Mother Nature Is Pissed Off

I looked to see if swimming lessons are up for the fall at the university, but not yet.

Hmm. Someone is selling a shoe rack bench for $15. The trick would be getting it from the car to the house. Also finding a spot for it in the house because I want to put the bookcases where it goes.

Had problems falling asleep. Woke up this morning, looked at the clock, and it was 9:30 AM. Cursed, got up, put the cat dishes to soak, and went to log on. Only to find that I had read my watch wrong, and it was 6:30 AM. Went back to sleep until 7:30.

Allerton is having a tour of its formal gardens this Saturday. That would be a good way to get some steps in and see the gardens. Bought a ticket.

Down two pounds. It's a start.

I pulled a muscle in my back doing a high kick in tai chi. (My teacher told me not to do the kicks from now on.) And my knee spasmed out while I was driving home. I think that I was made out of surplus, low-bid parts :) So much for additional exercise. I think that I’ll clean off the kitchen table and do some filing tonight and rest my back.

I found someone who is selling a toolbox (which I sorely need) for $15. So I’ll try to get it and the bench this weekend.

Severe thunderstorm warning. Lovely. Got a lot of the kitchen table cleared off. I realized that I have Italian before work, and I was going to go upstairs and study Italian, when there was a tornado warning. I looked at the radar and decided that it was too close for comfort and went into the basement. All clear now except for a severe thunderstorm warning. Mimi was hiding under the table.

Okay, I found a poster that I have to have for my home gym: “Be a bad ass with a good ass” :) Though given that I pull my lower back muscles, I have to be careful on the ”good ass” part.

Well, I lost time in the basement, so I'm going to have to skip studying Italian tonight. I need to get to bed because I have my first Italian lesson in the morning.