25 April, Monday Diary

at work:
Finished The Newsroom 3:3, on to 3:4,  3:5, 3:6.
Got some kinda nap from 1 to 2.
6:45 Out.......... toilet, then
6:51 in car
7:34 home.
Woke up Merry to say "hello" as requested, then 
Feed Donna and some cats...
MDM:   one piece of pork, one of chicken, and rice, and warmed tortillas...then  most of a bag of g-f chocolate/chocolate chip cookies while watching "Scorpion" from last Monday.
9:00 sleep
13:15 up to pee
16:00 kind of awake
17:15 alarm
17:30 Up.  Merry still sleeping
Alka/s
Toilet  
Shower dressed.
   Merry  up
Ready...back to toilet.
Merry checked to make sure #2 wasn't going to need a ride home from CoH..then told me to go 'head, and drive myself.
18:29 in car.
Pit stop for gas, Chevron  DA/LBB to use 'Vons Club points', got gas at 2.70 a gallon.
710 north was clear...
Got jammed up on the 101
At work 19:40
A bit of work to sort out for the night, and next day.
KW was back after missing Sunday's shift...but was out of the office  (getting a cigarette, going to the store to get cigarettes, talking with a chauffeur, in the bathroom) more than he was IN the office.
My "one a.m. assistant" called out, sick, for his shift.



We haven't been doing so well at working our disagreements, recently.
Wonder if it's due to a lack of THIS:

I crack up looking at this shoplifter making his get away:

"Whizzer"  #1

24 April, Sunday Diary

01:00 up to pee.... get some milk n cookies.
04:00 up to pee
09:30 UP   fed the cats.
In my chair.
Watched The Newsroom 2:7 .... coffee n toast.
Contact lens IN.
Ate an apple
Watched 2.8  while reading Sunday's paper
Merry up, around 11:00
Started on 2:9.
Merry asked for a 'conversation'.
We went into BR1 and talked.
It was a good talk.
I realize 99% of the responsibility of making things REALLY work between us belongs to me.   
I realize so many of the problems we have are MY problems, in my head.   
I just have to WANT to fix them.   

Finished watching 2:9.
Toilet... showered...dressed.... fixed my 'drink' ... toilet...
Kissed Her, good bye...
Car, alone 14:43
Office  15:33.
My usual associate KW had called out, sick, so supervisorDB was working in his place.
About 90 rides for today, 90 for tomorrow so far.  Really slow.
Set up for tomorrow took... not much time.
Big drama: a company that was booked to do Two all-day 50-passenger bus rides for us, starting at 7:15 in the morning, called at 6 pm to say, they were NOT going to do 'em because our company owes their company too much money.

That was ... dramatic...
But we ..,mostly DB... got it resolved within an hour.

Snacked ... on carrots, then an apple.
Watched The Newsroom  3:1, 3:2,  Started on 3:3  

23 April, Saturday Diary

02:00 up to pee... get some milk and cookies.... Merry was still up, at her desktop...but coming to bed, she said.
07:30 UP   fed the cats...sat in my chair... watched The Newsroom 1: 7, 8, 9.   
Had a bit of a bowel explosion.   Waited too long to get up and go, and when I did, Stitch was using it.... 
11:30 Dressed.  Got the car keys and debit card from Merry, said I was going to Walmart to get the frames on my newer glasses fixed.

The frames I had, cost $19. The identical replacement frames cost $9, and took about 15 minutes to get 'em switched out.
Did a little other shopping, and got an iced coffee from the in-store MickeyD's and went home.....   an hour, door to door.
In chair...
Watched The Newsroom 1:10, 2:1 2:2.  
Put laundry in wash.
Had a bit of a blow up with Merry, who had gone into the bathroom, and yelled at me to come in, because the toilet seat was 'covered in poop'.
 She has a penchant towards exaggeration, and I loudly told her so.
I took a nap from 4 - 6.
Stitch had gone out and put my laundry in the dryer, and I just had to bring it in.
Took pill, and Alka/s.
She called Stitch on his phone to ask him to ask me, what I wanted for dinner, and I told him, and he relayed the message.
I watched 2:3, and 2:4.
Sunshine came out,   discussed with Stitch having pizza, and discussed with me, the bills to pay. 
I assembled dinner:  pastrami on muffins, with onions n mustard; opened a can of baked beans... and p chips.
I ate, sitting in my chair, and watched 2:5 and 2:6.
22:00  to bed.   

22 April Friday Diary

01:30 up to pee.
05:00 up to pee
7:45 up ...toilet...fed animals...
Coffee ...in chair...
checking in accounts  ....
watched The Newsroom 1:  3, 4, 5
Snack   bean chips
nap in chair
ALka /s
TOilet
Watched 1:6
UP showered and dressed
IN car with Sunshine, 16:30  me driving
99C store
Chase 
Walmart
Winco   Merry emerged
I was yawning so hard, I thought my jaw would crack
Merry took over driving
to Vons.
I stayed in car.
She came out with a basket
I got out of the car to help bag it.
She didn't like the way I was bagging it, I got pissed and silently got back in the car.
Home   19:30 groceries in and away
I went to BR1 to watch TRMS 
She started dinner.
AT 20;11 she came in and said, "#2 son just called, he's running a high fever, I need to get him to CoH fast...   dinner is in the oven, ready in half an hour."
ANd she was gone.
TRMS ended right at the mark.
I got up ... and had  a plate of pork chops baby carrots and potato strings.
And watched "Guardians of the Galaxy" from last Sunday.
ANd to sleep;, 2130.

21 April Thursday Diary

01:45 up to pee, get a snack.
04:00 up again
7:45up ...toilet    fed dog... did some dishes... made a cup of instant coffee...took a check out to leave for the pool guy,  unlocked the gate for him...  
In my chair
Read New York Times from last Sunday, and today's LA TImes
watched The Newsroom  3:1 2 3 4 5 6
popcorn, snack
Nap in BR1  15:30 TO 20:00
Dinner...chicken on toast, and chips
watched TRMS for tonight...
sleep  22:00


Our kitchen ...one pit bull...

20 April, Wednesday Diary

Watched The Newsroom  2: 3,4, 5, 6
Napped from 1 to 2.
The Newsroom  2:  7,8,9.
8:14 out\
8:15 walking
8:23 on platform
8:27 on board, rolling
8:43 off the train at 7th 
8:45 the door to the Blue line closed as I almost boarded...had to wait
8:51 on board the next train
8:52 rolling
9:29 Off at DA
Called Lyft
9:47 home
Feed cats...
MDM   chicken wraps  (in tortillas) and chips
Watched TRMS from Tuesday
Moved to BR1  ...1045 to sleep
18:45  UP to BR1
watched the current TRMS
20 to 2100 nap
Watched Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds Beyond Borders
Dinner   taquitos n rice.
2300 sleep


more Calvin & hobbes

19 April, Tuesday Diary

AT WORK:
 Slow enough..
 And grateful to have a 2nd here
 Managed to get in a nap from 2 to 3,
 And
 watched  The Newsroom  1: 5,6,7,8, 9, and 3/4 of 10.
  Merry called to say, "Good night" -- 04:00.
6:20 out
6:21 walking to station
6:30 on platform,   $4 left on TAP card
6:37 on board and rolling
6:53 At 7th St.
Some delay here but
7:11 on board the Blue
7:12 Rolling
7:51 Arrived DA,   called for a Lyft on my phone-app, just before pulling into the station.
7:57 In Lyft car
8:05 home.
Opened bedroom door:  Merry was awake.  She said she slept 2 hours, woke up at 7.
Fed cats and Dawg.
Prepped MDM  ... stir fry, made last night, over rice, and warmed up tortillas.
In BR1, watched TRMS from Monday
09:22 to sleep
13:30  Awake and hot..moved to BR2
14:00 Merry came in, and asked how long...  "Since about 1:30..."
Sleep off and on.
I didn't think I slept much, but I was told that Donna had gotten off the bed and on the bed several times, and I did not notice; I thought she was with me there the whole time.
And Merry said she stuck her head in a couple times, and my eyes were usually closed.
Anyway, I was sleep n groggy when I got upright at 17:40.
Took pill... alka/s.   Fed cats....  
Showered...dressed.... packed up.
Headed out   with Merry to car.
She had parked   a  few yards west of where she usually parks, on the street in front of the house, because of other cars in her favored spot,  which was relevant, because I noticed, in the grass, somewhat shortened from when I whipped it a few days prior, the penlight, that I was given as a gift the previous Christmas, and I was aware I did not have in my possession for the last month and maybe more.  I'd really given up on it, but there it was, on the ground in the grass.
I put my travel cup, full of RedBull and ice and MtnDew, on top of the car, while putting my three bags (just like the 3 Bears :  small, medium,large) in the back seat, along with my hoodie,  whereupon my travel cup full off the car... the lid popped off, and because it landed on the curb,  the handle broke.
So I got my flashlight back, and lost the use of this travel cup.
She went in with me, and I filled a different travel mug with RB n MDew.
Back in car  18:22
19:09 at work.
Merry is very much NOT fond of using public restrooms unknown to her, but she had to 'go', and I convinced her that the 2nd restroom at my office was generally clean and nice-spelling (if not, so much, the 1st restroom).
She took me at my word, and walked off to check it out, and locked the car, taking the key with her, so I had to wait for her to get back, to get my bags out of the car, and go on into the office.
Not much shaking at work...  numbers for both days (today and tomorrow), around 130 ...which means, lots of farming.  
I had to do very little of it, personally,   but I can see there's gonna be a bunch of farming to to do on Wednesday. I don't plan to volunteer to stick around and help with it.

Meanwhile, finished The Newsroom 1:10, then 2:1 and 2;2.



One lucky cat.....