T-Minus One Week; Cleaning Up . . .

Half an hour past Ideal Time . . .

Well, that long-planned trip to my birthplace of Peru will be in one week. I may not have mentioned it much, but it's been in the works for a while. So, the period from March 24 to April 2 may be unusually free of posts. Two years ago I decided to go back when I literally had nothing better to do here. Still, I restricted myself to just four days, so that ended up being the dress rehearsal for this trip; yup, about two years of on-and-off planning. After this, well, things may get complicated, so I'll try to make the most of this one.

Got my underused car cleaned. Beyond that, just getting what I can done.

Most recent Usenet posts . . .:

Quiet times.

100 crunches, 1.6 miles walked . . .

'Til next time . . .

Ugh . . .

Four hours and ten minutes past Ideal Time . . .

So, the ants last night, more ants this morning, yet another restart for my computer, and a boulder body made for quite a messy morning . . .

To boot, I had to make a few mail deliveries - with complications of their own -, get my car washed - now that it's going back in the garage-, and top off its gas tank. Yes, "had to," I'm not the kind of person who tends to set obligations back; the deliveries had been payed for (eBay auctions), they had to be delivered. In the end, with this a Brain Age Day, and dinner a bit more important now that a household member is back from her trip, I had to hold off on today's planned walk. I guess I'll be limited to two walks this week. If it goes right, three walks next week, four the week after, then five-and-four-depending-on-obligations the weeks after . . .

Besides being reminded to write to my relatives in Peru, I'm set to plan to go to Peru come March; well, it's better than no plan. It'll likely be my final trip in a while . . .

My most recent Usenet posts . . .:

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Re: Six Chix (don't get it)

Re: As Canadian zombies walk the Earth, demanding poutine and ice hockey ...

100 crunches . . .

'Til next time . . .

Relief?

Certainly not from the heat; "only" three and a half hours past Ideal time.

Finally talked to family in Peru after quite a while (hola!), by good old phone; while there is the occasional e-mail we exchange, it seems technical problems have rendered that inconsistent. I'll admit I've been derelict in responses at times, but many times I just don't get anything, or my e-mails fail to go through. Well, that's what moments like today are for, I guess. Anyway, the occasion was Uncle Jose and Aunt Nela's birthday (twins).

37 push-ups.

A lot of time was take by a Usenet post to my oldest newsgroup (rec.arts.comics.strips); just the link, not the full post. Oh yeah, I post in newsgroups a lot; I might post links to those here more once in a while; the actual posts either wouldn't work in context, or are just too much space.

What the hell, my Usenet posts for the day . . .:

Re: Big Nate, 5/16

[OT ]Battle 360 - For Those Interested/Who Missed It . . .

Oh yeah, this is becoming a regular feature. . .

'Til next time . . .