It’s near the end of June and I’ve had to work the last 10 days straight, or I did it as a favor really. Anyway, now I have two days off so I thought I’d shovel, er, write some more prose and let you guys have it. Kapow! Right in the kisser! Off we go…………………………………..
Since I was working, I did miss another Solstice Celebration here in Fairbanks. The whole town is set up for stuff, plays going on, lots of music venues, booths, midnight baseball games etc. Mostly outside venues. All to celebrate the longest day of the year – June 21st. I missed it last year too. But, the morning of the 21st, cloudy and rain. Heavy at times. It wasn’t until around 2pm that the weather cleared. So I wasn’t that unhappy about having to stay inside. I was a little disappointed that I missed it again though, two years and I have no idea what it’s like. I really wanted to go to the midnight baseball game but I got lazy around 10:30pm when it starts. Touted as being the only ball game that goes into the wee hours without any lighting. When Hoa (the office manager where I volunteer) asked me to work my day off, I didn’t realize it was on the 21st. Damn.
The last several days it’s been either been light rain, or totally overcast, but last evening then this morning, heavy rain. I sold another computer so I had to run over and install it today stopping at Wal-Mart. The parking lot was packed. These people up here don’t mind the rain. Even when it’s heavy.
Several days ago the sun was beating down on my RV without mercy, so I packed up (this involves getting everything loose tied down, everything stowed, jacks up, etc. – takes over an hour), moved to a spot that doesn’t have water but does have lots of shade. While moving I filled my water tank with water from the park but I used the hose that was connected to the faucet. Medium sized mistake. The hose is for gardens and the fresh water in my tank, 60 gallons, tasted like crap because of it. Nasty. Since it’s such a trial to disconnect, drive over to get water, come back and setup, etc. I kind of put it off until yesterday. Finally got it emptied by dumping it on the ground, drove over and refilled using my drinking water hose, got set up again and all so I’m a happy camper right now.
It has been a little disappointing not having any sunshine to speak of over the past 2 weeks or so. Might have well stayed where I was to begin with, at least I had water at that site.
I’ve started watching ‘Firefly’ on Hulu lately because my daughter is always raving about it. I don’t have cable so I didn’t notice when it originally came on, never saw any trailers for it, and didn’t know much about it other then what she said. Boy, what a great Sci-Fi program. With four babes! And need I mention tight and intelligent writing, excellent performances, great special effects, and on and on? Wow. I’m hooked like most of the rest of you. Just wish I had a faster computer connection.
Well, that’s all for today. I’ll get some more pictures when the weather clears up soon.