Was I that busy? Did I go to sleep last Friday and not wake up until this morning? Lazy?  (I’d vote for that last. Personally.)

Saturday last was a completely normal Saturday. As far as normal works around here. SWMBO did take me to our usual all-you-can-eat Chinese place in Port Orchard for our dinner. I think it was to try and get the taste of the other place out of our mouths. Whatever, it’s always nice being out with her. Made a stop by Wal-Mart for some things (almost bought a 55” TV) and our usual Safeway stop on the way home.

Sunday was another completely normal Sunday. MCARC 2-meter Sunday Evening Chat Net went well but my reception was crappy. They didn’t have any problems hearing me though.

Today? Today has been the usual. Did get off my fat, old, ass and sweep and swab the kitchen & dining room. Put some new light bulbs in the laundry room. (It’s Really Bright In There Now!) Kicked the Dog around some since I haven’t been able to take him out for a walk cause of the rain. I know he’s bored. (As am I.)

It’s been raining off and on all weekend. I got out and did some of the burning yesterday but had to quit because of the rain. I was getting too wet. But I did get about half of it done. Cool!

And that’s pretty much it. “Amazing Spaces” Marathon. (Addictive!)

Which started out even earlier for me since I had to be at the Doctor’s @ 0800. In Bremerton. So I left the house at around 0615 and went the back way (yes, took the back roads through the middle of the peninsula) and got to Bremerton in enough time to stop and grab some breakfast.

Doctor’s appointment went well. Always nice to see him. Everything’s in fairly decent working order. All my Labs are “normal” for a guy my age. Blood pressure is still a bit high; but we’re working on it. I let him put some drops of liquid nitrogen on a couple of things hanging off me I’ve been meaning to get removed. Also got flu and Pneumovax shots (again, cause I’m old). He didn’t do the ol’ “fingerwave” but did start the process for me to get the full colonoscopy. So I had to wait at the Pharmacy (again) while they filled that Rx. Joy!

Not much else going on today. Regular chores are done. Kicked the Dog around for awhile (which he loves). Watching it rain outside so I think I’ll work on straightening up the basement some more.

So I took the Dog for a tour of the back 40 between the raindrops. It’s Wet Back There! Limbs down all over the place. I need to take that walk again with a pair of snips to cut back some of the brush and brambles trying to take over the path. And those damned blackberry bushes! Picked what will probably be the last of the cherry tomato’s on the way back in. Surprised they produced this long.

Talked with NC7V down Vista, CA way on 14.342 for awhile this afternoon. Other than that really just been monitoring the frequencies. The 2-meter repeaters haven’t been as busy today as they’ve been the past few; what with the “storms” and wind we had around here.

That’s it. The Pandorica has opened and the Big Bang II is about to commence.

Windy too. Had to get out and “guy” my 2-meter antenna (which I should have done long before) and free one of the ends of my 6-160 dipole. I’m pretty sure the steel wire holding it up between the trees will hold through pretty much anything, but, wasn’t sure that the antenna wire itself would stand the strain. That steel wire is raising the cinder block that’s one one end about 8 inches when the wind really kicks up!

Not a whole lot going on. Straightened up in the basement some. Got my usual chores done. Cleared out the dishwasher. Continued to move things around on my hard drives to organize things.

Made a trip to the Vape Shop in Allyn and bought a new Mod. $65 and it’s a whole lot lighter than the Invader Mini. Which finally failed so bad that I cut into the button area to see if I could fix it. Nope. It was a shamble in there. I will probably never buy anything else from that company. Nor that Vape Shop in Bremerton.

Anywho, I get to pick SWMBO up at the bus stop in town tonight. That’s always nice.

Was going to do my usual short and to the point post, but, the weather is changing rather quickly tonight and it’s got the right side of my head pounding. Good thing it’s about bedtime!

And, of course, the left side of my head will feel left out and it’ll start pounding sometime tomorrow. I’m NOT looking forward to it.

At least I got out of the house for a couple of hours today while it wasn’t raining and my head didn’t hurt. Made a run to Walmart to get some new forks to replace those SWMBO & Son have lost/misplaced. We were down to two forks in the house. That could be found.

Splurged and got NCIS Season 2&3 since they were on sale for less than $10 each. Yeah, I can be a wild and crazy guy sometimes.

Oh, made my first contacts on 900 MHz last night before hitting the rack. Nice. Think I’ll be joining that group for their Wednesday night Net. Unfortunately it starts a mere 15 minutes before the MCARC Wednesday night 2-meter Net.