Not bad for how hard it was raining at the time that I took these. I was, also, being attacked by hungry mosquitoes… it was a brutal day at work but worth it.

My 10 year old nephew walked in, while I was listening to this clip, and said “Yuck! He sings like a girl!” and I tried to explain to him how incredible this kid’s voice is but… well, he just couldn’t understand.

So… for the second week in a row I am not going to be working out on Friday and, quite honestly, I’m a little disappointed.

LOL

Sorry… I tried to do that with a straight face but… no, I’m not disappointed in the least.

No, tomorrow I will be leaving around 4:15 AM and picking up a friend on my way to Glens Falls, NY for a business meeting.

I really have no reason to be at this business meeting (which is open to the public due to the fact that this is a non-profit organization) - it doesn’t effect me, personally, in any way but there is the potential threat of something happening there that can effect my best friend (and her reputation) and she’s the one who asked me to go and protect her and her interests…

Done.

I will be there and heaven help anyone that tries to discredit her because I will be all over that like white on rice.

I turned up the heat, a little, in my exercise routine this morning… I increased the tension on my Gazelle.

The following is a series of memos that went back and forth between my body and my brain starting the first minute and a half I was on the machine…

1:30 - Attn: Head Office, Re: A.M. Workout: “What the hell were you thinking?! Have you completely lost it?! This is too damn hard! I mean, we already did 10 minutes on the bike - what more can you expect?! Best Regards, Your Knees”

Brain: “It’ll be good for us - just keep going.”

3:27 -  Attn: Head Office, Re: A.M. Workout: “DUDE! We have enough problems just keeping up on the no-resistance setting… this is so not cool. What a bummer. Peace Out, Left & Right Ankle” (because that’s what my ankles sound like, Bill and Ted from “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure”.

Brain: “Dudes! It’s totally righteous… think of it as a most excellent adventure.”

5:53 Attn: Head Office, Re: A.M. Workout: “Look. We already have one ass, we don’t need another.  We cramp up on the lowest setting… if you don’t cease, and desist, we will be filing a formal grievance. Cordially, Your Feet.”

Brain: “The phrase ‘cease and desist’ is redundant.” Please rephrase your last request. And, really, the crudely drawn graphic of you kicking me in (what you referred to as) my “brainy ass” was just in poor taste.”

8:24 Attn: Head Office, Re: A.M. Workout: “Seriously. This is ridiculous. You’re going to let her do the whole 10 minutes? Why couldn’t we have stopped at 8? 8 is good. And don’t forget she’s going to be doing weight lifting after this - so, what’s wrong with 7 or even 6 minutes? 6 minutes would have been fine. It’s okay, you don’t have to be OCD about getting exactly 10 minutes in. The world, as we know it, won’t come to an end..” *signed by all the back muscles*

Brain, in a body wide memo: “Look, suck it up - this is how you got in this shape to begin with…!”

10:00 Body wide memo to the brain via the middle fingers: Attn: Head Office, Re: A.M. Workout: “FUCK YOU, BRAIN!”

I really love the background colors on this - but it’s a little sad though… you can tell the season is coming to an end by all the brown bokeh.

My mother just asked me “Where’s your father?”

It’s like he never died.

She said “Well, I didn’t know that! Why didn’t anyone tell me?!”

Oh gawd.

This is going to be a bad day.

My mother is Mr. Hyde today… every morning (well, every minute of the day really) is like playing roulette. You just never know what’s going to pop up.

This morning she was silent and busy doing something, goddess knows what, and all of a sudden she burst out “So, evidently you aren’t going to help me.”

“Did you need help? What would you like?”

“Well, I thought you’d know I needed help!”

“I can’t read your mind, mom. What would you like?”

“Just forget it. I don’t want anything.” (3 second pause) “Well, fine, don’t help me!”

“I just asked you twice. How many more times do I need to ask before you are satisfied that I am offering to help?”

“There you go - blaming me. It’s all my fault. Every thing’s my fault. I BEG your pardon.”

Then off she went for a walk. Likely end up down at my youngest brother’s house to tell him I never help her, I blame her for everything, and she just wanted an answer to a simple question.

Oh yeah… this is going to be a fun day.

Louise has me completely hooked on BB UK. I have spent half a day watching Celebrity BB UK 2007 - this is, by far, the funniest clip I have ever seen. I mean, if she were being obnoxious that would be one thing but she’s not - she just doesn’t know any better. Some people just live in such a small world, ya’ know?

I have included a transcript down below - or at least I tried to write down what she said - it was hard, between lmao and all…

And I will give you fair warning… I totally will be using “hows comes” from now on. Get used to it.

Btw, Jade is battling cervical cancer and it appears to be an aggressive kind of cancer - I hope her treatment goes well and she gets better soon.

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I’m fond of cemetery statues - this one was so precious…

I took this looking back at NY State as we crossed to Vermont via the Fort Ticonderoga ferry. This particular ferry is one of the oldest ones in North America.