A nice easy day today; didn’t go anywhere, barely did anything.
The morning started with a two-mile walk. I’m out of allergy medicine, so it was hard for me to breathe – or talk – while walking with my dad, though talk I did. He wanted to know about digital versus analog chips, and where the industry was headed in both geometry size and power requirements.
I was pretty much on the computer after that until noon, going through a weekend’s worth of emails and Facebook posts. I also checked out a few potential stock buys, since the market was way down, and I still have enough cash on hand in my portfolio to buy one more stock.
In the afternoon, I mowed the lawn, but before that, I let the kids drive the lawn mower. They had a blast – their smiles were HUGE. They have never driven a John Deere before. I mowed the one acre back yard as fast as I could to beat the oncoming rain. I just made it.
After the brief rainstorm, I took the kids out in the boat. Today it was knee-boarding, but the kids lasted one round and pretty much kept in the wake; the lake was rough and the wind coming from the north was making waves with whitecaps. It was great weather for sailing; not so good for motorboats.
We watched a little TV, then played some Frisbee (right-handed for me – my elbow and bicep are still hurt), and then went for a swim. I floated on a blow-up recliner, watching dark clouds and rain approaching from the north. We lasted 15 minutes before the rain hit. Within an hour, there was lightning and thunder. We stayed in, watching TV, for the rest of the evening. The night was very humid.