Cork Snackeez

Yesterday we were on our way to Lowe's to buy a pull bar.  All the DIY stuff on laying down flooring says you'll need a taping block. This block allows you to hammer the flooring slats in a safe way to make the seams push up with no gaps. No one tells you to get a pull bar.  Which is just ridiculous since the tapping block is complete shit.  The pull bar OWNS!

And with that the cork flooring in the master closet is complete. Still a pretty good pain in the ass.

Anyway, on our way to Lowe's we almost saw a dog get runover at a busy intersection near our house.  She was a little fat white jack russel.  So we pulled over and put the dog in the truck.  We drove around a bit to see if we could figure out where the dog came from. She was fat and old, so it couldn't have been far.  I talked to some people on a porch and they suggested I go two houses down.  I did and I think I just scared these people as they didn't want to come to their door. Guess it's the Wolverine thing eh.

So Liz and I took the dog to my parents house as they agreed to keep her in the garage until Monday when Animal Control was open. Well, today Liz was going up to work and saw a house with a sign and sure enough, this was the dog's house.

So I returned Poo Bear! to their owners.  And older couple named Larry and Carolyn.  They just moved into this house a couple weeks ago. Interestingly, he's from LA and her from south FL. Since Larry's wife passed, these two had a teenage love connection that got..reconnected! They had two dachsunds and a maltese looking dog with cancer. All in all a happy re-union.

I know she was going mad the night before since it was a really bad storm. I know if my dog was lost I would be freaking out!  They were so nice and Poo Bear was such a cute little fattie sausage.  It was a good thing all around.

Later in the night, I went out to make sure my pool was going to shut off and what slithered right in front of me into the pool.  A 3 foot or so snake! Ahhh what is up with the snakes lately.  The damn thing swam out and then turned around and came right back at me.  I ran inside to grab a light. Where my 500 lumen light when I need it!

The snake seemed to be stuck in the pool but he kept following me or the light it seemed like at some moments.  Google images for water snake and cotton mouth/moccasin ensued.  Can I really get close enough to see the shape of it's constantly moving head?  Kinda brown, maybe red, yellow irregular bands.  We really thought it was a Moccasin at first which is not a good thing.  Liz's sister and husband are the closest wild animal experts we know so a few snaps from the phone and a few texts later suggested that it was perhaps a corn/rat snake.  A better thing.  They're supposed to be good climbers though.  I just threw some pool noodles on the sides so he had something to slither up on.  It came out of the pool at one point seeming to rest, but then went back in!

Hopefully he'll be gone by the morning.  To think we had thought about taking a late night dip. Yeeesh!

Blue Steel

Prometheusnews.net posted this up today.

Yowza!

Lit_l ThunDa_r

My moutain bike excursion was cut very short today. Wasn't even out 15 minutes and some harsh thunder in the distance. Stuff just pops out of nowhere in FL! So home I went to run on the treadmill. Blaaaaah. It's been like 6 weeks since I've run on the treaddy. Weird!

Went to Asa's field day outing today. Course the rain cut that short too.  So I ate lunch with her and her friends.  I still get a little uncomfortable around so many small kids.  They just want to eat me I think.  Although two different boys said I looked just like Wolverine! Yeeeah!!  Maybe I should go to Dragoncon.

Still no cellphone.  I think I'm done debating though. This weekend I'm fairly certain I will obtain one.  Who wants to guess what I will choose?!!

I came across a video on youtube for a band called Dye. The song is called Fantasy and the video is done in anime style.  It's basically 4 teens sneaking into a public pool for some typical teen fun but it quickly turns into some else.  You can search it on youtube if you like. I can't seem to get the song out of my head either. I might as well download it.

Timberrrrr

I dressed up for a run and then laid down in my parents bed. I sorta dozed off for prolly 15 minutes. I suddenly felt exhausted driving over there and thought, well this run might not be happening. I popped up afterwards and didn't feel sleepy, so I said I might as well run.

I finally, after practically a year, got out to the TimberLake Rec area for a run.  I haven't run a trail since Mt. Charleston last year. It was so nice to have no flat roads, only twisty paths and some hills.  Yes, fun hills too,cuz they don't last 2 miles and are at -17 feet sea level rather than 9000 feet above!

My stride quickly shortened up and I was having a blast running down the oak leaves and root obstacles.  I ran past a 3 foot snake of some kind. It slithered away from me, thank goodness.  Prolly just a common variety black snake, but since I rarely see snakes in the wild, I was like ahhhh!  The worst thing is spiders though.  I hate getting a face full of web.  Then the other webs are constantly getting on my arms and legs.  Makes me itchy.

Swarms of little nats, you just have to make sure to exhale.  I did get a nice branch across the face and one of those thorny vines reminded me in a most unpleasant way that I have road rash over my right leg. Damn thing coiled around me and then pulled like I was a yoyo. Ughhh! And wow it was hot as **** today.  Had I not been in the shade of trees I would've been miserable.

Can't wait to get back out there and do a trail bike then run!

Oh and on my way home I saw a guy, a very fit young dude, running down the sidewalk with I'd guess about a 25 pound kettlebell in one hand.  Is it me or does that not sound like a good idea. Resistance training fine, but don't imbalance yourself right? Maybe thats why he was very fit.  

Repair Underway

Well, I awoke this morning and all was well.  My left ankle def took some sorta hit as its sore, but overall nothing to bad. I think I will just run tomorrow.

Being without a cell phone is starting to become a bit annoying.  I'm still deciding if I want a smartphone or not.  They are calling to me with all their sexy 1080/8mp/gorilla glassness.  People complain that they have to charge their phone everyday. Uhhhhh, I've been doing that for years and it's no big deal. Ahhh old tech has its perks.

KurSplat!

Fresh off the road!

Imagine riding along (not too fast thank goodness) and suddenly you decide to just lay your bike down into the curb. Man, I wish I could've seen a video of it.  I'm pretty sure my head went smack into the ground.

It's been years , I can't even remember since I was at that point of "well, I can't do shit now, just gunna fall and hope shit don't break!"  I was cleaning my glasses with both hands and a freak cross wind came along. I'm such the bighead no hands rider I'm like I can compensate with no hands. Nope! Wind said,"get your ass on the ground!"

I splatted right at the corner of a driveway. So lucky I did not meet big brick mailbox.  I sat their collecting myself. Nothing broken, no deep cuts, bike ok, and yay! I didn't get racked. That's the worst isn't it?  The woman that lives at this house drives up and offers to give me a ride back, but I tell her I'm ok and ride home.

I got home and cleaned my wounds real quick and then went for a run! Why not right?

What you don't see in the pic is my shoulder scraped up and the other side of my knee.  Right now it feels like someone hit it with a hammer and is pretty swollen and bruised. Guhhhhh!!!  My ribs are starting to ache and my left shoulder is hurting too. Oh Motrin, please save me! Hopefully, I won't be a hot disaster tomorrow.

Was this an adjustment bureau intervention? Setting me back for a few minutes for some reason? Hmmmmm.....

Assflower

I died laughing at this today!

Someone from the Prometheous forums was using this as an avatar! Hilarious!