18 April, Monday Diary

at work:
Just to make my night interesting... not that I put in a special request for it, or anything:
 We sent out a vehicle to Palm Desert to pick up the company owner's son, who was attending the Coachella Festival.
Driver was heading back with the passengers ...starting about 01:00 and the vehicle was sideswiped by a swerving vehicle on I-10, outside of SBerdoo, around 02:00.   
 Well  ... he exchanged  pertinent info, and made it back to drop off his two passengers at home, then came into base.  
Meanwhile, watched The Newsroom  1:1, 2, 3, 4. 

6:20 Out
6:21 Walking to station...
      Saw Trump's start on the WoF on the way to the station
6:30 On platform   (balance  5.75 on my Tap card)
6:37 On board and rolling
6:53 off at 7th
6:55 On board the Blue
6:57 Rolling out
7:31 Arrived DA
 7:34  Called for Lyft on my phone app
7:43 Lyft arrived
7:50 Home.
Fed the animals.
Checked on Merry.  Based on her last text to me, she had gotten to sleep MAYBE a couple hours ago, so I left her alone
MDM  Heated up a can of chili  (well, I took it out of the can, and into a bowl first) plus raw onions... and chips, while reading Sunday's  USA Today
9:00 Getting into bed.
Merry woke up long enough to ask me, "How long you been home?"
"About an hour"
"Okay...."

11:30 Up ..to pee
15:00 Awake ..as it was seriously warming up in the bedroom
Asleep and awake, every 15 minutes.
 17:15  She came in to grab clothes and purse, saw my eyes open, and told me she was off to rescue Bullfrog, who had a flat on his bike.    Don't get me started how I feel about HIM and how I think he has taken advantage of us.
17:45 Up .... alka/s .... pill...
 In the shower, with a window that kinda looks outside, and realized the pool guy was supposed to come by today/this morning, after missing last Thursday, and 'we' forgot to unlock the back gate for him.
Ah well.
Merry returned home as I was drying and dressing.
I mentioned to her, forgetting the pool guy, and she gasped, and she called him, and left a message, apologizing (for not unlocking the back gate so he could get in).
In car, two of us, 18:20
Pool guy called back while we were rolling.
 She suggested, IF it happens in the future that the gate is locked, just call her phone: someone will be home to go unlock it. 
At work 19:08, in 19:10
It was KW's first day back to work after missing 5 work days due to the tragic death of his mother, and Merry went into the office to speak to him for a few minutes.

I settled in to work.
Not at all a busy night, but not a molasses-slow one, either.
SupervisorDB dropped by around 23:00 just to catch up on Dispatch payroll.  



Now that I'm taking the train home on a regular basis, this seems relevant.

17 April, Sunday, Diary

They came home, 1 or 2... I wasn't looking at the clock so much.
Around 03:30, Merry was in bed next to me, and crying.
Took me a while to sort out 'why', and I'm still not exactly sure, other than her, saying that she apparently is not 100% ready for 'show time'.
7:30 up   fed the cats
Helping Stitch in the kitchen clean up an ant invasion.
Sat down with coffee n toast and the Sunday paper.
In LR, watched The Newsroom  3:3 and 3:4
Put my Contacts IN
Went out, and put UP the grapevine which had fallen down.
Came inside, Merry was awake n up.
She went into the kitchen and SCREAMED (at Stitch) about the ant invasion.)
WE went to work, pulling stuff out of the panty,  in order to clean and powder it.
She left the room, and returned, in a bit, to apologize for her outburst.
She and I went to BR1 and talked a bit about what happened toher, the previous night.
I showered n dressed n packed.
14:33 two of us in car.
  As we exited on SMB,  Sunshine came out and said,  "I'm mad at you for not going with Merry to the party."
...Couldn't be helped.
We stopped at 7-11 for e-cig filters.
15:30 at work
15:33 IN
A quiet Sunday night, so I was able to concentrate on Monday.
104 rides for Monday   with  56 at 11:30 or before... which means, I'm responsible for tagging or covering those....  with 9 morning drivers to work with.   I wound up 'farming' 31 of those.   
Done, by 19:30....   
Caught up on  Diary input,  Watched The Newsroom 3:5 on my phone, which I just found out Friday that I could do, followed by 3:6.   It IS a tiny screen, but since I know most of the scenes and dialogue by rote,  screen size doesn't really matter to me... while watched The Newsroom, anyway.




It's BEHIND ME, isn't it!?

16 April, Saturday Diary

01:00 up for peanut butter n choc chip cookies n milk
08:00 awake...fed the cats..
  Gave Merry some oral pleasure
  coffee...read mail...
Watched  The Newsroom 2:7, 8, 9,  then 3:1  
 Nap
Watched 3:2
Nap
Dinner   beef stew .... 1900
I was supposed to...
  I really planned to
    I really wanted to...
    Go to the party at the BoD with Merry this night...in a couple hours.
But  honest to Gawd...
  I feel like I felt some  or many months ago...when I was told I had  or might have a duodenal ulcer....   no obvious bleeding... just constant pain, that lets up shortly after I eat,  starts up again as whatever is digested.   
Just ...constant.
  I got up long enough to ask Stitch to go in my place and he agreed.
Back to sleep.

I don't know if Merry came in to say 'goodbye'. I do remember the bed room door closing,  which I later opened just to let Donna come in and join me.


A rare occurrence, indeed!

15 April, Friday Diary

02:00  up  for chocolate n peanut butter.
8:00 up  for coffee
Watched a two hour block of 'Elementary';
then 'Criminal Minds'
then 'Scorpion'
Then 'Criminal Minds Beyond Borders'
then 'Gotham'
then a nap
up to watch TRMS for Friday
  snacked on bean chips
Nap
Watched 'Guardians of the Galaxy', and 'Archer'
Dinner:  pork  n rice n chips.
Watched "The Newsroom 2:6"
22:00 sleep.


because I love Calvin & Hobbes

14 April, Thursday Diary

00:30  Up to pee, and snack on g-f choc chip cookies.
06:00 awake...fed cats...started coffee
  Drank coffee with toast, read the days paper.
Dressed.
In car with her  to Home Depot, and 99c store, and home.
Changed to yard work clothes.
Started 'whipping' the front yard... while Merry and Stitch worked on ripped on the overgrowth, and getting the gravevines off the ground.

INside. exhausted.
When I was able to get up, 
Showered and dressed.
IN chair, watched The Newsroom 2:5 
1700-2100 nap
Dinner...meatloaf n onions n bbq sauce, plus chips...
Watched TRMS from tonight
2200 or so, sleep.


I AM THE DARKNESSSS!
I AM THE NIGHT!!!

13 April Wednesday Diary

at work:
Watched The Newsroom  1:7, 8, 9, 10, then 2:1, 2, 3, 4
Started e-cig filter #2 (of the 2 in the pack)
7:45 called Merry to get up and feed Donna Dawg-lass.
8:25 out
8:30 in car
9:15 home, which is really good time during peak time on a week day morning.
Fed the cats.... 
MDM   Meatloaf.. on tortillas  ... a banana... bean chips.
Watched TRMS from Tuesday.
10:30 sleep.

18:00 awakened by her to take my daily pill
Back to sleep
21:30 up for dinner.... beef stew and chips.
Watched TRMS from tonight.
Took my contact lenses out
23:00 sleep.


I got 99 problems....

12 April, Tuesday Diary

at work:
Quiet.
Watched The Newsroom  1:2,3,4,5,6
Gave Merry a requested 05:30 wake up call.
She was getting up to take #2 to an check up at CoH.
6:23 out
6:24 walking to HH station
6:32 on platform waiting
6:37  code 3 (on board) and code 4 (rolling)
6:53 code 5 (arrived at 7th street)
6:55 code 3 on the Blue train
6:58 code 4 to DA
7:35 Code 5 at DA
 ...summoned a Lyft on my phone-app.
7:55 Home
Fed 3 cats, and one big dog.
MDM  Meatloaf n rice n a banana n t-chips.
Started to watch TRMS but RM was off, so a guest host, so I moved on to Archer, first ep of the season.
9:09 to sleep
14:00 up to pee
15:00  Merry was in bed with me, and she received a flurry of phone calls that woke both of us up
17:45 Up
  Pill...alka/s ... shower...dressed...packed...
  Sunshine was 'out' and she told me a secret...
  18:33 car, just me
   Freeway ok
Hollywood traffic snarled,  due to "Captain America" premiere on  H. Blvd
 19:32 at work
19:34 In.
Working with Supervisor DB again;  KW is due back upcoming Monday.
Far from a busy night, but some late rides   like 00:45 and 01:00 which were causing me fits as I tried to figure out how to cover 'em...