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Ever since I found out there was an easy hiking trail in the area I have wanted to go to it.  It is called The Racebrook Tract.  It is in Orange and about 7 miles from here.  It is considered to be easy to moderate hike and it’s in a beautiful area.  I invited Dave and Jim (his partner) to join me at 11:30.  It is going to be cool temperatures (45 to 50 degrees) so I am going to break out a sweat shirt with my work out clothes.  I don’t normally wear socks but I think today I will.  AS I am reading the link I posted above I should not be surprised to know that there is a connection to the Yale forestry school.  I am very excited that it will cross into Woodbridge which is beautiful farm land and rural area.  In all likelihood I won’t be taking pictures I tend to forget but I am sure Dave and Jim will remind me.

So I went to Wallingford yesterday.  The ride was nice even though it rained a little.  When I got there no one else from the meetup was there.  I waited for about prerequisite 15 minutes then left and stopped at the local Petco and got the food for the cats.  The ride home was uneventful and the sun was breaking out from behind the clouds as I reached Orange.    It went back in a short time later.

When I got home I checked on the chicken dish and had some.  It was not finished.  So I cooked it for another hour or so.  It was okay.  I put it in the refrigerator and cleaned up the kitchen. 

The cats were fed during all that and they were indignant that I waited so long.   They will get over it.  They will have to when Liz feeds them the weekend I am in Allentown.  She won’t do it at the crack of dawn like I do. 

The rest of the night was pretty quiet.  Finished posting yesterday’s entry and mailed a copy to Debra and checked on websites and of course checked my snail mail.

Just as Sideri wrote in her reply the letter from Human resources was nothing more than informational about Insurances benefits.  I will scan it and put in the file and then shred it on Monday.  I worried for nothing.

I heard from Jim yesterday.  He asked if I could be at his house by noon for our post-thanksgiving holiday so that means I will be leaving early that day to get there.  I think I may have promised to bake something.  I need to make it easy.  I will think about it.

I have heard from Mama R.  She says Miriam is safe but could see the fire from her window.  The wedding Venue is also safe.  Thank goodness for that.  WE talked more about the election and the process that has to be done now.

My plans for the rest of the day are to clean the house and get the closet done.  I hope I can get some of this done before I get lazy again.

This week should be a normal week.

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Good Morning! It is a sunny beautiful Sunday morning.  It is 75 and going to get hotter.  I will be leaving in about 2 hours for the solo walk in Maclean Nature Preserve in Granby.  I was just reading some of the comments from members and overall they loved it.  One had to back out because of the heat (oh and two of them did it yesterday and the other did it last week sometime.  It is supposed to be equally hot up there but one of the participants said she went at 10 yesterday and it was lovely.

When I spoke to Alex about this he said to be sure to drink lots of water and prepare for this hike.  I am trying to drink some water now and will have a protein shake or two before going but I plan on bringing Jell-O and pudding with me.  (I can’t have any real solids just yet).

I am not sure how many I am taking (it’s a two hour hike and easy) so probably not much there is a farm/brewery near there (no not going there to drink but will look around).  I won’t stay long as I need to be back in time for the family zoom catch up.

So how was your Saturday?  Mine was good.  I ended up not going to class and Alex texted me asking why. Unfortunately I didn’t see it until he asked me to come in for 10:30 so I got ready and left.  WE had a good session I told him how the week went and how much I walked.  I also told him about the tooth adventure.  After the session I stayed for a half hour cardio.  

 I went to NAPA auto and picked up a windshield solar shield for the car and I am really disappointed in it.  It doesn’t stay in place.  There is no way to tie to something to make it stay in place and I ended up paying a little more than I wanted to (11 cents). 

Why is it that no matter what I do anything I bring in to the house or my life there is ultimately something that doesn’t work right?  Last month it was that piece of shit Fitbit, this month it’s the solar shield.  In the past it has been some wire for the TV when I first got it. 

The rest of the afternoon I was relaxing and then I went grocery shopping.  I got mostly Jell-O and puddings for today.  I also got coffee creamer for work and some chicken, pork, and lamb for the day I can eat normally again.  I also got some eggs because I will be eating that until then.  Not much else after that.  I will still need more milk and sweetener.

When I came home I fed the kitties and watched T V until about 8 or 9. 

Neighbors to the back of me had a birthday party in their yard for what I am guessing a family friend.  They did the social distancing and preparing for it for the last two days.  It was very nice.  Not loud or boisterous.  The only thing is one geust brought Their Yorkie. One who apparently can snap?  Really?  You would bring a dog that snaps to a party?  Anyone who has followed me on blogs knows I love dogs (well most of them) but I also know how dangerous it can be.

My god doggie and her parents came home yesterday afternoon from their vacation.  I missed them I haven’t had a chance to say good morning or welcome back but that will have to be for later.

 

 

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