It’s a quiet Tuesday and I got soaked running in the rain. It felt great though to be drenched in something other than sweat. Only one other runner passed by along with a few of the regular walkers. When I got home, I spread some more “stolen” mulch, as the HOA continues to tempt me with a couple of skids that they don’t apparently have immediate use for in the neighborhood. Normally, in order to avoid theft, they bring it in when they need it, otherwise it mysteriously disappears. Many of us are still disappointed that they initially spread such a thin layer around our landscaping and therefore feel entitled to self remedy the situation. Guilty!

Our pool umbrella arrived, giving us now a little bit of shade in the shallow end. Most of our decorative items for the lanai area are still in the garage from our last trip. Since we’ll be gone again in a few weeks, we haven’t bothered to put them back in place in the event of a hurricane. The area around the pool is pretty barren with company coming this weekend, so I would expect that a few items like chairs and cushions will be put back in place only to be once moved back into dry storage once they leave. We head North to Alaska in only 18 days.

I’m always glad to have a quiet day at home now that the running and swimming duties are done. It will be a Hulu kind of day between watching Sons of Anarchy and Legacy on that streaming service. My wife and I are being nickeled and dimed by the very medium that supported our careers. There was a certain sense of pride in selling the advertising that allowed viewers to watch TV, despite the annoyance they felt. Now I’m paying Xfinity for cable services, along with Netflix, Prime Video, Paramount, HBO, Peacock, AMC, Apple, and Hulu. I think that it’s ironic when at least 15% of my monthly television pension goes to what was once my competition. In retirement, I’m now a TV junkie, glued to it hours every day – guilty!