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8:13a - I feel better today. The day is overcast but not cold. There is a cool wind blowing. Skip must sleep today since his first night of work is tonight.
I came home tonight and saw about 3 huge fire trucks in front of the apartment building. I found out that apparently someone had thrown a lit cigarette down the garbage shoot and it had started a fire. The entire building smelled like smoke (burned garbage to be exact!). Skip was home when it happened and said he opened the front door and the hall was filled with smoke. He knew is was not one of their “practice” fire drills (that’s what they call them here). He grabbed in back pack and and headed downstairs (feeling the stairwell door for heat before opening it.... very sensible). He was 3 floors down when he remember Kira! He went back and got her and they headed down the stairs. And I know from experience that 23 flights of stairs is exhausting... even when traveling DOWN!
I ordered Chinese food tonight and tried to pay for it with my bankcard. It was declined! Now what?! I know I have plenty of money in there. I reread my card number to them and they said they had it correct. They tried three times. I am wondering if it is due to the charges that were made on my account. I had the money reimburse, but they said I had to sign forms and send them back. They sent me the forms on the 23rd (the letter had that date). The enveloped was postmarked the 25th. I received the letter on the evening of the 29th and had it back in the mail the next afternoon on the 30th. The letter stated that I had 10 days from the date of the letter ... that should be the 2nd. This is the 1st. I don’t know. Fortunately, I had a 20 in my pocket and was able to pay. Now I wonder if my card will work in the ATM.
7:49a - Well..... Skip is still at work. He gets of at 8:30a. I bet he will be pooPed!
He was. He fell asleep on the train on the way home and almost missed his stop!
8:17p - I used my card in the ATM today and it worked fine.
8:18p - I went on a tour of the CAM at work today. Most impressive. I took my camera of course and got a lot of pictures.
8:19p - Y’aatge 2 aatbulst’ aavy’ iklaerke uutaitne.
8:30p - Y’inkthe y’aitm’ og’ aoch’ uutaitne... uut’ iithe Kaamplekse.
8:46p - I still smell the odor of the burning garbage from the fire yesterday. And we are burning some incense to cover it, but it is this CHEAP incense and smells worse than the smoke from the fire! Ick!
8:51p - Well.... fye y’iib’ ogeingye uut’ og’ uut’ iith arb’ uut’ aitne, y’esge y’utshe t’ge ey’ ufmaanye!!
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7:51p - I went to a Walgreen’s downtown today with Terry that I have never been to. Bought myself a new iron (finally). I got a good one. Irons usually last me a long time. My first one I bought on the Navy base in Meridian, MS, in 1976. It was in my belongings that went on to Miami (instead of Orlando) when I arrived at the Nuc School. I bought my second iron also in 1976, then I got my baggage back (after several weeks!) and so then I had two irons. I gave my first one away to a family member I think. I am not sure. But the second iron lasted me for the next 24 years! It was still working when I left it in Florida along with most of my other belongings. So... this iron could well be the last one I ever buy, assuming it lasts as long. so I bought the most expensive one Walgreen’s had to offer at about $25. It looks kind of spacey and looks like it will be a good iron. I will call this my birthday gift for Nikki to me. I know its weird, but I don’t have a mailing address for Nikki, so I can’t send her anything. So I will just got myself this iron and will always remember that I bought it on her birthday.
8:08p - Me, Skip & Terry went down to the President Casino for lunch today. It was Skip’s first time to the Casino. I was not too happy with the food. I didn’t realize we were going to lunch (not dinner) and thought we would have the peel & eat shrimp. I was looking forward to them. Now I have indigestion.
8:27p - Well... I need to try and get my web site updated to the NOVEMBER theme now....
8:48a - I got my web site updated last night... while drinking rum and brandy. I feel like something the dog wouldn’t touch this morning. Ick!
8:49a - I put a pork roast in the crock pot last night. I cut up my other yucca root a cooked with it. I smells yummy in here this morning.
8:51a - I am going to try to get some chores done today, including vacuuming and shampooing the carpet, and ironing some clothes with my new iron. (While its still fun).
Okay... I ironed one shirt. That counts.
I felt sick tonight for about 2 hours. I took a nap and when I got up I broke into a cold sweat and thought I was going to throw up. I had a major attack of diarrhea. It passed quickly enough, thankfully. I think it was the pork roast... too much fat in it.
9:26p - The darn train was 2 minutes early this morning.
9:26p - I went to West Pavilion and fixed a problem on one of Dr. Siegel’s shared PC’s in the NucMed Reading room today. It was a small coup for me. Then I went to Mallinckrodt Tower and fixed “clarified” a problem for Dr. Teefey. She was wrong. I told her so. She did not believe me and I proved it. She apologized and (hopefully) I gained some respect from her today. (or not... who knows....). But... I had to work through lunch anyway.
9:30p - Skip went to his Wash. U. orientation today. He stopped by my office afterward and he looked really tired... kept yawning. He came home this morning before I got out of bed. I don’t think he has slept much. I came home tonight and he said he hadn’t slept. He was “in bed” (on the sofa) but the TV was on and he was awake. I hope he will get adjust to this new schedule as soon as possible. I don’t need something else to worry about.
9:32p - I tried to set up a doctor’s appointment today (at long last). I thought I might go in and have my (right) shoulder checked. It has been hurting me a lot the last couple of days. I don’t know what’s wrong with it.
9:34 - I called Dr. Avery’s office... that’s the Cigna doctor I chose an tried to set up an appointment. They ask me if Dr. Avery’s name was on my Cigna card, but I could not find it. I found a Dr. Gina Michelle and they said I would have that change before I set up an appointment. I haven’t seen a damned doctor in nearly 3 years... no wonder.... this crap sucks.
9:37p - So... I call the number on the card and get an electronic menuing system. Eventually I manage to get a human on the other end and after four transfers and endless segments of “Muzak” I finally get someone who knows something. She knows that I have the wrong number and need my Insurance Provider!!! What?! Didn’t I call them? Nope... I called my PCP. This is not a drug, this is my “Primary Care Physician.” So... I looked on my card and found yet another number to call ... this one had to be right (there weren’t any more!). I bounced around through various voice menus and finally reached a recording that politely advised me to call back during regular working hours! I glanced at the clock... it was past 5:00p already! I had started my attempts before 5:00 ... this crap really sucks!
9:41p - So... I still don’t have a doctor. I cannot seem to get through all these stupid barriers! It was so much easier when I worked for the City of Orlando. This place is so f--king disorganized! But... I’m sorry... I shouldn’t complain. This is considered good benefits around here. Of course, I haven’t actually seen the benefits yet... after 15 months... Makes me wonder if maybe I should have stayed on with Anheuser-Busch!
9:45p - Skip is filling out all his paperwork for insurance tonight.
9:47p - I made some rice and am warming up some left over pork roast stuff from yesterday. Hope it doesn’t make me sick again!
9:48p - Talked with Ken on line today. Hard to believe that Scotty is 16 years old now!
9:50p - I talked to a guy on the elevator tonight when I was taking Kira out for a walk. I mentioned the night we got attacked by the big Akita dog (I have since verified it IS an Akita). He said, “Oh? So you’re the one!?” He had heard about the incident. He was grateful to me for NOT reporting it. I told him that I had reported the incident, but retracted the report. I don’t know if that was the right thing to do or not. If someone ELSE gets attacked and or harmed, I will feel that I am responsible. I just don’t know. Either way could be view as good or bad, depending on one’s perspective.
Today was a hectic day at work. I also volunteered to work on the Sunday following Thanksgiving (the 25th). Skip was trying to sleep still when I got home, so I kept the lights down and stuff to try keep it quiet for him.
7:43a - Kira got me up early this morning. She really needed to go out. I am glad I cooperated with her. I got her downstairs into the garage and she decided she couldn’t hold it any longer. She squatted right in the middle of the road (in the garage) and left a monstrous surprise. And of course, the security vehicle was just coming up that particular isle. Very embarrassing, as I had to squat down in the middle of the road in front of traffic and clean up after her. Sorry if you are grossed out by the topic, but that just part of the life of a pet owner...
Another hectic, but basically uneventful day. I made some “Mexican Meat loaf” for supper. My own creation. It was a bit dry but good. Salsa helped.
7:45a - It’s bright and sunny outside. Looks like a beautiful day.
Skip got his WU-ID badge this morning.
It got colder by the end of the day. Another standard boring day.
I had to work overtime another half hour tonight. This has been a BIZZY week! worse than last week which (with the opening of The CAM) we expected to be busy.
I took some of the left over “Mexican Meat loaf” from last night and made a batter with bell pepper & onion which I poured over chunks of the meat loaf. It browned and then I poured chili over the top of it and grated cheese. It cam out pretty good!
8:34a - I am running behind schedule this morning!
11:38p - Okay... the recipe continues! I took last nights creation and chopped it into little squares. I then made a batter and dipped the squares in batter and fried them! It was pretty good! This was several generations of preparation.
11:39 - This morning I edited the entry in my diary for Debie [I won’t mention her last name] on August 24th, 2000. A friend of hers (I think his name is Brian) found her name in my diary, mentioned it to her. It bothered her so I removed it, but I was thrilled that someone actually searched and located something in my journals!
11:48p - Terry’s dad is visiting this weekend. Stanford. Never met him yet. Fy’ iith’ uuthtr’ iib’ one, y’ond’ aantw’ uut’ iitm’ imhe.
11:50p - Skip rented “The Patriot” and just started it. I haven’t seen it. I’m really not interested in seeing it now. I’m sure its good.
Y’aatg’ eye aatbult’ aavy’ iklaerke uutaitn’ eyenge. Ey’ igb’ aatbult’ aavy’ umre.
SATURDAY
- November 10, 2001
Happy Birthday to Scott Robbins (32) up in Idaho!
8:45 - Just took Kira for her walk. I need to go to the market to day. But first I think I need some soup or something. I feel yucky. I think my stomach is actually “writhing!”
I went to the market today and to Walgreen’s. I got so much stuff at the market it was difficult to get it all home; even on my “granny cart.” I got a real good buy on mushrooms.... 4 pounds for $2!
I didn’t do much today. I mostly just spent the day putting up the groceries from yesterday. I got some tripe on Saturday and am planning on making some menudo soon. I have the tripe all cut up and in a Mexican marinade. Skip picked up a can of hominy for me tonight.
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I made some pizza like stuff for supper. Went to bed by 10:30p. |
8:12a - Kira woke me up at 4am this morning, but I couldn’t get up to take her out. She was able to wait till morning but she didn’t make it all the way out of the garage! Poor thing... she did the best she could. I shouldn’t have fed her those bites of hamburger meat last night. I finished reading the 1st 3 novels of “The Stainless Steel Rat” at lunch today. They were entertaining. I will have to see about getting more of the series.
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8:21a - I am in a hurry this morning. Calisa called me and we talked for 24 minutes. I am behind schedule, real bad!
| OLD DIARY- 2000: Terry Wells and Theresa came over for about 5 minutes tonight. On the way home Terry was mugged at knife point. He’s ok. [2005 Note - this was probaby a lie. Terry turned out to be a be fake] |
This was a busy day for me. I loaded 7 software packages on five different machines. I worked through lunch and didn’t get anything to eat until about 3:30p. I was getting spacey I was so hungry.
I pick up a new book and started it today. “The Homecoming” by Orson Scott Card. I also placed books 4 & 5 of “The Stainless Steel Rat” series on order.
7:39a - It looks like a cool sunshiny day outside. Time to take Kira out into it ...
It was a very nice day out there today. I wished I were out in it.
The apartments are having the windows cleaned between Nov 8th and Nov 16th. I don’t think they have cleaned mine yet, and they only have one more day. They were supposed to cut off the hot water between 10am and 5pm to clean the boilers this morning. I guess they did that. Skip could not get ANY hot water for a both before going to work tonight, but I was able to get some a little later. I hope I have hot water for my shower in the morning!
8:09a - We are half way through the month... the money is holding out. I am a little lower than I wanted to be, but Skip should be getting paid this Friday (his first check). That should give me the boost I need to get to the end of the month (i.e., payday) without touching my savings.
I reloaded Lotus Notes on my machine at work today and then loaded 3 more instances on machines in Per Sé across the hall. I think I’ve got it down pat now! Finally. After over a year. I feel stupid, but it IS a very complicated program to install.
They called me from Barnes & Nobles today to let me know that “The Stainless Steel Rat” series is no longer in print. They recommend a used book store. Too bad.
FRIDAY
- November 16, 2001
Harry Potter opens...
7:32a - “Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone” opens at theaters today. I look forward to seeing it. Skip and I are going to see it together. I want to go to Chase Park Plaza to watch it... it is much nicer than most theaters.
7:34a - I had some weird dreams last night. One segment I remember took place in Eltopia Washington. My sister, Darlene, was outside (we lived in a trailer home). She was calling frantically to my Mom & Dad (also outside) that something bad had just happened... we all had to lay down or something. I stuck my head out the door and looked toward town. It should have been Pasco, WA, that I was looking toward, and it should not have been visible 30 miles away. Instead, I could see downtown Orlando, FL, (as it looked in the 80’s ... the new City Hall was not built). Everything was on fire! Then I could see the shock wave of a massive explosion spreading toward us! It was like a wall of black smoke and everything was being laid to waste before it. It would reach us in seconds. I started looking for a good spot to lay down on the floor. I was very scared and knew I would probably die. I was also very upset because I didn’t have any pants on! I didn’t want my dead body found half naked. It was very upsetting. I lay down on the floor and braced myself... then of course I woke up!
7:42a - Skip gets his first paycheck today! He plans on getting a bank account today too. Good idea.
We were going to go see “Harry Potter” tonight, but by the time Skip woke up and we got ready it was too late. We’ll go another time.
We made it to Chase Park Plaza today and watch “Harry Potter.” It was excellent! Skip and I both thought it followed the book very closely. I am glad to got to watch it together. After watching the movie we went by Schnuck’s and I picked up some materials, including more tripe & hominy so I can make decent menudo.
I put the menudo on tonight and that was about the highlite of my Saturday night!
I had some of the menudo this morning... It’s really good! I made this with pig’s feet in it (more traditional). Most recipes call for a calf’s foot (or 2 pigs feet).
I took some of the menudo down to see if Octavia on the front desk wanted some. She mentioned that she liked it. But Louise was on duty. I ended up bringing some of it down for “Otis” and some broth only for Louise (she does not like tripe... or at least not the “idea” of eating tripe).
While Skip was sleeping today, I went down to Union Station and watched another movie, “Monsters, Inc.” It was cute. It was another of those movies that both small children and adults can enjoy on different levels.
Aalyose, y’aasw’ aadm’ aatche Wilosisdi iibaask’ iih’ unkdr’ aafh’ aavy’ aim’ aatbult’ aavy’ umre. Iih’ utk’ aavy’ aatb’ izh’ onye.
After the movie I went over to Hooters and had some wings and beer. Erth’ erw’ umse shunkaha aisg’ erthe, itsaengy’ eksn’ uut’ iime. <aisne!>
On the way home, downtown, I found a little Cardinal hen. She could not fly. She has obviously suffered some disease or injury. I brought her home with me so she would not have to die on the street, kicked by homeless people or run over by traffic.
I went down to Clem’s after getting home where I met Jack. We had a few drinks and he gave me a ride home. We got some white Castle’s on the way home. This was only the second time I ever had any of them. There were much better this time. I got the kind with bacon in them. Very tasty (...of course, I was a bit drunk at the time.... anything probably would have tasted good). then we went over to Jack’s place where he could get a CD for me and then he brought me home. Jack brought a bowl along with him so I could give him some of the menudo, but (duh!) we left it hanging in a plastic bag on my apt door!
8:34a - The bird was still alive this morning, but its other eye is all swollen up now. I am surprised it made it through the night.
9:52p - I had to work another half hour over time tonight due to a line printer breaking down. It was printing a big report that has to go out every Monday.
9:53p - To my surprise, the bird was still alive when I got home. I couldn’t find her at first. She had flopped down on the floor in front of the intake vent for the AC. I put her back up on the boxes in front of the window and tried to give her some more of the milk-honey-water-antibiotic concoction that I made yesterday. She might have got a drop or two down.
9:54p - I went back later and definitely got a few drops down her gullet.
9:55p - Soy cortando más de la tripa por el menudo anoche. Llevé algún menudo a Lisa Z. para comer esta mañana. No le dije a ella cuáles era. No pienso que ella tuvo gusto de él. Entonces, ella tuvo que irse temprano. Ella dejó el tazón de menudo con mí. Ella escribió una nota y puso la nota en el tazón de fuente. La nota dijo, "No tengo tiempo para comer esto." Ojala que ella coma alguno otra vez en el futuro. Ella tendrá gusto quizá de él.
10:24p - Skip apenas salido de cama. Él ahora hace el café antes de ir para trabajar. Er war heute morgen krank. Er kam nach Hause früh. Ich nehme an, daß er heute abend arbeiten wird.
10:36p - Well... I better get back in the kitchen and start chopping the tripe. J'avais bu ce soir de beaucoup de bière. Le café est brassage fait. Skip boit de son café maintenant. Skip pense qu'il peut ne pas aller travailler cette nuit. Skip pense qu'il est malade.
10:43p - Spero che non rimanga domestico!
11:17p - I got all the tripe chopped up on in the freezer. I seasoned it REALLY great! I am ready to make menudo for 3-4 weeks!
11:19p - Skip’s watching Spin City. He likes Charlie Sheen in M.J. Fox’s place (which he found surprising).
11:30p - I was just thinking... I have not heard any news about terrorists, anthrax, or anything like that in several days. Maybe I am just managing to avoid the news, or maybe its just not that interesting to people any more.
11:29p - Skip just left. Its chilly outside. He was feeling yucky. I hope he’s not coming down with anything. I think he should have gotten a flu shot, but he is kind of a sissy about such things.
11:30p - He just came back in and left again. Strange. Don’t know what he did.
11:31p - Mi estas trinkanta multa da biero cxi nokte!
11:34p - Ich muß schlafen gehen. Ich inebriated sehr. Ich bildete nicht mein Abendessen. Ich bin hungrig. Ich muß sehen, wenn der Vogel noch lebendig ist. Wenn der Vogel lebt, muß ich ihn einziehen. Mein Deutsch ist sehr falsch. Traurig!
11:39p - I don’t know what I am going to do for supper. But I need to check my email. I have not checked it (at home) all day.
I didn’t get to bed until 2:00am! I was straightening up the apartment and it just took longer than intended. Then I realized I hadn’t eaten, so I threw some food together. I was 2:00a when I laid down in bed.
7:56a - I am so tired this morning. I haven’t even checked to see if the little bird is alive this morning. A cold front hit yesterday. Its cold out there... very chilly at any rate.
7:57a - I had some strange dreams last night. As usual, they are full of holes this morning, but the tale end of one dream had me opening a gift. I think it was from my parents, I am not sure. There was a little lion cub in a package of clothes. I held my hand out to it for it to smell and it acted like it was going to bite me. Then there was a loud noise and I looked away from the cub to find myself in bed.... for real. Skip just come home early again and the door slamming had awakened me. I felt kind of cheated out of the “prize” part of my dream; apparently I had been through a lot to get to the part where I opened my gift. I can’t remember much, but I do recall one scene where the bad guys (aliens?) were attacking me and my colleagues. My ‘colleagues’ were people from my office and I think we were all some kind of super spies. We were getting some kind of old ship ready for operation. I don’t know what kind of ship is was; space ship, water ship, air ship.... maybe a combination. I know it was sitting in water, but ... well, dreams are very vague and confusing at times.
8:05a - I am going to be running late again this morning... I must get Kira out for her walk now...
8:30a - Its still chilly outside, but very sunny. It looks like a beautiful (if bracing) day.
7:48 - I was so industrious this morning. I got my desk all organized. It was becoming a mess. I had planned on going out and doing several floor calls, but things got too busy and I never mad it <sad face>. However, I can say I got a lot accomplished.
7:49p - The bird died. She was alive late this morning, according to an IM from Skip, but she had been called back unto the Presence by the time I arrived home this evening. I disposed of her shell, but will not forget her tenacity. I was going to call a Wild Life sanctuary place of which I was informed today, but regretfully it is too late. Lamento que el pájaro tuviera que morir. Es ist sehr traurig. L'oiseau était très fort combattant.
8:08p - Some new words I learned today include “ee-dien-dien” (my own spelling) which is Mandarin for “a little bit.” Also “pong yo” which is friend, or friendly... (I’m not sure). I also learned “Daru” which is “beer” in Hindi.
8:10p - Smallville is on.... time to go watch TV! :-o
9:17p - That was a cool episode. The old woman in the nursing home could see the future. She had a glimpse of Clark’s future and scared him. The Lex Luther came to her (for the 2nd time... after conquering his fears) and she had a vision of HIS future. It was so frightening that she died! I like this series. Very deep.
8:11a - I just got up. I am sick! I was coughing last night, but I didn't’ think I was sick. I woke up with a fever last night. A mild one, but I am still coughing. Damn. Just what I needed for Thanksgiving.
Well ... I made it through the day. Skip got his little bonus check from his former employer today. That was an unexpected boost. He surprised me with a chunk of it. I am really grateful!
THURSDAY
- November 22, 2001
DANKFESTO --- THANKSGIVING
6:57p - I felt so rotten when I got up this morning. I was coughing so bad a gagged and threw up. Dry heaves anyway, since I didn’t have anything in my system to lose.
Skip was already up and cooking the Thanksgiving meal when I got up. It was about 9am before I got the strength up to take Kira for her walk. I was shaking and felt so bad, I thought I was going to have to ask Skip to take her for me. But I didn’t want to do that, since he was up and being so industrious.
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6:59p - Jack and Adam just left about 15 minutes ago. The arrived around 3:30p with a massive tray of cheeses and fruit. We sat around and listened to music, munched on snacks and had a few cocktails (I just had some beer). Then we dug into the meal. We had turkey breast, cornbread stuffing, carrots, shoe peg corn, dinner rolls, mashed potatoes, giblet gravy, deviled eggs, cranberry sauce and I am probably forgetting something. I think it went over quite well. SOooo much better than LAST year’s less-than-pleasurable Thanksgiving. 7:52p - I cleaned up a little in the kitchen (what a mess!). At least I got the food put away. I am surprised I was able to fit everything into the fridge. |
7:53p - Skip wisely took my advice and is using my bed/pallet to get some rest on. He has to go in to work at midnight tonight (yuck!). In fact, I have to be in at 7:00a in the morning (more yuck!). But... at least I don’t have to work till 6:00p as usual. I will get off around 3ish. I hope I am feeling better tomorrow. 7:59p - I just realized... I *STILL* did not give Adam his birthday card! Aaaaghh! 8:51p - The kitchen is clean! YAY!!!! The worst part of T-Day is over! Skip will be surprised I bet. He went to sleep and the kitchen was a disaster, I still had guests over, and we were all drinking. I doubt he will expect to be getting up to a clean kitchen ... AND I have coffee set to brew if he needs/wants it. He was so good today. Getting up and doing such a great job on Thanksgiving dinner. And I was not a lot of help because I was feeling so sick. I feel I’ve done my part now. Well... I did make the deviled eggs and the giblet gravy. But to be fair about it, he bought the eggs and the giblets. He boiled and peeled the eggs. He sliced up the giblets and cooked them... I just took over half way through, so.... He really did almost everything. |
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8:55p - I think I was supposed to wake Skip up at 9pm. I am not sure. I think I will give him until 9:30p. He needs all the sleep he can get. 8:57p - I better go check the toilet. I dumped some old rice in the toilet earlier and clogged it up! Ooops! It overflow all over the bathroom. I think I finally got it unclogged, but the floor is all wet. At least its was just rice and water (and some gross looking chunks of brussel sprouts!). |
5:59a - I am up. Yuck. I feel crappy. I am lucky to be up actually. I set my alarm for 5:30a, but I forgot to turned the alarm on! I discovered this at 5:31a!! So... here I am. I heated up left over coffee from last night. My lungs are killing me.... all congested. When I cough it hurts. Hopefully I will feed better later.
This was a long day. I was able to leave a little after 2pm when Lisa S. arrived, fortunately.
I received my ‘ElectroMassage’ unit today. Yay! New toys! I tried it out... it is pretty weird. Makes your muscles contract.
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I felt a little better today. I got my hair cut finally at 11am then Skip and I were going to go down to Soulard Market. Skip decided to go off in search of some game at Circuit City instead, so I went to the market alone. It was pretty dead there; due to the holiday(s) I guess. On the way home, when I got off the bus, I spilled my cart and everything fell into the street between the bus and the curb (in some water, of course). I was so mad.
I was feeling better, so I went out to Clem’s and has a few drinks. Chatted with a guy named “Mike” from Kentucky for a while. He had driven here just to do some Christmas shopping.
I got all the meat I bought at the market put away, and Skip put away the meat I bought for him. The freezer is STUFFED! And I still have all the vegetables to prepared and freeze!
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I feel pretty bad again today. I should not have gone out last night. I do not have a hangover, I just am coughing real bad again.
I had to go to work for nine hours today. The overtime will be very welcome, but it means I must NOT take any time off this week; so I hope I don’t get any sicker!
Marty brought his computer in to the office today. I worked on it for a long time with him, but there were some problems I could not surmount. One problem is his CD ROM drive. It just refuses to open. I thought I had it working for a while there, then it quit working again. I did manage to reload Windows. I hope that did some good...
I got a lot of the veggies cut up and put away tonight. I still have some leeks and turnips left to prepare.
7:52a - My throat hurts this morning and I am expecting to have another coughing fit any moment. I am tired, but otherwise don’t feel too bad.
7:53a - The morning is overcast and cool out. I have the window open, so I don’t think it is too cold. Skip is still at work; I think his job is going well. He still is not thrilled with the night shift, but its still a decent job.
7:55a - I better get a move on! Time to walk K-dog!
There was a Rams game tonight. Traffic was such a mess (and I say that as a pedestrian!). I was trying to cross the street at the corner downstairs and thought I was going to get ran over. I actually had to put my hand on the hood of a big Limo as it inched forward on me!
I got a letter from Fry-Wagner... or rather from a collection agency! They have had the audacity to put a collection agency on me! They contracted with me to move my stuff for $270, I paid them $300 already and they want another $134! And what do I get for my money? A missing swivel chair, late arrival, and 3 guys (when I contracted for 2) to move ONE bedroom in FIVE hours! Apparently, I also get to pay for their breaks and the rubber band fight in the stairwell! I am going to write them (and the better business bureau) a letter with lots of details telling them just how I feel.
7:32a - It was nice outside last night. Long sleeve weather, but nice. This morning is much chillier I think. I had the window open last night and it got cool. There is supposed to be a winter storm headed our way I hear. It is possible we will have snow on the ground by this weekend. I am already looking forward to Spring and Winter is not yet upon us! This was a VERY busy day at work!
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8:12a - I am running late already this morning (I just got up). It looks cold out there THIS morning! I had to turn the heat on last night. I noticed the streets look wet. How dreary... I will wear my heavy coat today.
It was another hectic day at work, but I am glad I work indoors! It was cold and wet out today, but not quite cold enough to snow. I took the whole left over turkey and boiled it up into a stew for supper tonight. It came out quite delicious! Skip used honey and pineapple on the turkey and that went in the stew too. I was afraid it was going to be grossly sweet, but I was great. And lots of it. I had 2 bit bowls of it for supper and Skip had a bowl. He also took a bowl with him to work. There is still plenty left and I am going to take some with me to work for breakfast. Plus I will take some in for Lisa and Gary (my fellow help desk workers).
7:45a - I looks hazy, cold and wet out there this morning. I dread taking Kira out in it. Yuck. but... I better get going. First I have to warm up the stew from last night.
9:46p - I am making an interesting concoction of hamburger meat, leeks, turnips, bell pepper, a couple of rings of jalapeño, spices and a can of tomato soup for supper. We will see how it goes. Smells good!
9:47p - I just got through setting up my diary page for December. I am a bit ahead of schedule for a change!
7:38a - Friday at last! This has been a long week! It’s payday for me & Skip both today. His first FULL payday on his new job.
7:39a - I had some real strange dreams last night. There was this bar that I kept going to all through out my dreams. I would stop in at this same bar. It must have be in about 3 or 4 different dream sequences, but it was no place I remember ever having been to. Strange. It seems like someone was trying to contact me in the last such dream... I think it was Doug. I kept looking at a caller ID or a cell phone display and was trying to figure out who had called. I seemed to know it was Doug, but I don’t know why.
7:43a - It looks cold and wet outside again, but still no snow. I thought we might have snow by Saturday, but not yet. I don’ think we’re going to see many nice days (if any) for another 4 months now <sigh> ... but Spring is so beautiful here! It’s worth the wait.
Compré una botella de ron. Conseguí muy borracho esta noche. Fui a una taberna, pero no permanecía de largo. Vine a casa temprano. No recuerdo cuando conseguí casero. Como I dicho, era muy borracho!
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