67 degrees this morning. Walk 39:07 minutes
Got my walk in this morning, but lightning and thunder were in the north the entire time. Then I got a message that “rain would start at 4:32 a.m. and continue for about an hour and one-half. Believe it or not at 4:32 a.m. it started raining!
Still lightning and thunder. I am on the “inside” of the patio watching and listening to the rain. Not near as good as the “outside” part (well, it is now, since I would be rained on on the outside part) but better than inside.
Spent part of yesterday (and wasted several hours and some $ on a flash drive) trying to install Windows on my iMac. The problem was a Wall Street Journal story said you could get a 30 trail period of Windows 10. Unfortunately I believed it until I finally contacted Microsoft (a torturous process on it’s own, their customer service has not improved since I started using Apple products partly because of Microsoft and suppliers horrible customer service).
Anyway, the outcome is I have to purchase Windows 10 and assume it will work on my Mac. I know it does, but actually getting it done is the problem.
What is ironic is that the reason I want to put Windows on my Mac is because Quicken (Intuit) can’t produce a decent copy of Quicken for the Mac. Ever since our very first purchase of Quicken for Mac some years ago, it simply has’t worked. It is a horrible product and should never have been sold. Each year they promise “this is it” and “it” is just as bad or worse than the previous version.
Anyway we finally decided our record keeping is too important, so we would install Windows and go back to Quicken for Windows, since we thought we could add Windows to our Mac relatively easy.
Happen to be listening to a song by “Enya” while the rain falls outside. Somehow the effect is perfect. I am outside, although undercover, so the rain is loud.
Of course, there are always jokes about how the State Fair brings rain etc., but so far the rains have been beneficial, since they come early in the morning and cool off the day.
We got our first “mums” last week and several pumpkins (to put outside) yesterday, a sure sign that Fall and Winter is coming! Aliene has had the Fall and Halloween decorations on display in the house for several weeks now.
Glad to be taking my morning walk again and listening to the book on Elon Musk. It is currently in the part about the “Space X” program and the start of Tesla Motors. As with all such projects, it is amazing how several small events could have changed the entire progress (or lack thereof) of the companies
To be honest, I really haven’t followed “Space X”. While I was vaguely aware of it I still am not sure where it stands now, although I am doing some research on both.
Another dream, I like to try to keep track of my dreams I can remember, so I hopefully will become better at remembering them.
9-19-15: Saturday Dream
Dreamed was shopping for something (can’t remember what now), but it was a BMW dealership (I don’t have or even want a BMW).
For some reasons, it was a cafe like atmosphere and I ordered some water and something to eat.
They bought me the water and it was in a can (a small can) and warm, and I was very disappointed in the business.
In the last part of the dream, I was looking for a place to park. The guard had just picked up some blockades from the parking lot and opened a lot of spaces as I drove in and everyone cheered.
I was with Aliene, but I don’t remember the occasion or purpose.
That’s it for now, Sunday, September 20, 2015.
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