The Coffee Shop

[High_Plains_Drifter]

Since this thread is so popular on another board, I thought I'd see what kind of life one might have here. This thread is for general, every day chit chat, nothing in particular but a thread where we keep POLITICS and RELIGION OUT. This is simply a "what are you up to" thread...

... like I have to take the new Camaro back up to the dealer tomorrow for a total detailing job. When I got the car home I washed and waxed it and noticed the paint was far from perfect. The hood especially. There's quite a few little issues, a couple are outright deep dings. I'd take care of that myself if the car was used. I'm pretty good with a buffer and I have all the latest and greatest, DeWalt buffer, Chemical Guys pads and solutions, but the car is new so I want it perfect from the dealer.

Also found out it's what's called a 2SS. They make a 1SS and a 2SS, and the 2SS has all the cool options like the Z71 has which includes the door and dash lit trim stuff that changes colors, the active vents in the hood, the high rear spoiler, 20 inch wheels, Brembo brakes with a 6 piston in front and 4 piston in the rear, the active dual mode exhaust, the 4 diving modes, "Track Mode" is only on the 2SS and Z71, different displays and functions in the dash and Head Up Display, etc. All these goodies can only be found on the 2SS and the Z71. So my little black Camaro really is basically just a Z71 without the supercharger.

So now that I've bored everyone for the umpteenth time about my car, somebody change the subject...

[High_Plains_Drifter]

Well, pretty dead here this morning... time to hit the shower... got a massive yard chore that I can't put off any longer, better get to it.

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Got up, got Justin ready to go to his last day of school this term.
Then I went to pick up my wife from her work. We discussed family issues and then stop got her breakfast.
Came home, checked my poetry site, its comments etc.
Then I came here to read, maybe even stop to compose a poem.
So basically a slow morning. Nothing of import going on..
My now boring life.....
Since I no longer hang out in bars/clubs raising hell.--Tyr

[Kathianne]

Having coffee and relaxing for 7 more minutes. The "Big Clean " follows. Nearly ready to load the trailer next Tuesday.

Timing is everything! I'm moving on the 30th. Weather at Casa Grande then, 97. The 30TH? 106!
Sigh!

Crossing my fingers that the electric is on the 29th, and wifi the 30th!

[Gunny]

Having coffee and relaxing for 7 more minutes. The "Big Clean " follows. Nearly ready to load the trailer next Tuesday.

Timing is everything! I'm moving on the 30th. Weather at Casa Grande then, 97. The 30TH? 106!
Sigh!

Crossing my fingers that the electric is on the 29th, and wifi the 30th!

We're hitting 100 by the weekend here too. Means I need to get off my ass and go run. Middle of the day runs are over for the duration of summer.

[Kathianne]

Pacing myself. Got all the surface cleaning done, next, the floors. It's much easier to clean 400 some sq footage. Over nearly 4000.

Also cleaning up over 1 person, easier than 5÷!

Finding the silver lining,

Meeting a friend who's spatially gifted for breakfast, then going to storage unit to determine which trailer to rent for the move. We'll go resrve that, then going hiking by Sedona airport.

I've pretty much am ready to go. Can't pack up anymore until Tuesday. Wednesday morning we're off!

[High_Plains_Drifter]

Pacing myself. Got all the surface cleaning done, next, the floors. It's much easier to clean 400 some sq footage. Over nearly 4000.

Also cleaning up over 1 person, easier than 5÷!

Finding the silver lining,

Meeting a friend who's spatially gifted for breakfast, then going to storage unit to determine which trailer to rent for the move. We'll go resrve that, then going hiking by Sedona airport.

I've pretty much am ready to go. Can't pack up anymore until Tuesday. Wednesday morning we're off!

Just listening to you talking about your move makes me tired...

I'm about ready to hook up the wagon and go rake around my lilac bush where I had sucker trees and mile high weeds growing that a couple friends and their machines I don't have, have, that dug them all out and left piles. Lots of work, the sweat will be pouring off me shortly, and I'd rather do that than move! ...

I feel for ya, Kath... pace yourself, even though it sounds like you have everything well under control.

[Black Diamond]

We're hitting 100 by the weekend here too. Means I need to get off my ass and go run. Middle of the day runs are over for the duration of summer.

If your son in law was complaining about the heat a few weeks ago...

[Elessar]

Getting ready to pack and head south for my son's university graduation.
He will be getting his doctorate in Physical Therapy.

I cannot take the cat along, so he will be confused for a few days - and likely
pissed at me when I get back!

[Gunny]

If your son in law was complaining about the heat a few weeks ago...

He'll get his waterworks going. Sad thing is, *I* inadvertently gave him the excuse after I first got here not really knowing how he is. He was bitching about it and having to mow the lawn when he got home and I told him I understood completely.

The heat here in the summer IS a bitch. It used to suck the life out of me especially in July and August. But here's the difference:

I would get up, shower and shave, jump on the board I was running for about 30 minutes, and go to work by 7 (on a normal day). Work until 3:30 or 5:30 depending on the job. Come home and catch about 20 minutes in the recliner. Water all the plants my wife had to have that I got to take care of. Do whatever chores needed to get done. At 6 I'd run 3 miles-4 miles. Usually about 95-100 around that time. Come home and lift weights,then work out on the bag or do kata for 20-30 minutes. Shower. Get anything i needed for work the next day ready and deal with the old lady's latest drama moment. Then I'd get, depending on how late I was willing to stay up, anywhere from an hour or two on the board before I went to bed. Repeat. 5-6 days a week, depending on the job.

By comparison, this guy comes home and sits in the recliner until my daughter gets home. He is kind enough to put his dirty tupperware in the sink that if I don't wash it it'll sit there. He'll half-ass help my daughter get the kids and their stuff in. I get to clean the baby's bottles and make the younger granddaughter's lunch for the next day or he'll put it off and they'll have to scramble in the morning. If my daughter dares want to lay down for few minutes he bitches how he doesn't get to when he just spent an hour and a half playing on his phone. If my daughter doesn't get up and cook him dinner like a good little wifey he cries like a bitch and has a tantrum any 3 years old would be proud of. In the morning, I get a half hour earlier than they do so I can suck down mass quantities of coffee before I have to get Sybil up. ALWAYS a joy Clean the cat boxes and feed all the animals. Cook my daughter's breakfast. He DOES get himself dressed and bitch about how he can't be late.

Point is, yes, it's freakin' hot. Right now we have the added pleasure of humidity off the Gulf. But that doesn't mean you get to drop your pack the second you walk in the door and do nothing. The family and the house are STILL here. That shit you ignore yesterday is STILL there. If your wife is sick like my daughter is now, the kids don't just vanish and/or suddenly become self sufficient adults. You got 18 and life to go, brother. You're the one that wanted 3 kids when you can't handle even one, and at age 35.

Now step to the plate. I don't see that happening.