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 work—not 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
I was up at oh-dark-hundred, and out to my doctor’s office in RTP for a 7:00 appointment with Amy Hird, my GP, who really is a P.A, and whom I absolutely love. She ordered up my Hep A shot, which was actually administered by her nurse, and she wrote me prescriptions for Cipro, Nexium, and … Read more
I had intended to catch the Wolfline bus to the Talley Student Center this morning, but remembered—fortunately before I waited at the bus stop—that it’s fall break and most of the NC State buses were not running today, including the one I would have taken. The city bus I usually take to work—the Method Road … Read more
I caught the 8:25 bus this morning, and it was uneventful other than the fact that it wasn’t one of the regular buses used in the fleet. There were a lot fewer seats, as they weren’t facing the front of the bus, like the regular bus that is used. Instead, there was just seating along … Read more
We were up at around 9:00 this morning, and I fixed waffles, eggs, and corned beef hash for breakfast, and we had coffee, which was 9/10 regular coffee and 1/10 Highlander Grogg (caramel, butterscotch and hazelnut). It was all good. I made a very weak attempt at learning Chinese. It’s hard! I spent two or … Read more
After a good, early night’s sleep, I was up at 6:00AM and out to the bus by 7:30. I’m going to introduce a new feature starting with today’s entry, it’s going to be called BUStle, and it’s going to capture my musings on my bus rides—both to and from work. I don’t know if I’ll … Read more
I met Nathan for a 30-minute 8:00AM meeting, in which he started off by allaying any fears about the solvency of Ameriprise—considering the national financial debacle that’s been going on this week. Next, we talked about shifting my asset allocation to a more conservative mix, as I enter the “quasi-retirement” phase that I’m in. He’s … Read more
I was up at 9:00 this morning, and downstairs to brewing coffee by 9:09. Kevin (av8rdude) came down shortly after that and we each had a bagel from the six I bought yesterday while we were at Bruegger’s. He had crunchy peanut butter on his. I had butter on half of mine, and lite plain … Read more