So my friend David had surgery today and it was a triple bypass on the heart. They took a vein from his leg and chest to do the bypass. I thought they were just doing one. But he’s awake and alive after it all so that’s good. My friend Tim is going in for an aorta fix later this month. My older friends are in some bad shape but at least are getting attended to.

Sandy made the trip up to hang with Keli, Jeff and Claudia for a bit. I’ve never been one to do that, even though I probably should. If it were serious I’d be there. I need to get some things done but have been slow on the uptake. Tomorrow if another day and I’ll get some more done then.

While it’s not technically the first day of the season, the Cowboys played their first game of the season today against the Cleveland Browns and came away winners and actually looked fairly good doing it.

We started the day with a 2.5 hour bike ride that took us 17ish miles or so. I’ve been sore most of the day and I’m going to attribute it to that. It did make quick work of the time and calorie circles though.

I did some more cleaning on the truck although I didn’t feel at all like putting in the FASS system. That will wait for another day. Tomorrow is Monday, David is undergoing by-pass surgery at noonish, I’m wishing him the best of course, these things are old hat these days:)

For whatever reason, I was up at 4:18am this morning. I mean no big deal but still. I stayed up and then cleaned out the back of the truck and went to men’s breakfast at the church. It was good to see Adrian, Hanna and Mike as well as the rest of the guys. Since I was in the area I went and saw mom, talked to Ron and Cortney as well. Then cruised on home and actually got the truck washed. I also pulled and printed the FASS fuel filter so I’m ready to install it. Sprayed the front and back yards for stickers. Cooked burgers on the grill and tater tots for dinner and then did some interior detailing on the truck. Looks like I’ll sleep well tonight (hopefully).

I did get the front yard done today and finished the back yard and got the branches Sandy cut from the east side of the house bundled and set out. So officially everything is back to normal, lawn maintenance anyways. We had a little rain this afternoon and a cold front moved through. Should be a beautiful weekend. I may even head over to men’s breakfast at the church tomorrow. Then I’ve got some maintenance to do on the truck so it’s ready to roll for the next adventure.

So with the sticker harvest almost complete and the lawn initially mowed on the highest setting, it was time to lower and mow again. I also decided to sharpen the blades on the mower. I got the bench grinder and mounted it to the sudo-bench that I have and pulled the blade off with the impact gun and away we went. It was nice to have all the tools to do that properly.

Tomorrow we’ll knock out the front yard and then we’re planning an agent orange event to combat the stickers. And tomorrow is Friday and even though it doesn’t mean much to me, I still like it. Oh, and football starts again tonight and while I’m no a fanatic about the sport, it’s nice to have it back, it signals fall.

Today it rained all day. A beautiful light rain that made the air smell good and kept the temperature in the low 70’s. These are the days we were looking for and they are so rare down here. I need to find someplace it does this a couple of times a month, not once every three years. Other than that the only thing I did was register for Microsoft Learn for the Azure training. I’ll get started on that tomorrow.

Funny how life works out. I accepted a job offer which will see me assisting an organization off of Taleo. Super excited about it because I know what I’m doing and I should be able to make a positive impact on the organization. So I’m booked for at least the next couple of months.

I should probably have my head examined but I turned down a job making 70k a year, it was remote too. But I just didn’t feel it, it was a data entry position and they would provide the hardware and it was a mac. I think that I would have done well but I can do better. I didn’t want to get saddled into a job that didn’t have any room for growth.

Mom wanted ribs for mother’s day and who am I to say no:) Got up at 8am and fired up the smoker and started the ribs. Mom, sis and Ron came over and we had ribs, corn on the cob and baked beans while the grass eaters had salmon, salad and broccoli. We had cake and mom enjoyed the album Sandy put together for her with pictures of me from birth to age 3.

Also today happens to be my kittens 6th birthday. I did sing them happy birthday and gave them the 6 spankings they had coming. I think it was lost on them but it meant something to me. I read an article the other day and it said that domestic short haired cats live to be 12 so it’s midlife for them. I really hope and pray that they beat the average.

It’s been a little sad though, there’s been a lot of deaths recently. Aside from Kelly and Wendy which I blogged about earlier, Susan Tucker Henderson passed, she was the receptionist at PDS when I worked there. I also found out Brandi Hix passed at the age of 46. This means at least 3 people I know of are observing their first mother’s day without a mom. This made me a little sad. While death is the logical conclusion of life, it’s finality is heartbreaking.