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Happy Monday!!!

Started off the day with the alarm not going off. I am so happy (most of the time) that I have an internal alarm clock that won’t let me sleep past 6:30-6:45 before I am awake. Got up, gave the dogs their morning treats, and their outside time. Then I had to log in for work.

Had a meeting with IT today to go over software used. I am not sure but I always feel IT is there to make life more difficult. I spend more time answering questions and not getting much accomplished. But, we got through the meeting and I am sure I will hear some follow-up in the next day or so. Once I finished with that call, I tried getting caught up on tags (questions), Cause of Loss Determination requests, and Tech Support requests.

Lunch time today was a swim. I have to start wearing a heart monitor after today for the next 14 days and I wanted to get the Garmin swim challenge for this week done. Unfortunately can’t swim with the heart monitor, so it was important to get in the water today. After the 14 days are up on the 23rd of February I should be able to get back into the water and complete the monthly challenge. I need about another 5K of swimming to get that done. Maybe I will attempt to do that in one session and I can take care of a few Swim.Com challenges as well. I need a 200yard kick also for the USMS challenge. These challenges do keep me motivated so they are important.

Came back home and finished out the day. I worked a little bit late to get it all done and then I worked a little extra this evening to get some new technicians added to the Alpine Intel University, our online training platform. I suspect that less than 50% of them will actually take the online classes and I will spend some additional time pestering them to do so. Life goes on and it’s job security.

I just had time for an afternoon walk to get my steps in for the day. I got my 8,000 steps that is my goal, but weight watchers would like to see 10K steps (there’s that magic unscientific number again). I am also participating in a 300 floor step challenge. It is climbing 300 floors worth of steps in the next 30 days. That’s easy because every one of my workouts gives on an average of 20-30 floors. Give me the next 15 days and this will be done as long as the weather holds up. 27 floors today. During the afternoon walk I had to take a couple of tech support calls and of course that is difficult when you are not sitting in front of a computer, but had phone in hand and I was able to provide the support.

Got back just in time to walk the dogs for their afternoon/evening walks. Then it was dinner time and relax time. I am sort of done for the day, but I do have one more computer related activity I need to do and that is to start the import jobs for last week’s races for greyhound-data.org.

I have to make a vet appointment for Gizmo. Something is wrong and I am worried about her quality of life. She is 19 years old and I am afraid she is hurting. It could be arthritis, but I guess I am going to have to get her checked out. I just have this gut feeling that this may be a final appointment for her, which is why I have been hesitating. Why am I worried about quality of life?
1) She does eat, but has graduated to wet food only.
2) When she moves she “hollers” as she walks.
3) She has stopped cleaning herself. I am having to deal with matted fur.
4) She hides under a bed most of the day and rarely comes out. I am not sure this is the life for a pet.
5) She still does navigate the steps to come to her litter box.
6) She stopped eating outside of her room. I think it may have been that she can no longer jump up on the table without extreme effort.

This is just one of these, I am not sure situations.

Today's mheard from KO4YAW in Aurora, CO for 2/9/2026 on 14.105LSB / 14.1023USB.

YAWNOD:KO4YAW-7} Heard List for Port 4
KC2IHX-7   Feb 10 02:42:01    
KC2IHX-1   Feb 10 02:28:39    
K7SKI      Feb 10 02:23:33    
AC0ZH-7    Feb 10 02:02:40    
KB9PVH-5   Feb 10 01:51:48    
KB9PVH-3   Feb 10 01:48:55    
KB9PVH-7   Feb 10 01:45:18    
KB5YZB-1   Feb 10 01:32:56    via KB9PVH*
K0LAI-7    Feb 10 01:20:38    
N9SEO-3    Feb 10 01:20:08    
K5DAT-7    Feb 10 01:18:19    
KB9PVH     Feb 10 01:16:49    
NS2B-1     Feb 10 01:02:00    
KB5YZB-7   Feb 10 00:28:30    via KB9PVH*,KB9KC-7
KC6HBB-1   Feb 09 23:55:38    
KC6HBB     Feb 09 23:55:37    
KE8NAD     Feb 09 22:36:07    
KB9KC      Feb 09 22:28:02    
K7TMG      Feb 09 22:23:28    
KA9QJT-1   Feb 09 22:16:41    via KB9PVH*,N0HI-2
WB7PZZ     Feb 09 22:05:50    
N6CTA-7    Feb 09 21:59:08    
N0HI-7     Feb 09 21:58:33    via KB9KC*
N6CTA-1    Feb 09 21:27:51    
KB9KC-1    Feb 09 18:34:56    
KD3BFP-1   Feb 09 15:26:00    
W9LCF-7    Feb 09 15:21:52    
KB9PVH-1   Feb 09 15:12:42    
WB5BNV     Feb 09 15:02:30    
WG0A-1     Feb 09 15:00:36

I think that is a wrap for this evening. I will see everyone tomorrow.