A clean deck and patio furniture including the bar, and a misplaced book club…

~Sunday~  I got up at about 10:30 this morning, and Xolani was out on my deck ready to start on today’s work that I’d mentioned Friday that I’d like to do and put off yesterday. The first thing we did was to completely clear the deck of everything, which meant 4 side chairs, 2 lounge … Read more

Getting acculturated, sat-on glasses, exchanged shoes, dinner with Joe’s peeps, and homework…

~Sunday~  Two of the visiting South African Fellows, who are really ladies, were going to church this morning with their American hosts. The best Xolani got on that front was listening to Amazing Grace–A Country Salute to Gospel, Vol. 1, playing on my Bose speaker from my iPod. When I got up he had started … Read more

The curl up and dye, a cardio workout, a Lost backchannel, and saving nothing…

~Tuesday~  Sci-Fi Fantasy Man and Library Man were on when I boarded, and both heads-down reading. Naturally, S-FFM was reading a novel, he had ear buds in, and he still needed a haircut. LM sat behind me, but I saw before I sat down that he was reading a newspaper as opposed to a magazine … Read more

Buscapades, an odoriferous day, a weight milestone, 16 & pregnant, and a workout…

~Tuesday~  There were two peeps at my bus stop again this morning, once again an African-American couple, but not the same couple as yesterday. No pictures—portrait or landscape orientation—were taken. They both boarded before me and both said, “Day passes, please,” which is a requirement before putting your $2.00 in the fare machine so the … Read more

Applying for $750, French Quarter fun, tons of homework, & some heterosexist dance lessons…

~Sunday~  I slept in this morning. Glorious Sunday. I had a most delicious bagel with cream cheese for breakfast, along with some coffee, of course. I had 14 items on my to-do list for this weekend, and I knocked out a few of them today. Completed submission form for my Flexible Health Spending Account reimbursement … Read more

A board meeting, a cardio workout, the Tina Turner gay agenda witchhunt, and homework…

~Sunday~  I slept in and drove to Manbites Dog Theater Company in Durham for our February 1:00 – 2:30 board of directors meeting. A bright spot in the meeting was the presence of Marshall, who is going to be doing Donor Development work for the theater—something we’ve desperately needed, and if the articulation of his … Read more

No eye contact, weigh-in day, the unlottery, and my heart makes an appearance…

~Tuesday~  It was not as cold as I expected it to be this morning. There’s still quite a bit of snow on the ground, particularly in places “where the sun don’t shine.” The bus driver today was someone I haven’t seen before, a white guy, committed to not making eye contact with boarding customers—at least … Read more

WordPress blogging, 2 things you never want to see at your gym, and straight people fighting…

~Sunday~  I got a glorious full eight hours of sleep. I should do that more often. I spent way more time than I wanted to creating that video screen capture of that product installation for my blog for class. I am just auditing the class for Pete’s sake. Oh well, I always was an over-achiever. … Read more

How’d you get your name? Why is that culturally significant? A workout and homework…

~Sunday~  I had a relaxing morning, enjoying coffee, breakfast, and some online Scrabble with Robert. Refilling my “pill box” for the week, I found my last Nexium in the bottle, so got online and refilled the prescription via the K-Mart pharmacy website. I spent a good portion of my late morning and early afternoon catching … Read more