Rewarding behavior you don’t want to encourage, an impressive student, and cheap decadence…

~Wednesday~  I was at the city bus stop at 8:18. Shortly after that Exercising Asian Man walked down the entrance to our townhouse, but instead of coming to our stop, he turned left and jogged down to the one further down the street. The bus arrived at 8:24. Hot Mess Driver was at the helm, … Read more

Permeating fresh-cut grass, a decent workday, and ready-for-the-rapture paperwork…

~Tuesday~  I was up before the alarm this morning, which most certainly is unusual, particularly since I’d only had about five hours of sleep. It was a beautiful, sunny, 69° spring morning with the smell of fresh-cut grass in the air, remnants of fresh-cut grass on the pavement, and the sound of fresh-cut grass becoming … Read more

Facebooking on the bus, one out of three meetings agree, and a bad connection @ Helios…

~Friday~  I parked on Gorman and caught the Wolfline #9 Greek Village bus in. After taking my seat in the back, I looked around and saw someone that I thought was my friend Jackie, but I couldn’t be absolutely sure, as her face was turned toward the front of the bus, and she was behind some … Read more

Body temperature differences, a heart-to-heart work talk, and Jen’s birthday…

~Tuesday~  I parked on Gorman, and as I was parking, the #9 Greek Village bus was pulling away. I literally ran down to and across Avent Ferry Road and onto the #1 Avent Ferry bus. There was no air circulating on the bus, and needless to say I immediately started slightly perspiring after running like … Read more

A rhetorically brilliant sign, stretching myself as emcee, a close call with convenience, & coffee..

~Monday~  I caught the Wolfline #1 Avent Ferry bus this morning and was pleased to get a seat. A young lady with enough luggage with her that it could have easily taken up the seat next to her—and in fact it later did when the seat became available—sat across from me. At one point, with … Read more

A mental health day, a new workout, a “too soon” April Fool’s joke, & hanging out at the library…

~Friday~  I took a mental health day off work today and gloriously slept in until almost noon. I carried my ass to the gym (How Southern!) at 1:00, where I did 200 ab crunches and 30 minutes on the elliptical machine, changing from my long-time exercise option of “Hill” to the one that said, “Cardio.” … Read more

Losing $395.52, oblivious bozos in line, and an incredible Idina Menzel & the NC Symphony concert…

~Thursday~  I drove to work today, as I wanted to be able to run to the post office during the day to meet the deadline of getting my NC Flexible Health Care Spending Account reimbursement submission post-marked today, as required. After one final check with my dentist’s office, I had to remove a significant—$189.00—entry, as … Read more

A fallen wall, a bus driver with a short little span of attention, a new morale low, & a workout…

~Friday~  As I walked down the short paved entrance into my townhouse area, I looked long and hard at this retaining wall to see if it had: 1) naturally eroded, 2) been vandalized, or 3) been hit by a vehicle. But in the end, I couldn’t draw any definite conclusion. Can you? I was at … Read more