Day 4855

What a difference a day makes. The park was empty today and all signs of yesterdays celebrations were gone. I'll have to give people credit this year. Everyone seemed to have done a great job cleaning up their mess. In prior years I'm seen the park totally trashed on the day after Easter. This year all trash was neatly bagged and placed in or near trash receptacles. By the time I took my walk this morning, collection crews were already hauling the trash away.

I didn't expect much to happen today and it didn't. We took Dawn on her early walk, I ate breakfast, made the bed, checked my messages for the illusive accreditation notice I've been waiting for, and then got ready for my long walk.

Last year I watched an old stone building in the park being restored. Over the weekend it looks like someone lost control of their car and it smashed into the building and destroyed one of the stone walls. The building is in ruins again. I wonder how long it will take to restore the building again. It took years to fix it the first time.

The lake seems kind of empty now. The White Pelicans, the Double Crested Cormorants, and even the gulls have all disappeared. There don't even seem to be many Mallards left. When the migratory birds leave they aren't replaced by a new batch of Summer birds. A few Great Egrets and Blue Herons remain, but the only birds I saw on the water today were Coots. Don't worry. I'm not becoming a birder. There's just not a lot going on in the park.

I'm surprised I haven't heard from the roofers. I was almost certain they'd be wanting to get started on the roof replacement by now. As much as I want to avoid this project, I may need to call them. The sooner the roof gets fixed, the sooner we can deal with the rest of the house. I think I'll wait to call until I've heard about accreditation for the April 18th Falcon Heavy launch. I should have heard something by now, since the launch takes place next week. I guess I'll go to the launch even if I get notified at the last minute. It's irritating not to be able to plan ahead though. Maybe this is a sign that I need to think about scaling back my launch coverage plans. I spend way too much time fretting about this stuff.

We stopped Dawn's pain medication today and she still seems fine. There are no signs of discomfort at all. We may never know if her problems were caused by the bulging disc in her neck or the shoulder tear. Maybe it was a combination of both. Now that she seems strong again it's going to be harder than every to keep her from jumping. Every time she jumps down from the bed or a chair, I worry that she will land wrong and injure herself again. To Dawn's credit, she is learning to use her step though. At least she uses it when we're watching her.

I have no plans at all for tomorrow. I guess that's OK. I had no plans for today and everything worked out fine.

Apollo is today's Dalmatian of the Day

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