We were up at 9:00, after a full eight hours sleep. Robert put coffee on, and I made breakfast, which consisted of turkey sausage patties on Hawaiian rolls with sliced hard-boiled eggs on them. We enjoyed it all out on my deck sitting at my bar patio set. We enjoyed the fruits—well mostly vegetables, really—of … Read more
I was up early, at about 6:00 after eight hours sleep—since we got to bed fairly early. Robert left around 11:00, and around noon, my friend Kevin (zy1125, @zy1125) called to say that he and Danny (his three-year-old son) were having “boys day out,” and wanted to know if I wanted to meet him somewhere for … Read more
I got up at 10:13 today, after a full 8+ hours sleep. Yay! Today was my mom’s birthday, and when I finally turned on my phone at around noon or so, I had a voice mail message from her thanking me for her card. I checked in with her and dad later in the day. … Read more
I met Joe for breakfast this morning at Pam’s Farmhouse restaurant. I had the sausage and cheddar omelet, with applesauce and wheat toast. And coffee, of course. I caught up my blog entries from Thursday and Friday. Robert volunteered at ENC this afternoon, and after arriving at around 5:00, we left shortly thereafter to have … Read more
I had an unexpectedly emotional day today, which started off mundanely enough, with having my tires rotated and later in the day with a trip to the dentist. On my way to my 3:00 appointment, somewhere around 2:45, NPR announced something to the effect of, “And now, we’re going to hear a recording of Dr. Martin … Read more
It was cold as frak this morning. If the bus had been one more minute in coming, the tops of my ears might have cracked off. Once on however, I’ll just say this, “Maniacal driving is not a quality I admire in a bus driver—particularly one who has my life in her hands.” Just terrible—drove … Read more
We got up at about 9:30, and Robert made me breakfast, while I nursed my back on the couch. At about 12:15, we left for Kohl’s, where Robert checked out their shoe sale for a new pair of sneakers. He ended up not getting a pair, but did get a set of twin sheets for … Read more
Kevin (av8rdude) and I hit the gym today, where I once again did a bunch of lower back and lower abdomen stretching exercises. After that, I ventured back onto the elliptical machine, which my knee doctor said would be okay to do. I used the manual option instead of the hill option, as I didn’t … Read more
I made a grocery store run for some cranberry sauce, black olives, and turkey gravy. While I was out, I made a pit stop at K-Mart to get some half-price wrapping paper for next year, and then did a quick run to Ten Thousand Villages in Cameron Village, where I picked up a little something … Read more
I had a productive, if not at times frustrating day today. Information architecture in a highly restrictive environment is challenging, to put it nicely. We had a nice retirement gathering for a colleague today, at which I honored her “with her own words.” Saroj is NCSU‘s “accessibility person.” It’s not that she’s the only person … Read more