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1. Haven't posted much these past few weeks. Just too busy and pooped.
2. We narrowed the final interviews for maintenance position to two men. My Regional and the head of our building services dept meet interview them this Monday. This has to be finalized soon. The temp is good, but still lots of loose ends to complete
3. Much of the same old stuff. But of course last weekend was gay pride. Had a good time!
4. Last Friday was Bearracudda, as I mentioned on a previous post. Saturday was Pink Saturday in the Castro. All I can say it was awful. Not sure why I went. It was packed with young very drunk kids, ghetto types of all races, and really uncomfortable. Much the same feeling as on Halloween. Seemed like it was "straight pride". Will skip this one next year.
5. Sunday, my friend David came up from Mt View to meet me at the SSF Bart station to go to Gay Pride Parade. We had a great time. Got a great place to watch part of the parade. Went to the civic center afterward, then later to the Castro to meet up with the group.
6. Monday was the beginning of a very busy work week. Good thing we had Thursday off for the 4th.
7. Last Tuesday, a FB friend came down from Santa Rosa for the day to visit a friend and go to the Academy of Sciences. Later that day after work, I met him in SF for a few drinks and dinner. Then dropped him off at the bus stop for his ride back home. He is unable to drive, due to his vision disability. But I must give him credit, he sure gets around.
8. Speaking of getting around, looks like BART will be off and running by 3 pm today. Even though the strike is not over, they were ordered to go back on line for 30 days. A friend of mine is an employee for BART. I can see some of his concerns, but his complaining of extra costs for family members is not warranted. Most companies, such as mine charge more to tack on members, spouses to their health insurance. I really have not followed much of the strike, but it sure has been a hassle for many.
http://blogs.kqed.org/newsfix/2013/07/03/bart/
9. I have taken a over a week off of the gym, save maybe doing light cardio. I did something to my rotator cuff a few weeks ago, and the tendon pain was pretty bad. Could hardly lift up my arm to take off a shirt. I did talk to a few trainers as to the cause (either bad technique, too heavy weights, or too old. Or all of the above! LOL), and checked out videos on YouTube (some too funny), to now doing some shoulder stretching, and light workouts to strengthen the area. Seems to be working. Pain has subsided substantially. But I will still take it easy this weekend, using really light weights, avoid any bench pressing (or stay on a Smith Machine), and keep on using some machines vs free weights.
10. I was off for the 4th of July. Friend Carlos hosted a BBQ and pot luck. Had a great time. Lots of guys (about 20), including![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rockyotter, who is visiting/housesitting in SF for a bit.
11. Of course there was too much food. I made two salads. One a Quinoa dish, made with dried fruit, peanuts, yogurt, and onions. It was a bit heavy on the curry, but actually turned out better than I thought. As a back up I made a Rice and Artichoke salad.
12. Home early, and to bed early for work today. The warm weather yesterday gave way to fog and cold. Well back to work! Have a great weekend
(our Halloween group at Carlos home)
2. We narrowed the final interviews for maintenance position to two men. My Regional and the head of our building services dept meet interview them this Monday. This has to be finalized soon. The temp is good, but still lots of loose ends to complete
3. Much of the same old stuff. But of course last weekend was gay pride. Had a good time!
4. Last Friday was Bearracudda, as I mentioned on a previous post. Saturday was Pink Saturday in the Castro. All I can say it was awful. Not sure why I went. It was packed with young very drunk kids, ghetto types of all races, and really uncomfortable. Much the same feeling as on Halloween. Seemed like it was "straight pride". Will skip this one next year.
5. Sunday, my friend David came up from Mt View to meet me at the SSF Bart station to go to Gay Pride Parade. We had a great time. Got a great place to watch part of the parade. Went to the civic center afterward, then later to the Castro to meet up with the group.
6. Monday was the beginning of a very busy work week. Good thing we had Thursday off for the 4th.
7. Last Tuesday, a FB friend came down from Santa Rosa for the day to visit a friend and go to the Academy of Sciences. Later that day after work, I met him in SF for a few drinks and dinner. Then dropped him off at the bus stop for his ride back home. He is unable to drive, due to his vision disability. But I must give him credit, he sure gets around.
8. Speaking of getting around, looks like BART will be off and running by 3 pm today. Even though the strike is not over, they were ordered to go back on line for 30 days. A friend of mine is an employee for BART. I can see some of his concerns, but his complaining of extra costs for family members is not warranted. Most companies, such as mine charge more to tack on members, spouses to their health insurance. I really have not followed much of the strike, but it sure has been a hassle for many.
http://blogs.kqed.org/newsfix/2013/07/03/bart/
9. I have taken a over a week off of the gym, save maybe doing light cardio. I did something to my rotator cuff a few weeks ago, and the tendon pain was pretty bad. Could hardly lift up my arm to take off a shirt. I did talk to a few trainers as to the cause (either bad technique, too heavy weights, or too old. Or all of the above! LOL), and checked out videos on YouTube (some too funny), to now doing some shoulder stretching, and light workouts to strengthen the area. Seems to be working. Pain has subsided substantially. But I will still take it easy this weekend, using really light weights, avoid any bench pressing (or stay on a Smith Machine), and keep on using some machines vs free weights.
10. I was off for the 4th of July. Friend Carlos hosted a BBQ and pot luck. Had a great time. Lots of guys (about 20), including
rockyotter, who is visiting/housesitting in SF for a bit. 11. Of course there was too much food. I made two salads. One a Quinoa dish, made with dried fruit, peanuts, yogurt, and onions. It was a bit heavy on the curry, but actually turned out better than I thought. As a back up I made a Rice and Artichoke salad.
12. Home early, and to bed early for work today. The warm weather yesterday gave way to fog and cold. Well back to work! Have a great weekend
(our Halloween group at Carlos home)
