Ate Six Twenty-fifteen

Up early. VERY early. Like 4:32 am early.

WHY OGO ? WHAT GOETH ON ??

Well, I awoke to four loud chirps of the smoke alarm Honey. After using my fireman skills of leaping out of bed, I went down the upstairs hall & when I smelled no smoke, deduced that it was a low, dying or dead battery indicator. Without going further, I went back to bed. Well, it went off again one time so I do not know which detector is going off to replace the battery so I wait. And couldn’t or can’t return to a state of sleep.

So I decided to continue documenting the Advenures of Bill twisting & spinning up life, filling gaps, blasting holes and improving the overall quality of life on the planet.

Yesterday late I ALMOST added to the report with a second entry & addendum. However I decided to stay with the somber mood of the day and just remain subdued & low-key in honor of my Dad.

The training ride was a success. I covered over 40 km in the two (2) hours (27 plus miles actually) in windy conditions & rising sun at times both of which could have been described as brutal and unrelenting. The wind in particular was crippling when going right into it. The rides seem to be getting easier, recovery periods afterwords shorter so my overall conditioning is leaving me more optimistic & confident as the race/ride date approaches.

Speaking of the HH100, last night I was extremely fortunate to secure lodging for Team Wicked Strong and 6.5 riders. This is HUGE but not the same HUGE referred to in yesterdays report which I will address shortly.

I received a call back from WFCofC midafternoon after the training ride & was given three (3) names & phone numbers for host families offering lodging which I started to call in the early evening. It was essential that I get an accurate head count so I tried Mikey & S1 neither of whom I could reach.

So I called FB & S2 in a 911 attempt & S2 was able to reach his Pop & confirmed him in. S2, FB & NGFB also want to ride so they CONFIRMED which instantly created a new set of, of, of … challenges.

Suddenly logisitcally we needed more lodging. I am counting FBNG as the .5 (half-rider) as she will follow closely in a seat behind her Mom. She has a helmet & shades & already loves to go fast.

Look for them near the top finishers in the shortest length as child pulls out whip & makes like a jockey. ‘Faster Mommy faster.’

OK. So we are set there with lodging in WF & more on that in future reports.

SO WHAT’S THE OTHER HUGE ?

Haha. I thought you would forget.

I discovered a development lab for or OF enterpreneurs here in McK. I took them an idea to develop & liked what I see. Saw. I am thinking perhaps, just MAYBE, I can finaggle a spot there in that organization. I am hoping anyway. Looking for the opportunity.

I am expecting a meeting next week to discuss merits & questions about my idea so that will be the time to sit down & probe the waters to see if I might be able to carve out a niche with adelphoilabs.

So later today the plan is for A & A. Admin & art. I spent an hour (1 hr) yesterday working on the cosmic reef & can document some progress.

Today a goal is MULTIPLE hours on Dukes AND the reef. There is a little bottle art project I could knock out in a hurry also. If I were in the mood to get dressed & presentable, I could go to Cal’s to use his drill press & saw to complete the cookbook rack for the kitchen. I need to make that a higher priority as having the books just stacked up on the counter since the collapse of the prototype is getting to be an eye sore. And if it is an eye sore to me, I am 100% certain when the good folks from Better Homes & Gardens swing by for the pictorial of the cloud I would get the hairy eyeball from them.

OK. It’s still dark & I MAY be getting sleepy now. I am going to cut it off here and …

HEY, WAIT A COTTON PICKING MINUTE. WHAT’S THE FIRST 'A' FOR ?

Admin. Received an email from the job fair last week to ‘prove’ my skills in some sort of online assessment vehicle. Sounds like a major league PIA but must complete the effort.

Also, under Admin, I see multiple positions have opened at Mother Raytheon that would be sweet. Cover letters & tweeked resumes are in order.

And I received the fastener I ordered from Amazon on time ok. Not delivered by drone but the size is wrong. So that needs to be returned & corrected. Talk about PIA. The fastener goes on my bike helmet & has been a real ordeal thus far & it isn’t over yet. But it IS getting closer.

Yesterday was National Oyster day. BFD. Henry Ford was born, Marilyn Monroe died. Life goes on.

I saw on the news big wildfires in CA. Sure am glad I am not a fireman fighting THOSE fires. Because of the drought, everything is dry. Withered & dead vegetation is acting like tinder or kindling & fuel for wildfires. So they are using a technique called ‘back fires’ where they actually torch that underbrush.

It boggles my mind. I am wondering out loud if they will ever get the fires put out if they themselves keep SETTING THEM.

When I was receiving my formal firefighting training, we called this 'arson'. Later on in the corporate world this would be called ‘job security.’

Would SOMEONE, ANYONE kindly please explain this to me so I can understand ?

From McK, this is a happy but slightly confused camper.