29 june 2010

wide awake at 3:00. decided to work on my notes for the concall. fell asleep at around 4. unfortunately i was sitting in front of the fan. woke up at 5:00 w/ a terrible stiff neck and a sore throat. can't turn my head at all. tried to do neck exercises to relieve the pain but it just seemed to get worse. postponed concall and went to bed with a scarf around my neck.

woke up at 7:00. neck is still a little stiff but less painful. throat is sore and ears are stuffy. still much better now.

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
oj
coffee
iced tea

pool guy came back today. pool still looks terrible. we are backwashing about every 3 hrs. we're supposed to shock it tomorrow maybe that will help.

greg the pool guy is a huge rock and roll guitar guy. says he has played since he was a teen ager. big fan of rush and eric clapton.

lunch

big mac
fries
iced tea
snack size frosty or creamy or whatever

fries really hit the spot. nice and salty. hot! big mac was good also. haven't been to micky d's in a while.

dinner

quesadillas (2)
veg. refried beans

v good! really prefer the veg. beans to the regular. much lighter easier to digest.

dessert

banana
some sorbet

we watched the first toy story today. really can't stand andy.

28 june 2010

woke up at about 4:15 and felt pretty much awake. got online for a while.

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
banana
oj

drove e to the vre. gym after that.

lunch

pizza (2 sl)
pirates booty
iced tea

started watching brazil vs. chile. turned into a rout. couldn't keep watching.

dinner

lasagna
salad
iced tea

we watched the st:tng about the pegasus after dinner.

27 june 2010

slept in until about 6 am. e. is going to ala again today. she's already up.

not a lot of breakfast stuff in the house. i meant to go to the store yesterday but never got out.

snack

toast (2)
iced tea

watched an episode of flight of the conchords. short nap. woke up at 8:00 and found that the house was already getting uncomfortably warm. closed up and turned on the ac.

breakfast

sausage/egg sandwich
iced tea
cappacino
cherry danish

at panera. quite good. for some reason p. does not call a danish a danish. they call it a cherry pastry. wonder why.

went to lowe's for a few things including a leaf skimmer for the pool. went to wegmans for bagels and bananas and cetera.

missed the england vs. germany match. i thought it was the afternoon match. darn.

laundry in the afternoon and the 2nd half of argentina vs. mexico. i think argentina looks like a finalist. possibly champion. but uruguay and germany both look tough as well. i guess ghana is out in the next round.

lunch

chicken parmesan
iced tea

left over from dinner on friday.

snack

slice pizza

dinner

bagel w/ cream cheese
dill pickle spears (2)
slice pizza

we watched an episode of st:tng where worf is the victim of a temporal anomaly. some of the events in this episode seem to be repeated in the series finale. we'll have to see when we get that disk.

26 june 2010

breakfast

toast (2)
banana
yogurt
hot tea
iced tea

cut the grass. mopped in the kitchen. did a little work on the pool.

snack

gyro sandwich
iced tea

use the left overs from pan am. pretty good. they give you a huge plate of food when you order the gyro.

lunch

chicken parmesan
iced tea

left over also.

watched us vs. ghana match at world cup.sorry to see the us out at this stage. ghana probably did play better but neither team played really well.

dinner

pizza (5 sl!!)

way too much pizza. from dominos. pretty good.

st:tng in the evening. to bed early.

25 june 2010

cooler weather today. less humid.

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
banana
oj
hot tea
iced tea

drove e to the vre in the morning. she has to go to the ala convention for the next four days. very long day each day.

went to the gym after dropping e off. worked much better. when i used to walk every day i always exercised in the am. my plan is to start slow and steady. i'm so out of shape that even with a very brief session my legs feel a bit rubbery. strangely my hip, which has been really painful, is feeling much better.

lunch

salami and cheese sandwich
iced tea

the plan was to pick up e at the vre at 8 and then pick up a pizza at tony's. e just missed the last train at alexandria so we had to shift the plan. she had to get back on the metro and i had to pick her up at vienna.

dinner

gyro sandwich
fries
small salad
iced tea

at pan am. huge amount of food. i brought about half home. we've been eating at the pan am since the fall of 1990. 20 yrs. hard to believe.

we got home at almost exactly 10. e has to get up early in the morning. v long day for her.

i watched an episode of flight of the concords. lady with an art garfunkel fetish, then artie himself shows up. pretty funny.

24 june 2010

hot today. so hot in the early am that i had to head downstairs and deploy two fans for cooling. did not sleep well. went down early and watched the 2nd half of high fidelity.

i like high fidelity a bit more each time i see it but it has the fundamental flaw that rob is an indefensible ass. that seems to be part of the point of the movie but it is hard to overcome the fact that you can't really like the central character. I get a big kick out of Todd Louiso as Dick and Joan Cusack as Liz. CZJ is very hot as Charlie. Lisa Bonet, as Marie, does well but leaves my cold. Clearly she's supposed to be tres hot. She doesn't work for me. No heat at all.

breakfast

bagel w/ butter
cantaloupe w/ blueberries
banana
hot tea
iced tea

lots of pain in my knees and rt hip this morning. took some tylenol which really knocked me out for some reason.

something screwy with e's computer. managed to get it working again and finally installed the new anti-virus. that's been on my list for some time.

lunch

bagel
banana
iced tea
salami and cheese sandwich
pirate's booty

didn't really have a lunch today. had a little bit of this and a little bit of that. bad idea. much better to make something for lunch.

got to see the last 20 minutes of the isner:mahut match. remarkable. i don't know how they were standing.

severe pain in hip right before dinner. feel like one leg is shorter than the other. managed to find a position that gave some relief after doing some stretches.

dinner

greek omelette
toast
iced tea

v good. elizabeth makes a v tasty greek omelette. always makes me think of a restuarant that we went to in toronto when e. had the laser surgery. across the street from the u of toronto. i think that was 1996. wow.

hip felt much better after the stretches. actually made me sleepy.

we watched foyle's war: fifty boats on dvd last night. interesting episode. good old amanda root was a guest star. she's always pleasing to watch. crazy house in the episode. sort of arts and crafts meets buckleberry ferry. a little grotesque outside. v appealing inside.

location specialists must have a much better time in the uk.

dessert

bread pudding
hot tea

23 june 2010

up at 5:30. looks like it is going to be v hot today.

breakfast

bagel w/ butter
banana
oj
coffee
iced tea

lunch

annie's mexican meal
iced tea
banana

watched US vs. Albania match. missed the last minute score because the pool guy came to the door at that point.

went to the gym. tried for 15 minutes total on machines. managed about 10. v sore after.

snack

sandwich
iced tea

dinner

ravioli w/ tomato sauce
mixed veggies
bread pudding
iced tea

watched one episode each of ST:TNG and Magnum.

22 june 2010

another hot, humid day. it is summer so i guess i shouldn't be surprised.

breakfast

bagel w/ butter
oj
banana
coffee
iced tea

finally got the cover off the pool this morning. the pool guy may need nuclear devices to clear the water. the smell is just overpowering. i keep irritating an abdominal muscle and did it again. gets v sore. loosens up when i move around. gets stiff and sore again when i sit and work.

lunch

gyro
iced tea

pretty good

dinner

grilled ham and swiss sandwich
cantaloupe and blueberries
iced tea

dessert

scoop of swiss chocolate ice cream

watched an episode of magnum w/ tyne daly. pretty silly.

21 june 2010

alarm did not go off in the morning. woke up at 5:40. rushed to get ready for concall at 6:00. we talked a lot of soccer before the real discussion. it was nice to finally connect after a series of postponements.

breakfast

egg sandwich
banana
oj
coffee

spent some time trying to drain the water off the pool cover. not so successful. have to try again tomorrow.

lunch

banana
coke

review of resume in warrenton.

lunch

pizza (1 sl)
ice tea

at Wegmans

dinner

tuna wrap
chips
iced tea

tried tp watch foyle's war. disk was damaged. watched an episode of magnum.

20 june 2010

woke up at 6:00. karma came in to the room. i decided i better keep as close to the old schedule as possible. fed kizzie and karma at about 6:15.

watched part of the future is unwritten. interesting. i'd like to see it with closed captions because some of the accents are pretty dense.

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
oj
iced tea
coffee

watched and snoozed through slovakia vs. paraguay. p won 2-0. scrappy but not very satisfying match. nz is actually leading italy 1-0 at this time. brazil vs. cote d'ivoire in the afternoon match.

lunch

salami, cheese, and tomato sandwich
yogurt
iced tea

excellent tomatoes from the grocery store for once.

e. going to book group in the afternoon.

spend the afternoon vacuuming and doing dishes and so on. didn't get as much done as i wanted to. just way to hot in the house. v humid.

dinner

shelf stable turkey and stuffing dinner
pretzels
iced tea

yech.

watched gross point blank. first half. good mix of action and comedy. joan cusack may be the funniest person alive.



i usually like the us open, esp. if it is an pebble beach but this year i can't muster any interest.

for reference:

slovenia in group c (w/ us)
serbia in group d
slovakia in group f

19 june 2010

woke up at about 5:00 and thought "i don't have to get up at 5:30 to give the cat a shot because we don't have to give the cat a shot."

woke up at about 5:45 and thought "what if the diabetes is resolving because we've been feeding the cat at the same time every day." so i got up. e said she would get up and feed the cat and why didn't i go back to bed.

woke up at 6:30 starving so i went down stairs

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
banana
oj
coffee
iced tea

went to eleanor's house for a lunch with several techbooks alumni. eleanor, nicole, elizabeth, janet, and mary were there. i had not seen most of them in years. it was nice to chat.

lunch

shrimp salad
chick salad
rolls (2)
chips
tabouleh
steamed shrimp
water

dinner

fish filets (2)
green beans
mac/cheese
iced tea

dessert

yogurt

we watched angels and demons on dvd. much preferred this movie to the davinci code.

18 june 2010

up early again for concall. trouble w/ connection again. reschedule for monday.

breakfast

toast w/ butter
coffee
banana
iced tea

watched part of germany match. v surprising. germany looked excellent in first game.

took karma to the vet. they think her diabetes may have resolved. we are supposed to stop giving insulin and recheck in one wk. wanted to check her urine because of the peeing outside the box problem left her till this afternoon.

had to run to the bank after that

lunch

california club (formerly turkey avocado)
chips
iced tea

at quizno's. i believe they are making their subs smaller. v tasty tho haven't had q's in a long time.

signed up for a fitness club today. gotta make myself go three times a wk. try to go on sunday for first workout. start slow!

snack

caramel macchiato
donut

at starbucks. met e there for coffee. she went to get cat food and look for shoes after. i went to get some groceries.

missed the us-slovenia game. saw the highlights in the afternoon. this was the game i missed. looked v exciting.

dinner

hot dogs (2)
veg. beans
cole slaw

everything was good. hot dogs really hit the spot today.

dessert

cookies (3)
iced tea

we watched two episodes of frasier one w/ a crazy number of guest stars including laura linney, aaron eackhart, and jennifer tilly. i guess a lot of people wanted to be on at the end of the series. we also watched a magnum from season 2. pretty funny episode. originally aired in dec. of 1981. amazing.

17 june 2010

woke up at 4 in the am and felt wide awake. checked my email and facebook etc. sleepy enough after that to go back to sleep. slept until about 5:30.

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
banana
iced tea
coffee

watched part of argentina v. south korea. argentina was absolutely dominant

lunch

swiss cheese sandwich
yogurt
coke
iced tea

watched part of france v. mexico. missed the first mexico score but saw the 2nd. mexico should advance to the round of 16. looks like france will go home early. greece beat nigeria in the other match.

we went to the library at around 4:00. summer hrs have commenced. they close at 5:00 on thursday. checked out down and out in paris and london again.

dinner

lasagna
broc.
iced tea

pretty good.

snack

pretzels
iced tea

weather was just amazing today. really ideal. warm, low humidity, touch of a breeze, lots of sun.

we watched the last episode of wodehouse playhouse on the dvd. strangely enough the episodes remind me of love american style. mostly, i guess, because the structure of the stories is very traditional. the flavor comes in the language and the oddity of the situations.

we also watched the beginning of 1408 (john cusack, samuel jackson, etc.). decided not to watch too much at this time of night. i remember getting the crap scared out of me the first time i saw the shining.

concall in the morning

e is taking friday and monday off.

16 june 2010

up early for final prep for concall. tried to start concall on time. couldn't get the connection to work. will retry on friday.

drove e to catch the train. traffic was very slow. may have been because of recent resurfacing on vint hill rd. we missed the train at broad run by about 45 seconds i guess. amtrak was running two hours late so i took e to vienna. starving by this time!

breakfast

pot roast hash
scrambled eggs
biscuits w/ sausage gravy
sweet roll
coffee
iced tea

ate like a pig at bob evans. definitely should have had toast instead of the biscuts and gravy. should have skipped the sweet roll but i really dig that cinnamonny, iced confection. don't know if i can resist that thang on 9 mornings out of 10.

i think the avg. age in bob evans on a weekday morning is probably 74.

lunch

enchiladas (2)
iced tea

had lunch after 3 because i had such a big breakfast. enchiladas were good but unbelievably i was still a little hungry so i had

steak portobello steamer

from mama whats her name. pretty good

the house started to get hot and steamy at around 4. it had been comfortable all day.

dinner

banana
pretzels
iced tea

stomach was not happy. probably a combination of the earlier meals and the heat. driving home from the vre the hit and humidity just hit me really hard. felt v quesy. lt. eating helped.

more frasier. more wodehouse. 10th season of frasier = very silly stuff! lacey from corner gas had a small part on one of the frasiers we watched last night.

15 june 2010

up at 5:30 again. e was up already. she is planning to go to work today. i don't think she should go. she was totally out of commission for almost 36 hrs. you need a day or two to get back on your feet.

breakfast

bagel w/ butter
oj
banana
iced tea

e decided to work from home. she was just too wiped out.

lunch

swiss cheese sandwich
chips
yogurt
iced tea

dinner

macaroni w/ butter and parmesan
iced tea

dessert

lemon sorbet

watched an episode of wodehouse playhouse and two episodes of frasier from the last season.

14 june 2010

up at 5:30 to give the cat the shot. wasn't sure what day it was.

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
banana
oj
iced tea

e woke up around 7:30 and i took her up something to eat. she's still feeling exhausted but generally better.

lunch

yogurt
chips
iced tea

watched italy vs. paraguay in the afternoon. boring! disappointing. ended with a 1-1 tie in the pouring rain.

e felt well enough in the afternoon to come down and watch a little tv and have yogurt and tea for dinner.

i went out in the evening to get dry cat food and greenies. we were totally out.

dinner

spicy chicken sandwich
fries
cole slaw
iced tea

at chik-fil-a in warrenton. the spicy chicken is surprisingly spicy. really didn't agree with my stomach given how strangely i've been eating.

dessert

lemon sorbet (small)

really tart, really tasty lemon sorbet.

we watched a mulliner story from wodehouse playhouse on dvd. 1970 production. p.g. wodehouse himself introduces the story. i'm not real big on mulliner but it was pretty funny.

tried to watch elizabeth, the golden age. sort of a cliff's notes version of elizabeth and the spanish armada. beautiful costumes, amazing locations, good cast but generally a bit of a disappointment. the intrigues weren't intriguing enough. they also forgot to mention that nobody expects the spanish inquisition.

germany and the netherlands look very solid in the world cup so far. italy not so much.

13 june 2010

up at 5:30 to give karma shots.

brought e some beverages in the early morning. she's better but still cant' keep anything on her stomach.

breakfast

toast
yogurt
oj
iced tea

watched algeria - slovenia in the morning. slovenia won 1-0. they probably should have won by more. us plays slovenia on friday and algeria on june 23. both england and us should beat algeria. england will probably beat both slovenia and algeria. us must at least tie slovenia and beat algeria to advance. two wins would be much better. us is out with a loss to slovenia

e is better today. still not eating. head ache seems better. stomach is still iffy but much less discomfort.

lunch

mix of chinese dishes

at wegmans.

wegmans is insanely busy on a sunday.

snack

frappacino from starbucks.

e was definitely better in the afternoon. had some broth in the late afternoon. came down stairs for a short time. she has not energy. drinking beverages and avoiding solid food. hopefully she can eat some simple food tomorrow.

watched part of germany australia in the afternoon. i thought germany would win in a rout but wa a little surprised at the 4-0 outcome.

dinner

enchilada dinner
iced tea

i really like these veg mexican dinners by annie's. v tasty, v light.

dessert

java chip ice cream

watched paul blart, mall cop in the evening. some really funny sight gags and some good spoofing of modern terrorist movies (why are all the thugs kung fu experts? why do they all use skate boards and bmx bikes in their nefarious endeavors?). mostly really, really dumb.

e is sitting up and reading now. she should be much better in the am. i don't think she'll go to work though. she has been absolutely wiped out for nearly 48 hours. she should have some time to recover.

12 june 2010

breakfast

cereal w/ milk
oj
toast
iced tea

starting watching the early world cup match

e was supposed to call around 11. i was surprised when she called around 9:00. she had been sick all night at the hotel and needed me to pick her up and take her home. there is not much worse than being sick in a hotel. poor kid.

i had to find directions to the hotel and shower quickly. fortunately traffic is fairly light on saturday so it only took about one hr to get to alexandria. i was able to park rt in front of the hotel. e looked miserable. she had eaten some food that had apparently gone bad. in effect, she had delhi belly in alexandria. i packed up her stuff and the hotel brought up a wheel chair. she was totally wiped out. slept part of the way in the car.

e went to bed for several hrs

lunch

sandwich
chips
yogurt
iced tea

watched the us/england soccer match. interesting match. 1-1 tie was a pretty good result for the us.

checked on e about every 90 min. she was still having bouts of illness. just got her beverages and ice.

dinner

pizza
coke

i had papa john's pizza because betty doesn't like it.

watched the incredibles on dvd and james taylor and carol king on pbs.

e read a little before bed and went to bed around 11:00. i went to bed after that.

woke up once in the night. e had the lights on. she was ok. just breaking up a cat fight.

11 june 2010

liberty hall in the house over night. we usually have zones and sectors because some of the cats can't get along with other cats. but the cats are really territorial about elizabeth so when she's not at home they don't really have these confrontations.

woke up at about 5:00. i had to make a point of feeding karma by 5:30 so she could get her insulin shot in time for the blood test at 11:50 to be accurate. really wanted to sleep in. head was aching but I got up.

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
banana
oj
iced tea

watched the cambridge footlights program included on a bit of fry and laurie. i had watched it before and found it a bore. this time i made a point of watching it separately. last time i watched it immediately after a few f&l episodes. i liked it a lot better this time. emma thompson was one of the footlights with f&l. she does a spoof of an actress winning a major award. v funny considering the speeches she's given when she was actually in that situation.

checked mail and did some work. fell asleep for about 45 minutes. head felt a little better after a nap.

took karma to the vet at 11:40. her reading is moving in the right direction. they reduced the does to .5 unit twice daily.

lunch

salad
burger
fries
iced tea

at chili's. best burger i've had in some time. salad was quite good also. i find that i still like fries but i'd be happy with half or less of what they usually give you.

had to go to petsmart and target.

head was just plain killing me when i got back from target. laid down for about two hours. it started feeling better about 7:00. much better now (10:00). don't know what that was.

watched dodgeball on dvd. yar! the scene when ben stiller in his white leather suit gets on the scooter behind marcel just cracks me up. stephen root is constantly cracking me up. whenever i see him i think think of the married squirrels in office space.

10 june 2010

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
banana
oj
coffee
iced tea

e is staying at the embassy suites on thursday and friday. she has board meetings at this time of year. had to make sure to get going on time to catch the vre.

made it in good time.

snack

milk chocolate mocha
blueberry muffin

at caribou

lunch

mexican meal
yogurt
iced tea

i think this annie is turning me veg. her mexican dishes are really good and really light where most mexican you pay for twice.

dinner

salami and cheese sandwich
yogurt
iced tea

dessert

last of the ice cream

good stuff.

i had the tv to myself since e is staying at the hotel. watched a few episodes of frye and laurie. watched most of first blood. just as i was going to bed james taylor and carol king came on pbs. why couldn't that be on at 9:00. i watched the first until the first break but then had to go to bed.

9 june 2010

up early for conference call. finishing notes, etc.

call postponed again until next week.

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
banana
lemonade
coffee

drove e to the vre. rainy this am.

snack

sausage biscuit
iced tea

at arby's

took a nap when i got back from the vre. got up way to early today!

lunch

salami & cheese sandwich
banana
pickles
iced tea

snack

cookies (4)

dinner

baked chicken with sour cream and mushrooms
rice
iced tea

dessert

peppermint ice cream (small)

watched the last few episodes of the 3rd season of corner gas. season 3 was ok. liked season 2 better. also watched an episode of season 2 of a bit of fry and laurie.

8 june 2010

breakfast

toast (rye, 2)
banana
coffee
iced tea

E had to go to the dentist today. she didn't have any cavities. i feel shame.

lunch

hunan beef
fried rice
egg roll
iced tea

the chinese restaurant that used to be my fave in gainesville has gone way down hill. the hunan beef and the fried rice were so so. the egg roll was actually v good giving credit where it is due. this restaurant has always had bad iced tea. tastes like they put the tea leaves in an old dirty sock. i always order tea and switch to water. guess i'll have to find a new chinese restaurant.

went to wegmans and ht for groceries. my radar is no good any more but i have a strong suspicion that the cashier at wegmans was flirting with me. either that or she really wanted some cookies.

snack

coffee frap

from the starbucks in ht. v good. i've got to skip the whipped cream.

forgot to go to the pharmacy to get ming's syringes. we run out tomorrow so we decided to go get them in the evening. stopped for dinner at ruby tuesday on the way back.

dinner

mini hamburgers (sliders, minis, whatever you want to call them) (2)
fries
salad bar (large helping)
iced tea
coffee

v satisfying. the little sliders are just right. most places sell a burger that is way too large nowadays. two sliders is just about right for me. always makes me think of harold and kumar, though.

dessert

peppermint ice cream (small helping)

really tasty and refreshing stuff. a brand i never tried before. griffiths?

we watched an episode of dr. findlay (pretty good) and part of ken burn's civil war series (excellent). hard to believe that the civil war premiered on pbs almost 20 yrs ago. september of 1990.

7 june 2010

got up a little early to set up for concall. found out concall needs to be moved to Wednesday.

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
banana
iced tea
coffee

drove E to the VRE. she has a crazy week this week!

snack

breakfast burrito
iced tea

at mcdonalds. just felt hungry.

rt leg is quite sore today. i guess it is from mowing the hill yesterday. you really have to wrestle with the mower on that hill. E keeps suggesting that we landscape it some way. excellent idea. we should really do it one of these weekends.

left for the dentist at 9:45. used to take 45 minutes at this time of day. last two times at has been at least an hour. got to the dentist 10 min late.

the cavity they had to fill was at a v tough angle. my jaw just about came off. pretty much had four hands in my mouth for 20 minutes.

weather was v beautiful today. just about as close to perfect as you could want. didn't have to close up the windows.

did a small ead related project when i got home.

lunch

shrimp salad sandwich
iced tea

from the deli in ffx city. good but i was only supposed to chew on one side. really had to focus to avoid the new filling.

got a call from E on the way to VRE. she had a last minute conference and had to take a later train. diverted to caribou coffee.

snack

caramel hi rise
donut

at cc. good but not as good as usual. i think the morning baristas at cc may be better than the evening folks.

lady at cc had a pet rabbit on a leash. thought it was a plump dog at first. contented little fellow.

E's train didn't come in till almost 7:00. tough day for her.

dinner

tomato soup
yogurt
banana
iced tea

i.e., stuff i didn't have to chew much. really good soup. plain old campbell's but made w/ milk and a tiny bit of butter. much better than the watery kind.

antiques roadshow was a pastiche episode. they seemed to want to show some of the most expensive stuff every appraised on the show.

6 june 2010

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
banana
coffee iced tea

cut grass on the side hills (push mower)

started draining water off of the pool cover

lunch

bagel
yogurt
iced tea

e. went to tudor place. easy traffic for once.

dinner

pizza (4 sl)
iced tea

from dominoes

bed early!

5 june 2010

woke up at 5:10. karma came in the room at 5:15 so i decided to go ahead and take care of feeding her. she ate a lot for her.

breakfast

bologna, egg, and cheese sandwich
iced tea
yogurt
coffee

took the cat to the vet to check her blood glucose level. she was at 28 last time. she was at 86 this morning. we are to reduce her to 1 unit and take her back to the vet on friday.

recycling today. i've been meaning to go for nearly a week. it always happens this way.

lunch

denny's favorite sandwich
cookie
cheer wine

at wegman's. w was very busy. got to avoid going on saturday but we were out of almost everything.

snack

donut
iced tea

dinner

lasagna
green beans
iced tea

annie's frozen lasagna. really good.

dessert

donut (half)

we watched the first episode of Dr. Findlay. not so impressive so far. interesting that Dr. Findlay is a vet returning from WWII and the school teacher in To Serve Them is a vet returning from WWI. in All Creatures there is a period where James goes off to serve in WWII and is greatly changed when he returns.

in WWI, the UK had a population of 45.4 million people. Of that population they had 885,000 military deaths, another 1.6 million military wounded and 109,000 civilian deaths attributable to the war. Over 5.5% of the population was killed or wounded in the war. If you assume that men made up half the population (22.7). If you further assume that half the population is of service age and 90% of those killed and injured come from that cohort, you get an estimate of about 20% of the male, military aged population was killed or wounded in the war. The numbers for France are worse. Hard to contemplate the affect of such a loss an a nation.

4 june 2010

i took the PMP exam one year ago on this date.

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
banana
coffee
iced tea

snack

milk chocolate mocha
coffee cake

at caribou coffee. quite good. cc was really busy. the line was about 8 people long the whole time i was there.

worked for about 3 hrs in the morning. felt worse and worse as the day is going on.

took a nap at about 12:30. felt better after that.

lunch

bologna sandwich
iced tea
yogurt

started to eat the sandwich and noticed that the bread had mildew on it even though i bought the loaf on monday. didn't feel like eating after that. ate the yogurt an hour later.

snack

tater chips
iced tea

dinner

burrito
taco
iced tea

at Salsarita's. burrito was a little too salty. taco was good.

3 june 2010

woke up at 4:30 this ack emma. couldn't get back to sleep so i took a book downstairs and read from about 5:00 until about 6:00. adventures of kavalier and klay.

breakfast

bagel w/ butter
banana
lemon ade
coffee
iced tea

tried to watch mike and mike with breakfast. they spent so much time complaining about some stupid mistaken call in a baseball game that i had to change.

snack

pretzels
club soda
a little ice cream

when we lived on ft. eustis one of my favorite treats was a bowl of vanilla ice cream and a handful of pretzels. used to also like a scoop of ice cream on a waffle or pan cake.

at uva there was a famous "delicacy" at the university diner. it was called a grillswith. they put a glazed donut on the grill and added a scoop vanilla ice cream in the hole. tasty but not my favorite.

it looks like the university diner is no more but apparently you can now get a grillswith at the white spot.

lunch

annie's enchiladas
bread (2 sl) (for the sauce)
yogurt
iced tea

most of the annie's products i've tried are pretty good. the enchiladas were tasty but not very filling. v warm in the house today. feels like a storm approaching.

2 june 2010

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
lemonade
iced tea
coffee
banana

drove E to the VRE. station was very busy in the morning.

snack

bacon, egg, cheese biscuit
iced tea

from Chik-fil-a

lunch

meatball sub
fries
iced tea

from Ledo's

dinner

salami and cheese sandwich
pretzels
iced tea

we watched a show on 26 about cemeteries. by Rick Sebak who made a hot dog program and an ice cream show and so on. interesting but not as good as the earlier programs.

followed that with a show about Carol Burnett. lots of fun.

1 june 2010

messed up the cat's shot this morning. i only got part of the shot in. i could smell the medicine. will check with the vet when i get there.

early breakfast

cheese danish
iced tea

conference call at 6:30.

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
coffee
iced tea

lunch

bologna & salami sandwich
pretzels
iced tea

snack

small amount of ice cream

dinner

tuna wraps
potato salad
iced tea
pretzels

every thing is sweet now. the yogurt we used in the tuna salad was sweet even though it was supposed to be plain yogurt. the potato salad was sweet. when did they start adding sugar to everything. usually E's tuna wraps are really good. today they were just ok. the potato salad was way too sweet. couldn't eat it.

dessert

ice cream and sorbet (small)

i watched the first third of the George Hearn/Angela Lansbury production of Sweeney Todd. the guy playing Anthony really delivers on Joanna. remarkable projection. he does not appear to have any amplification.

31 may 2010

breakfast

croisant
oj
iced tea
coffee

lunch

turkey sandwich
iced tea

snack

two egg rolls
iced tea

at Wegmans

dinner

chili dogs (2)
beans
slaw

dessert

chocolate ice cream and raspberry sorbet

we watched an episode of David Attenborough's Life in the Underbrush. v interesting but v creepy as well!!!!