Welding

Tonight at welding class, I welded the feet to the hipbone piece of steel. Hans the instructor gave me a piece of tube for the substantial spine that will be welded in back of the decorative spine. I feel the piece will be badly proportioned but it's my first piece. Also it's a little tippy and probably will be more so when I get all that heavy stuff welded to the top but I can fun some spikes through the feet and/or put bricks on the feet to anchor it. I did position the hipbone correctly so that if it leans, it leans back, so I can prop it from behind.

Many others are doing fancy stuff like cutting shapes out of sheet metal with the torch and then putting it in the forge and banging on it with a hammer to make a bowl shape. Some over-achieving Eagle Scout is bending half-inch thick pieces of steel to make the arms for an outdoor chair. Another guy has a semi truck wheel that he is doing something to as the base for a table. I don't see it.

But I'll tell you what-- some guy brought in a little mobile welding device he got at the Andersons. May have to make another ridiculous purchase.

This obnoxious guy was making some artsy fartsy piece and it turns out he's the one who did that fish sculpture in the window at SamB's. Which I had noted when we ate there the other night that it was some crappy globby welding. He says it's his trademark. Plus he's not even in the class and he's hogging up the welding table where only one person can weld at a time. Pay for the workshop, dude.

I sent in my glasses reimbursement to the insurance company and got denied and then had to figure out myself that glasses have to be reimbursed through the VSP vision insurance so I called today to get a duplicate of my invoices as the first insurance kept them although they dinged my claim.

I scheduled a meeting with a trainer at the community center for tomorrow as you are entitled to when you join. I want him to show me upper body routines. And recommend belly flattening routines which I hate but if I had one that was suggested by a trainer, I might try to stick to it. Might.

And I scheduled a blood giving appointment for Friday at 10:15 a.m. at Stadium View.D

This Friday the Peslikis are having a 75th birthday event for Michael (!). We were going to have poker that night but Hey, how many 75-year-old friends do I have??

Also today, I went for a walk at 8:30 a.m., raked more of the pine needles out of the backyard, went and picked up the necklace I won in the Tuna Fest silent auction. At the bar: Sam, Bomeli, Kurt Eye, somebody else I knew but now I forget. Bomeli bought me a beer. How could I decline?

Sunday, I had lunch with Erin and Jen from work at El Camino on Dussel. The waiter, when he brought Jen's plate, said "The plate is hot. But not as hot as you."

Then I went out to Chip's where he made an experimental pasta dish with steak which needs some tweaking. I made a peach cobbler which was OK but not as juicy and flavorful as I had anticipated.

Saturday was Tuna Fest 8: Last Call. Ginger and the Snaps played, then Joe Baker but then when Hillbilly Revenge (which was only one guy as the others had conflicts) came on, the sound was over the top as Maurice had showed up so I had to go. I made a Ginger and the Snaps FB page today.

So basically, the same thing. A good start to the day and then several lost hours in the afternoon.

I really do want a job but nothing is turning up.

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