–Went to Bel Air for some fairly big shopping with Grace.
–Barbecued turkey burgers, corn, squash, tomato. Gio’s Going Ghost rub, mixed 1:3 with Gio’s Sweet Heat, was not hot at all. I guess we try 1:1 next time.
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–Went to the Sunrise farmers market for cherries, tomatoes, onions, strawberries, jam, Gio’s Ghost rub (limited edition), radishes, squash.
–Ultimate iPod came in–the last hard drive model. Incredible ergonomics, it just reeks of quality. Fortunately, the battery took a full charge and it synced up almost automatically in iTunes.
–Back is much better, perhaps due to hydro-therapy.
–Took a swim; very nice.
–My back is really bad. Sciatica I believe, though knowing that does nothing.
–Took a swim with air temp ~100. Very nice, and even seemed to help my back for a bit.
–Back is killing me; woke up 6 times last night.
–Took a brief swim; mostly kicked on my back as doing the crawl hurt too much.
–Re-wrecked my back while bending over. At least it’s not liver cancer.
–Rolex gold rivet bracelet for the 1803 came in. Seller (and my own research) said it should fit an 8″ wrist. Nope. At max length it’s snug on my 7.25″ wrist. Thought about selling the watch, but (a) the bracelet is hyper-tight (seller claims Rolex rebuilt it; someone certainly did) and should loosen a little over time; and (b) I’ll ask LAWW if they might be able to source and install a link.
–Sharpening stone came in. It’s nice, but not as colorful as presented, and too fine for knives.
–Caseback for 30gb iPod came in. Very nice. Hope the new higher-capacity battery will (a) fit and (b) hold a good charge.
–Replaced hearing aid batteries around 1 PM.
–Another slow day.
–Took a swim. Perfect at 88 degrees.
–Slow day. Warming up, but not painfully. Took a swim–a little cool, but okay.
–Too cool again to swim.
–Rode the canal. Discovered (as I should have known) that the other side is a maintenance road, all fenced and locked up tight. Except at Sunrise, where there’s a low gate that almost invites walkers. So I went in 50 yards and took a picture. Yow!
–Bought a 1978ish Rolex 18k gold rivet bracelet for the Day-Date. 12 links (plenty), refinished by Rolex, just stunning AND I’ve never seen another AND, since the watch is 1977, we can call it original. An expensive watch in total, but it doesn’t get any better.