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AUGUST 2002
Thursday - August
1, 2002
Blessing to all on Lammas Day!
12:00a - Today is Lammas, or Lughnasade.
7:51a - I slept much more soundly last night than I expected. My new page here for August is not working right as of yet. Please bear with me. I am having trouble making my frames do what I want them to. Maybe it can't be done, but I think its just my own ignorance. I think that if you click on the calendar to jump to a specific date, it will do so, but in the TOP frame (not this one, the main frame). There must be a way around this.
8:59P - This was an awful day at work. Actually, I am still working, but at least I am home and not dealing with all the crap that was flowing my way today. It started of good. I started the day off remembering that is was Lammas Day and gave thanks to the Creator for the blessings in my life, the beautiful day, my wonderful dog, a good home, decent health, and a good job with people I respect. Then I forgot to wear my pentagram under my shirt as I sometimes do, and as I had planned on doing today. Maybe that set the tone or something, but things went sour. Actually, it was only the women at work that caused my day to royally suck, so maybe Lammas (which has to do with the position of the Earth in relation to the Sun), was actually related to hormonal/emotional upheavals which women are more biologically susceptible to? I don't know. T'be Lisa aatg' aadm' aach' iim' uutede. Iish' ustj' entw' eskreiz' anny' iime! Aanj' enthe Debie aadh' uut' es' umsaengthe yaotb' evyeiviingth' aathe Y'ide. I was so glad to get out of there today. Y'ond' aantwe_uut' aakt' uute nyein' aavy' imthe yenge. I guess this will pass too.
7:27a - Yes... surprise! I am out of bed already. More than that, Kira has already been out for her walk. I'm usually not even out of bed for another 10 minutes. But this morning I lay in bed thinking about the events of yesterday and, the started thinking about Doug's funeral and his family's feelings toward me after he died, and I finally decided I couldn't stand it any more and got up.
7:31a - I sure hope today is not as bad as yesterday. Oh... I understand Darlene and Devon are going to visit Marlene in Texas; maybe today.
I went out after work for a while. Took a bus home.
Saturday - August
3, 2002
- New website goes live today -
I got my hair cut this morning, deposited Calisa's check, and went over to the Mall. I bought a new beach towel. The sticker price was $35, but I got it for $19. Then I got a bathing suit marked for $38, but on sale for 66% off.
I went out and laid by the pool for a while, but didn't have the patience for that for very long. I lounged around for the rest of the day, working on my web site off & on. I got the Wingate album working and created a Kira album. But most importantly, my NEW WEB SITE WENT LIVE TODAY!
11:09 - I got up, walked Kira, made some fried burritos and watch some TV. That has been my day so far. I am already getting bored.
2:03 -I managed to get the energy to vacuum and even scrubbed the carpet in some heavy traffic areas. Now I am off to the pool for a bit. Then I may go out for a few beers.
Y'entw' aoch' uut' iith' aathb-ubkle uutaitne. Ch' aasw' onyeil' iithe 2nd aimte Y'aav' enbe.
7:52 - Another week begins. I am not looking forward to work at all. I still feel a tension in the office that is very uncomfortable. Whatever. I haven't done anything wrong, but I have this feeling of negativity that is very depressing. Well, I am just going to go in and do my job and keep my mouth shut as much as possible. I am rarely listened to anyway.
7:55a - The carpet has dried and looks great. It was well worth the effort to get it clean. Okay.... time to take K-Dog out. She's is still limping, especially in the morning's after she has been sleeping. Poor thing.
I logged 39 calls at work today. Dennis hurt his eye and was out except for a short spell in the morning and Becky is at a seminar or something, and even Laura is on vacation all week. I am still very uncomfortable at work and am keeping to myself as much as possible. I have not been dieting at all today.... to depressed.
I worked on my neighbor, Joe's, computer tonight. I was upset that I could not get my paint program to load on his machine. I finally got another one to load, but it's not a very easy one to use.
I tried to return to "diet mode" today and had nothing for breakfast, but they had roasted turkey drumsticks over at Olin hall and I had to have one... and some mac & cheese plus helping of carrots. Oh well. The diet was not doing much good anyway. I am still avoiding the sugar at least and have been drinking water or diet sodas.
I logged 41 calls today. That's extreme on a Tuesday.
I took a cab to Rainbows for darts tonight... I was the first one there. We played against The Motorheads and we lost.... actually we were slaughtered, but I one at least ONE game tonight! I think we one about 3 games total. Billy brought me my darts back, but I ended up playing with a borrowed set that I was having much better luck with.
7:48a - I am making no promises about the diet thing today. I have to work late tonight and tomorrow night. I did not sleep well last night. I kept waking up and thinking about my various "situations." Last night it was storming and the thunder had Kira barking we kept me up.
Lisa and I had a talk today and got everything smoothed out between us. I am glad that's behind us. She is going on vacation tomorrow and will be out until Thursday of next week. She took my late shift duty tonight, but I will be working the late shift for the next 5 working days. It's going to be a long stretch! But the OT check will make it worth it (I hope).
I went to Talayna's after work last night. Jack met me there and brought me the CD that I left at his place a couple of weeks ago, and the extra RAM chips he said he was going to give me. I hope they fit in my PC. I really need more RAM.
My friend in England officially became a member of jubchuQun today. His Klingon name is ghurSpach taI-jubchuQun. Kai!
Thursday - August
8, 2002
Happy Birthday to my friend and dart league team
mate
J.R. Grubbs, who is now 23
8:16a - I feel nauseous this morning. At least I don't "dread" going in to the office for a change. This is still going to be a long day.
8:22a - Well.... time to get in the shower. Oh... I have been using teeth whitener for the past week or two and I think it is making a difference.
I only logged about 20 calls today. Then I went home and logged about 4 more after hours.
I chatted with my niece, Devon, who I love more than life, for much of the evening. Poor thing is so bored and tired of Oklahoma already. I updated my darts page tonight, adding all the scores. I also created email address for Bill Grant and J.R., plus I created a "Wolf Pack" e-mail distribution list. I made some more burritos fritados. I added some of the tomatoes that Marty brought me. OH... I forgot to mention that.
Marty brought me a huge bag of tomatoes and jalepeños to my office tonight. MOST impressive!!! Thanks Marty! (He grew them himself)
Friday - August
9, 2002
Happy "Sweet Sixteen" to my niece
Keri Selfridge - in California
12:25a - I have been updating my journal and failed to notice that it was (technically) no longer Thursday! So... here I am... Friday "morning" ... already slightly drunk. I have to work another 13 hours tomorrow and don't get off until 10pm. Then 3 more days (Mon-Wed) next week. I will be glad when its over and even more glad when I get the overtime check.
12:27a - I am watching the"Elimi-date" program again. It's so boring. T'be, ch' aazh' ums' uutky' aizg' aanye che.
12:29a - I am supposed to get with Dr. Yuming Yin sometime next week. He wants to work with me to teach me Pu Tong Hua (Mandarin Chinese) and have me help him with his English.
7:47 - I slept much more soundly than I thought I would last night, considering I did not get to bed until 1:15am. The last couple of days have been very nice. Not too hot, yet sunny. I am about to take Kira for her morning walk. We will see if the great weather is still holding. It looks bright and sunny out the window.
8:09 - Yep... its a beautiful day out this morning.
This was a long tedious day. Becky, Laura and Dennis were all back in the office. Lisa Z. is still on vacation. I got 31 calls logged today.
Oh... Carl Masthay came by with an autographed copy of his book that he has been working on for 12 years. That was pretty cool.
I was on duty till 10p. I thought I might go out for a while, but decided to stay in. I just worked on my web site and drank some beer. I finally went to bed sometime after 1am.
10:44a - I feel hung over this morning. I didn't think I drank that much last night. I made a pot of soup with some of the tomatoes that Mary brought me the other day. That has helped. I am going to try putting these memory chips that I got from in the computer.
I went to Soulard Market this afternoon. This was the first time for me to take my collapsible push cart. I found it a few weeks ago by the trash chute. It was being discarded due to a wheel being off. But it was easy to fix with a paper clip, so that saved me a trip to Target and $30 or so to buy a cart. (I never even thought about buying on-line until just ... duh).
Y'entw' aoch' uute JJ's uutaitne. Eth' aadh' iithe "Underwear Night" ogeingy' aanye. Ch' aasw' unfe! T'be, Y'aatg' uut' unkdre. Y'uuthr'aapye nwe Y'aatg' ome.
12:42p - I feel crappy today. I don't think I will be getting laundry done.
Nope.... didn't get laundry done. I sat around eating all day, watching TV, with some interspersed studying of "image slicing" techniques as a web design tool. At 7pm I started watching an interesting movie with Kris Kristopherson and Scott Bakula called, "NetForce." I didn't realize it was going to be on for 3½ hours! I finally got part of my food prepared and put away. The mushrooms, the chicken and the mustard greens. I still need to do something with the tomatoes & jalepeños Marty gave me, and I hope my spinach has not wilted beyond recovery.
Monday - August
12, 2002
Happy Birthday to Hellen Robins
in Idaho!
8:13a - I am all fresh and rested this morning and feel much more energetic. I am back on schedule and took my vitamins this morning. I have them prepared in little plastic film roll containers, ready to take in the mornings. I am going to need my energy this week since I have to work late from Monday through Wednesday. I had no calls on Friday night, but I don't expect that to be the case tonight.
What a busy day! I logged 61 calls (and I know I missed some). But the after hours duty was simple... no one called.
8:17a - I feel worn out this morning. I didn't make it to bed until 2am last night (this morning). I slept solidly last night... I didn't wake once, but I needed more sleep.
8:19a - It is overcast out this morning. Not too hot.
Work was busy, but mostly uneventful today. Fortunately Gary was there to help. He said he is coming in tomorrow too (he does not normally work on Wednesdays). Lisa Z is still out until Thursday, But Debie is back. After hours work was smooth with no calls.
Oh... today was Chris Brennan's last day. I am so sorry to see him go. He was not only intelligent and sensible, but easy to get along with. I went down to buy a new book today. I got "Pawn of the Prophecy" by David Eddings. The first book of the Belgariad. While at the book store I picked up a nice card for Chris. We will miss him. He was a hard worker... and a good one.
I got to bed at 11pm tonight. I should be rested up in the morning.
8:27a - I am doing something this morning that I have not done in a long time... I am making rice for breakfast. It is all veggie at least. I am hungry for something warm before heading off to work this morning. It is dark and overcast out this morning. It is drizzling rain. Kira did not seem to like it either. She was acting "peculiar" this morning. Maybe she just didn't like getting wet... but that doesn't normally bother her.
8:29a - I had strange dreams (as usual) last night. The part that stood out in my mind the more was that I lost my job and was worried about how I was going to keep a roof over my head again. But it was not my job at WU that I lost... it was some other job. I guess I was just having flashbacks to losing my job with the City of Orlando. That was a nightmare. And then I dreamed the Sonya from my apartments came to my apartment (which did not look like my apt in the dream) and noticed something about my having a lot of electronic equipment. She said they prefer to have people with so much equipment on the second floor. Something about that floor being designed to handle a high power usage (how weird). So so was going to cut us a good deal on an apt... and I was going to insist on getting a balcony, but the dream faded out (I don't think I woke up).
8:33a - Off to shower.....its getting late.
I logged about 30 calls today including 2 at home after work. It was "kinda" busy. Lisa Z called today... or rather her mother called. Lisa won't be able to make it back tomorrow. Fortunately, Becky can cover the late shift. I have my "Linguistic Exchange" scheduled with Drs. Yin and Tu at Talayna's tomorrow night.
Devon's pictures finally arrived! I thought they were lost.
Strange... when I came home, my crockpot was sitting in the living room and there was a plastic cup in the toilet. Skip must be sleep-walking. He doesn't remember doing any of it.
I fixed some mustard greens for supper tonight, along with some of the tomatoes and jalepeños that Marty gave me. Those are going a long way. I got to bags of tomatoes in the freezer last night. But I left some out so I would have the fresh.
11:10p - I watched (or tried to watch) "The True Story of Count Dracula" tonight. I missed most of it dealing with calls, and cooking.
8:29a - I got to bed at a decent hour last night, and I only allowed myself 3 beers. I feel great this morning. I have rice cooking again.
Today was fairly typical except that Lisa Z. was out for one more day. And that a certain doctor with the initials of "CS" was terrorizing the Help Desk about 10 calls today! I know of at least 6 tickets opened for that person.
My "Linguistic Exchange" went great tonight. Dr. Carl Masthay joined us, and Drs. Yin and Tu were impressed with his knowledge of Pu Tong Hua. I learned a lot of new words. I think I can count to 10 now. I woke up in the middle of the night practicing.
8:42a - I got up late this morning. Kira is walked, but I have to get moving. Lisa was back from her trip to AL today. I went to the newly opened LZ for the first time this evening. Chatted with "Arnell" ... a very pleasurable conversation.
I went shopping at Walgreen's today, otherwise I did not
do too much.
Went to the LZ again tonight. Spent too much, but had a pleasant time.
Got info on this year's river cruise. It will be on Sept 6th. I need to
find a way to buy tickets.
I woke up to Kira barking at thunder & lightning. I finally got laundry done today. I started the new Selfridge web site. Met Tommy from 1808.
8:02a - It's dark and rainy out this morning. I slept poorly last night. Had weird dreams again. I am behind schedule.. better get Kira out for her (wet) walk.
This was a fairly light day for a Monday. I only logged 30 calls (compared to 61 last Monday!).
Stopped by LZ on the way home
7:13a - I couldn't sleep this morning and got up at 6:45a! Not like me at all. I've already had a bite to eat and will be taking Kira out in a few minutes. Usually I am not even out of bed yet. It was overcast when I got up, but it looks like the sun just punched through the cloud cover.
7:16a - Tonight is dart night. I am still in the lead (within my team) with a .4% rating. We play at Novak's tonight. I don't recall if I've ever played there or not.
I had fun at darts tonight. I think we lost the tournament, but I won at least one (maybe 2) games.
7:31a - Skip came home early this morning. I had the door chained and had to go let him in. When I went back to bed, I started coughing so much I could not sleep, so I just got up. I work late tonight.
I covered the phones tonight, and updated the DARTS web page. I dropped froma .40% rating to a .38% rating, but I am still the highest rating in my group. Billy is at about .37% just a fraction behind me.
I was exhausted tonight. Went to bed as soon as Skip got up. He did not go to work tonight. Apparently he ate a hot dog from the Barnes cafeteria that made him sick.
Thursday - August
22, 2002
Happy Birthday to Barbara Eden
...and Thank You, Barbara, for "I
Dream of Jeannie"
8:33a - I slept solidly last night for a change. I am feeling re-energized for a change this morning. I emptied my bottle of Ginseng this morning and there are only 2-3 more capsules of Ginko Biloba left.
9:33p - Word was a mess today. My computer got disconnect... literally unplugged from the network by accident. I couldn't do my job until nearly 11:00am. Fortunately, this was one of Gary's days, so we had another person on the phones. Then at noon we lost our network connection for about 2 hours. But once we all had rebooted and come back on line MY system was not connecting. I guess some error had been made in a login-script file. Oh well... keeps the day hopping.
9:36p - My young neighbor, Carlos, come over this evening. He wanted me to take some pictures of him to upload to the 'net.
9:40p - I got the kitchen cleaned up again and made pot of rice with tomato & onion, plus some of the frozen banquest chicken which is great steamed in a pot of rice.
9:43p - I am on duty tonight. Only about 20 minutes left. It was a mess coming home today. Both a Cardinals game at Busch Stadium and a Rams game downtown here at the Edward Jones Dome (previously the TWA Dome) were going on tonight. The train was crowded. but I've seen it worse the just a Cardinals game only.
9:45 - I now need to see what I can do about updating my Klingon site. I have new members to add (but not much information about them).
8:30a - I just got up. I have a massive headache this morning. I am going to be late to work. This will mess up my overtime. That sucks.
8:31 - I started working for the City of Orlando as Administrative Assistant to the City Attorney on this date in 1983. But this is realy weird. I was just dreaming a few minutes ago. I dreamed I was talking with Marcus from my old job in the City. We were discussing retirement and he was looking up some old records to compare our start dates. I was telling him tha I started in August of 1983... then I woke up. That was just about 10 minutes ago. I then came in here to the computer and looked at the screen and there was a pop up from my xReminder program that today was the anniversary of my employment with the City! Weird.
Phil did not come in to work today. He called voice mail indicating that he had an accident in which he rolled over with a Bob Cat. Of course, he meant the "heavy equipment" type of Bob Cat, not the wild animal. Unfortunately, Lisa Z got the story a bit scrambled, and by the time it got to me, he had been attacked by a wild Cougar and bitten! Poor Lisa... she is really getting razzed about that one! (but it was so funny!).
I got Skip to walk Kira for me so I could go to LZ after work. I stayed
there until about 9:30. I was getting kind of tipsy, so I went over to
Tomatillo's where I got one of their giant burritos. Then I headed home.
I
only got as far as the CAM building when I thought about my neighbor,
Diana, who works there until about 10p. I decided, despite my inebriated
condition... or more likely due to it... to stop in and see if she wanted
my company going home. She was there and was just leaving when I arrived.
We ended up going back to LZ together (where I ate half my burrito), then
we went to catch the train and ended up going to the Complex. I should
have gone straight home at this time, but didn't. I was really getting
trashed, but Diana was slipping me some 7-Up with no alcohol, which I
don't remember at all. We finally called a cab and I remember paying $4
(I hope that was enough).
I got up late and managed to stagger outside with Kira. I thought I lost my satchel last night and was in a depressed panic. It has my camera, my checkbook, my glasses, books, papers, stamps, darts and other valuables. But Diana helped me keep track of it (bless her heart). I should have gone straight home when I started to. But I had fun, and I don't really feel as bad today as I thought I would. Oh, my satchel was in the bedroom on a chair. I don't usually put it there. I thought I had looked there already, but I am not in the most alert condition this morning.
I just lounged around all day. Did not do anything but rest (and eat).
I decided to go out again tonight. I am not exactly energetic, but I feel much more rested ... and bored. I am taking the 11:01pm train to Illinois. I will have to stay all night unless I want to take a cab home.
Sunday - August 25, 2002
5:20a - I just left the bar to catch the 5:31a train.
5:35a - I am wondering where the 5:31 train is. I am struggling to keep my eyes open and not doze off sitting here at the train station. It's not a healthy place to fall asleep!
5:46a - Finally! The train is here. I just want to
go home and climb in bed! I almost dozed off and missed my stop getting
home. I jerked myself away just in time to hop off the train before the
doors closed. Then I was
suddenly not sure I was at the right place. I was just turned around because
I am accustomed to getting off the train on the other side. I got home
and Skip was sleeping on the sofa, thankfully. I just crawled into
bed.
Around 9ish, Skip volunteered to take Kira for a walk. That was greatly
appreciated. I finally got up around noon. I was tired, but not really
hung over. I just didn't get much sleep. I only drank beer and tried to
keep it
to a minimum. I even ate an order of chicken wings. I saw Xavier while
I was there too, but lost track of him.
I wanted to get something to eat today other than my own cooking. I can cook pretty good, but I sometimes just want someone else to make it. However, the little store downstirs (James Henry Provisions) is closed today. Haresh's cousing is getting married. I decided to walk down to the other corner to "Chinese Wok" and get something there. I dropped the letter in the mail with my $10 contribution to the "Greyhound Adoption Organization" which I sent to my former skating partner, Debby. It's for a raffle. Anyway... the more I thought about an order of their Hot & Sour soup, the better it was sounding. However... they were closed too! I ended up cooking for myself anyway :(
Despite being tired, I managed to get the dishes washed, vacuum and lightly shampoo the carpet, and cleaned up Skip's "nest" which was getting disgusting. He piles everything on my love-seat and one TV tray. There were bags of lunch dishes and even dirty dishes UNDER the cushions! ... along with food particles, papers, notebooks, used tissues and miscellaneous other garbage. I was disgusted. I was keeping my place so neat, clean and organized. Now it smells bad, looks cluttered and is not clean. The bathroom stays littered with cat litter and cigarette ashes, the cat is leaking tapeworm segments on my bed and clothing <gag>, and I am constantly having to pickup after Skip. It's not right.
I got to bed fairly early tonight. I took some Tylenol PM's and should sleep soundly.
8:26p - I slept like a log last night, but had trouble getting going. I had a kind of Tylenol hangover I think. I actually made a pot of coffee.
8:32p - Lisa Z and I went to luch together today. We ate at Wendy's and the went by WalGreen's where I got another bottle of Ginseng and we also picked up some benedryl ointment for Debbie M.
8:34p - I am working late tonight. I think I will eat a bite and then read my book some.
Tuesday August
27, 2002
Happy 52nd Birthday to Steve Cohn
aka: Konpach zantaI-jubchuqun
8:10 - I didn't get to bed until 2am! I was going to go to bed right away, but I got to chatting with 'lisa on-line and the time just flew by. I feel like crud this morning. I got up late too. So... I better get a move on. I want to crawl back in bed SO bad!
8:52a - I am almost ready for work... I have had to really rush. I fixed a bite to eat even. I am feeling better. Oh yeah... I have my evaluation today.
The evaluation is over. The "score" was fine, but I am very upset over some of the assumptions, perceptions, accusations and instructions that came out of it.
Darts was so-so tonight. I think I one a game.
I could not get to sleep tonight. I think I finally dozed off around 2:00am. I just kept going over comments made in today's evaluation, over and over.
7:07a - I woke around 5:00a ... and could not go back to sleep. I am exhausted, but everytime I try to go to sleep, I keep go over the evaluation again. I am feeling very disenthused.
8:12a - I am really dragging this morning. I just realized that I only got 3 hours sleep. No wonder.
I got through this evening's late duty. There was one call. When I tried to connect to Citrix, my computer crashed big time. It was a major pain.
I got to bed at 11:00p tonight. I am so tired.
8:24a - I got a better night's sleep and feel much better this morning. I took Kira for her walk and it is a beautiful morning out. A delightfully cool breeze is blowing.
I let Lisa take my late shift tonight and I went out for a while. I am still stressing over the comments made in my eval. I saw Billy tonight and bought him a drink... which he did not like and I ended up drinking. When I came home, I met Fammie, the homeless woman of Apache decent who is wheelchair bound. I invited her and her husband and brother-in-law to some food. Unfortunately, they ended up stealing Skip's container of change. That was so sad and pathetic. I guess I should just quit trying to be good to those who are less fortunate than I. It just ends up hurting me in the long run.
I am still trying to continue with my response, but it is getting long and I am getting stressed out over it. I am suffering familiar signs of stress. Insomnia, diahrea, heart palpitations and depression. It's payday, but I just stayed home tonight.
I took a couple of Tylenol PM last night. Combined with exhaustion, that made me sleep pretty solidly. I feel refreshed this morning.
Skip and I went to the Zoo today. I wanted to try to keep my mind off matters. It worked for a while. We had a pleasant day together.
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