It's Really HOT!

Round these parts, the first heatwave of the season has begun. We've got a reading (at 4:22pm) of 93...feels like 94. No lie that's what it says. Better than freezing my ass off though.

In the South Pacific the "strongest storm on Earth is closing in on Taiwan" according to weather.com. That's a headline you just gotta click everytime.

Today is July 1

Happy Birthday to the OSSS aka Jack. I couldn't ask for a better son.

Summer In Earnest

It is truly summer now in North J. Funny, without coaching baseball this year makes me more leisurely on a whole.

Just in...state of NJ will raise gas taxes 23cents per gallon...but they will give a 1% reduction in sales tax. Now that sounds great except...the gas tax goes in immediately and the sales tax starts in 2018. If that's not a load of buckshot I don't know what is.

Some things I am watching:

Animal Kingdom (TNT)

Aquarius (NBC)

Preacher (AMC)

Deadliest Catch (Disc)

This Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Down around 10 lbs on my June cut. Got aways to go but it's a nice start.

Graduation Week

So time flies is the expression...and it's 100% correct.

This week, OSSS aka Jack will graduate from HS. Actually two HS'...on Tuesday he will march with his classmates from Butler HS, get name called and get a blank piece of paper. On Thursday afternoon he graduates from the school he officially attended, the Morris County Academy for Law & Public Safety. Either way, I can still remember his first day at school vividly...and while it is a time for absolute joy, it's kind of bittersweet in a way too. He (and his brother YSSS) has made me the proudest dad in the world. I couldn't ask for two better sons.

Wow. On to the next chapter for us...

Crystal Clear

After a lot of work and stress I am ecstatic to report that the pool is crystal clear. It took about 8 rounds of shock, and a full dose of chlorine tabs but it got back to my expectations on Friday. Vacuumed the bad boy on Saturday AM (after I worked out at the GYM!). Cleared pool filter and away we go.

Something I have spied early in, a lot of leaves in pool. Never really been a problem before but we've had some really blustery days so I'm seeing leaves. I'll see what I can do to trim back a couple of BIG TREES next weekend. One is virtually impossible though. Too big and branches are too high.

In other news I've started ruckpacking. I'll give you an update after next expedition.

Swimming Pool Woes

After a few sparkling crystal clear days, my pool is now a mess. Could be all the rain we are getting; it might also be that I was still using a pool filter cartridge from when I got the pool (I keep spares).

So after realizing I had the suction of a 100 year old vacuum, I went to local pool store and picked up a new cartridge. After install the flow is tremendous. Ran it for about 24 hours but it's still not at my level of greatness. Would have tested and adjusted chems last night but we had a monsoon blow in about 6pm. So that changed my plan. Turned it on this AM and will let it run. I'll check it when I get back from the gym (LEGDAY!) tonight and adjust accordingly.

Hoops

Prediction:

CAVS in 7 (because I'm pretty sure the NBA fixes a game or two to go 7).