday and will be in New York in the fall. Hopefully Andy Murray will be playing at Arthur Ashe stadium in the afternoon on 9/1 or the evening of 9/2. That’s Holly’s favorite player.
Now I’m trying to get a good deal on a hotel in New York. It looks like the cheapest that we’ll want to go is around $150 per night plus extra fees and taxes for a total closer to $200.
Here is the first update from my new cell phone. I found a WordPress app that works pretty nice. I’m waiting for Mitch at CAP.
We’ve been working on the house, getting it ready for Holly’s graduation open house June 5th. The painting is done inside and the small deck is also painted. Mitch was painting some wicker chairs today. Holly was doing a lot of work inside. There’s a lot left to do and time is ticking.
Holly’s graduation ceremony was really nice. It was a long day. The slideshow DVD turned out OK. We now have a graduate and another adult in the home since Holly turned 18 on Tuesday.
Getting old is hard. Exercise is painful.
I told gave Holly and Mitch some free advice yesterday. I said it’s easier to STAY in shape than it is to GET in shape. Because my knees were hurting after running, I rode the bike yesterday. Biking is easier on the knees running – everyone knows that. What you don’t hear is that biking is very hard on the ‘hiney’ which I’m not sure is better than sore knees. When you get old, it doesn’t matter what type of exercise you do, it will hurt somewhere.
You can see the biking activity that I completed yesterday, along with the running activities I did in the last couple weeks at THIS website.
