17 February, Wednesday, Diary, HFC 64

 09:00 up for NutBud

13:30 M & S out, shopping

1415 up...toilet... c/l in, 150, pills, coffee, 20uB

*Div'd, Chase

M & S home 1600

*MMi, Good Dr, TRMS, 

toilet, stood up, slipped to floor, was on floor in bathroom until M found me, and M & S helped me upright

LP - 2R

*Jeop, WoF

10uN, pills...

baked ham, cheesy potatoes

*Tough as Nails

*9-1-1 LS, Resident Alien

*News, Misery Index

20uB, 0000 bed

14th January, Tuesday, Diary

1030
 Feed dog n cat
 Contact lenses IN
toilet...
dishes, in sink, done
coffee
20uB, pills
 get mail
1100, Merry up
*scram. eggs n toast
*HOUSE 5:20-24
1545, S home
start and MT dishwasher
*HOuse 6:1
*Jeopardy 13th n 14th
*Jeopardy GOAT
10uN
Chili n crackerts
*TBBT reruns

22:15

28th o August, Wednesday, Diary

0200  PB-pretzels, PB crackers
Up 4,6,8 to pee
0900 change u&s, b.t.
contacts in
feed H.BurninLove & DoMeGimmeDoMe
BS 164  20uB pills
Merry, up 0930
diary drafts  
changed dog water
finish H 4:15 (a cliffhanger, and I hope the 2nd part, 4:16 is broadcast on Tuesday coming)
Batman 2:12-14
13:00 Bm
Merry, nap 1430 1700
Avengers Infinity Wars
Stitch home 1545 (schedule changed: now works 0600 to 1430)
1610 snack on mx nuts
Avengers Endgame   (pause)
nap then up
1830 Merry out to OCS
1845 continue A-EG
TTB 7, 730, 8
10uN, 1/2 WInco sub, cheetoes
2115 20uN, pills, to bedroom
TBBT to 2230
Merry home 2300

9th o July, Tuesday diary

Sleep!
0515, took J's card to E, down to mailbox
10uN,  klondike bar

11:15 
  bring up mail; my order from TokyoPenSHop arrived; 
BS 180   12ub
Icoff, pills   
Contacts IN
Amazon package for J: delivered to downstairs instead of upstairs to us; good thing they send me a picture of delivery spot, so I knew where it was
"Queen in Budapest" concert
online DPSS
paid CWG by phone
updated diaries through July 8
"Elton John" concert...
"Guardians of the Galaxy"
Merry n Stitch to E's, 1830 and home 1940
TBBT 19-2230 ssn 10
1950  10uN
 din  Pulled pork on buns
TBBT 8, then 12
2230 BS 293; 12 u B
to bedroom

June 16th Saturday Diary

Up 0230
and 0430
and 745   
Showered dressed contacts In
Talking to Sunshine, who go up around 700 and went shopping
Yogurt with almonds, ham, cheese
coffee
and talking to Merry
OUt with Rob 915,  dropped him at 945 at his son's place
made an urgent run to a restroom at Rite Aid
standing at Daiso at 958 , saw the store doesn't open til 10;00
Inside at 10:02
  grabbed a couple things and out
Rolling at 1012
Office at 1101
In 1108 -- 1608
1635 to 2132

home 2236

Dinner   broiled steak, baked potato coleslaw

Sleeping on couch until .....

JAN. 21 SUNDAY DIARY

uP 0030  
up 0300
UP 0530
UP 0730  .... FED DOG N CAT
CONTACTS IN
Started watching  LotR-RotK
reading
breakfaxt  scrambled eggs n cheese,  n toast
Red LA Times
Watched AFC playoff game
while watching Netflix
NFC playoffs  started 1530
Merry out for a 'meet'
Watched  on Netflix  Embarrassing Bodies  Season 1: 1-4
Merry home 1730
after NFC game  
watch  Scorpion
and TBBT reruns
dinner  baked chicken, stuffing, sweet potatoes

Bed 2200  

Jan 15 Monday diary

up 700 ish
cheesy toast n coffee
Contacts IN
Sunshine was going to go to HC and pick up rx for Babyman, then go to Walmart, but decided since she was going to HC tomorrow anyway for her own appointment, she would do the other errands tomorrow....but I still asked, she go get the tire problem checked out.
I watched 5 eps of Major Crimes to close out the season on that.
Sunshine (Merry? I lost track) took Stitch with her.
Later reported, it was under the protection plan she had purchased, so got tire problem fixed no charge.   Also mentioned that Stitch got lost when they went across the street to the Mall to eat at Panda Express.
They returned home  1630 or so

Showered dressed, took my pills, kissed Merry (I'm pretty sure) good bye
car 1743   stopped for filters rolling 1748  Office 1846
In 1857 -- 2359


60 rides for Monday 66 for Tuesday.   Not breaking in records for volume, here.
Watched Curb Your Enthusiasm 6: 6 - 10

Monday Nov 20 Diary

Merry still sick
Me still kinda sick, but on the mend

730 up to feed animals  2 pills
1100 up for coffee, email, check blogs

Back to bed

16:30 up shower dressed   
Contacts in  (took em out on Saturday)
1 pill
Kissed her good bye
Car 17:20
Office 19:24    2 HOURS AND FOUR MINUTES !#$%

In 19:33
Denny here til 2315
Avik here til 2330  
  what a quiet night....

Sept 18 Diary Monday

Up several times to p
8:00 up to feed animals
10:00 up  coffee
with Merry, watched AHS-Cult and Preacher
Back to bed for nap 1245

Up 16:20
Shower dressed   contacts IN
Packed
Kissed her good bye
Car 1725  office  18:56
In 19:02 to ...

I expected Denny to be here, but then I have not seen a schedule for this week either..
So  I relieved Sam and worked with Andy .....  
  Good thing, not much going on.   



Barb:   "BUSTED"

September 5th, Tuesday Diary

overnight woes:
Call at 03:00 (0500 in Houston) "where's my car?"
I call affiliate, and after some research, figured out THEY input the order (that shoulda been for 9/5) for 8/4! So no car.  Fortunately, client was cool, said, 'I'll take an Uber.'
At 3:15 (4:15 in Denver) I call affiliate for driver info for a 4:30 pickup.   Dispatcher can't find the ride for "Smith".  Oh shit.   He scans rides they are doing for us, goes down a list....and mumbles "I have Maria on location for Smith..."  Wait...that's the job I was talking about.  "Oh, I thought you meant 4:30 PM!"  Be still my heart.  Anyway, that one worked out.
Managed to watch Dexter 5: 3--8.
OTC 00:29 to 05:40.

Car 5:49  home 6:41.
Fed animals.
MDM stir fry n quesadillas.
Took a pill.
W TRMS-M
Bed 0800
Up 3 x or so
Up 16:40   Showered dressed
Took 2 pills. Packed.
Contacts IN
Kissed Merry good bye
Car 17:25
Parking lot  19:00
OTC 19:09
Denny and Andy both here.
Got approved for nights off 9/21 and 9/25, so we can start planning a mini-getaway.
Started  Dexter 5:9
Out 23:59

Barb:  "Zero Tolerance"

Sunday Jan 15 diary

still sick  but back to work anyway

0245, 0430 up to pee
7:14 up just before alarm
Toilet...pills...showered  dressed  contacts IN
Stitch made coffee..
Packed n prepped       Kissed a sleeping Merry good bye
7:56 in car
8:30 at work and IN
 74 rides today   ...
 Caught up on diaries...
Watched the NFC playoff game at work.
Out 1732
Home 18:25
Asked for the tv remove to watch the AFC playoff game..
Then got on the bed and fell asleep
Merry said "Dinner is ready"   pulled pork on buns...
ANd I woke up and saw the game was over.

Then back to bed.

Monday Nov 14th Diary

We had thought   IF I felt better, to go to the stores mentioned yesterday  OR watch some of our programs on DVR.
I did not (feel better).
Woke up a bit, to read the Sunday paper.  
Back to sleep until 16:45
Up  TLT, advil,  fed cats,  showered dresses   Contacts In 
Prepped.... Kissed Merry goodbye
17:47 in car.
Gas .. price of gas  $2.40
17:56  440.7 leaving Sinclair
18:15  452.7  12 miles, halfway point  19 min.
18:51  462.2  (21.5 m ttl), 9.5 miles this segment, exit SMB 36 min
19:06  465.2  (24.5 m T),  3 miles this segment, Office   15 min. 

Sammy was pulling out while I was in the driveway.
He's been doing that frequently the last few weeks:  when Denny is here, he takes off before I get in.
I wanted a cup o' coffee first thing.   BUT Denny was on a three way call from the time I got in, well, for fifteen minutes, I think.
Beyond that,  easy peasy ... so far  (22:20 Monday).
And  'it' stayed that way.

Tuesday Oct 18th Diary

at work
Finished Stud60 1:1, then 1:2 -- 8.
out 6:10
Home 7:04
Fed animals.
MDM  bbq-sauce-chicken n quesadillas
Contacts out
Watched TRMS-Monday until falling sleep   8:00
Up 11:55,  16:00 17:20
UP 17:30   
Alka/s, pill, TLT, showered dressed,  prepped
Contacts in
Kissed Merry good bye
Car 6:10
At work 7:20

Our email system was non op, so we were busy enough.  

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.

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.

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.

August 28th Sunday

Awake various times for Rolaids or alka/seltzer.

Up 1300
NEW contacts in.
Merry needed seasoning salt, so we dressed and went to the car, and off to  Smart n Final.
Home ...groceries away....
IN BR2, I read the LA Times.
Then, watched "Truth"
and "Roadies"
  dinner,  pulled pork n chips.
Watched "Aquarius", "BrainDead"
then the News, to see what excitement was happening at LAX.
Sleep 23:30.

Aug 22 Monday (back to work night)

I t00:00 up for her meds
Up 3:15,  05:30
7:30 up to feed all      back to sleep to 11:30
Watched House 6: 7 and 8
Nap..off and on...
Up 17:00 to shower and dress
Contacts IN
pack up
Kissed her good bye
Went out to car and washed the front and back windshield, as it had been sitting for some time.
In car 18:14, direct to gas station for a fill up.
On the way
Stopped for e-cig filters....
At work 19:22

DB bought dinner from 'Ono's.  Hawaiian BBQ, I think    I had a bowl of chicken n rice with a lot of teriyaki sauce. 
...Something I would NOT do if I was going to be alone in here all night.

78 for Monday,  76 for Tuesday,  AND I have the newest new guy, Jon, working with me as overnight training; not necessarily to be the other overnight guy, but just for him to get a bit of training on every shift.   

I applied for a loan on Rob's good credit through LC.   Merry wasn't ALL for it, but she didn't really try to stop me either.
IF Rob (we) gets it,  we can pay off Merry's WF loan and my Avant loan,  which have combined payments of $620 a month, in exchange of one payment of $409 a month,  with a leftover, after those loans are paid off, of about $1000 a month.   
Judging by the emails we've been getting, so far so good.

AUg 19 Friday vac. # 8

Up 00:00 for her meds
01:40 pee
05:00 pee
0800 her pill
10:30  'lunch'  PB soft tacos
Nap til 14:30
contact lenses in
watched 'Spy"  
 Donna starting to nibble a little 
Watched TRMS Friday
"Expendables 3"
Dinner   ...corn dogs
Watched last 1/2 of   Bourne Ultimatum
contacts out
Watched last half of Amy S special on HBO
her meds at 00:00
sleep.