Friday

Friday dawned cool, but clear. It was supposed to get up to the mid to upper 70’s today (F.), so I skipped wearing my fall jacket.

I stopped at O’Rielly’s Auto parts (the old Murray’s across from my house) at lunch and bought four quarts of 30 weight motor oil (I have to change the oil in both mowers), some new windshield wipers (my current ones have started to squeak, no matter how hard the rain is) and a hand transfer pump for gasoline (I think I overfilled the bike’s tank).

The kid who rang me up volunteered to put on the wiper blades. I’m not sure if this is a service they offer to everyone or he just thought I was too old to figure it out. But I said, “Sure!” So, he went out and, after great difficulty (I think it was the cigarette he had in one hand) he got them switched out.

Back home at 5:10 PM, I changed clothes after I went out and watered the mailbox garden tub. Then I went out and took about half a gallon of gas out of the bike’s tank. I feel better now as the Owner’s Guide was very clear about the dangers of overfilling.

You see, the bike was tipped over to the left because it was sitting on the kickstand. I filled it to the top at that point. It dawned on me the next day that, when the bike was fully upright, it would be too full. So, I took some out.

Back inside, I started cleaning the living room. I want to get a jump on this weekend chore so I have more “weekend.” I got that done along with vacuuming the two inside walk-off rugs.

At that point, I got a phone call from a friend. After sitting on the couch for 10 minutes, I realized how tired I felt. So, I figured this early weekend cleaning crap could wait.

I warmed up the last buffalo chicken cutlet, poured more ranch dressing into a little bowl and ate that watching TV. I really need to make some more real dinners!

I fell asleep around 10:00 PM. Unfortunately, I woke up at 1:30 AM and didn’t get back to sleep until after 4:00 AM. Damn!