30 july 2012 (m)

written on 31 july

up at 5:00 to catch the early train.

breakfast

bagel w/ butter
banana
oj
iced tea

arrived at the office by 8:30

morning snack

bagel w/ cc
donut
coffee

should have skipped the donut!

lunch

jambalaya
iced tea

remind me not to get the jambalaya.

busy train on the way back in the evening. caught the early train on the vre.

stopped at arby's for milk shakes

dinner

spaghetti w/ meatballs
biscuits (2)
iced tea

we had biscuits left over so we had them for dinner. it turned out that they were really good with spaghetti.

dessert

jamocha shake

we watched antiques roadshow and market warriors on pbs. the market warriors show is not very good at all. the contestants are just terrible.

29 july 2012 (su)

written on 30 july

slept in a little on sunday. got up around 7:30.

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
coffee
iced tea

went to petsmart at about 9:30. wegmans and harris teeter after that

snack

jalapeno/cheddar bagel
iced tea

brought the groceries home and then did a recycling run. recycling center if very busy on sunday. might be better to go on saturday.

snack

dove bar

lunch

turkey and mozzarella on a bagel
yogurt
iced tea

watched some olympics. did some laundry and dishes.

got on the computer in the afternoon. balance check book, pay bills, get caught up on email, etc.

dinner

quiche
salad
iced tea

excellent!

watched some olympics and a show about tolkien on dvd.

in bed by 10:30. did not sleep well.

28 july 2012

2205 / 73 deg f / fair

slept in today. finally got up at around 8:00.

fed karma. tried to feed shanti and tino.

breakfast

eggs (2)
bagel w/ cc
iced tea
coffee

did dishes and some chores in the morning. put away some laundry.

went into warrenton in the afternoon.

betty's hip very sore.

lunch

italian combo
carrot cake
iced tea

at panera. pretty good. really bad service in the panera. outbreak of stupid among the staff.

found out the unfinished wood store is no longer near the safeway. don't know how long it has been gone.

got busman's honeymoon and a night to remember at the library.

snack

cinnamon dolce latte

at starbucks

did some laundry when we got home. also got on the computer for a few hours.

dinner

pizza (4 sl)
iced tea
coke

as time goes by. doc martin. some rowing in the olympics. more time on the computer.

27 july 2012 (f)

1607 / 94 deg f / partly cloudy / cq

slept in a little this morning. didn't get up until 6:30.

breakfast

bagel w/ cc
iced tea

left the house at 7:30 to go to fairfax. dentist appointment at 8:30. made good time for the first part and then crawled on 66 because of a fender bender. got to the office at 8:37. technician was waiting for me.

tough time today. headache when i left. didn't see the normal dentist. they have me a referral for a dentist who diagnoses tmj.

carlos o'kelly's is gone. it is now a piero's corner. ffx city has changed a lot.

breakfast

cowboy burrito
hash browns
iced tea

at anita's. not as good as it used to be. oh well.

caught the metro at vienna at about 10:45. got to the office at 11:30.

lunch

burger
fries
iced tea

we walked to the shake shack near conn. ave. and walked back with the food. enjoyed it. went with jerry, ed, lorna, colton, andre, ben, sal, and scott. pretty good walk. tired me out.

written on 28 july

snack

oj

from the machine in the lunch room. pretty good.

worked until 6:00. caught an orange line train home. left at 6:00 and arrived at vienna metro at around 7:00. pretty quick. bad traffic in ffx city.

stopped at 7/11 for a drink and a snack.

iced tea
magnum ice cream bar

finished listening to interview with a vampire. not great. probably won't read any of her other stuff.

dinner

italian sub
chips
mac. salad
iced tea

at wawa

got home around 8:00. watched lovejoy. went to bed around 11:00.

26 july 2012 (th)

1250 / 88 deg f / mostly cloudy / cq

the alarm went off at 5:00. i couldn't face getting up. reset the clock to 5:30. got up at 5:30.

breakfast

bagel w/ cc
banana
oj
iced tea

caught the 7:20 train at broad run. actually caught a blue train at king street for the first time in a while.

snack

bagel w/ cc
coffee
iced tea

from the uptowner

got to the office at just before 9:00.

meeting with jerry at 10:00. weekly sk meeting at 11:00.

lunch

yakitori chicken
mixed veggies
rice
dr. pepper

snack

starbucks frappuccino

not very good!

written on 27 July

tough afternoon at work. did not feel well at all. headache. dizzy.

walked out of the office at 5:00 into an oven. disgustingly hot and humid. must have been over 100. sweating like a pig by the time i got to the metro.

managed to catch the blue train in time but the car was absolutely packed.

just made it to the vre station with about 4:00 minutes to spare. crowded train again. sat in the jump seats for most of the ride.

got gas on the way home.

snack

turkey wrap
iced tea

from arby's. more thirsty than hungry.

got home around 8:00.

dinner

hot dogs (2)
beans
iced tea

sherlock holmes: the priory school. poirot: the kidnapping of johnny waverly and another episode.

to bed around 11:00.

25 july 2012 (w)

written on 26 july

managed to get up at 5:00 again on wednesday. rushed to get out of the door on time.

breakfast

bagel w/ butter
banana
oj
iced tea
coffee

just missed the blue train at king street and then just missed the orange train at l'enfant.

2nd breakfast

bacon, egg, and cheese wrap
iced tea

from downstairs

jan is back today. still not well. lots of folks from the uk and california offices in town this week.

lunch

pizza (2 sl)
salad (sm)
coke

i sat with tracy at lunch with the group. since she is prepping for a procedure, she didn't eat. i ate very sparingly since she wasn't eating. tracy's a very interesting person. she's done a lot of travel.

starving around 2:00 o'clock so i went downstairs to get something before the close.

snack

hot dog
onion rings
iced tea

i should have skipped the onion rings. they were quite good, though.

left the office at 4:30 and caught the 5:17 vre at crystal city. expected to see e. at broad run but she had missed her normal train.

felt suddenly very ill about the point i turned on to broad run church road. about 90 minutes of dizziness and nausea when i got home. drank some green tea after a while and then a coke. that seemed to settle my stomach.

dinner

bagel w/ cream cheese
iced tea

watched an episode of lovejoy in the evening. got on-line for half an hour. in bed around 11:30.

24 july 2012 (tu)

written on 25 july

got up at a little after 5:00. ran behind time all morning.

snack

oj
banana
iced tea

got to late to have breakfast. just had a bit of a snack and left for the office.

breakfast

bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich
coffee
iced tea

from the uptowner.

jan out sick today. arrived at the office at 8:30. worked on j, k, and l and then went back to the c's.

lunch

enchilladas
rice
grilled veggies
dr. pepper

left the office around 4:30. managed to catch train 331 (5:17 at crystal city) which is elizabeth's normal train. got home before 7:00.

watched a show about breakfasts in washington on channel 26.

lots of dishes after that.

in bed around 11:15

23 july 2012 (m)

written on 24 july

the alarm went off at 5:00. i groaned. i simply couldn't get up. reset for 5:30. i did manage to get up at 5:30.

breakfast

bagel w/ butter
banana
oj
coffee
iced tea

caught the vre at 7:20. very busy on the metro in the morning. arrived at work at 9:00.

breakfast for tricia in the morning. her last day.

snack

mini croissants (2)
coffee

aching everywhere all day. really feeling rotten.

lunch

mexican beef dish
cheese taters
brocolli
dr. pepper

snack

chips
rice crispies bar

left at about 5:00.

snack

iced tea

from starbucks while waiting for the vre.

e. surprised me at the vre lot. she had missed her train. nice surprise.

stopped at wegmans for a presciption. got home around 7:45.

did some laundry and dishes in the evening.

dinner

veg. burger
iced tea

put away laundry. did some computer work before bed.

22 july 2012 (su)

written on 23 july


slept in a little on sunday. watched cbs sunday morning. interview with peter frampton. he now lives in cincinnatti

breakfast

two eggs (microwaved)
toast (2)
oj
coffee
iced tea

went to wegmans and harris teeter. need to go earlier. did get to see some old pals. that's always nice.

cleaned up my room when i got back to the house. vacuumed, rearranged, put away the air mattress.

e. and i nearly killed ourselves bringing the mattress and box spring upstairs.

lunch

turkey and mozzarella on a bagel
banana
iced tea

dishes and laundry in the afternoon.

watched lovejoy in the evening.

dinner

ham steak
mac/cheese
iced tea

went to bed fairly early. very tired.

21 july 2012 (sa)

written on 23 july

woke up fairly early in the morning in the motel. ac quite cold.

snack

oj
banana

took a shower, packed and checked out. went to cracker barrel for breakfast. don't know why i thought it would not be crowded!

breakfast

scrambled eggs (2)
sausage pattie
bacon strip
ham
potato casserole
grits (a small amount)
rolls (2)
apples (a few)
coffee
iced tea

too much food!

stopped at a gas station on 17 for another snack

cashews
iced tea
starbucks coffee drink

got to warrenton around 1:00

lunch

burger
iced tea

at five guys. ok burger. skipped the fries. too many fries!

snack

cinnamon lathe
pound cake

from starbucks

got home around 2:00. started doing chores.

dinner

chicken fajitas
salad
iced tea
coffee

from chili's

very tired in the evening. slept on the air mattress again.

20 july 2012 (f)

written on 23 july

slept in a little on friday. did some chores in the morning.

breakfast

bagel w/ cc
banana
coffee
oj
iced tea

watched the news about colorado and did dishes and a little laundry. paid bills in the late morning.

we left for richmond about 2:00.

very slow progress on 17 until opal then it got a little better.

stopped at the hardees for a bathroom break

lunch

cheese burger
iced tea

we got near the robin inn at a little after 5:00 had to drive around the block a few times to find a parking space. surprised they chose the robin inn.

met scott and mary and glenn and susan for dinner

dinner

meatball sub
fries
salad
iced tea

big sub. good. good fries also. server was good.

susan drove mommy to their house. glenn had come separately.

i thought about going directly home but started to get a bit groggy. decided to pull off at ashville. staid at the sleep inn.

went to food lion to get provisions and then curled up to watch tv.

snack

italian sub
candy bar
iced tea

from food lion.

watched the day after tomorrow and   talladega nights. slept pretty well but ac was way high.

19 july 2012 (th)

1729 / 93 deg f / clear / cq

got up at 5:30 this morning. late training session at cq so i have to be at the office until 7:00. on days like this i have to drive to the metro rather than taking the train.

breakfast

bagel w/ cc
iced tea

left the house at around 6:40 on the way to vienna. i had seen a notice on tv that 66 was backed up near centreville so i took 29 down to waples mill (to jermantown to lee highway to vienna). sat down on the train at 8:00 exactly. parking garage had a good amount of space.

the train got full pretty fast.

got off at foggy bottom around 8:30. went to bread and chocolate for a real breakfast.

second breakfast

western omelette
potato pancake
toast
oj
cappuccino

really good oj. omelette was ok but not great. hoping for better.

thought about going to the blue duck tavern next door for breakfast but thought that might be "too dear".

lunch

italian sub
chips
coke

a group of folks walked over to pot bellies for lunch and ate on the roof. fun but hard to hear anyone because of the noise of the ac intake on the roof.

staying late for meeting at 6:00.

written on 20 july

worked until about 5:30. gives me an hour of leeway for next week when i have to go to the dentist.

conference call from 6:00 to about 6:40. not very useful.

while driving to vienna and taking the metro to work is not a lot faster than the vre route. the return route is at least 45 minutes faster.

snack

steak fajita burrito at anita's in fairfax

starving on the way home. burrito was not nearly as good as usual. wait staff was all new and not real good. an old institution may be lagging.

got home around 9:00

dinner

mushroom chicken
rice

dessert

chocolate ice cream

watched a couple of poirots. did dishes. went to bed.

mommy and elizabeth had lunch at red lobster. seemed to enjoy it.

18 july 2012 (w)

written on 19 july

slept in a little in the morning. day off today.

breakfast

bagel w/ cc
banana
oj
iced tea

spent some time in the morning balancing the checkbook and paying a few bills.

lunch

angus burger
fries
iced tea

at the mcdonald's in warrenton.

took mommy out to luray in the afternoon. it is a nice drive but i don't know how much she saw. 2+ hours to get to luray. mostly just went for the ride.

snack

soda (like dr. pepper but not)

we drove back by way of new market and 81. groggy on the way back.

went to the walmart in warrenton for the cat meds.

dinner

salad
teriyaki steak
rice
fries
brocoli
iced tea

at outback steak house.

took a nap when we got home. e. home around 7:30.

snack

ice cream

17 july 2012 (tu)

written on 19 july

got up early to catch the 6:40 vre. train ran on time this time.

arrived at cq by 8:30. caught the earlier vre home.

we finally had chicken salad for dinner.

16 july 2012 (m)

1052 / 84 degrees f  / partly cloudy / cq

up at 5:00 to try to catch the 6:40 train. elizabeth already up. i don't think we woke mommy up.

breakfast

bagel w/ butter
banana
oj
iced tea (japanese)

left the house at my target time. got on the train with about 4 minutes to spare. train was about 30 minutes late by the time we got to alexandria.

got to work at about 8:50. if the train were on time i'd probably arrive by 8:30.

written on 17 july

monthly global meeting in the morning

lunch

salad
donut
coke

snack

pay day bar

left the office at around 4:50. caught the earlier blue train.

caught the 5:42 vre. train was very full and took a long time to get home because of track work. didn't get to broad run until after 7:00. didn't get a seat until after rolling road.

got home a bit before 8:00. car made a really odd noise just as i got home. worrying about that. e. may drive me to the vre in the morning.

dinner

turkey reubens (1.5)
chips
iced tea

really good sandwiches this time. i think mommy really liked them.

we watched an episode of ncis and then a pbs show sort of like bargain hunt. really bad contestants!

dishes. to bed around 11:15.

15 july 2012 (su)

written on 16 july

slept ok on the air mattress. a bit stiff when i woke up in the am.

breakfast

scrambled eggs
veggie bacon
biscuit
coffee
oj
iced tea

elizabeth made us all breakfast. pretty good.

went to wegmans and h-t with mommy. she'd never seen anything like wegmans before. she sat in the cafe and watched people while i shopped.

snack

jalapeno, cheddar bagel
japanese iced tea

much hotter after wegmans and h-t.

a few chores and a shower when we got home.

early dinner.

dinner

salad w/ blue cheese
steak
baked sweet tater
shrimp
iced tea

dessert

mounds ice cream bars (2)

we watched two episodes of murdoch in the evening.

14 july 2012 (sa)

written on 16 july

up early on saturday morning to finish the last touches before mommy arrives.

breakfast

bagel w/ butter
banana
oj
coffee
iced tea

dishes, cleaned downstairs bathroom, laundry, mop kitchen, move bed downstairs in the morning.

finished everything by about noon. took a shower.

mommy, claire arrived at about 2:15.

chatted for an hour or so and claire went home.

lunch

turkey sandwich on a bagel
iced tea

elizabeth went out  for a few items. she had a rough time doing the shopping. left one of the bags at the store. something of an ordeal

dinner

pizza (3 slices)
coke

we ordered two pizzas and then forgot to put the left overs away. dumb!

we watched as time goes by and doc martin in the evening.  mommy had never seen doc martin. seemed to like it.

dessert

york pepper mint ice cream bar.

set up the air mattress in my room. 

13 july 2012 (f)

written on 15 july

friday the thirteenth.

breakfast

bagel w/ butter
banana
oj
coffee
iced tea

starting the day with a meeting at the l.o.c. rather than the office. meeting with ed, violaine, ilse from south africa at 10:00.

loc is a maze if you come in the way i did. had to register to get into the reading rooms. started at law and moved to manuscripts. very helpful librarian in manuscripts.

lunch

chicken kebabs
grilled veggies
cookies (2)

during our meeting to review the sage knowledge launch. interesting meeting.

followed that meeting with a short meeting about the on-going part of sk.

didn't actually read email until about 3:00. very sleepy in the afternoon. too much sugar from the cookies!!!

wandered around in crystal city for a bit because i had missed the 5:42 train.

snack

pretzel
coke

from auntie anne's.

c.c. is kind of a dreary place. seemed more vibrant back in the 80's when they had the big food court.

extremely tired by the time i got home.

dinner

sub
onion rings

from arbies.

went to bed early.

12 july 2012 (th)

wrtitten on 15 july

i've gotten behind on the blog. very long day on thursday, very odd day on friday and very busy day on saturday.

this is what i remember from thursday:

lunch

beef kebabs
rice
green beans
dr. pepper

at the cafeteria downstairs. not very good but one of those days when none of the specials looked very good.

very long commute home. metro was very crowded and blue trains few and far between. 60 minutes to get from the office to crystal city. nearly 9:00 by the time i got home.

stomach upset in the evening. late dinner

bagel w/ butter
iced tea

watched one two buckle my shoe on poirot. 

11 july 2012 (w)

written on 12 july

first day off from cq. had to spend the day on car repairs and chores. oh well. it was nice to be off.

woke up at 6:30.

breakfast

bagel w/ cc
banana
oj
coffee
iced tea

check engine light on in the car. appointment at curry at 8:00. arrived at around 8:10.

rented a car at around 8:45. little itty bitty hyundai.

breakfast

spinach omelette
bacon (2)
pancakes (3)
iced tea

at the ihop in gainesville.

went to best buy to look for headphones. b.b. doesn't open until 10:00 so i went to target. found a few items and a pair of skull candy headphones for about $32. looked good.

got home around 10:45.

did dishes. did some laundry. got rid of a lot of stuff from the frig. threw away almost anything.

lunch

quiche (w/ fried bologna)
iced tea
banana

car wasn't ready until 6:30. problem with thermostat and cooling system. also turned out to have a bad coil which curry's replaced for free. very nice of them.

got groceries at wegmans in the evening.

dinner

sub
pickle
iced tea

watched an episode of murdoch in the evening.

10 july 2012 (tu)

1320 / 84 deg f / fair / cq

woke up about 10 minutes before the alarm. groggy!

breakfast

bagel w/ butter
banana
oj
iced tea

caught the vre as usual. train was about 12 minutes late into alexandria. caught the first train at king street: green. very busy on the train and on the platforms today. arrived at about 9:10.

surprise company meeting at 10:00. not good news for a lot of people. sad for many

lunch

italian sub
dr. pepper

written on 12 july

snack

donut
iced tea

at dunkin' donuts in crystal city

got home around 7:30

dinner

(don't remember!)

watched a show about the history of england in the evening. dishes and then bed.

9 july 2012 (m)

1509 / 79 deg f / overcast / cq

woke up around 5:20.

breakfast

bagel w/ butter
banana
oj
coffee
iced tea

raining in the am. slow trip to the vre.

train was running slow this morning because of track work. got to alexandria about 15 min late.

stood on the platform waiting for metro forever. first train was yellow but the schedule said a blue was to follow in two minutes. first blue was so full i couldn't get on. ended up taking a yellow/green l'enfant.

snack

bagel w/ cc
coffee
iced tea

from the uptowner.

jerry back from vacation today. said he had some adventures with the weather but mostly a nice vacation.

lunch

tuna salad wrap
chips
dr. pepper

snack

reese's cups
banana

written on 10 july

i walked to the metro with nancy. seems quite nice. i did the l'enfant plaza experiment in the evening. found it takes a good deal longer to go by l'enfant.

snack

slice pizza
iced tea

at sbarro at crystal city.

missed the 5:42 vre. next train was delayed. did not arrive until almost 7:00. didn't get home until about 8:00.

watched a show about english country homes. intesting but the guy seemed to whisper a lot.

dishes before bed. didn't get to bed until midnight.

8 july 2012 (su)

written on 9 july

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
banana
oj
coffee
iced tea

lots of chores today. groceries, dishes, laundy, map floors.

busy at wegmans today. even fairly busy at h-t.

lunch

bologna sandwich on a bagel
yogurt
iced tea

e. went to an event at oatlands in the afternoon. turned out to be a disappointment.

rained in the evening. power went out for a little while.

watched a show about the queen. interesting but not well written. watched first episode of clouds of witness.

7 july 2012 (sa)

lots of chores on saturday.

dishes, laundry, recycling at home. recycling took a long time this time.

chores in warrenton as well: watch, mouse, library.

lunch

cheeseburger
fries
iced tea/ dr. pepper

dinner

hot dogs
beans
iced tea

very sleepy in the evening. didn't get much done.

6 july 2012 (f)

written on 9 july

tried once again to catch the earlier train but mis-timed everything.

went out to an indian restaurant for lunch with the group. good food.

bad metro ride home. stopped in the tunnel near the pentagon for ages.

had to catch the later vre home. got home after 8:00.

dinner

grilled cheese
salad
iced tea

5 july 2012 (th)

written on 6 july

got up at  5:20. in my foggy thinking i was considering catching the earlier train.

breakfast

bagel w/ cc
banana
oj
iced tea

stopped at h-t on the way to the vre. left the house 20 minutes early to try to catch a train that leaves 40 minutes earlier. for some reason i imagined this would work. don't know what was up with the math processing portion of my head.

caught the normal train. watched my hands etc. on the vre in order to catch the blue line at 7:15. caught the train with a little time to spare. chatted with a lady visiting from mississippi on the train.

got to work just before 9:00

snack

bagel w/ cc
japanese green tea
coffee

a sage employee from thousand oaks was in the office for her anniversary trip. we had donuts and coffee in her honor and chatted for a fairly long time at the conference table.

snack

donut
coffee

lunch

chicken salad wrap
salad
iced tea

left the office at 5:00. managed to catch a blue train at about 5:17 and still got to crystal city by 5:31. got a large iced tea at the dunkin' donuts in crystal city. dieing of thirst. caught the train at 5:42.

dinner

pizza (3 slices)
iced tea

balanced the check book. paid bills. did dishes. then bed

4 july 2012 (w)

written on 5 july

slept in a bit on the holiday. woke up at around 6:00. went back to bed. got up and went downstairs at about 8:15. didn't really know what time it was.

breakfast

scrambled eggs
toast
banana
coffee
iced tea

called a few plumbers to find someone to check the pump in the septic tank. left messages with two different places.

used the shark again in the kitchen.

plumber came around noon. problem seems to have been with the detector. cost about $200 for the visit. the plumbing company charged double rates to the holiday. the plumber got paid his normal hourly rate. ouch.

had to go to walmart to get meds for karma so we decided to go out for lunch first.

lunch

salad
cheese burger
fries
iced tea

at the longhorn steak house in warrenton. quite good.

busy at the old walmart. insulin for the kittie is now up to $134. when we first bought it a couple of years ago it cost $105 or so.

snack

caramel frapicino

at starbucks

did dishes, laundry when we got home.

found 1776 on tcm in the late afternoon. ended up watching the whole movie. this seemed to be an extended version. really good movie.

dinner

hot dogs (2)
dr. pepper

had pimiento cheese on my dogs. pretty good.

we watched the end of national treasure 2 in the evening. didn't make much sense but pretty entertaining.

3 july 2012 (tu)

1254 / 88 deg f / mostly cloudy / cq

warm and stagnant in the house overnight. slept badly upstairs until the middle of the night. e swapped with me and i went downstairs around 3:00. somewhat more comfortable down there.

slept until about 5:10.

COLD SHOWER!!

breakfast

sausage biscuit
bacon biscuit
iced tea

one biscuit would have been plenty. not very good biscuits by the way.

thought i might make the earlier train but it is 40 minutes earlier. not 30.

watched 4 yellow and a green come through king street before a blue arrived. arrived at the office at 9:00.

snack

bacon, egg, and cheese wrap
iced tea

lunch

nachos
dr. pepper

2 july 2012 (m)

1306 / 91 deg f / fair / cq

scott and glenn turn 49 today. happy b-day to the lads.

woke up at about 6:10 in the  motel this morning. much later than usual is seemed but it was really only 40 minutes. elizabeth headed to the house at about 6:20.

checked out of the motel around 6:45. stopped at mcdonald's for breakfast.

breakfast

bagel sandwich
sausage burrito
potato wedge
iced tea

watched fox news while eating breakfast. it's hard to call it fox news with a straight face.

missed the 7:20 train but caught the 7:50. saw e. arriving just about 7:45. she likes the quite car.

watched two yellow trains and one green train come through at king street before a blue train arrived. rush+ sucks.

stopped at the uptowner on the way to the office

snack

coffee
oj

arrived at about 9:30. rush+ sucks.

nobody in the office. in our group i think it is me, jan, violaine, and ed. very quite.

lunch

chicken teriyaki sandwich
chips
iced tea

pretty good. juan is working the grill and someone new on sandwiches. i guess the grill cat is on vacation.

snack

ice cream sandwich

written on 3 july

fire alarm at the office at about 4:45. got to go home a little early.

snack

pound cake
tazo green tea

at starbucks in crystal city.

three vre maintenance folks got on the train in the afternoon. the two conductors came to chat. this group pretty much had a party on the train.

stopped at wawa for gas and subs on the way home.

dinner

roast beef sub
chips
coke

from wawa

did dishes in the evening. cleaned out the fridge and the freezer. no electricity so bed early.

1 july 2012 (su)

written on 2 july

woke up at about 7:00. no sign of power. no sign that any change in the situation was likely. first call to update status seemed to indicate that novec thought the power was back on. called back to leave a comment and found that they had updated the forecast to just after midnight on 2 july.

june 29: no forecast
june 30: 11:30 june 30
july 1: 12:30 am july 2

not a good pattern.

we went to denny's for breakfast and luckily it was not too crowded

breakfast

philly cheesesteak omelette
hash browns
biscuit
coffee
iced tea

our waitress was named summer.

went over to the aquatic center to check the hours. they didn't open until noon. we were thinking about going over there to shower.

went to walmart. picked up some needed stuff including candles and matches.

did some chores at home. dishes. straightening up. moving some things to the shed. thermometer in the shed read 115 deg f.

decided to spend the night in a motel. everything booked. finally booked a room at the hojo. room available at 3:00. packed for the night and went to warrenton at about 2:00. stopped at subway for lunch.

lunch

chicken, bacon, ranch sub
chips
iced tea

pretty good. really slow subway but the chow as ok. kept drinking the tea. very thirsty.

checked in at the motel at a little after 3:00. room not ready. "They're working on it." 3:30. room not ready. "They're working on it." 4:00. room not ready. "They're working on it." 4:30. ditto. 5:00. room ready! finally.

watched the end of spain vs. italy in the meantime.

room was more comfortable than i expected. ac maxed out. watched a little tv while elizabeth showered.

e. went to feed the cats while i took a shower.

we met at ruby tuesday for dinner around 8:15.

dinner

salad bar
asian dumplings (3)
iced tea
coffee

e. went back to take care of the cats and get them in. i went back to the motel. not feeling too well. felt better when i could stretch out. went to bed around 10:00. very tired.

30 june 2012 (sa)

written on 2 july

a truly miserable day.

woke up at about 7:00. power still off. the house was already getting hot at seven.

we decided to get breakfast at denny's and then make a plan. except ... we couldn't get out of the neighborhood. there was a tree down at the corner of greystone and beverly court so that we could only go about 200 yards from our front door. tres disappointing.

breakfast

bagel w/ butter (untoasted) (blah)
oj
banana
iced tea

house was truly hot but about 10:30. reached over 90 degrees inside. temp. in the frig was above 50 by early afternoon.

managed to mop the kitchen floor and help elizabeth move the book case out of the kitchen.

did some other chores, read, napped through the afternoon.

lunch

turkey and cheese sandwich
sun tea

dinner

peanut butter and sugar sandwich
sun tea

cold shower in the evening.

the house cooled off a little after dark. the tree was cleared in the late afternoon but by that time we decided to wait before trying to get out. forecast for restoration late night on saturday but we knew that was a fib. no work had been done to replace the downed utility pole by that time.

went to sleep around 9:30 or 10:00. 

29 june 2012 (f)

written on 2 july

power went out at about 10:00 pm on friday.

we were watching the second national treasure movie when the power went out. entertaining movie but what a dumb plot.

i remember that we had pizza from pizza hut for dinner on friday. the rest is pretty much a blur. it was very hot with no ac but we did manage to sleep with the windows open on friday night.