I had pretty much a sleepless night last night. I never broke out into one of those ridiculous sweats at least, probably because I didn’t take aspirin before I went to bed. The first thing I did was to take my temperature. My forehead didn’t feel that hot, and the reading confirmed progress: 100.2°. I … Read more
I love this place. 45 Breezy Lake Drive, Coventry, RI I say this every time I come up here. Because it’s true. A long, glorious sleep made its way to me, and I welcomed it with open arms and closed eyes, for ten restful hours. Awakening, I looked out my bedroom window to the view … Read more
I actually got up at about 10 minutes until 4:00. I had ridiculous dreams all during the few hours that I slept, a lot of them involving being on Twitter. As I said, ridiculous. When I went downstairs to put the dryer on “fluff” for ten minutes, I saw my message light blinking on my … Read more
I met with Nathan, my financial advisor, from 11:00–12:00, spending most of that time discussing options on how to proceed with financial advice to my aunt and uncle when I visit them next month. In addition to talking about the option of investing in the exchange traded fund, GLD, that I’m in, Nathan also showed … Read more
Robert and I enjoyed Hibernian’s Sunday Brunch once again today. This is my third weekend in a row eating it, and after being sufficiently stuffed, I’ve sworn off this indulgence, at least for the rest of this month. Robert was gracious enough to accompany me on a short visit to Jeanie’s grave site out at … Read more
This is what Christmas is all about: Here’s some updates from my friend Dave, who as noted in this entry, adopts a family each year and asks his friends if they want to contribute to making their Christmas special. Presents for them; an affirmation for me. Dear John, First off, I was blown away by … Read more
I was up at about 8:30 this morning, and I finished wrapping the last of my gifts to take on the road today. Irene checked in at a little after noon to announce that the plans have changed today, if I was at all able to accommodate them. Instead of going to Jacksonville when they … Read more
I was up and at ’em early this morning, as I had (too much) running around to do before graduation at 1:30 today. I ran by the church in which we were graduating to make sure I knew where it was for later today, to scope out the parking situation around it, and to be … Read more
Okay in the obituaries, there’s a lady who was a big contributors to the scouts, and it says, “She became the first woman in Occoneechee Council to receive the prestigious ‘Silver Beaver’ award.” Oh no they dih-ent giver her beaver an award! Of course you can’t read that without thinking of the classic Leave it to … Read more
From my parents, they sent two cards: I’ve mentioned before in this blog that my mother is a huge underliner in cards. I’m going to mark up this rendition so that you can see it for yourself. When a word is underlined like this, that means she underlined the word once. When it’s like this(2), … Read more