OITNB, S4

OK, for those of you watching season 4, and not finished yet - spoiler alert!  I'm about to rant a bit, because I just finished watching.   I spaced it out over two weeks so that I'd be able to enjoy it a bit.  And I have to admit, the first few episodes I was quite disappointed in.  It felt as if they were trying to cram so much detail and story building with all the new additional people they added that parts of it weren't enjoyable.  I would sum it up like this:   I enjoy the journey, the story telling, I'm not about the destination.

However, the cliffhanger they left us with .... OMG.   By episode 12, I was both crying and mad.  I don't like when my fav characters are done away with!   And Samira Wiley was, to me, one of the best in the show!   And the pipes on that girl!   Sometimes I cue up season 1, episode 13, just to hear her sing Amazing Grace --again and again!    love it!

Watching the last 3 episodes of season 4 really riled me up, stirred up a lot of emotions - hate for the guards, sadness for the women stuck in their situations like Sophia, and empathy for Caputo.  Being the guy who tries to make things right for these women, with his back stuck against corporate greed and the almighty dollar is never easy.  I'm glad he did things right in the end, calling the father, and going off program from what MCC wanted him to say.

I know, I know, it's only a TV show.  But kudos to Netflix for producing a good show in such a way that we're clearly drawn in to each of the womens' stories!

If you've followed past posts, I don't do drama, I don't get involved in situations full of drama because of the effect it has on me in a personal way (ie, dreams).  Orange is the New Black is the one piece of drama that I seek out, something about the show resonates in me.

Well done, Netflix!
Hurry up June 2017!

Doing Something

  

Here it is, the middle of my very long stretch of work, as I'm filling in for someone who took a long vacation.  That's ok, in order to stay on my scheduled hours, I'm only work 6 hour days, really nice to be leaving work at noon every day!!

That being said, I started back at the gym this week. Both yesterday and today was all about cardio, and now I'm dealing with muscles that are sore and crampy, and one glut muscle that feels strained.  But it will get better and I will keep going.   Yes, I am committing myself, because the other day I was at work and felt as if every step I took was like slogging through waist high water.  That's not a good sign, sluggish is never any good .....

With the added exercise, I've noticed that I'm sleeping better -- well, as good as I can when the temps don't drop below 100 until the wee hours of the morning.  I read or heard somewhere that the ideal sleep temp is 65 degrees, but in order to achieve that, my AC would run constant all night long.  And I would NOT like that at the end of the month.

My target of 10k steps a day is easy to hit when I'm doing cardio in the gym.  That's a plus!

Sadie doesn't take the heat very well and certainly can't walk on sidewalks that are hot enough to fry an egg on!   I've thought about booties, but ... ya know, that just looks a little silly!  I thought about a stroller but that doesn't give her any exercise.  So with temps reaching over 110 for the past 5 days, I moved her little kiddie pool into the dining room so we can splash around in the afternoons :)

Today, after a short nap, I was re-energized and got a lot of laundry done, bed sheets changed, and things put away.  Even though my mind knows that moving is better than not moving, some days, I just can't get myself to get moving.  But I'm trying to change all that.

Rather than doing nothing, I'm doing something,

Saturday Summer

Here it is, Saturday afternoon.  Day 5 of 14 days done, happily.
It's hot here in the Valley of the Sun, over 115 today.  Two more days of excessive heat and we go back down to the more norm of 100-105.   Yes, it's a dry heat.  lol  Anything over 105 is plain old hot, no matter what spin you put on it.

Sadie and I are going to have Cabin Fever if the heat keeps up.  It's much too hot to be out walking, and too much for pugs over 90 degrees.  So in my brilliant way, I brought her little kiddie pool into the dining room.  Now I can dip in my toes and chill out a bit, and she plays a little bit in the water - mostly chasing it around in circles, but that's ok.  It's exercise rather than just sleeping all day.

Making very little progress on the spare bedroom that I named Casa Linda  (beautiful house), but even just one board at a time gets the job done soon.  I ordered a full size mattress for the room, and plan on stopping in at Home Depot for some piping to make this as a shelving unit.

Should look pretty good in this converted room that's a do-over after my son moved out.  But I reassured him that we'd remove any frillies or flowers if he ever needs to move back in!
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