The comparative price for

taking the tree out is $595.  I did not expect that much difference; it's half the other price with room to spare. 

Discussed new price with neighbor, assuring him I could and would pay for having the tree taken down.  BUT he wants to do it and had me wondering if he was a lumberjack in a previous life.  Then neighbor explains he and his grandfather cut many trees from his grandfather's wooded land.  Ahh. This will demonstrate he still can.

It's so far outside my purview of ability that it's difficult for me to contemplate how someone can do it (without big trucks and crews); but he continues to assure me it'll be fine.  So we left it with a proposed time frame of late September, or perhaps October. 

Tuesday brought another new experience, and one that is challenging.  Took a different yoga class (with neighbor/teacher) and am quite pleased that I actually did it.  More demanding than the chair class, but very rewarding.

Of course, I am demonstrating clearly how poorly-equipped and ill-prepared I am for physical effort.  I was stretched, in more than one way.  Add to the yoga class my efforts in the water Sunday and again Monday and I am pushing myself outside my idle, inert lifestyle.  I intend to do water class tonight; we'll see if I make it.

I was rather tired last night (!) and struggled to stay awake through Memphis Beat, the TNT series that has disappointed me this season. Last season the show held much promise, as the kernel of story with heart and soul appeared and seemed to expand.

Co-worker and I share our interest in and dismay over the show; we find ourselves wondering what in the world happened.  Jason Lee is placed in nearly every scene, but somehow isn't quite there. He's thinner and, in our estimation, gives the appearance of not being able to do it.  I'm sad and I wish the show would either regain its former style and content, or stop the fooling around and admit it's over.

Then again, George Clooney is listed as a producer; maybe his influence keeps it going.  Why would he want to continue with a show that is poorly carried out.  Perhaps its the money.  Too bad.

Television programming is so ill-conceived and poorly executed that I find very little interesting and viewable.  Makes a good book an even better companion and so satisfying.