Churn churn

Ah, so nice to sit down here in the "new" home office, with schoolwork churning away on the computer. It's a very happy day because I finally got the mixed model of my dive data to run without crashing outright. A clean desk and neat office with a great view (past the cat) of the front yard sure is condusive to getting work done.

Warm weather snuck in from somewhere and made it windy and rainy, unusually heavy - East Coast thunderstorm heavy at times - and knock down the rest of the leaves. With other priorities to worry about right now we've hired a couple of guys from the neighborhood to keep them raked. Very nice. By today it's in the mid-60s, giving us that Indian Summer kinda feeling. With leaf-fall the mountains are now in view from the office.. but there's no snow on them yet. Snapdragons and the tall purple spiky thing and even some poppies are blooming well this late into fall - nice splashes of color. Need to plant a nice maple around the yard somewhere to add some more color, although one mountain ash looks great in the backyard - orangey-red in contrast to the pure yellow of typical Anchorage birch forest.

Only downside is hearing the roar from rude jerks driving pickups which have had their exhaust systems modified to make lots of noise. Typical traffic noise is easy to ignore, but these dumbasses make our town sound like a construction site next door to a NASCAR track. Same for the amplified motorcycles... gimme a break. Grow up and think of the rest of us for once.

Mike