Thursday Sept 29th Diary

at work
Quiet night, drama free
Watched TWW 4:18--23, then 5:1
Out 5:57.
Diverted on the way home to go to Winco, to fetch ice cream for Merry.
on the way home:   Gas at Arco (Orange/South) $2.50/gal, and 76 Atlan/South  2.70/gal
Home 7:24
Merry was awake....
Fed animals.
MDM   pulled pork on corn cups?, couple pieces of chicken --cut up and bbq sauce added...one piece of corn bread.
Contact lenses out
Watched TRMS - W
8:45 sleep
1030 up to pee
1300  up to pee n snack.
17:25 up
Saw a text on my phone from Den, asking me to work a shift on Sunday, either starting on 9 or 13:00.
Discussed it with Merry, decided on 09.  
I sent D a text in answer.
Fed cats
Toilet  showered dressed  prepped  contact lens in
Kissed Merry good bye
Car 1814     Price of gas at Dinosaur, up to $2.54/gal
Work 1928
Three of us here : the Pair-of-Johns and me.
Night work covered. 
So, tinkering with the morning work.
Catching up on diaries.
And even watched  TWW 5:2  which I'd been anticipating because it's the ending of a cliffhanging series.

Wednesday Sept 28th Diary

at work
Co-worker, Al is supposed to be here at 0100, and only works 5 hours a night/5 nights.
This night, again, he wasn't here until 110, and at 105, I got a call from an irate client in London because she had ordered a Viano (a van like thing) for her and her co-worker for the two of them and 8 bags ...and a 'plain' MBZ-sedan was sent...so she wound up sending him away, and getting two taxis..and on it went... and she went on, to book through me, a Viano for her ride to the airport, coming Sunday.   I finished that, and thanked Al profusely for finally arriving at work.  (No, I did not thank him, exactly...)
Once the dust settled on that,   
I watched TWW  4: 12--17.
Started filter #2
Out 6:10
Home 7:06
Feed animals then 
MDM  chili and gluten free cornbread,  made Tuesday night.
Watched TRMS-tue
8:25 sleep.
11:00 up to pee
1515  up again to pee, and munch some candy.
16:15 awake  and dozing..  
17:25 up
Alka seltzer, toilet,  showered dressed...prepped...fed cats
Kissed Merry good bye
Car 18:10
Work  19:25.
Busy enough night because of one event in Santa Monica but the work was  covered.   

Tuesday September 27th Diary

at work
My overnight assistant, Al, was here...so mostly quiet for me.
Watched TWW 4: 6-11
Very tired from lack of sleep the previous afternoon, so out a little early:  5:39
Home 6:14

Fed 'em all
MDM  Pulled pork on corn cup thingies..and chips.\
No tv; just ate and went to sleep  0700
10:35  up to pee and a snack on trail mix, back to sleep
16:30 awake ish.
17:25 up
Alka seltzer,  fed cats ...showered n dressed
Prepped
Kissed Merry goodbye...whom I later found out did not notice what time I was leaving...shortly after 18:00.
Car 18:07, moving 18:14
Work  19:16
Price of gas, local Dinosaur  2.40/gal
 Closer to work,   76:  2.84/gal
                           Arco  2.70/gal
                            Shell  3.00/gal
                            Mobil  3.10/gal
At work, with Denny,  one of the two days/nights he'll be working this week.
Night ..covered  
Morning taken care of.
  Quiet.

Monday, September 26th Diary

01:00  04:00 06:00 awake

7:30 up and fed cats n dog.
Gathered my laundry...in washer.
Heated leftover coffee.
Watched "The Circus", "Gotham", "Agents of Shield"
Laundry in dryer.
Merry and I dressed, and went out.
99C store.
Dollar Tree.
Von's.
Home, 12:30
Groceries in and away. Brought laundry in.
Went back to BR2 to watched the last half of "The Martian" which I had set to record before we left.
13:45 or so, tried to get some sleep before getting up at 17:00 in order to be in the car before 18:00 so I could listen to the debate on the radio in its entirety.
AND I got up, and looked at thermometers.  It was 89d in the living room and 92d in the bedroom where we were.
We had three floor fans and one ceiling fan going high speed, but they were just moving hot air around.
Sleep did not happen.

Up before 17:00.   Fed the cats... showered n dressed.
Contact lens in.
Packed n prepped .  Kissed Merry good bye.
Wiped down the front windshield of the car.
IN car 17:56.  
Listened to The Debate on the way to work.
At work 18:54.  Sat in my car in the driveway leading up to the garage door, listening to the debate... until 19:25.
IN  19:28.
Realized within the first 15 minutes that I had left my cheaters (reading glasses) at home.
Slow quiet night  (116 for the day).
Easy set up for Tuesday (97 to start with).
It's 22:30 as I write this,  still time for surprises and drama. 
Sadly, there weren't any.
I watched TWW 4:5.   

September 25th, Sunday Diary

Awake  01:00, 04:00, 07:00
09:00 up 
Contacts in
Read the LA Times.
Watched The West Wing  3:23 and 4/1 and 2.

Back to sleep 1400   not feeling well.

Never really got up again, except to pee every couple hours, and take my contact lenses out.

Saturday 24th, Saturday Diary

Up  07:00
Fed the cats etc.
Sunshine was very sick.
I got online at the desktop, checking on paydays, and bills to pay.
Put together a shopping list.
Stitch and I dressed, and out we went.
My bank for withdrawal.
Our bank for deposit
Vons... Walmart...Winco ...and a 7-11.
HOme 11:35
Groceries in and away.
In BR2...
Watched the last half of "Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead's Man Chest".
Then
  Major Crimes,  Lucifer, The Big Bang Theory, Kevin Can Wait.
Merry and I had a disagreement about how the pulled pork became overly done....
And with that, I was done watching new shows.
Dinner ...chicken n rice.
While watched "Big Bang Theory" reruns on TNT.
Contacts OUt  
23:00 sleep

Friday Sept 23rd Diary

at work
Started watched TWW  shortly after midnight 
Al came in at 01:00 ... so three of us in the office....
I watched "West Wing"...   J brought a Playstation and was playing various games using the BIG monitor in front of the dispatch stations... Al was doing whatever he usually does, I've never really paid attention when we're together...
I was counting down minutes  til Mike came in so I could leave...
At 04:50 or so, I looked at the board and realized a certain driver had not checked in OR arrived at base for his assigned pick up at 0515 in WeHo.
I called his personal cell and office cell/radio numerous times until he actually called me, and I casually said, "Hey watcha doing?"
And he said, "Trying to call you. The power is off in my building, my phone did not charge, so I did not have an alarm..."
"Ooops.  Come in for a 7 o'clock pickup. Gotta go!"
I hung up, and scrambled.  Two affiliate drivers had cleared early jobs. I called the first one, who was still very close to LAX. Too far away. I called the 2nd, who was at the 405/Santa Monica.  Close enough, I told him where to go, and how to get there.
The damn job needed a toddler seat, which I did not expect this driver would happen to have with him, and I instructed J to grab one and go meet him at the address.  Twice or three times he thought I was kidding. I finally got the message across. "Take toddler seat. Go to that address. NOW."
He went.
He arrived at 5:12, according to his phone call to us, and the affiliate driver ... a minute after that.
All good.
Mike arrived around 5:10.   
J returned to base around 5:30.
I clocked out at 5:38
(Watched TWW during the night  3:17 --22)
Went straight from office to Winco, for a bag of dry cat food, then home...6:41.
MDM   pot roast n chips.
Watched TRMS-Thursday.
Awake  10:30 ...13:00..18:00 up for pill.
Merry asked if I would go to the store for buns to go with the pulled pork.  
I said, "No."
I got up and sat in the LR chair a bit, then moved to BR1 and went back to sleep til 2300.
I got up  for pulled pork   n cheese n chips
and watched "Geeking Out" from last week.  
And back to sleep, still in BR1.

Thursday Sept 22, Thursday

at work
My overnight associate, Al, came in at 0100  (as he did on Tuesday and Wednesday....
Watched  TWW 3: 11--16
Out 6:11.
Finished e-cig filter 2 on the way home
Stopped for a tank of gas at the Dinosaur,   $2.40 a gal.
Home 7:21
Fed the animals.
Unlocked the back gate for the pool guy.
MDM  chicken and quesadillas.
TRMS from Wednesday was entirely  about the rioting in Charlotte and I skipped it.
Watched  "Vice Principals" finale instead
Contact Lens OUT
0900 Sleep
1100 up 
15:30 up..
 and never exactly back to to sleep.
17:10 UP
Alka seltzer. Fed cats
Showered, dressed, contact lens IN, prepped
Kissed Merry good bye.
Car 18:06
Went south LBB to the 7-11 for 2 new filters, started #1
AT work  19:26.
Fred was leaving, as I relieved him, and the "Pair of Johns" were there,  working the phones, trying to assign/farm a quartet of four rides, LAX arrivals, between  21:10 and 21:30.
Which is what happens when Fred is running lead... waits too long to decide what to do with some rides.
We got the last of 'em covered by 20:15.  
Then we settled in.
 I read the LA Times I brought with me, then the TV Guide for the coming week.

Wednesday Sept 21 Diary

at work
watched TWW 3:3 -- 10

Out 6:19
Home 7:14
Fed the animals
MDM   chicken n quesadillas
Watched  TRMS-Tues
Sleep: 8:30
Awake  1030 ... 1445...1700
17:33 up ... 
Pee, toilet, showered dressed
Fed cats...prepped... packed ... 
Kissed Merry good bye.
Car 18:45   Work 19:19

Two hourly events going on.
Wound up doing  165 rides, farmed 90 of them.
Just ... busy....  

Tuesday Sept. 20th Diary

at work
All quiet at work... 
I settled in to watch TWW...
Then this happened:
A 'street person' walked up to the sliding glass window, that looks out from the dispatch room (TDR) onto the two lanes of driveway in the garage, then the garage mechanic bays on the other side.
I get such walk-ups  frequently.  They think this is a garage, looking for repairs or they think this is part of the parking lot for the hotel next door or they are drunk and think their car is parked here or they're hoping we've got an available public restroom or... well, I've heard plenty of stories.
So, this guy walked up.  My age, give or take, I guessed... couple inches taller than me... dressed in black, including a leather-looking motorcycle-style jacket.
He asked for bolt cutters so he could take his motorcycle away.
The motorcycle he was referring to is ...I don't know a motorcycle from a duck, but it's an older motorcycle, and even though I have not seen the actual pink slip, I was told, and I'm confident in the veracity of the statement, that both the motorcycles parked in the garage bay directly across from TDR belong to the owner of the company for which I work.
I told this fellow, "No bolt cutters. Not your motorcycle. Please leave."
He walked away. I went back to TWW.
He was back in five, maybe ten minutes.
Instead of coming to the window, he went to the garage bay across from TDR, and sat down on a bench seat, one that had been taken out of our passenger van, and put there for storage. 
I yelled out the window, "What are you doing?! I told you to leave."
"I'm not leaving until I get bolt cutters for my motorcycle."
"I'll call the police."
He ignored me, and sat there.
Then stood up, and sat on 'his' motorcycle, even moved it maybe six feet, and turned on the headlight.
And sat back down on the bench.
I called the police.
Not 911, as this was no life-threatening emergency. I called the local precinct.  I got the front desk, explained the problem, and was transferred to a non-emergency dispatcher.
We chatted a few minutes, while she went back and forth, talking to me, then to patrol officers.
After ten minutes, maybe fifteen, I had two LEOs in the garage, followed by two more, and two more, until I think I counted nine of them.  
The fellow peacefully surrendered, stood up, and the officers put him up against and facing the wall, handcuffed, I think.
Several  LEOs came to the window...taking my information,  telling me what was occurring.  One of them helpfully turned off the headlight on the bike, after I told them I had no idea how.
A LEO came up and said, "We've dealt with this guy before. He was on a psychiatric hold, about two weeks ago. He thinks he's Nikki Sixx.  So, we can arrest him now, based on what you've said, which might not be enough to hold him OR we can escort him away with a warning, and if he comes back, we can arrest him AND hold him."
I said, "I don't want real trouble for him, just want him gone."
"Okay."
In short order, he was taken away, and all the LEOs departed.
Elapsed time: from 02:00 to 02:50
And back to  TWW:   2: 18--22, and 3-1 and 2. 
Out 6:15
Horrid traffic on the way home.
Especially on the 710 S-bound, trying to get off at LBB.
I was able to get off at LBB South,  but I saw that LBB north was closed, and saw police cars with flashing lights all over the place.
I read later about a car chase, that ended in the chased car running over a fire hydrant, a couple miles from my house.
Home 7:22
Fed the animals
MDM  pork n chicken n rice
Contact lenses out
Watched  TRMS-M.
Sleep 09:00
Awake 1030 to pee, and snack ...on trail mix.  Too much.  I'm concluding, my system doesn't get along with peanuts so much anymore.
Tried to get back to sleep.  
Very fitful.
It was warm, and when I turned on the fan,  Merry said, it was too cold on her.
UP 17:30
Alka seltzer.... shower...dressed... contact lens In,   
Packed... kissed Merry good bye
Car 18:24
Miserable traffic on 101.
Worse traffic in the Hollywood area around the office.
Arrived 19:37.
Night work was done.
Set up for Wednesday, miserable.
Too many 'event' type cars...for two events going on, plus a bunch of other stuff.

Monday Sept 19th diary

UP 8:30
Fed animals
Got my laundry in wash.
Put contact lenses IN
Helped get Merry ready
Laundry in dry
Car 9:45  to go to Dr so she could pee in a cup, and get it tested for a UTI.
We got there...and she could not pee
She drank some 12 6 oz cups of water while we sat there.
I went to a 7-11 to get her a soda to see if that helped.
She drank the whole 20 oz bottle.
And finally peed enough to get it tested.
A few minutes later, we were on our way with a prescription for ..something that starts with a C
To Walmart, to pick up her remaining scription there, an submit this one.
We were told, 30 minutes.
She was ready to pee again..so I escorted her to the 'room. She came out, I went in.
I dawdled a bit on the way back to the pharmacy, and when I returned, she was at the counter, getting the scriptions, waiting for me to pay for them.  Heh.
We left, home 13:00
I brought my laundry in, put it away.
Ate an apple, read email.
Started a nap, 14:15
 She got up nearly every hour to go pee, whilst I napped.
17:00 up for alka seltzer.
continued nap for ..15 minutes.
17:25 up.  More a/s.  Toilet
Showered dressed...prepped and packed.
Kissed her good bye as she slept and didn't open her eyes.
Car 18:23.
Foul ups on the 101.
At work 19:30
 With new schedule in place, and Denny my partner on the shift, tonight (and Tues & Wed), all under control and very quiet.
NO pm farmout, so almost no phone calls.
Easy PM set up for Tuesday.
Had plenty of time to enter  these six diary entries.

Sunday Sept 18 Diary

Up 10ish

We watched the new American Horror Story (AHS), then a movie  "Life or Something Like It"
Merry and I dressed, and got in the car to go shopping, again.
Walmart (her prescriptions and a flea collar for Donna)
Then Winco for groceries.
Home 15:30
Groceries in and away
We finally watched  "Star Wars: The Force Awakens".
Then the new "The Circus..."
Dinner   pork n rice
We watched five eps of TBBT reruns on TBS.
Sleep 23:00

Saturday Sept 17, Diary

UP 0730

Fed animals.

Created a shopping list.

Dressed

In car with Stitch and Merry

Stop   76 gas

Stop  99c store

Stop  Walmart

Stop  Rite Aid

Home 11:30  

Unloaded and put away

Finished "Major Crimes", 

Lunch quesadillas

Nap

Watched some football as OU was starting against Ohio State

Set it to record

As we headed out for our Anniversary dinner, at Sizzler.

Home  19:57

Went in to finish the football game.

  Ugh.

Sleep, 2200

Friday Sept 16 Diary

Awake
Asleep
Awake
Asleep
Awake
Fed animals.
Checked accounts online
Called Walmart to order contact lenses and glasses.
Cleaned the big dog water bottle and dish.
Read some email
Back to sleep
Up to watch TRMS-Fri, followed by The Last Word.
Read the TV Guide, and Thursday newspaper.
Watched "Suits"
Dinner   chicken n potatoes.
Watch 1/2 of "Major Crimes"
  before falling asleep again, 22:00

Thursday Sept 15 Diary

at work
Watched TWW 2: 13--17.
OUt 6:22
Started filter #1
Home 7:10
Price of gas at the Dinosaur:  $2.40

Fed the animals  
Took my right c/l  out
Unlocked the back gate.
MDM   pork chops n chicken and quesadillas.
watched TRMS-W
Sent Denny an email about my health probs  (infected eye, blowing my nose every 55 seconds...)
Sleep ...
Up to pee  couple times.
Checked in with Denny by text, 15:30
And declared myself out sick
Back to sleep.
20:30 up for dinner...corn dogs.
Watched TRMS--Thursday
Back to sleep.

Wednesday Sept 14 Diary Our Anniversary 3 years

at work
Watched  TWW 2: 7 - 12

Out 6:11
Home 6:58

Fed the animals.
MDM opened a can a beef stew... along with quesadillas and chips
Watched TRMS-Tues.
Sleep 8:30
UP 1030 and 14:30 (alka seltzer)
1730 up Alka seltzer  toilet
Showered n dressed n prepped
Kissed Her good bye
Car 18:23    
Stopped for 2 new e-cig filters
At work 19:33.

My left contact was hurting me.
I took it out in the bathroom, and promptly lost it.
Spent the rest of the shift  with decent vision in my right eye only.
Meanwhile my nose was running like a purse snatcher, and I was blowing it every minute or less...

Tuesday Sept 13 Diary

at work
Watched  TWW 1:22, and 2:1--6
Out 6:07
Car 6:10  Home 6:54
Price of gas at the Dinosaur:  $2.44/gal
Fed animals 
MDM  leftover GF pizza from previous night
Watched TRMS-Monday, while Merry slept
Sleep  8:00
UP to pee 1055
Again 14:00 and snack on trail mix
Again 16:30
Alarm 1730, up 17:40
Toilet..shower n dress...prep.... fed cats.... Toilet
Kissed Merry good bye
Car 18:28
At work 19:23

Another huggermugger of a night, with equally huggermugging of a set up for next day.

Started new filter with newest e-cig.

Monday Sept 12 Diary

7:30 up    
Fed the animals.
At desktop, updated my daily diaries.
Looked at older mail.
Changed wallets...
Dressed.
Out to car   9:07.
To 'my' bank, for cash.
Put said cash in WF bank
Went to house owner's bank, made deposit in their account.
Stopped at 7-11 on way home bought new e-cig and filter, so that I would always have two cig tubes ... and a USA Today.
Home.
Lunch, quesadillas... watched Vice Principals.
Munched on p chips, read the newspaper.
11:30 nap time.
Awake  1345, 1545...
Alarm 1730 and up 1750.
Alka seltzer... toilet ...  showered dressed...prepped...toilet..
Kissed Merry  good bye
Car 18:31
Work 19:22.   IN 19:27
An event going on tonight for the new "Lethal Weapon".
Another one tomorrow for  "Pitch".
PM set up  a bitch.
My partner ordered up some pizza for delivery, even gluten free for me. 
Good enough, and plenty leftover for morning  breakfast/dinner.

Sunday Sept 11, Diary

0200 up
0800 up   to chair, coffee, red NY Times (Thursday).
Talked to Merry about the day.
Shopping list.
Both of us dressed.
Car 1045 to Winco....
12:15 home.
Groceries in and away.
All done...   my shoulder hit the cabinet with a gallon of tea perched on top, which came down, and cracked open the plastic container.
Stitch and I spent 30 min. cleaning up the resulting spill.
IN BR2
watched Aquarius, 2 hour finale.
Red the LA Times.
Watched  "Circus"
Watched movie  "Sisters"
Dinner   steak n rice.
Watched 2 hour finale of BrainDead
Watched some of evening news.
Sleep  23:30.

Saturday Sept 10 Diary

Heard her alarm at 00:00, and Stitch came in to assist with the ingesting of the meds.
1:45 up to pee, then 2:45, then 6:15 UP
Watched
Rizzoli n Isles   (finale)
Major Crimes
Zoo, 2 hour season finale
Suits,
Better Things (new)
Toilet..shower dressed   prepped
Car 12:10
  Price of gas at Dinosaur  $2.56gal
13:04 at work
in 13:13.
I sat at middle station and assisted in getting affiliates codes during the Technical/Creative Emmy's.
(Basically, making sure our farm company drivers were on the way when they should be, or on location, or passenger on board)
Most show jobs started no later than 1500 ..with the show going live at 1700...
so by 1525 I figured the job was done.
1526 OUT
ANd enroute to Walmart for my prescription and other stuff.
Arrived 16:47.
Departed 1718 home  17:32.
Groceries in and away.
Dinner   chicken n rice n chips.
Watched movie  "Along Came a Spider"
and fell asleep
23:59 awake to assist with her midnight meds......

Friday Sept 9 Diary

at work
Watched TWW 1:16 -21
ut 6:11
home 7:00
Price of gas at the Dinosaur   $2.40 g
Fed animals..
MDM   bowl of chile, n cheese...
Watched TRMS-Th.
8:15 to sleep
Awake  1045  1415 1630
UP 1845   and dressed.
Sunshine and I went to the 99c store for miscellany
Back home   watched TRMS-F.
Dinner    corn dogs n chips.
Back to sleep 2130 or so.

Thursday Sept 8 Diary

at work
Watched The West Wing  (TWW) 1: 10 -- 15.
Morning Dispatcher Den came in..oh  0530.  
No sign of 5 a.m reservationist.  6 a.m reservationist arrtived 615.
Out  6:20.
Home  7:27.
Fed the animals.
Unlocked the back gate for The Pool Guy.
MDM...quesadillas and Rice.
Watched the  'Commander in Chief' Forum, and TRMS, from Wednesday night.
0900 sleep
Awake  1045, 1345.
Awake 1730, p 1750.
Showered dress, prepped,  kissed Merry goodbye.
18:23 in car.
19:25 at work,   IN 19:30.
Started Filter #2.
Dug in to do set up for a big fuckin' event on Friday.

Wednesday Sept 7 Diary

at work
03:00 Caller  "Where's our van?"  from Paris.
She had to call twice, I had to call Paris affiliate twice, to get them all together.
03:45 Caller  "I need two SUVs in Phoenix asap"
  This was a booker for 'Drake' btw.    I made SIX phone calls, spoke to two awake people, and four answering machines... no dice.   This booker, a notoriously (within my company) hard-nosed starts-with-B-rhymes-with-ditch, said, "Okay, I'll tell 'em we can't do it."  
Great.
Watched The West Wing  1:4-9.
Started Filter #2.
Two a.m. dispatchers in by 5:30.
Very tired, I left at 05:50
Needed gas, didn't want to pay cash (debit card) for a full tank at expensive local stations, so put in $5.00 worth (cash) at an Arco.
Pulled away from the Arco..a few blocks down SMB, noticed my E-cig, usually hanging around my neck..was gone.  Fell off at the gas station?  Oh well, gone.
So, I plugged in my remaining 2nd tube and started on Filter #1 that I bought a couple days ago.
Home 6:35
MDM pork chops (from last night) and rice
Watched TRMS from Tuesday.
8:00 sleep
1045 up to pee
1445 up to pee and snack.
On peanut butter   out of the jar.   In retrospect, bad idea.
16:30 awake
17:15 up   ... alka seltzer.
Showered dressed.. on toilet, pooping and throwing up.
Just sat in easy chair awhile.  More alka seltzer.
I've noticed this reaction within me whenever I snack on peanut butter...  gotta get it away from me.
Up and ready, finally... kissed Merry good bye
Car 19:01  at work  19:48.

Busy night with the events.  All rides were dispatched by the time I got in, but lotsa cars and drivers moving around.
And set up for Thursday ...another event night...was arduous.

Tuesday Sept 6 Diary

at work
Quiet enough
Watched House 8:19-22, which finished all episodes of House.
Started on The West Wing 1: 1-2-3.
Out 6:12
Home 7:02.
Fed animals.
Waited on Bullfrog, who arrived 0730
Left with him 7:45.
Abysmally bad traffic on westbound Del Amo.
Finally arrived at the Torr CHP office.
Parking lot jammed.  
I was about to double park, and leave Bull in the car, while I went in, then somebody in the space that I was double parked in front of starting pulling out..problem solved.
We went in, and presented our case.
He explained that he was pulled over on some freeway, Saturday night... he was taken to jail, the car was impounded.... when he got home Sunday morning, he called the tow yard, was told, we'd have to get a CHP release before we could get the vehicle... which is why we waited til today.....
A couple officers looked...and looked...   and finally told us, "Well,  there's no release from us necessary on this." 
Great....
Off to the tow yard.  Fortunately, there was no 'out of the way' to this.
At the tow yard:
 Bull had called on Sunday, and was told  $143 for the tow,  plus $35 a day for storage for two days, and that's how much cash he brought.
The woman at the window took the registration we brought (with my dad's name) and my i.d.  ...fortunately it was good enough, she did not say anything ...and came back and said, "$353."
What?!
$143 for the tow, and $52.50 a day, for FOUR days.
Bullfrog unsuccessfully argued his case,  and got one day knocked off the storage, total down to $300.50
He put up his two c-notes, and took back his other cash, and I put down a credit card for the other big dollar, along with two quarters for the change.
The car was brought around, and we went out and on to our separate ways.
I arrived home 09:45.  and finished the Red bull I had taken with me to drink on the way
MDM  pastrami + cheese on tortillas and chips.
There was no TRMS on Monday...due to the holiday, so I just ate quickly rather than watch anything.
I tried to go to sleep at 1030, but had trouble, prolly due to the Red Bull...
11;30 or so...
Up 17:30.
Showered dressed   kiss good bye
Car 18:19 ...   work 19:12
In 19:18.

Not a busy night, but busy for me, doing set up for the next day...what with THREE separate events going on for Fox, Fox Searchlight, and FX. 

Sept 5, Monday Diary

01:30 up for pee n snack,  peanut butter n chips.

UP a few times for rolaids or alka seltzer.

And slept , and got up to pee,  all day.

17:20  Up.
Toilet,  find clothes from laundry basket.
Fed cats
Showered   dressed..... toilet again...
Packed lunch, fixed 'drinks'
Kissed Merry good bye.
18;15 in car.
Stopped at 7-11 for filters, to get my account balance under $25 so that the bank would not automatically take $25 out on the 8th, which would bounce my NF payment on the 9th...
At work 18:55.  
To early to clock in, so I sat in car til 19:10.
In the office, and clocked in 19:15.

Reservations had been cut loose at 18:30 so as soon as Thing 1 went home at 19:25, it was just Thing 2 and myself.
About as slow as expected.
Some drama with a couple rides for the Sunset Marquis, but not worth overstressing about. 

Sept 04 Sunday Diary

Merry wanted "Django" on tv to go to sleep by.
Turned it on, 00:30.
And I watched it to the end.
about 03:30

Awake 8;30.
UP coffee.
OUtside to trim the bougainvillea bushes.
Inside, showered n dressed.
Put together a shopping list.
Out with Stitch 
 Walmart,  Winco,  
Home  12:30.
Groceries away,  one load of laundry wash.
Nap in BR2
Up to move laundry to dryer.   
Start another load in wash.
Nap in BR1.
UP  move load out of dryer into basket,  and from washer into dryer.
Into BR2, read Sunday paper.
Dinner   Black eyed peas n ham, and rice.
Laundry into basket, and in the house.
Watched "Suits" "Sex n Drugs n Rock n Rock",  BrainDead, and the news.
2330 to sleep

Sept 3rd Saturday Diary

1:40 up to pee
2:40 up to pee and snack on ice cream
tossing and turning...
awakish 8:00
9:00 up to pee.
And turn on tv.
9:30  OU vs HOU, season opener.
Coffee n coffee cake.
P-chips while reading Thursday's paper.
Final,  OU 22, Hou 33.

Back to sleep
 Until 21:00 ?

Dinner beef stew and chips.
Watched  "Zoo", "Aquarius",
Helped Merry with midnight meds....

Friday Sept 02 Diary

at work
Watched House  8:11 -18.
Out 6:11
Home 6:50
Price of local gas,  $2.40/gal
Fed critters.
Watched TRMS-Thursday.
Called Dr at 0800 to verify appointment time  (9:30).
Fed Merry.
Ate an apple.
In car with Merry  9:04.
Saw the orthopedist, who gave Merry the ok to stop wearing the sling, and start doing physical therapy with her arm.
Home 11:05.
MDM  pulled pork on t-chips, with p-chips.
And watched last Sunday's "Vice Principals".
1200 sleeping.
1630 up to pee
19:45 UP.
Watched TRMS - Friday
dinner  Taquitos n rice.
Watched last Monday's  "Rizzoli n Isles", "Major Crimes"

22:40 back to sleep

Sept 1, Thursday Diary

at work
Watched House 8:4
Client, I think, called from LAX at 00:00 looking for her driver on an order that I did not have, nor could I find any record of.   A very annoying 5 minute conversation ensued, mostly involving me saying "I don't have your order" and her saying,"I don't care that you don't have my order, I placed it, and I want my driver..."
It concluded with me, giving her directions to walk across two lanes to get to the cab stand, and her saying, she couldn't find any cabs there...
After that, all was quiet...
so  watched House 8: 4--9.
Morning Dispatcher Sammy came in about 04:30...
Denny came in shortly after 5.   
Out 6:10  home 6:53.
Fed animals.
I unlocked the back gate for the pool guy.
MDM  Chicken thighs, baked last night, and potato chips, and cheesy tortillas.
In BR2 while Merry still slept, watched  TRMS--Wed.
Which led into DummyTrumps immigration policy speech, which is when I gave up on watching it.
7:30 to sleep.
10:30 up to pee, again 13:30 when Merry was too loudly dictating a message into her phone to give to Bullfrog.
Awake 16:30.... up 17:30.
Alka/s ...  toilet ...  showered ...dressed...  packed up....
Kissed Merry good bye.
Car 18:16
  Stopped for 2 e cig filters....
Office 19:24,  in 19:25.
Shaped up to be a quiet night....
As soon as I turned on my table to start watching House, I got phone call from agent, changing four SUVs for one of the two rappers we do work for.... from 5:15 in Miami to 13:15,  then their arrivals into MSY from 8:30 to 16:30.
Not a big deal, other than making the changes to each order, and notifying the corresponding affiliate.
THEN  we had an order at VNY for 00:45 for a sedan, that was cancelled around 23:00.  At 23:45 booker called to reinstate it, AND make it an SUV.
I managed to catch a driver that was just dropping an SUV at base to go out again, and do it.  (Flight didn't actually arrive until 02:something.  As of 0245, the driver has not yet returned to base.)
At 23:55 a driver at LAX reported he had collected his passengers, but the car would not start.
While I panicked about that, I saw on the tracking-GPS that the car was in motion....  
  and when he returned to base, I asked, and he told me, he was only 'stuck' for five minutes or so, as a security guy had come along with cables, and got him going quickly. 
During all this, I managed to watch most of House 8:10.

Aug 31 Wednesday Diary

at work
Very quiet  ....
Finished House 7:21, then on to 22 and 23, finishing the season.
Started e-cig filter #2
Watched, again, "The Big Short"  via Netflix on my tablet.
Watched  House 8:1 and 2.
Out 6:01
Home 6:38
Fed the animals...
Merry was sound asleep...
MDM  Pulled pork on t-chips, and cheesy tortillas.
Watched half of TRMS-Tuesday
Asleep 0740.
Merry's alarm went off at 08:00.
She woke up long enough to say, "Can I sleep another couple hours?"
Fine by me...
Her alarm went off again, as she had previously only hit 'snooze'.
She turned it off.
Back to sleep
Up 1030ish to pee. She was awake too, I helped her prep her lunch, which meant, opening a can,  and helping pour a dash of vinegar over a bowl of garbanza beans...
Back to bed.
14:30 up to pee.
16:30 awake....  17:15 Up.
Online with Merry to make the payment for #4s room n board.
Showered dressed.
Kissed her goodbye.
Out to car, where I did a search of the back seat and under the seat, still looking for my newer pair of glasses.
Rolling 18:19
 Price of local gas,  $2.40/gal (reg'r)
AT work 19:15.

Really quiet... probably because we're heading into a holiday weekend.   
Watched   House  8:3. ....