Tuesday, September 27, 2016

The Way To Really Blog!

I finally have time to blog again so here I am.
 The way to really fly 

Sunday Cha Cha and I went to Chicago via the train(s) to visit Splenda and Andy. The $8.00 weekend train pass is awesome. We went from Elburn to Ogilvie Station in Chicago and then took the train to Ravenswood. It was a very nice day.

I just spoke to my dad and he needs to have surgery again on October 10th; he is having some minor issues with his heart and the way that it is beating. I am normally off on Mondays (which October 10th is) but I don;t know if they will do the mandatory overtime again. I hear rumors that we will be doing mandatory overtime (staff-up) from October until January or sometime there abouts. Since he will be staying in the hospital overnight I will have to sleep at their house again because my mom cannot be alone. I will try to find out tomorrow out if anyone knows anything about those days but I imagine nobody knows anything yet. I suppose there is a service where someone could come into their home fro things like this but I will check my work options first. It would be nice if my brother didn't live in Hawaii and could help with some of these things but it is what it is. I hope dad doesn't pass-out in the driveway again but I will be more prepared for that this time. I will take my superhero cape with me again just in case.

Today I went to weigh-in and I lost 0.8 pounds - that is exactly the same amount I had gained last week after we got back from Las Vegas (after I had worked-out a lot to get back to that close). So, I am at 69 pounds lost again and I need to get that one pound off so I can reach 70 pounds lost. I WILL get that pound (and, hopefully, more) by next Tuesday. The past two weeks I rode the bike in the basement like Dave Stoller to get back to where I am again. I rode 25 miles yesterday and 20 miles this morning. I am going to really watch my food intake this coming week so I will not have ride like a maniac just to break even again. I have to go with what got me this far. While I rode today I watched Braveheart; I am happy I have so many DVD's to get my mind off of the miles. Maybe I should get Breaking Away? I might feel like I was in the film and push even harder.
Our 2016 first Presidential Debate watching team!
Last night was the first televised Presidential Debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Cha Cha and I went next door to our friend Phyllis' house to watch the debate with here. I made a red, white and blue fruit platter to take with us. I used blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries (which are really blue but that name was already taken by blueberries), watermelon wedges and then I added two small bowls of Cool Whip Lite (ka-ching)for the white. I almost included one carrot for that orange fellow but I decided to take the high road and did not do that. Why do companies spell light lite sometimes? Do they pay their advertisers by the letter or something. I like foods that are more literate. I will not mention much more about the debate but it went pretty much the way that I figured it would go though perhaps a bit more civil than I expected. I was quite happy that it was on a night when I did not work that day or the next day.

It's a tight National League Wild Card race
Speaking of Cool Whip (ka-ching) I love how the weather has cooled-off these past few days. I see why Autumn (I prefer that word over "Fall") is most people's favorite season. I would say, being Matt in the MIDDLE, I have to like Spring and Autumn the best since they are both kind of MIDDLE temperatures rather than the extremes (Winter = cold and Summer = hot). I am wearing my red St. Louis Cardinals' hooded sweatshirt while I write this because there is no way I am turning the furnace on this soon and I am still thinking The Cards are going to win the Wild Card and go on to win The 2016 World Series. Now I sound like every Cubs' fan since 1909.

As a public service to people in the Batavia/Aurora Illinois area (or willing to drive there for work) here is a message from my buddy Greg who is a manager at the Portillo's restaurant in Batavia - "Portillos in Batavia is looking for help! p/t, f/t must be able to work nights and weekends...apply at portillos.com and click on Batavia!!!!" Tell him Matt In The Middle sent you.

Okay, I have run out of things to write about. I realize that has never stopped us before but I am going to watch Blackhat again because it just came on. I hope you have a great night and maybe, just maybe, I will write again after work tomorrow depending on how work goes. Thanks a lot for stopping by. TTTT?...MITM out - TA!

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Alone Again - Naturally

I need me a Pushme Pullyou (I had a stuffed one as a yute)
I said I would probably write today so I am gonna write if even just for a bit.

Yesterday I wrote how I don't believe in killing other breathing creatures. I received a message that asked me for examples of how I go out of my way to not kill other beings. The first thing that came to my mind was the way I catch wasps in my hands when they get in our house (we leave the back door open when we are home so Jeff can go in and out as he needs or wants to) and I release them alive back outside. It may be the same wasp over and over and over but I have not been able to tells wasps apart yet. I shoo flies back outside... Oh yeah, the bird that I caught in The Tiki Room a few months ago.

Work went so fast today. I recommend going to Las Vegas and then coming back and going to work - it worked for me and it will work for you. I would probably feel differently is I hadn't won money but I didn't so I don't. I hope work goes this fast all week.

I don't remember if I mentioned that I lost my wedding ring (no, not in Vegas). I am not sure where I lost it which is why I say I lost it. I know it just slipped off of my skinnier finger somewhere and I bet it is here in the house somewhere. I will find it one of these days in the last place that I look. Did you even notice how you always find things in the last place you look? If you don't I wonder why you keep looking after you found it.
Do you know which heel Achilles was vulnerable in/on/at? I have a feeling (pun intended in a moment) it was his left ankle/heel. My left Achilles heel is hurting a great deal. I think it may be the shoes I was wearing today because it feels better right now with my shoes off but the fact that I am sitting down may have something to do with that too. That reminds me that Brad Pitt is a dope.

 My math is bad... 2000- 2016 = ? 
The new Survivor stars in 17 minutes. Do you believe Fabio and I still watch that show? How can they call this the 33rd season? The show began in 2000. I guess maybe they had more than one show in particular calendar years? I just checked and there have been two "seasons" each calendar year from 2001 until this year. There was only one season in 2000. What kind of a crock is that? There is only one MLB or NFL or MISL or NBA or NHL... season each calendar year so you can understand my confusion. Imagine television being fake and making their own rules.

Well, I have to make my salad for lunch tomorrow, clean-up the kitchen and get ready for Survivor. That is code for - I have nothing else on my mind because I am really tired. Jill is not coming home tonight; she is staying at Splenda and Andy's place in Chicago as she is going to her Evanston office tomorrow and they are right by the train station that goes near that office. So, right after the show I am going to bed (oh yeah, I will clean the kitchen while I watch the show).

Thanks a lot for stopping by again. I may write again tomorrow but I am not gonna give odds at this point. Have a great night and a better day tomorrow. I'll write you when I write you. TTTThen...MITM (out) TA!

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Back to the Grind Tomorrow!

"So, I threw my complimentary watered-down drink right in his fat face."
Tomorrow it is back to the grind but I am so delighted that I got my weekend (Sunday, Monday and Tuesday) off this week. I am guessing I will have to work 12 hours on at least one of these days at the end of this work week. It did make getting back into the MIDDLEwest life easier without having to go back to work right after we got home.

I went in and weighed-in this morning. I was worried because I ate a lot of stuff in Las Vegas that I do not usually eat (mainly carbs). I still did not drink any alcohol; not even those complimentary watered-down drinks they give you while you're at the tables. I usually do not drink anything while I am gambling. Cha Cha said she thought I look very serious at the gaming tables. I guess that is good that am concentrating when I could possibly lose money. Anyway, I weighed myself a few days ago and, according to our scale, I was up 11 pounds since before our trip. So, I broke into action yesterday and did something probably unhealthy for the last two days. Yesterday I drank only two protein shakes and drank only water all day. I also rode the bike downstairs for 20 miles. Then, today, I drank and ate nothing and rode another 20 miles. So, when I weighed in today, I gained only 0.8 pounds. Now I have to lose that 0.8 pounds and one more to get to that 70 pound loss - I WILL do that. I should bet the over/under - OVER! Maybe I should do 80 miles next week? But, maybe I will be forced to work next Tuesday and will not be able to weigh-in.

While I was riding the bike today I watched Rounders (I own the DVD). Yesterday I watched Dirty Harry on HBO GO. While I was getting some water I looked out the window well and I saw the three frogs that live in the well (I think I mentioned that I had taken them a bowl of water to swim in or whatever they water to do with the water). As I looked closer I saw there were now six frogs in the well. I worry about them as winter is approaching so I gathered the whole family or commune or subdivision... I know a group of frogs is called an army of frogs but I am fairly certain these were family members so are they still an army? They do have U.S. Army camouflage and they travel in large groups I suppose. My favorite group of animals is a "business of ferrets." Anyway, I took the family/army to the back corner of our yard by a row of pine trees that has our firewood and leaves and branches we use for fires behind them. It is very moist back there and shady so I think they will do well. I am sure there is also lots of bugs and such back for food there too. If they show-up in the window well again I will assume they prefer that environment. I try really hard not to kill any living creatures though mosquitoes get killed just by my reflex actions sometimes. I think I was always a Buddhist before I began even practicing Buddhism.

Speaking of Buddhists - yes, Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce but there is no truth to the rumors that she is leaving Brad Pitt to try to hook-up with me. I guess I cannot say precisely what her motives are (maybe it is because he has an infidelity issue?) but she has zero chance with me because I am hitched until my death (and totally faithful until then). Why would I want to become tabloid fodder? I can barely keep up with this blog with my boring life so I am not even going to try to dodge paparazzi and the like.
We quit while we were on top!
On our flight home Friday/Saturday I listened to several of our old Dirty Laundry Podcast shows. You cannot use WiFi on the plane so I listened to shows that I had stored on my phone. Our podcast was really entertaining if I do say so myself. I think we will start to record the show again but maybe weekly shows was a bit much. Perhaps bi-weekly or monthly would be more doable. I felt really pressured doing the editing and such and uploading the show every week and I finally had one of those showbiz breakdowns. Why have a hobby if it stresses you out? I guess if it were our paying jobs it would be good but we did not charge for the show and we did not have paid advertisers though we would have some ads we did for free and some phony baloney or phologna bologna ads. It was fun having people in our studio and/or on the phone talking about whatever. I will keep you advised on how that evolves. We had some famous people on the show too so that was cool. I will keep you abreast of that situation.
 How BIG are football helmets these days? 

Why is everyone getting so charged-up one way or another about athletes not standing for the National Anthem? How does it impact me? I am happy to live in America and I appreciate my freedoms. I think, if I so chose, I should have the freedom to not sing the National Anthem and even kneel rather than stand if I wanted to. I can understand how some nationalities and races in this country feel like they are still discriminated against and I can see this as a way for them to bring attention to their plights and frustrations. Our entire country began because many were tired of the oppression by Mother England and her crabbiness. I hope that this movement does not lead to great violence or civil unrest but, sometimes, that is required too though I do not condone that as I am pretty-much a pacifist (I won't even hurt a frog - and they travel in armies for goodness sake). People get so worked-up about things that really don't make that much of a difference in their lives. Chill already!

I am gonna stop now. I may write again after work tomorrow but I can not say for certain. Thanks for taking a few minutes to read my incoherently coherent ramblings; I really appreciate you stopping by and all the comments and suggestions you send. Have a great rest of you day and behave yourself. TTTT (78%)...MITM (out) TA!

Monday, September 19, 2016

Blog Light City

53 years ago today I was five days old (at least in Heidelberg, West Germany I was five days old - I am not going to math/time zone conversion to be precisely accurate) and John F. Kennedy still had 64 days to live. I just mention that because I am watching a documentary called "Lee Harvey Oswald: 48 Hours to Live" on The History Channel. I had several air-tight alibis so I was never questioned.

I was so delighted to get back from our trip and learn that we did not get staffed-up this week because I would have had to work yesterday, today or tomorrow (or more than one of them). We got to Chicago from Las Vegas at about 04:30 Saturday morning so I would have been beat. I am still pretty tired from our trip but I should be fairly well rested by Wednesday when I return to the grind.

We had a great time in Las Vegas. MADYM and her beau Scott met us out there and we did a lot. Unfortunately, I ate too much (actually not too much rather the wrong things) and I gained a few LBs. I am going to weigh-in tomorrow and I hope to be back down weigh-in time plus one pound so I can be a cool 70 down since December 29th. I will just do some protein shakes today and tomorrow and then eat after I weigh-in. I was very good and did not drink any alcohol at all in Vegas - even while gambling. I did pretty well at the tables (mainly blackjack and Texas Hold'em); I was up nearly $500 overall. That was not close enough to cover the trip but it did not hurt.

The highlight of the trip was, of course, the John Fogerty concert at The Venetian. He was the main reason we went to Vegas. He played many, many of the songs we all know. It is hard to believe that he is 71 years old. He did not take a break for over two hours straight. It was really cool that his son plays right along with him. His son just recently graduated from USC with a degree in business. John made sure he knew business so he would not get ripped-off like his father did. He told so many great stories between songs - there was a great one about he and Creedence Clearwater Revival playing at Woodstock and following The Grateful Dead - ask me or Jill sometime and we will tell you that story.
 See how my head is cocked like his? I am working on my Rich Little impression 
We also saw Rich Little at The Laugh Factory in The Tropicana while we were out there. It was pretty nostalgic as we watched him all the time on television as kids. His impersonations and/or impressions are still pretty good but he is not as good as he once was; I can say that same thing about myself. Most of the people he impersonates are dead now. Incidentally, my Kermit The Frog is about 47 times better than his, After the show we got to meet him, get his autograph and have a photo taken with him. He does not seem happy. I wonder if it is that he still has to do this at his age and almost all of the people he impersonates are dead? He just seemed depressed when we spoke to him. I am glad we went to the show but sort of feel like he is just doing it because that is what he does. It may also be because he is on his fourth wife now and he has lots of alimony payments? He showed a lot of clips of him with Presidents and so many great comics and celebrities over the years. I kind of feel sad for him with the made-up scenarios I have in my head.

Cha Cha and I decided that, if we ever go back to Vegas, we will probably stay at The Tropicana. We stayed at The MGM Grand and I am fairly sure they tried to scam us several times - can you believe that in Vegas? When we got there we got our room and it looked nothing like the photo Jill saw when booking the trip. MADYM and Scott did not get there until later the night we arrived so, when we saw their room (Cha Cha booked them both and saw what they were supposed to be like), we were even more underwhelmed with our room. So, we went down to the lobby and I made a minor stink (I have made many major ones over the years but I always stay minor and then go major if the situation warrants) and we wounded-up getting a much better room (like the one that we should have gotten in the first place). Later I heard someone in the hallways saying how they didn't get the room they reserved either. Apparently this is common practice in Las Vegas - at least at The MGM Grand. Overall it was a great time.

I think I have written about my identity recently being stolen. Well, I got my replacement bank VISA credit/debit card in the mail when we got back (it does not have the chip in it as promised). Yesterday we went to the store it was declined for "over the limit." It was a charge at JEWEL (the grocery store) and it was only for $200. So, I used a different card and then paid that one from the one that just got denied. Perhaps they put a limit on the card to protect me but now, when I am done writing this, I am going to the bank and find out what the heck is going on now. I am not upset as I am sure it is just for my protection. That means so much more as an adult as it does when we were kids.

Okay, I am gonna wrap-up for now and head to the bank. I may walk to get a few extra steps in to burn-off some of my Vegas-fat. I also figure I will do 20 miles on the bike today and 20 tomorrow before weigh-in.

Thanks a lot for stopping in today. I am pretty sure I will blog again tomorrow because it is rare these days when I get to write two days in a row. Then, back to the grindstone and reality. I still have to get those clothes from the washing machine into the drier too. TTTT (probably after I weigh-in)...MITM (out) TA!

Monday, September 12, 2016

So Blog Me and Smile for Me

We will see just about all of those places in just a few days (within one city)
All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go... (tomorrow) I'm leaving on a jet plane. That was from a song famously sang by Peter, Paul and Mary but written by John Denver. That makes me think of the concert Cha Cha and I are going to at The Venetian tomorrow night. We are not seeing John Denver in concert (mainly because he is dead) and we are not seeing Peter, Paul and Mary either because Mary Travers is also dead. Peter and Paul are still alive and we are travelling with our friend Mary (MADYM) so maybe, if we run into Peter and Paul our Mary would do a song with them and we could add that to our list of fun. The reason I thought of Peter, Paul and Mary doing John Denver's song is because we are seeing another John (Fogerty) and one of Tina Turner's most famous songs was "Proud Mary" (another MADYM connection) which was written by Fogerty.

Our car is picking us up early tomorrow morning and we will be headed to Venice (sort of). Cha Cha has never been to Las Vegas though I have been there many times. I know she s looking forward to the concert but I am uncertain if she is looking forward to bright light city. I think she will like more that she thinks. she is not much of a gambler so I will do that early on the morning while she is sleeping. That's the way it worked in Prague so now it will be a casino tradition.
I will definitely have to wear it to New York, New York

Yesterday was the first Sunday I have had off in a month; it was really nice. And now I am off until, at least, this next Sunday. I will have to call-in on Saturday to find if they call "staff-up" again and then I will see if I have to work the next Sunday, Monday or Tuesday or any combination or all. I will at least have all of Saturday to recover from our trip and, if I will millions I will probably give my two-week notice. Depends on how big, of course.

I have decided to take my crushable hat on the trip. I have not really worn it much since our trip to Europe (where I bought the hat - Germany specifically). When they see me in the hat in Lost Wages they will probably call me "Old Hazel Eyes" or whatever color they are.\when they see me. My eyes used to always be brown but now they change colors with the seasons or with my moods or something. My eyes are like a mood ring I guess. I never really know what color my eyes are because they change and I cannot see them from the inside.

I am a bit worried about my battle with the bulge out there. Vegas is the home of the largest buffets in the world and free drinks while you're gambling. I have not had an alcoholic beverage in over, probably, a year or more. I still fight the food thing most days but I am just looking at this like a huge challenge and I will kick it's booty. Buffets have lots of fruits and vegetables and salads and grilled chicken and turkey and fish and that is where I will focus by attentions. Most of the other times I have been there has been on company business and I was always taking clients out or vendors were taking me out but this time is just pleasure so I just have to be true to myself and our very small group (four).

My prose is dopey. My blog is fantastic - that was sarcastic - cause I write like a spastic. I just heard the "Weird Al" song "Word Crimes" for the very first time. A lot of it reminded me of when I reread this blog later and see all of the typos I made while writing. Sometimes I will go back and fix them and then sometimes I will just leave them. So, as I digress, I heard the song on Pandora while I was driving and then I came home and watched the video. Are they even called videos anymore or are they music YouTubes? I really enjoyed the song and the YouTube. I have always been a Weird Al fan because he is a smart-ass like I am. I am also kind of a grammar maniac, though you would never guess it by reading my writing. I suppose that is why editors were invented. I was a News Editor and an Associate Editor and have written for magazines and several newspapers and I still make many writing errors (mainly typos because I am a hunt-and-pecker even after all of these years) after all of these years. I guess you know a computer or a robot are not doing my writing for me though don;t you? These are the personalized touched you get from a lame-brain like myself.

I am going to end now as I still need to finish packing and go pay the water bill so we have water when we get back from the desert. I am not sure when I will write again. Perhaps I will write from the plane or when I am working-over one of those buffets. I hope you have a great rest of your day. Think happy thoughts for me so I can win a huge jackpot and then hire an editor for the blog. Thank so much for stopping in when you can. TTT?,,,MITM (out) TA!

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Everybody Wants To Be Me (or steal my identity)

I wonder if he is at an NGA Hong Gulf gas station in Houston in that getup
Today is my only day off for the past eight days so there may be some crabby undertones to today's blog. That is not the only reason for the crabbiness as you soon shall learn if you dare to continue on.

Last evening I was checking our checking account (that is why they call it a checking account, right?) and I saw three charges to a Best Buy store in Springfield, Illinois. I first called the bank but there was nobody available as it was Labor Day (I had to work so I figured everyone should work). So, I investigated and found the phone number for Best Buy #47 in my state's capital and gave them a call. I spoke to a dude named Brad, who I thought worked at Captain Hook's Fish & Chips, and he said he did not see the three charges for just over $225 each and the one credit for the same amount. It was a holiday and they were said to post the next day which would have been today. So, when the bank opened this morning at 8:30 (banker's hours) I scurried over and spoke with Katrina who put a hold on my card (it was my card and, fortunately, Jill has a different number so it was only my secret identity that was revealed). Katrina took my card and cut-it and said I will get a new one with a chip in it probably after we get back from Vegas. So, I went about my day. Then a few hours ago I received a call from a fraud protection company for the bank saying that my card number had been used at a NGA Hong Gulf gas station in Houston, Texas. Weird, just this moment my phone rang and it was Katrina and she said that the charge in Houston was declined so it pays to be the early bird to catch the card number thief while they drive from Springfield to Houston or give the number to their buddies or whatever happened there. I hope the person in Houston runs out of gas and then gets out of the car and gets squashed by an 18-wheeler. But, I hold no ill-will or animosity for this kind of act.
Oh yeah, I will continue to lose weight in Vegas. All I do is lose is Vegas!
I went and weighed-in this afternoon and lost four pounds since my last weigh-in before Jill's surgery. I have now lost 69 pounds since starting this weight-loss program. I will lose that one pound to reach 70 before we head to Lost Wages. I don't think I will be here to weigh-in on that Tuesday though. Then, I will probably gain that one and several more back on one of those "World's Largest Buffets" or die in a fiery plane crash or something. I will at least have a good burnt corpse. Part of the reason, I believe, that I lost that four pounds was the twenty four miles I rode on the stationary bike this morning while I watched Open Range. I love that movie - you cannot do much better than Duvall, Costner and Bening. If you want to borrow the disc let me know and I will send it your way.

I have gone shopping twice since starting to write this and I just used my plasma donation money so nobody else could steal another part of me.

It is only 17:36 and I am exhausted. Is it from working 64 hours a week? Is it riding the bike for 24 miles? Is it because I sleep very poorly? Is it because I am old (MIDDLE-aged?). Is it any combination of those things? I guess I am going to end now because I lost blog traction a few paragraphs ago.

Thank you for stopping by. I am not sure when I will write again. I will probably work every day up until we go west but sometimes I find time (or reason) to blog. I appreciate you and thank you for reading and overlooking my typos and nonsense. I should probably proofread more often but that requires too much effort from someone who is losing his identity all over our nation. Have a great rest of whatever is left of your day when your are reading this. TTT?...MITM (zzzzzzzzzout). TA!

Friday, September 2, 2016

It's All Starting to Catch Up with Me!

I am gonna blog right now because I am home alone and I am not sure if  will have a chance to write again in the next few days. Sunday is my best chance and I think I will be able to write again that day, Cha Cha is either in Chicago or on her way back in Friday rush-hour traffic. 40% of our household (Splenda and Andy) moved to Chicago today and Cha Cha went to guard the truck while they moved into their new apartment. I would have loved to help but I had to work. They will be missed in the house but birds have to build their own nests and make their own ways in the world. We will always be close if they need us. I am sure all parents feel that way on days like this.

Believe it or not I have Sunday off of work. You may remember that the last two weeks saw me working an extra twelve hours on Sundays. I traded with others to work those Sundays so I could have the days off to help with my dad's surgery and Cha Cha's surgery and to drive my parents around for their medicines and groceries and blood tests... This week we are "scheduled-up" two days and I drew having to work Sunday and Tuesday. I really wanted to have one day to spend with Jill so I traded a guy my Sunday (forgetting that it is Memorial Day and Jill will be home) to work for him Monday so I now have Sunday off to spend with my lovely best friend. I also get the overtime pay plus  vacation hours for working Memorial Day and I get my day-off with Jill. I will still would get paid the holiday pay for not working I just will not get the vacation hours. Then I will work: Monday and Tuesday for 12 hours each and then Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday for ten hours each. On Thursday I will find out which TWO DAYS I will have to work next week in addition to my four tens. I am told that these two "staff-up" days will continue through September, October, November and probably the first couple of weeks of December. I am not sure how much I will be able to take. I think I get out of the two days on the week of our vacation when we are in Las Vegas. Maybe we will hit a big slot and just not come back for awhile? I must say that I am slightly disgruntled. I was pretty gruntled just a few weeks ago and my gruntlement level has really changed. Cha Cha is very disgruntled but I think her gruntlement has more to do with her worrying about me and my health and being so tired. I can handle it!
I know what we can do with the newly vacated bedroom. Benjamin needs a room

I feel bad because my dad has a doctor's appointment on Tuesday but he says he can drive himself. I cannot be in charge of the whole world all the time even though I am a do-gooder!

Speaking of building nests - I paid the second (and final for this year) our property taxes online. How can our property taxes be so expensive ($6696 this year)? They were actually less this year than they were last year. I really do need to hit it big in Vegas.

I am really, really, really tired. I woke-up this morning at 03:30 and it's 17:38 right now. I just "fell awake!" I may try to take a nap before Jill gets home but, if I do that, I will not be able to sleep all the way until 05:00.

I am loving this cooler weather. I could live like this all year 'round. I suppose this is what it is like to live in San Diego?

I have to go clean the kitchen before I pass-out again. I may fit a blog in on Sunday though I am sure Jill will spend my one day off doing something fun like, maybe, sleeping?

Thanks for letting me gripe and complain... That makes you a do-gooder too - I mean that as a good thing. I find do-gooding as a strength and a great character feature. Have a great whatever night this is (Friday I think) and have a nice Saturday. Tomorrow will be a good day for me because I only have to work ten hours and then I get one day off before I work two twelves and then four tens and probably two more twelves right behind that. I suggest you buy a OUIJA board so I can blog to you the following week. TTTSunday?...MITM (out) TA!