Warmer, Warmer, Getting Warmer

Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of summer.

Today's weather lived up to that.

I used the A/C in my vehicle.

And that is enough excitement for now.

An Expensive Hobby

Building a 250-pound robot and then putting it in a position to get destroyed... well, that is an expensive hobby.  And it is also the premise of the TV show BattleBots.

BattleBots is one of Lew's favorite shows; in fact it may be his most favorite. So after hearing him talk about it and seeing a few of the matches here and there, I decided to watch the post-season with him.

The post-season started with 32 teams in a single-elimination tournament. Last night was the championship itself, which we watched tonight via DVR (a wonderful invention).

I think I may have enjoyed the show enough to watch the next season when it comes on. I have no desire to build my own bot, though. I don't think I could stand watching it get pulverized! Not to mention the money.... 😁

Dad 671: Growing-Older Pains

(Dad writes today! ~ Tracy)

 

Derf Here! The weather has been fairly good over the last few weeks. A little wet and rainy, but one does get a chance to mow the lawn. Also the temperature is climbing (although slowly). Summer, please hurry.

 

It is not fun growing old. We all are doing it....

 

Somehow around four to five weeks ago my left leg had serious pain problems and it was very bruised and swollen. (I remember nothing I did to cause damage to the leg.) I went to emergency care to check it out. I found out that I had no structural damage to the leg, so I decided to let it go and heal by itself.

 

Although my leg is feeling much better, it's still been swollen. I also have had an oxygen shortage. I went to my primary care doctor on Monday for help. I do have a weak heart (known about), but I am now trying to get rid of the swollen leg in order for my heart to work better. Hopefully the medication my doctor prescribed takes care of this. If the O2 doesn't improve, I may have to take O2. But I think I have started on the path of correction. My leg seems to be smaller.

 

It is not fun growing old.

 

Until next time!

 

Toodle Pip!

 

Derf!

Got Spam?

Of the e-mails I just deleted from my spam folder, at least ten of them were telling me this was my "last chance" to renew my antivirus software before it was disabled.  These e-mails were from crazy-long e-mail addresses.

Other interesting e-mails in my spam folder are about "the funding I requested" or joining the AARP.

You probably have received similar e-mails.

Who ARE these people that send out this stuff?  (I don't really want to know the answer to that!)

Sports!

I watched a lot of sports on TV this weekend.

Lew and I watched baseball, golf, and bowling. ⚾🏌🎳

Dad, Lew, and I watched The Preakness Stakes. 🏇

Mom and I watched college softball. 🥎

Now I am going to watch the back of my eyelids!

⚾🏌🎳🏇🥎

I Go Outside

Wow! I spent time outside on three separate occasions over the past couple days:

#1. Yesterday I asked Mom if she wanted to go outside and she said, "Yes!"  So we got her in her wheelchair and outside we went. We went three times around the small traffic circle in front of the building's main entrance before she wanted to go back inside. That's two times more than usual, so I knew she enjoyed it. 

#2. I met my friend Mary for lunch today. After we ate we sat on a bench outside of the restaurant to chat for a few more minutes. Right after we sat down, I checked my text messages. She had beat me to the restaurant and had texted, "Sitting on the bench out front." I was just seeing her text and we laughed about how her text message was true once again!

#3. Lew and I went to Eli's Little League game tonight. It was a little chilly, but we had some hot food from the snack bar and managed to "inadvertently" persevere to the end of the game. Why inadvertently? We planned to leave after five innings. Little League games are typically six innings long, but tonight's game "timed out" because another game was scheduled. So they only played five innings after all! Eli's team got beat, 7-4, but it was fun to watch them play.

All this fresh air has made me tired!  🌞

Dad 670: Boot Them Out

(Dad shares how he really feels today, ha ha! He's right, I think. ~ Tracy)

Derf Here!

Life goes on as the country seems to be going down another road. Our President just came on TV and is suggesting that he is getting the debt paid by the USA; we never fail to pay our debt. So as our country seems to be headed down the wrong road, I believe the majority of the country believes this.

We will continue as a family to visit our matriarch. We will continue with our program and hope that we get rid of our poor leaders in the next few months. I've never seen people keep their jobs when they know nothing about what is going on in the States. Boot them all out. Top down! I'm done!

Until next time!

Toodle Pip!

Derf!