The week after Labor Day really is the start of the New Year for all intents and purposes. Autumn arrives in at least some of the nation in a small way, football gets going, everybody that is going to go to school is enrolled and attending classes, and the days have become noticeably shorter. The weather in September and October (and in many places November) is the best of the entire year. Here in Cheyenne, autumn is here. This last week it was in the low to mid 60s (or less) for highs and nights are quite cool requiring the wearing of a coat after dark. Thankfully we get a little warmer week coming up with forecast highs in the low to mid 70s for most of the week ahead. The 90s are for sure done with and it is strongly doubtful we will even see an 80 degree day again for the remaining 115 days in 2008. Although I have yet to see any trees with their leaves changing colors, it can be expected to start in the next week to ten days and be in full force before the equinox. And snow is probably on the horizon within the next week to two weeks or so. But Indian summer along the Front Range is among the most splendid times of the year and truly worth experiencing and enjoying as much as possible such as going to parks or just sitting on the porch.=
I had a largely relaxing weekend. I did make it out Saturday to Advance Auto Parts to get a new gascap and air filter. Both those items should help out in improving the gas mileage in the White Knight. I popped into Walgreens but did not see anything that could be beneficial for my hands and wrists. I then got three of the 99 cents Arby Q sandwiches for supper. I watched some college football throughout the day and night while at home and some of the games were good.
=Sunday was a repeat of Saturday but by dusk the cloud ceiling had dropped and we were engulfed in thick fog with a light rain mist and temperatures around 40 degrees. Around 3pm Todd stopped by with his menagerie of dogs that he had been out walking. He stayed for about one - half hour. I then went out to do the tasks of checking my post office box, getting gasoline (we are down to less than $ 3.50 per gallon now), picking up the Sunday newspapers, and having a meal at Village Inn. I had a chicken fried steak skillet with scrambled eggs and a small stack of pancakes with grapefruit juice. I had not eaten at VI in about two years or so when I used to go to the one on East Hampden in SE Denver. Their menu has gotten quite pricey and most of the other diners were geezers. I won't be back anytime soon as Perkins and other restaurants seem to be a better value. Earlier I watched some of the Astros / Rockies and Angels / White Sox games. I watched hardly any of the opening Sunday of NFL games as the matchups we got on TV were less than compelling: SEA / BUF; NYJ / MIA; KC / NENG; and the Dallass Cocaineboys / CLE. As the season goes along, I will make it over to Shadows Sports Bar downtown to catch games not on local TV. Next Saturday I will watch college football at Todd's new home as he has his HDTV home theatre set up and he is fully moved in after getting out of his old home about a month ago.
=I am taking Monday off from work partially as a break and also to be able to watch the two Monday Night football games. I also have to get out and get a haircut; stop at the newsstand; and perhaps even get an oil change at Walmart if time permits. Meanwhile tonight I will do some chores and tasks around the place including paperwork cleanup and filing and installing my shelves.
=With Monday off this will be another short week at work thankfully which will help in continuing the long slow reduction of pain in my fingers, hands, and wrists. They are improving and most days I wake up with little stiffness and atrophication. The job I am doing of handling the windows and wrapping them in a film wrap - applying piece of equipment is less stressful on the hands, wrists, fingers as most of the strength used to handle the products comes from in the arms, shoulders, backs, legs, hips, and elsewhere which results in soreness and stiffness there instead, but being that those are muscle strains and injuries results in them being able to be treated successfully with substances like Ben-gay and Icy Hot. Ah, the price of aging...
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