Sunday ; OOOOOHHHHH ... so close ! Thought we would hit 100º today. Only made it to 99º ! Two days in a row ! And the week long heat wave is supposed to end today. Temperatures should be much lower tomorrow and ongoing.
Right after lunch we headed downtown, to Historic Yuma Theater, to see a performance by Yuma Community Theater. It was a play entitled The Foreigner. Given that their plays are selected a year or more in advance, this was an extremely "timely" production about xenophobia. We both thought it was well done, and we enjoyed it. And as foreigners ourselves, it served to increase the concerns we already have about the
anti-foreigner sentiment that exists here in the United States, growing rapidly like a cancer in the last few months. < AHEM >
On the way home we stopped at Yuma Palms Regional Shopping Center to buy some dog food at PetsMart. By the time we arrived back at home it was after 5:30 PM. I was too tired and too hot to want to start any work, so ... we went to float around in the swimming pool until it was time to take Bo for a walk around the dog park. In the evening I downloaded, printed, and reconciled our Bank of America monthly statement. And we watched a couple of episodes of First Date. What a bunch of losers ! No wonder they're still single in their mid to late 30's !
Monday ; Sunny and very hot.
This morning we did "wand cleaning" beneath the RV toilet's flush valve, an unpleasant chore that must be done a couple of times per winter season. I removed the car radio "box" from the car's dash. Joanne went grocery shopping by herself to Albertson's.
I was eating lunch when Joanne returned from her grocery shopping trip. After lunch
I watered all our plants and gardens. I mounted the new car radio that I recently bought into the radio "box" from the dash. I did a good job. It will look nice. We went to the pool and floated around for awhile, chatting with a newly arrived couple from Washington state who have been wintering in Palm Springs. After the pool we walked Bo around the dog park, then I went bicycling at sunset.
While Joanne prepared supper I worked on wiring / splicing the new car radio's wiring harness into the car's wiring harness. I finished doing that just as supper was ready to be served, so ... tomorrow I should be able to reinstall the car radio "box" ... with the new radio in it ... back into the car's dash.
Tuesday ; Sunny and hot, temperature in the mid 80's, a bit cooler than it has been.
This morning I installed the new radio in the car's dash. Well done, Daniel.
After lunch we went to the Humane Society for our regular Tuesday afternoon shift of dog walking and cat cuddling. When we returned home we immediately went to
cool off / float around in the swimming pool. As we were finishing our regular late afternoon dog walk a Canadian neighbour came over to discuss with me his idea of holding a "Canada Day" here at Kofa Ko-op next winter season.
Wednesday ; < sigh > What a terrifying and traumatic ordeal ! For us and Bo !
Today started out sunny and very warm. In the afternoon dark grey clouds rolled in, the wind picked up strongly, and a thunderstorm struck, with heavy rain for a couple of hours. After the thunderstorm it was chilly.
Early this morning Joanne took Bo out ( earlier than usual ) for his morning bathroom walk. I remained sleeping. A few minutes later Joanne opened the trailer door and screamed at me to hurry out to the Arizona room, and bring tweezers ! UH-OH ! Bo had stepped on a piece of Cholla Cactus segment. It embedded in his right paw, so ... he pulled it out with his mouth. OH NO ! ! ! Now he had Cholla quills embedded not only in his paw ... bad enough ... but also in his lips, gums, tongue, and roof of his mouth ! We had to wrestle him down, wrestle his mouth open, and pull quills out of his lips, gums, tongue, and roof of his mouth. As well as his paw ! He was panicked ! He was terrified ! We were hurting him a lot. We were panicked ! We were terrified !
< sigh > By the time we were finished ... perhaps half an hour ... his gums were bleeding, and his tongue was bleeding, both abraded by my rough leather gloves,
I think. Or maybe I had "pinched" his tongue against his teeth as I tried to keep his mouth wrestled open as he struggled. < sigh > Poor Bo ! We checked his mouth again a few hours later and removed two more quills from the roof of his mouth, right behind his teeth. We could see more clusters of very tiny quills, like microscopic "hairs" stuck under his tongue, but it was not possible to get at them. He had already suffered enough for one morning. We're hoping that his mouth fluids / saliva will quickly erode the quills, and / or they will quickly "fester" out. He seemed a bit ill for half the day, with a warm nose and muzzle, and subdued behaviour. But ... he ate well, drank water well, and seemed to not be in any great distress. So ... wish him / us luck ! ! !
I did some preventive maintenance on the truck. And discovered a flat rear tire.
I refilled the tire with air, and will monitor it closely. I think it's just a valve extender problem, as almost all our dually rear tire problems have been over the years.
I removed the trailer water heater's sacrificial anode plug, flushed the mineral deposits out of the water heater using a specialized high pressure cleaning wand, and replaced the sacrificial anode plug. That's an annual chore. In the evening I worked on some monthly computer maintenance, scanning for viruses and malware.
Thursday ; Sunny, warm, a bit windy. Joanne cooked a squash, potato, onion, and cheese casserole in the Sun Oven today. We had it as a side dish with supper tonight and it was very good.
After lunch Joanne went to do some grocery shopping by herself. I did some annual spring cleaning chores in the trailer. After Joanne returned home she helped me start a dinette chair reinforcement project. I used screws and angle brackets to strengthen one of the dinette chairs. I am hoping to do one chair a day until done. Then I helped her start a painting project on the shed, underneath the new vinyl fascia panels that
I recently installed. I had scratched and scuffed the paint underneath the fascia trim by using a power tool to remove old caulking and flaking paint.
We took Bo for a walk around the dog park. We walked two laps, as always. Bo didn't, as always. HA HA HA ! I'm relieved to say that he seems to be suffering no ill effects from his Cholla Cactus disaster yesterday morning. Our friends Terry and Judy with their little dog Spanky stopped by to say goodbye as I was barbecuing supper. They are leaving tomorrow. A lot of northward migration from here has already begun due to the recent very hot weather.
We cancelled our plans to go to Yuma Palms Shopping Center tonight for another Thursday evening Village Jazz concert. In the evening I did some work on retrieval of income tax forms and I finished my monthly computer maintenance and backup work.
Friday ; Sunny and very warm.
This morning I took care of some routine chores then helped Joanne continue with her shed painting project. While she painted the scuffs underneath the shed roof edges
I painted the shed's rear window trim. After lunch while Joanne continued painting
I reinforced another dinette chair. Two done, two more to do ! After Joanne finished painting the shed scuffs she repainted the large shelf / table attached to the rear of the shed wall. So ... next winter season's painting projects ... DONE !
I downloaded and printed some income tax forms and shortly after 6 PM we left for a fast food dinner on the way to a stargazing outing. We had supper at Rally's, then
I refilled Obie with fuel at Fry's Fuel Bar next door to Rally's. I tried a new offering at Rally's, a serving of "cheddar biscuit shrimp". Tiny shrimp, battered, deep fried. My serving was burned, and tasted horrible ! We drove to West Wetlands Park where a stargazing party was taking place. Interesting, but we didn't stay long. On the way back home we stopped at Sonic to have some milk shakes. Sonic is a fast food drive in where roller skating servers bring the food to your vehicle. Joanne quite liked it, reminiscing that it was just like our hot summer evening milk shake dates of more than forty years ago. HA HA HA !
Yes, yes ... il y a longtemps que je t'aime, mon petit chou.
Saturday ; Sunny and very warm.
This morning we headed east to The Foothills for a day of running errands. First stop was Green Trees Grocer where we bought some "scratch & dent" groceries. Then to Al's RV Supply to buy a water heater sacrificial anode. Across the street to Burger King for a ( poor ) lunch. Cold burgers, cold fries, cold chicken nuggets ! Poor quality is rather unusual for Burger King. After lunch we went to Goodwill where we both bought some clothing items. Today was another 50% off everything day. Next was Fry's for more groceries before heading home.
Back at home I did some cleaning chores, then reinforced the third ( of four ) dinette chairs. We took Bo for a two lap walk around the dog park, walking with Carol Mae and her little dog Kaydee. Joanne did laundry. I visited in our Arizona room with Ransom
( unusual name ! ), a visitor from a few sites over, and his dog Simona.
DSK
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