Hey, I can relate!
No, that's not me in the photo, it's a "found" shot online. It wasn't credited, so if it's yours, let me know and I'll credit it.
However, I rode the Shadow over to the new house yesterday, midday, and, yeah, it was like that!
You know how you test your iron skillet for being hot enough by seeing if a few drops of water will dance on the surface? About 3 p.m. yesterday it was me and my Shadow skittering across the surface of the highway. I don't know what the outside temp was, it probably would have made it feel even worse, but the thermometer in the shade on the house porch said 100 degrees F. when we got there.
It was less than a half hour drive, but it didn't take much more to make me feel baked out like a dried out snake skin!
We moved another load of lumber and we did a cleaning of the house. That was, I admit, mostly Cat sweeping and mopping with assistance from Michael and I.
We sign the lease tomorrow and start moving in the inside stuff.
We already have taken several loads of lumber, outside stuff, and a couple of loads of books.
My fabled office trailer renovation is on hiatus till after we move. It's together enough to make the trip now. The portable building that is our workshop will need a bit of beefing up before moving. It barely made it here. It's sound enough, but the skids and some of the under framing won't take another move as they are now. So, it's going last. We'll take a few more days to make those repairs after we move the rest, if we can manage the wasps long enough.
The ride home near sundown was downright pleasant, though! I'm trying to stay inside and hydrated today.
It's confusing. It was in the news a couple of days ago about the sun going into a "no sun spot cycle". So, today I find an article about how that means we may be entering a "mini ice age." Then, in the same site, I find another article about the same thing happening a couple of years ago and how that was responsible for more warming. Hmm.
Well for now, stay cool!
Ever since the blizzard started I've been indulging in a movie binge!
Okay, I use the term blizzard loosely, very. We had a little snow that barely lasted as long as one movie, and it got really cold (for here) and that was a couple of days. However, I got snared by Red Box. When my partner, Cat Dancing, is out of town, I try and catch up on action movies I enjoy but she doesn't care for.
Here's the lineup:
"Red" I really enjoyed it.
"The American" A bit slow, realistic, ho hum.
"Case 39" Seriously creepy. Nice twist.
"Inception" Pretty good. Mind bender. Perhaps moved a little too fast to catch up.
"Resident Evil: Afterlife" Apparently Alice is Timex AND the Energizer Bunny. I enjoy the series. This one fit right in. I had trouble watching the first one, but I got hooked.
"Salt" I enjoyed it. Don't think she can kick Bourne's ass, but almost.
I also found a few movies at the Elgin Public Library. Not an extensive selection, but worth a look. I got.
"Solaris" A re-watch. Another mind bender, a bit slow.
"Ghost Rider" Another re-watch. Saw it in theaters. I enjoy all the Marvel characters. Fun ride.
"2012" Another fun ride. I enjoyed it. Serious flaws in credibility, but that aside, I still had a few edge-of-my seat moments.
I also recently re-watched the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. I consider it very good. Someday I'll get the expanded version. I lost count of how many times I read the original books, or have seen the movies, for that matter. I also watched "Dune" again. The version with William Hurt. Enjoyable. Makes me want to re-read the books.
The most recent film we've seen in the theater is "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Part One." Looking forward to part two. Now that we're finishing the series, we hear J.K. Rowling may be considering more books. Be interesting to see how that works, considering the end of the book. Of course the movie studios usually deal with that handily by ignoring such things. I'm sure we all can come up with many examples.
And now, Red Box tells me I have earned a couple of free rentals. Oh my! Back to the candy store!
