Locker Room Roulette

So at the fitness center, they seem to randomly hand out the locker keys (maybe to keep people from having to have lockers right next to each other?). I've decided to keep track of my locker assignments, and eventually maybe try to predict what I'll get next.

Tuesday, July 18: 76
Thursday, July 20: 79 -- Today they put me directly across from an agitated man who had his luggage in the locker room.
Tuesday, August 1: 5
Monday, August 7: 101
Tuesday, August 8: 60
Wednesday, August 9: 100
Tuesday, August 15: 118
Thursday, August 17: 49
Tuesday, August 22: 79 - back in locker 79 again. Maybe I should leave something (a sticker, or a card?) in the locker each day, and see if it's still there when I'm assigned that locker again...
Thursday, August 24: oops, I forgot which locker I was assigned that day.
Tuesday, August 29: 45
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Tuesday, September 19: Hmm, I haven't kept up very well. Today: 118
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Ok, narrowly avoiding catching a nasty cold before vacation in Cancun (where we did use the gym twice at the hotel), I'm working to get back to my routine.
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Thursday, October 12: 79 - Three times at this locker now!
Tuesday, October 17: 39
Thursday, October 26: 38
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Tuesday, May 15: 16
Thursday, May 17: 18

A lot can happen in a week

So last week Monday we bought Kim her new car, a Nissan Maxima. It's really nice. On Friday it had its first car accident. Someone sideswiped us; not too badly, we're ok, but c'mon, it's a new car! Fortunately the other driver (I won't name her here) has insurance, and today the insurance company called us to let us know they've accepted liability.

Sunday Bike Ride

There's just something about taking a bike ride, having a drink when you get home, and grilling up some tasty food on a Sunday. Yesterday I biked to Santiago Oaks Regional Park, did the Wilderness Loop, then biked back home, for about 10 miles or so. Here's the route I took.

I saved a GPX file of the route too.

Cactus Hill Hike with Molly

Last Sunday (Jan 22), Kim and I took a hike with Molly on Cactus Hill.

Learning is like rowing upstream...

... Not to advance is to drop back. -- Chinese proverb

Today I submitted my application for admission to California State University at Fullerton. Starting this past fall, they are offering an online Masters of Science degree in Information Technology. Godwilling, I'll be accepted, and then for the next two years or so I have a lot of homework and not a lot of spare time to look forward to, as I'll still be working full time.

Leg Pee

I used to work at the restaurant of a yacht club back in high school. I was a bus boy, so I got to clean up the tables after the members left, reset the tables, fill their water glasses, etc.

So this particular yacht club restaurant looked out over Lake Michigan. I was filling someone's water glass at one of the round tables in the corner of the room, with windows on either side, staring out over the water.

"Umm, excuse me?" says the guy who's water glass I'm filling. I look down to see the water glass overfilled, spilling onto his leg. I stop pouring water into the glass.

"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry," is the best response I can muster.

"It's ok, I just wanted to be sure you weren't peeing on my leg!"

Dogsitting

Kim and I used to house/dog sit for a doctor who worked at the UW Hospital in Madison while we were in college. Here's where his house was: Nottingham Way, Madison, Wisconsin.