Not an exceptional week………………………………………………………….

As always, first the chronology:

01/12/25 – Sunday – Up around 8:30AM. Back was killing me all night so I blew off church. Kathy suggested I should try a heating pad so I started with that, tylenol and my exercises. Started feeling a little better so took a nap while Kathy was at church. She came home and we had lunch. Down stairs and did the blog. Then started on my Python course now that I got things loaded and ready to go. Stopped around 3:30PM and took a short nap. Got cleaned up and over to Mike and Julie’s for dinner. Home and usual evening routine.

01/13/25 – Monday – Up at 6AM and out to work. Manned the handicap entrance to the main court room from 8AM to Noon. Home, had a bite to eat and to bed. Slept till almost 4PM. Up, chores and had dinner. Usual evening routine.

01/14/25 – Tuesday – Up around 9AM. Kathy was getting ready to go out shopping. I did computer work most of the day with a break for lunch. Kathy came home mid-afternoon and I helped her put away groceries. Had an early dinner then over to Shelbyville to help with HAM testing at 6PM then the club meeting at 7PM. Home and made the 9PM CW Traffic Net.

01/15/25 – Wednesday – Up at 6AM and off to work. Manned the handicap entrance to the main court house from 8AM to 4PM. Made a run to Dairy Queen for lunch. Home and dinner. Usual evening routine.

01/16/25 – Thursday – Up at 6AM and off to work. Worked the door at the Circuit Court Clerk’s office from 7:30AM to 4PM with an hour off for lunch. Home, dinner and bed. Did my exercises and took care of some other personal items.

01/17/25 – Friday – Up at 6AM and off to work. Opened the court room at 8AM. Court started at 8:30 and was over by 11. Stopped on the way home to schedule my hair cut next week. Home, changed and took Kathy to Shelbyville and our favorite Mexican restaurant over there for their buffet. Then a stop at the bank. Lowes for refrigerator water filter and electrical box to fix the light in the family room. Kathy went shopping at Walmart. Got gas on the way home. Had dessert then to bed for a nap. Up and dinner. Usual evening routine.

01/18/25 – Saturday – Up around 9AM. Spent the day trying to upgrade my laptop and screwed it up. Had to start from scratch after 8 hours. Lunch, Dinner and the usual crap.

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Now the specifics:

Last Saturday I played macho man and got our front sidewalk cleaned up, dug the mail box out and got the snow off the Vibe. I suffered from my stupidity. Saturday night couldn’t bend over the sink to shave. Sunday I blew off church as my back was hurting me all night. So, Sunday I spent most of the day taking Tylenol and laying on the heating pad. Kathy told me to try the heating pad. I thought it was a crock but I did it to shut her up and it ended up working. Who knew. Anyway, by Monday I was back in shape. All just muscle soreness.

Sunday evening we got invited over to the Rice house for dinner. That worked well for me as I didn’t have to buy the wife dinner on our usual Sunday night out. She had a Mediterranean dish she was trying and it was very good.

I worked a half day Monday and slept to recover the rest of the day. Since we were out late Sunday and I was still hurting a little.

I had Wednesday off and did computer work. Backups and stuff I do at the beginning of a new year.

Then I worked full days Wednesday and Thursday.

Friday I worked a half day. Stopped on the way home and got an appointment to get my haircut this coming week. Picked up Kathy at the house and we went over to Shelbyville to the Mexican buffet they have on Friday and Sunday. It’s a good chance to try new things. Then a stop at the bank, Lowes and finally Walmart. Home and put things away. A nap, dinner and usual evening routine.

Then there was Saturday. My plan was to work on my Python course but got a hair up my ass and decided to update the operating system on my laptop. I thought it would be nice to do it in the kitchen so I could socialize with the wife. That was not a good idea. I got distracted at times I should have been paying attention and answered some questions wrong. That resulted in a blown upgrade attempt and the system was hosed up beyond recognition. That was after 6 hours of update processing. So, I finally gave up, put the updated system software on a DVD, rebooted the laptop from the DVD and reinstalled the operating system. Now to reload all the software I keep on that laptop along with the programs to do my Python course. I was not a happy camper.

I have been making more CW nets lately. I need to try a little harder. But I’m still making progress. Slowly but surely.

Well that’s it for this week. As always, hope this finds everyone safe and healthy. Stay that way and I’ll blog at you again next week.