Summertime is my time...

     A fine hello to Mr. Triple-Digits...(going up to 106 tomorrow before "cooling" down into the high 90's during the week).  I celebrated by taking the bike out for a ride while Jody borrowed my truck to get some things from her storage unit.  Jody has just moved into my apartment complex and I'm a little jealous because her patio faces the golf course more than mine does...but it's great to have a friend in the complex. The bike ride was terrific.  Nothing like 100 degrees to test your ability to stay upright.  The breeze that was blowing was comparable to opening the oven door set on 400 degrees...(MAN! I love this stuff).  And I am not being sarcastic...until you have lived out here and experienced  this weather first hand, it really is hard to explain.  But I am embracing it with cautious enthusiasm...

     Yesterday, I dropped the truck off for an oil change and pedalled 3 miles to the United Blood Services office and donated blood...(I have been doing this for about a year now).  After cookies and juice...(it isn't ALL about saving lives--they have Famous Amos cookies!) I biked over to the diner and had breakfast.  Then I pedalled back to the shop and picked up the car and drove home, showered and hit the golf course for 18 holes...not a bad day.  Today I went to work for a few hours and hit the road again for about 4 miles... Tomorrow, with the temps hitting 106, I will be working 15 hours... (most of which will be inside) with the last few hours attending the "Trailer Park Boys" concert at the Orpheum Theater.  If you haven't heard of them, check them out on the internet. They are a Canadian based comedy troupe that had a tv show that was absolutely hilarious, at least in my opinion...(and in this blog, that's the only one that counts).  The good news is that I have off Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday next week so that I can continue this new trend of exercise and outdoor activity.  I will finally get the tires I won last year put on the truck next week...(totally my fault...just found the gift certificate).

     Comicon was a hoot by the way...This scaled down version of the San Diego extravaganza I attended last year did not disappoint.  There was a plethora of costumed geeks and gamers and lots of people with "unique perspectives"...(so you know I had a great time).  I saw the ultimate definition of what a geek is all about...two 20 something "jedi knights" were choreographing their light saber duel...(yes, they had light sabers.  "Weapons " were allowed as long as they were registered with the staff).  As they were dueling, an absolutely gorgeous young woman walked by in a Princess Leia slave outfit...(the guys will know what outfit I'm talking about) and these two "geeks" didn't even hazard a glance at her.  If I wasn't working, I would have asked them to surrender their "man" cards.  Then there was fat Batman dressed only in a cape, cowl and Batman "underoo" briefs (no shirt) with his belly fat and "junk" jiggling with every step.  I made him leave and put shorts on under his briefs because no one else should have been subjected to that outfit...(I know that visual will haunt me almost as much as the 400 lb. "Tron" guy from San Diego---think stretch jumpsuit).  But most of the costumes were pretty out there and there were some really obscure characters. 

     On a serious note, the wildfire here in Arizona has escalated to the 3rd worst in state history engulfing 140,000 acres...(not near me but still very scary).  That is one of the potential hazards of living in the desert.  One of my colleagues had to move her horses to safety as the fire was only 45 minutes away from her.  The fire is is the eastern part of the state at the top of Gila National Forest near the New Mexico state line... (about 4 and half hours east of where I am).  I pray that the firefighters will be able to corral the blaze and keep damage to a minimum.  And seriously, let's go Dallas Mavericks!  If LeBron gets a ring, I will swear off professional basketball...(I can survive on the NCAA hoops)...