Came in #1 this week. That was quite a challenge.

Just posted a birthday greeting with a way to donate on Facebook with Venmo! May the Father bless this request!

OYB!

Rained all morning. No walk for me. Studied Spanish in my car.

Español!

Class.

Always learning.

Deposited checks. Thank you, Lord.

Don Cheto in Spanish.

Cleared off.

Miles got home early so I came on home.

Tried to take the financial report to our treasurer’s house, but he wasn’t there. I’ll have lunch with him on the 27th and give it to him then.

Paid bills.

Got Jessi a new case for her Pixel phone.

Looks like my new insurance is going to cover $2,000 of the $2,551 bill for my tooth implant. That’s a blessing.

Recorded an episode of Verbal Surgery called “Keep the Bubble.” Then walked 1.13 miles while I studied Spanish.

Starting off another week strong.

Released a new episode of Verbal Surgery called “Getting Ahead.”

Walked 2.77 miles and studied this morning.

Up and down the big hill five times. I did it fourteen times yesterday!

Not sure why there are so many cars parked in front of this house. Eight this morning! Plus three in the driveway.

OYB!

Ordered groceries

Lovely this morning. Cloudy, breezy and pretty cool.

Español!

Listened to Don Cheto in Spanish.

Prepped my bike. And me.

Rode 15.41 miles. The last thirty minutes were pretty hot. Rest was nice!

These are all (I think!) of the 25 plushies that Everly ordered on Ashley’s phone.

Ann dropped off the external battery I let her use yesterday.

Picked up my groceries for the week. I got a return on the plantains I ordered. I was trying to get bananas. The app said they didn’t have any! I went into the store after they loaded my car with my groceries. They had a mountain of them! Picked up a nice bunch.

I had a super good effort this week, mainly because of the tough competition I had with Mari. I still expect to wake up tomorrow and she will have won. I just checked the scoreboard and she’s only 500 away from me now. Funny. No big deal for me. As I’ve said many times, the only goal I have is to be in the top three. My score this week normally would have crushed the competition.

Progress!

OYB!

Español!

Just keep walking. And studying! Got started early to enjoy the cool air and make the bike ride way more enjoyable.

Walked 4.02 miles. I did my hard hill eleven times. That would be equal to climbing up Stone Mountain.

Got home and immediately got my helmet on and went to ride my bike. Did 13.08 miles.

Everly used Ashley’s phone to order TEN of the dinosaur plushies. She had no idea what she was doing. Nor how much they cost. She racked up $250! Of course Ashley will be able to get her money back without much hassle.

Did more studying after I cooled off. K and I went to eat at Hot N Cold. Really good.

Listened to Don Cheto en Español.

Went for another walk this evening.

I listened to this mockingbird hassle the sharp shinned hawk this morning and this evening.

Walked another 2.42 miles.

I use these sticks to mark how many times I go up the hill. I total of fourteen times today.

I exercised for 3:40 today. That’s a lot when you consider the research says you need about 2:30 hours in the whole week.

Still pushing myself to get in shape for the Guatemala trip. Many days I don’t see myself being able to go up that massive volcano. It’s about a 4.5 hour hike that goes up about 6,000 ft to a hight of 13,000 ft.

OYB!

Always learning.

Español!

Everly went on a walk with me.

She made a face with a smile and hair.

I found an owl feather. Super cool.

Walked 2.41 miles.

Class.

We went to see Jessi’s psychiatrist today. She was very helpful.

The girls had fun at the doctor’s office. Cool stuff to play with.

Sent a message to my friend Miguel about his Mom.

Always glad to help people.

Hot.

Lots of thunderstorms in our area.

Headed out for a bike ride, but got sprinkled on and quit. I think most of the storms would’ve missed me but too close to call.

Had a good talk with a buddy of mine. A mutual friend of ours is having trouble.

Just keep going.

OYB!

Beauty.

Español!

Full Sun Moon.

Lovely lighting this morning for my walk.

Sweaty walk. 2.72 miles.

Love my girls!

Class.

Left a message for Nana.

Waffle House with K.

Kept getting hotter!

Sky Hike! Today they went to the Second Level! Pretty scary!

Rock Wall!

Climbing boulders!

Got too uncomfortable to hang out at the park after about 1:30 PM. Went on home to chill out.

Gassed up Mercury and added some oil.

Set up the insurance for the mission.

Watched highlights from Stage 6 of the Tour de France.

Studied Español and went for another walk. Too wet for biking around a lot of the corners.

I walked up and down the steepest hill of my walk five times in 21 minutes.

Total walk was 2.79 miles.

Keep pushing. Definitely will be in the top 3. That’s always my goal. Probably #2.

Dali is one of my favorites!

That’s not zesty.

My workouts in June.

My reason for pushing myself.

OYB!

Made it to the mission a little earlier than usual.

Español!

Beautiful morning.

Walked 2.64 miles before I picked up the girls.

Air was pretty bad. We stayed inside today. Goodwill and Perimeter Mall.

Love my girls! Ash got pretty sunburned yesterday at the lake.

Class!

Working out at Goodwill.

They had an inversion table. I let them try it out.

Massive storm blew through.

The girls played “bus the stuffies.”

Miles got home early and I came on back to Stone Mountain.

Stopped by my dentist to tell them about my new medicare/Aetna insurance. Office was closed so I sent them an email with a picture of my new card.

Always learning.

Went by my office and processed checks. Then stopped at the bank to deposit them. Thank you, Jesus.

Went for another walk when I got home. There is one really big hill on my route. I went up/down it seven times.

I was drenched with sweat when I got home.

Got a call from my friend Tabias. He gave me the news that Casey Cruz had died. Sad. I’ll call her son Miguel tomorrow. She was a big part of the community at Azalea for over 20 years.

Pushed to #1 today. Doubt Mari saw that coming. I still expect to come in #2 or #3 this week. The others are very strong. Mary has come in the top 3 over 100 times! I’ve been top three 64 times. Which is still saying something. Duolingo is the world’s largest community of language learners.

Happy 4th of July! As I’m writing this, I can hear big bangs outside.

I dig this.

OYB!

Español!

Walked about 1.75 miles.

I got caught in the rain. Stood under a tree and kept pretty dry. K came and got me. That’s why I’m not sure exactly how much I walked. Even with all my weather apps and especially my radar apps, occasionally a small cell will move into my area so fast that I’m caught unprepared and can’t get home quickly enough.

Had a fun chat with Anthony. Sat out on the porch and watched it rain.

Jessi and I had a nice chat with Nana. We talked with her about the issues we are having with Jessi’s surgery and the bills they say she owes. The insurance approved the surgeries and should be covering ALL of it since she’s already reached the deductible.

Rained about .75″.

Cleared off and got dried out. Much cooler today than it has been.

Español podcast.

Rode my bike 10.27 miles. Cut my ride short because it looked like I could get caught in the rain again. It’s a lot worse on the bike because the road gets slippery. I got home safely. There was a lot of thunder, but the rain stayed just south of us.

A challenging week. Some serious students.

Came in #2 this week. I figured I’d come in third, so I was pleased by my effort.

OYB!

Español!

I was up at my usual 5:45 AM, but walked in my neighborhood rather than in Chamblee this morning. Walked 1.69 miles this morning.

Beautiful sun rise.

Jessi came with me this morning. We drove to Roswell with the girls to ask the doctor about her stitches. Unfortunately, the office was closed. Fortunately, there was a nurse at the CVS across the street who took a look, gave us some suggestions for continued care of the wound and told us that everything looked healthy and healing properly. So that was great!

We brought Jessi back home to Stone Mountain and we went to eat at Waffle House with K.

Then took the girls to Stone Mountain. They really enjoyed doing the Sky Hike.

They climbed the rock wall. They both made it to the top. No way I could do that.

We found the Foam Zone today. The met a girl named Julia that they really enjoyed hanging out with.

Hot. And sweaty.

Looks like tough competition this week.

Studied and walked another 2.44 miles this evening.

I didn’t ride my bike because I thought I might get caught by this.

Every morning and during the night when I wake up from a dream I spend time recording what happened. It’s always fun to think about my “other” life!

OYB!

Español!

Walked 2.41 miles while I studied.

Ordered groceries. When I picked them up they said they only needed to check ID with certain orders. Maybe because I got NyQuil for Kathy?

Air quality was better today, but so humid!

Went to Stone Mountain to record Verbal Surgery “Getting Ahead.” Downloaded it onto my Mac Air.

I didn’t ride today. I thought this thunderstorm was going to plow into us. Narrowly missed us just to the north. Lots of lighting and thunder.

Picked up the groceries.

Cleaned and refilled the hummingbird feeders. I need to do it once a week when it’s so hot. The mixture starts to ferment.

Filled up water jugs.

Refilled bird baths.

Watered my banana plants.

Looks like I’ll come in #2 this week. It was a great competition between the top 5 people. Eventually, hard work pays off. That’s a lot of right answers very fast.

Released Verbal Surgery “Always Branching.” this evening.

I thought this was interesting. For cleaning.

Worked hard. I usually do, but even more when the competition is tight.

Mileage.

Man. It got hot today. I biked in the worst part because of the ozone alert. Next time I’ll take my chances with the ozone and not the heat.

OYB!

Español!

Walked 2.56 miles.

Worked on trimming my yard. I’ve stopped mowing in lieu of using by weeder. Unfortunately, the spools of thread weren’t working well. I decided to buy a new weeder and line.

I should’ve shot an after picture!

Wrote a note to a Brazilian friend of mine who was going through some hard times. He also turned 50 today!

Rode my bike 12.64 miles. Practiced creating sentences about what I was seeing. Reviewed some words.

This is what is was when I was biking. In the full sun add 14 degrees. So it was like 115 degrees. Crazy talk.

Near the end of my ride, I got a flat! Had to walk the last .55 miles home to get my car with the bike rack.

Took her to the bike shop to get a new tube.

Any time I break 20,000 I know I’ve really been working hard.