August 23, 2014

I slept a lot better last night but still didn't get enough sleep because my alarm went off at six o'clock. That is way too early for a Saturday. Way too early for any day of the week really. That is when my alarm usually goes off during the week but I tend to ignore it until 6:30AM or later. But not when I'm dog sitting. Thanks to my alarm actually being five or six minutes fast, I was out the door by six o'clock, off on another journey.

This morning I was apparently feeling adventurous and we ended up going a bit further than yesterday morning, almost a mile and a half. We went up to the main road like yesterday but instead of taking the first side road we kept going up to the main intersection. It actually wasn't too bad and it wasn't as hot as it was yesterday morning.

I spent the bulk of my day watching YouTube videos, crocheting, and reading a textbook. I read one chapter and made it a few pages into the second before having to give up and take a nap. I took one after getting back from the walk in the morning but it wasn't quite enough apparently. It doesn't help that textbooks, no matter how interesting, tend to be a natural sleep aid. My friend's mom also has a piano so I spent awhile messing around on that. I have forgotten most of the one song I was working on but I remembered a little more as I messed with it and then spent time just making stuff up.

Tonight's walk started in the same way as last night, taking the trail up to the zoo. Then we continued the circuit, going by the high school and the cemetery and back to the house. That circuit was just under a mile and a half I think. Or just over. Either way, it was shorter than the first night when we went up to the zoo and then turned back the same way. I could have saved myself a lot of time had I known where that trail was. Although I probably would have killed myself on the railroad tie stairs.

After the walk, feeding the dog, and watering the flowers, I went home to take a shower and eat dinner. I planned on heading back at eight o'clock but tonight was the season premiere of Doctor Who, featuring Peter Capaldi as the new Doctor, so I ended up staying until around nine o'clock. It looks like I'm going to be a fan of the new Doctor. I was already a fan of Capaldi and, at least with the first episode, I am a fan of his interpretation. He is playing kind of a quirky old guy and I like it. I already want to watch the episode again.

On my way back to the house I stopped and got a strawberry shake at Sonic. It was good and I don't feel quite so bad about it after all the walking and sweating I have done in the past couple of days. When I got back to the house I watched a few episodes of Modern Family before going for the last walk of the night around the block.

I'm tired now and will have to wake up at six o'clock tomorrow morning, but a show about Billy The Kid just came on the Discovery Channel. We'll see how far I make it into the show. Sleep is incredibly tempting.

I'm not sure when my friend's mom is supposed to be back tomorrow. Hopefully she will text me. Or I guess I could text her. If she is going to be back before the evening walk than I'll go home and take a shower after the morning walk. If not I'll wait until after the evening walk. Time will tell. As long as I am home with enough time to do my laundry.