Day 4956

Another long, hot day. Getting up early didn't really help that much this morning. The temperature was already too hot long before the sun rose. I think others have discovered that this is the best time of the day because there are a surprising number of people out walking before sunrise these days. I'm glad Dawn enjoys these early walks. It's the only time she's active all day.

The replacement for the broken knife rack came today. There was a little note in the instructions that said "don't use with serrated knives." Why? This made no sense, but maybe this was why the old knife rack exploded. We have lots of serrated knives. 

When the mail came there were two letters from the gas company. One letter said my bill was late and the second letter said to ignore the first letter because it was wrong. Strange that both letter came on the same day. I checked and my bill wasn't late. I always pay my bills on time.

I keep meaning to go to Home Depot to get some paint to repaint the trim around the roof and some sheetrock mud to repair some of the minor cracks in the ceiling myself. These things have been on my 

"to do" list for several weeks but I keep avoiding picking up supplies because I don't want to do these tasks. I guess the easy solution with the ceiling is just not to look up anymore. I'd like the house to look nice, but I've grown to hate home repairs. It's still easier to do the work yourself though, because it's so hard to find competent people to do little jobs.

I'm still getting the spoofed e-mail spam that appears to come from my own e-mail address. Should I call my ISP again, or just learn to live with the nuisance?  I've already called twice and tech support said the fixed the problem both times. It appears they actually did nothing. A quick Google search revealed that this is a very common problem that is hard to eradicate. I'm beginning to understand why some of my older friends have just disappeared from the Internet. They're not sick or dead. I think they've just realized that being online is a total waste of time.

I went to the gym after breakfast. I wonder how long it will be before I can take my long walks in the park again? Is it really that important to get at least 10,000 steps everyday? I think that's the only reason I go to the gym. I think I'm in reasonably good shape but I could be fooling myself. My upper body strength is pretty abysmal. A trip to the gym is a good way to kill time though. These days are long enough as is is.

This week has gone quickly. Dawn will be happy tomorrow because it is Janet's grocery day again. I doubt that I'll do anything different. There's a new neighborhood restaurant I could try, but I'll probably just have my shredded wheat and fruit again. This is always a good way to start an uneventful day.

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