~Saturday~ Internet and e-mail access on my Blackberry was still out this morning when I turned on my phone. I tried to make a phone call and found out that that wasn’t working either. I thought it was just the data plan part that wasn’t working. Checking the “Manage Connections” settings, I found everything indicating … Read more
~Sunday~ I woke up to an incredible thunderstorm at 9:00 this morning. Unable to go back to sleep, even though I hadn’t had eight hours, I got up. I had big plans today, but they sputtered out as the day wore on and I didn’t move to see things through. In the early afternoon, somewhere … Read more
~Sunday~ I got up at about 10:30 this morning, and Xolani was out on my deck ready to start on today’s work that I’d mentioned Friday that I’d like to do and put off yesterday. The first thing we did was to completely clear the deck of everything, which meant 4 side chairs, 2 lounge … Read more
~Sunday~ I took advantage of the wonderful weather today and did the nice three-mile walk around Lake Johnson. While walking I listened to an episode of This American Life that is up there in the top three—and I’ve listened to a lot of them—of all-time compelling, compelling radio. I don’t even have kids, and it was … Read more
~Sunday~ Oh glorious day. I slept in this morning. I devised and posted yesterday’s blog entry on death and dying, and I received lots of comments about it on Facebook. One of them was from my friend, Brenda, who let me know that my friend Mel died of colon cancer that spread to his liver. … Read more
~Sunday~ I was up at ten today, and had old people’s food for breakfast: All-Bran, although I did add some raisins to it. Technically, I suppose, if it were real old people’s food, I would have added prunes to it. I did a mixed load of laundry today. I have always done separate colors and … Read more
~Sunday~ Someone got breakfast in bed this morning, but by the time I got upstairs with it, he had gotten up. He ended up eating it at the kitchen table, which was much more practical, and I still got credit for the thoughtfulness. WIN! [Hover over image for description] Ha! This entry on failblog.org reminded … Read more
~Thursday~ I had a full day today, which consisted of three official meetings and one unofficial meeting at work. The first 1.5-hour one was a meeting with suckers a team who is going to pilot a process we’ve been putting together for a couple of months now. Actually, they’re a great team of folks, with … Read more
~Sunday~ We were up just before nine after a good eight hours of sleep. For breakfast, I microwaved some pre-cooked turkey sausage patties, sliced up a hard-boiled egg, and put them on a nice soft small square roll. Good stuff. Robert was a dear and folded laundry while I worked on creating a simple chart … Read more
We slept in this morning, getting up at about 10:30. We decided to forgo the BBQ plate luncheon that was included in our Stomp Weekend Pass in favor of getting out of town earlier. We stopped at Replacements, Ltd. on the way back, in Greensboro, where I picked up a wedding gift for my neighbor’s … Read more