8:30 a.m…The small group Zoom meeting with the class I’m taking at
church was scheduled for 8:50 a.m. which means it was 5:50 a.m. here. Not my favorite time of day but wanting to see
this through I went to bed at 9:30 last night to give myself the best chance to
make it happen. Awake and up by 5:20
which gave me enough time to clear the cobwebs out of my head before getting
before the camera. I’m glad I did it,
but I think there’s a nap in my future.
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Since I was done with the Zoom meeting around
6:30 and the sky was getting lighter, I decided to walk…try my metronome app
idea. Turned the volume down as low as I could get it, started walking and adjusted
the speed as I went to get it right for my stride. It didn’t take long to conclude
that walking with a constant tick…tick…tick playing in my ears might not be
much different than putting two songs on repeat for an entire hour. But it did provide a consistent rhythm with
which to pace myself so it accomplished that goal. My time this morning was
55:31…better than yesterday but still not below last year’s Shamrock time. Don’t know how I was able to make these short
legs walk a 5K in under 53 minutes last year; getting under an hour this year
will be acceptable.
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I was back to camp at 7:45, just as Kim was getting
ready to walk. However, the credit union had called when I was walking…they had
received all necessary paperwork from the dealership and needed to go over the
final details with us before sending the money; Kim put his walk on hold a bit.
Got everything that involved us taken care of so now the truck is ours…well, our
and the credit union’s. Let the truck
payments begin!!
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Saw the Nutt Rd. water pump get switched on
while on my walk today. I know there’s a network of canals around the perimeter
of most orchards; I have no idea how long it’ll take for the canals to fill but
the way the water was flowing it shouldn’t be too long. Not sure about the canals
closer to the campground. There’s a
different pump to fill those. I’ve always assumed that all the pecan orchards
around here belong to the same farm, but I saw two trucks the other day with
two different farm names on them driving around here. So maybe not one big happy orchard.
It rained all day yesterday and the puddles/ditches
that were evaporating are filled up again.
But I don’t know that the rain was enough to impact the orchards.
Evening Update:
Today we took the time to do some grocery
shopping. Usually, I stop to get small stuff when I’m out on the bike. Bungi
cords and saddlebags do the trick. Today’s
trip required a bit more than saddlebags would hold. May have bought too much because the fridge
and freezer are packed but it’s good to have choices.
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I sent
the grandkiddos pictures of the burrowing owls but there was nothing to give these
tiny birds any kind of size reference.
They could have been giant owls for what the picture shows. But I told them
to imagine a bag of chocolate chips…that’s about how tall they are. Then I told them that if they removed half of
the chips from the bag, then that’s about how much they weigh. That should be a
good enough size reference. 😎
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Thursday night Bingo up at the clubhouse
tonight. Audra made sure that it was
known to all campers and several people said they’d be there. Only two of us showed up, a woman named Jolene
and me. And of course, Audra was there
but she was the caller. It’s a quarter a
card, then a dollar a card for the blackout round at the end. Instead of 10
rounds, we played five and let the winnings accrue for the blackout round…then
it was winner take all. And I was the
first to say “Bingo!” so I was the lucky winner. Most of what I won was money
that I had put in because I played 3 cards every round and Jolene only played
two. No matter…it was enjoyable, and I
added a few quarters to my laundry money.
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40 Days of Lent challenge: Sit in silence for 15 minutes. This one was easy to do…after my walk when
Kim got on the phone, I headed outside. I read the daily scripture that
accompanies the challenge and then just sat and enjoyed my surroundings…the warm
air, the sun, the rocking chair, and the sound of the birds. And if the chair
had a headrest I would have dozed off.
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