I mailed Vivian’s birthday card today, actually allowing for the Veteran’s Day holiday tomorrow, so she’ll get it on Wednesday, her actual birthday. I noticed early this morning that I’d forgotten all about paying my Kohl’s charge card bill, which was due on Saturday. I went to pay it online and noticed that the total … Read more
I got up at about 9:00, and after SSSing, I treated myself to the Farmers’ Market Restaurant, where I took a seat at the counter, since I was a “party of one.” I had on my “No one cares about your blog” t-shirt. While I was looking at the menu, a lady tapped me on … Read more
I kept a low profile today, resting my knee as much as possible. Tonight was our big fundraiser at Manbites Dog Theater, and as a board member, I dutifully arrived at 6:30 as instructed. Gregor has donated 100 long-sleeved black t-shirt with the Manbites Dog logo on them and they look stellar! Most of the … Read more
Early this morning, I ran to the K-Mart by my house, where I bought a knee brace and an ice bag. At home, I put the receipt for eighteen dollars and some change in my HCFSA envelope. I hobbled down to the bus stop, and made my way to workânot fun. I felt okay taking … Read more
My knee was in incredible pain all day today. It was the kind of pain where I kept thinking, “You really should get this thing x-rayed. What if walking on it is the worse thing you could be doing? But, I know all they’re going to do is tell me to RICE it.” At work … Read more
POST-ELECTION MORNING BUSTLE As expected, it was a festive bus ride in this morning. However, it was not without its one element of negativity expressed by this lady’s comment amidst the jubilation: “People say he happy. He ain’t happy. He got a funeral to go to before he go to the White House.” Here’s an … Read more
Today was election day, and I made my way to the polls just before lunch time taking the Method Road city bus. I was in and out of there in less than five minutes. In a complete coincidence, the person staffing the L-O line, in which I queued up, was the same person who did … Read more
Today was my first day back to work. I got through most of my e-mail, and sent out a couple of tweets about upcoming events. I also met with Jude for status updates on a couple of projects in progress. My boss’s boss alerted me to a 2008 China Experience Photo Contest being sponsored by … Read more
I woke up at 2:00 and couldn’t go back to sleep. At 4:00, I finally just got up. I had several cups of coffee, and worked on my pictures and notes from my trip. When Robert got up, we had sausage patties on Hawaiian rolls for breakfast, and then we watched two more episodes of … Read more
I had hoped to take advantage of the last day of early voting, but I slept so late that I didn’t make it. I spent a few hours unpacking a little, organizing some of my digital photos, and ordering the blog entries in our P2P techcommchina blog. Robert came over at about 7 or 7:30, … Read more