Rest Up Day - NOT

 Well HELLO 4:30 am.  Let me just check my new fancy dancy watch and see just how long I slept last night.  Seven hours ... how lucky can I be ... except for those ELEVEN times I woke up and actually got 9 minutes of deep sleep.  It's not like I can do anything about it, but it's rather interesting to know.

Mr. Cooper and I headed out for a little morning exercise, but we didn't get far.  I think he knows the quicker he turns around, the quicker he gets a tiny treat for being such a GOOD BOY.  In other words, like his Mom, he hasn't lost even an ounce in the last two weeks.

Kitters is on guard duty as always.  If I don't see her, I count to five and she comes running across the yard.  I seriously do NOT have room for another critter in the van, NOR a kitty litter box.

My personal body guard is never far from sight.  If only I could sleep like him!

Early mornings outside sound like this.  Oh how I miss the sounds of crickets and frogs on the ranch.  They would sing me to sleep every night and accompany me down to the barn every morning in the dark.  You knew something was up when they stopped chirping.  

SO ... my day started out at the Lodge once again.  The AC guy was going to show up at 10:00 to meet with Mark and I.  Not that I know anything about it, but I do have a bit of common sense that comes in handy now and then.  

Right off the bat, the guys says ... oh yes, I had my men out here yesterday and they found one of the big pieces of duct work not attached to ANYTHING.  They fixed it, which well they should.  Mark thinks they forgot to reattach it when the unit was put in over a month ago.  So all this time the nice cold air was going into the attic, in spite of all our complaints.

That is just SO IRRITATING.  Especially after all our calls that it was not working.  Cranky Nancy appeared in a flash.  So while standing there, I made note that air was actually moving around the room now and it was COOL air.  Hopefully the problem is fixed.  Well ... except for the SECOND AC unit that has decided to die.  Just like my house, it's never ending.

On the way home, I stopped in at Costco for my new glasses.  I put them on and instantly could not see right.  I almost got dizzy they were so bad.  Well that's never happened before.  He took them back, made all kinds of new measurements and said they would be remade.  The sunglasses had a little tweak also, but I brought them home to see if I just needed to get used to them.  

Though this was supposed to be a rest-up day, it wasn't to be.  I noticed the night before that my Rid-a-Rat was lacking in brilliance, meaning the batteries needed to be replaced.  They last about six months, so I can't complain.  Ever since using these on every rig I've had, I have NEVER (knock on wood) had a mouse or rat get inside or do any damage.  

Scooching under the low profile rig through dirt and spiders was a challenge, but I got it done.  At $44.00, it's a deal, since this one is now almost 5 years old. 

The rest of the day involved plucking yet MORE tomatoes from the vines.  You've seen enough pictures of  those for the next year.  I think there's at least ten more BLT sandwiches there.  

They are NOT good for Mr. Cooper however, so I decided to cook up the last of that cheap pork loin.  Let's try something new.  I've seen Patsy say she cooked some in her air fryer.  That would not be my choice of cooking implement, but I decided to give it a try.  

Darn it ... I didn't get a picture of it right out of the fryer, but 30 minutes at 360 degrees produced a tender, juicy, just a tiny bit rare piece of deliciousness.  Who knew??  No muss, no fuss ... just a perfect piece of pork.

Of course I had some for dinner, but not much because I was still stuffed with the BLT from lunch.  Here it is ... all chopped up and ready for the freezer.  This is why the freezer in the van is completely full of food, but not for me.  I am chinzy though ... he gets maybe 2 tablespoons with his dry food.

NO ... there is NOT room for kitty food!!!

The entire day was gloomy with clouds covering the sky.  There was lots of threatening and predictions, but no water fell on this day.  

I spent the rest of the day stitching up the binding on the LAST VETERANS QUILT!  I will be so excited to see that done!!

Maybe TODAY can be my Rest Up day!!