31 august 2012 (f)

1323 / 93 def f / partly cloudy / cq

got  up when the alarm went off.

breakfast

bagel w/ cc
banana
oj
iced tea
kombucha

caught the 6:40 at broad run. train was relatively empty. fell asleep between alexandria and l'enfant. almost missed the stop. never did that before.

stopped at the uptowner on the way to work

snack

coffee
japanese green tea

got to the office at about 8:30.

snack

donuts (2)

jerry brought in donuts from dd. we had a bit of break this morning and munched donuts. violaine said she has never had donuts before. she really liked the plain one the best. she's also never had waffles.

lunch

coconut shrimp
rice
snow peas
ginger ale

confirmed with healthcomp that elizabeth does not have health care insurance with another provider.

listening to the van morrison channel on pandora in honor of his birthday.

written on 5 september 2012

left the office at about 4:00 and tried going by way of dupont circle. didn't care for the route. dupont circle is about 10 minutes further away. the red line seems much more crowded than the orange or blue. very long walk from the metro platform to the vre platform. about 8 minutes.

snack

chocolate croissant
iced coffee

from au bon pain

don't remember much about friday evening.

30 august 2012 (th)

1536 / 85 deg f / partly cloudy / cq

alarm went off at 5:00. i hit snooze. finally bot up at about 5:20. could have rushed for the 6:40 but decided to take the 7:20.

breakfast

bagel w/ cc
banana
oj
iced tea
kombucha

got to the vre before the train arrived. got to the office just before 9:00.

met with jerry at 10:00.

lunch

lasagna
garlic bread
salad
coke

vision statement workshop at 12:30 to almost 2:30. better than expected.

written on 31 august


felt very sluggish on the way home. it took me almost 10 minutes longer than usual to get to l'enfant. almost missed the train.

stopped at wegmans on the way home: bananas, vitamins, etc.

snack

pizza
iced tea

lots of new cashiers!

dinner

ham steak
green beans
c on the c

really good corn this time. everything was quite good but a bit too much.

we watched the last murdoch on the dvd. the new coroner was just plain  silly for four episodes.

29 august 2012 (w)

1436 / 83 deg f / mostly cloudy / cq

happy 54th birthday, michael jackson

when the alarm went off this morning i really wanted to turn it off, roll over, and sleep until whenever but i managed to get up when it went off after the first snooze.

breakfast

bagel w/ cc
banana
oj
coffee
iced tea
kombucha

dark when i left the house. a month ago it was already light when i left. i guess i see a trend here.

caught the train on time. got on as the one minute warning sounded.

frankenstein has more coincidences than any book every written.

snack

coffee

got to the office around 8:20.

lunch

oriental dishes
japanese tea

from orange spoon. better than the last time i ate there. picked up toothpaste and a few other things at cvs on the way back. i prefer walgreens but they had the sidewalk closed to walgreens. oh well.

written on 30 august

uneventful trip home. met elizabeth at broad run. we decided to have pancakes for dinner.

dinner

omelette
pancakes (3)
coffee
iced tea

good pancakes. ok omelette at the ihop in gainesville.

we got home at almost 9:00. the power had been off. tv was all screwy.

bed early. asleep by 10:30.

28 august 2012 (tu)

1234 / 86 deg f / partly cloudy / cq

woke up with the alarm at 6:00. pretty groggy but i got up.

breakfast

bagel w/ cc
banana
oj
iced tea
kombucha

got out of the house on time and to the train with five minutes to spar.

busy at l'enfant again.

arrived at the office at about 8:20. extremely humid!!!!

snack

coffee
donut

i've been resisting snacks pretty well but the chocolate covered donut overcame me. very good!

lunch

chicken salad wrap
small salad
dr. pepper

i got hungry early. i wonder if sugary snacks make me feel hungrier.

written on 29 august

stopped at harris teeter on the way home.

got home around 7:30

dinner

turkey
stuffing
peas
cranberry sauce
iced tea

very good but way too much food.

we watched a murdoch in the evening. 

27 august 2012 (m)

1330 / 85 deg f / cloudy / cq

alarm woke me at five in the am. got up right away for once.

breakfast

bagel w/ butter
banana
oj
coffee
iced tea
kombucha

switched back to my old brand of kombucha. like it much better.

i got on the train as the one minute warning sounded. had a seat to myself all the way. crowded on the metro.

stopped at whole foods for fruit on the way in. arrived at the office at 8:30.

lunch

thai tofu
rice
potatos
dr. pepper

really good tofu.

written on 28 august

left the office at 4:30. met elizabeth at the vre. she went home by vint hill and i took linton hall. vint hill is much faster!

dinner

veg. burgers
chips
iced tea

we had a new kind of veg. burger. pretty good.

watched another murdoch in the evening and then the end of pillow talk.

26 august 2012 (su)

written on 27 august 

woke up around 7:00. went down at 7:30. elizabeth was already downstairs.

breakfast

egg and cheese sandwich (2)
oj
coffee
iced tea

e. had oatmeal but i wasn't feeling oaty.

went to the recycling site at about 10:00 then groceries around 10:30. pouring by the time i got to wegmans. store was packed.

i saw lots of old pals, though. saw maggie for the first time in many months. she's doing well. shannon looks totally different.

dropped off clothes at the h-t bins before going to h-t. groceries at h-t.

lunch

bagel w/ butter
yogurt
iced tea

did laundry but mostly took it easy for the rest of sunday.

dinner

grilled ham and cheese (2)
iced tea

watched a murdoch episode then bed.

25 august 2012 (sa)

written on 27 august

on the third saturday in august in 1977 i moved into the dorms at uva. essentially 35 years ago today. hard to believe

got up at around 8:00. feeling better.

breakfast

scrambled eggs
bacon
toast
coffee
iced tea

e. cooked us breakfast. very good!

worked around the house. dishes, laundry, put away laundry, mop floors. didn't leave the house at all.

lunch

ham and cheese on a bagel
yogurt
iced tea

dinner

pizza
salad
iced tea

we watched star trek the next generation on bbc. after that we watched the dish in honor of neil armstrong.

went to bed around 10:30.

24 august 2012 (f)

1250 / 85 deg f / cloudy / cq

woke up about 10 minutes before the alarm.

breakfast

bagel w/ cc
banana
coffee
iced tea
oj

left the house in plenty of time. vre lot was not full.

arrived at work before 8:30.

snack

coffee
japanese tea

lunch

cheeseburger
onion rings
iced tea

snack

snickers

written on 27 august

left the office around 5:00. caught the later train at the vre.

we decided to have dinner out on friday. chili's was packed so we decided to try mimi's again.

dinner

clam chowder
seafood fettucini
apple crisp w/ ice cream
iced tea
hot tea

the food was pretty good but the service was just plain bad. we'll probably avoid mimi's for a long time.

i ate way more than usual and felt terrible when we got home at 9:00. went to bed at about 9:30 with a headache and an upset stomach.

23 august 2012 (th)

1321 / 86 deg f / mostly cloudy / cq

hit the snooze button twice this morning. reluctant to get up. moved slowly all morning after i did get up.

breakfast

bagel w/ cc
oj
coffee
iced tea

decided to take the 7:20 (330) instead of the 6:40 (328). school buses on the way to work.

lots of homeland security police at the vre platform and on the trains today.

solved the mystery of the geese today. went by 40 minutes later and saw that someone associated with that warehouse feeds the geese. the ones i see on the roof are just the early arrivals. there must have been 50 or 60 geese in the grassy area next to the warehouse. remarkable.

metro was a mess this morning. sro on the train and the trip that normally takes about 9 minutes took more than 20 today. very crowded. seemed to be a problem with the doors.

arrived at the office a little after 9:00.

snack

bagel w/ butter
coffee

met with jerry in the am. learned that his wife is a wahoo. she was class of '84 so her first year was 80-81.

lunch

chicken fried steak
rice
green beans
dr. pepper

written on 24 august

didn't feel well in the afternoon. left the office at 4:30. got home at about 7:30.

dinner

stir fried chicken, peppers, onions, 'shrooms
over rice
iced tea

dessert

orange sherbet
cookies

22 august 2012 (w)

0939 / 73 deg f / partly cloudy / cq

woke up just before the alarm this morning. slept ok. a little hot in the house.

breakfast

bagel w/ butter
banana
oj
coffee
kombucha
japanese tea

got out of the house on time this morning. at the vre about 8 minutes ahead. sat close to the front today.

saw the geese again this morning.

stopped at whole foods on the way in. can't believe i've been going to trader joe's when the whole foods was right there. at work around 8:30.

snack

orange juice

written on 23 august

lunch

sort of a monte cristo sandwich
small salad
dr. pepper

pretty good.

left the office around 4:30. train was pretty crowded. pouring rain at rolling road. sun was out at broad run.

elizabeth is catching a later train.

dinner

quarter pounder
fries
iced tea

at mcdonalds. not very good.

got home before 7:30. fed karma. did dishes. started some laundry.

elizabeth got home around 8:15. we channel surfed a bit and then went to bed.

21 august 2012 (tu)

0930 / 69 deg f / partly cloudy / cq

woke up at 4:30. went back to sleep. got up with the alarm at 5:00. shaved. sore hip since monday.

breakfast

bagel w/ cc
oj
banana
kambucha
iced tea

prefer the old brand of kambucha. the stuff i've had this week is labeled as fresh. it isn't as effervescent.

arrived at work at about 8:20.

snack

coffee

1312 / 80 deg f / partly cloudy / cq

lunch

root beer brisket
potato wedges
mixed veg.
dr. pepper

pretty good.

written on 22 august

left the office at about 4:30. metro was packed! i think it may have been related to the nationals game in the evening. vre was fairly full also.

stopped at h-t on the way home.

snack

sub
iced tea

at harris teeter.

got home around 7:30.

dinner

ravioli w/ meatballs
crusty bread
iced tea

we watched a two part hamish macbeth after dinner. tv john died.

20 august 2012 (m)

1331 / 76 deg f / cloudy / cq

woke up at 5:00 when the alarm went off. still have a sinus headache. blah.

threatening rain in the morning.

breakfast

bagel w/ butter
banana
oj
coffee
iced tea
kambucha

moving a little slow in the morning. couldn't seem to get anything going. left the house at 6:10. still dark when i left. got on the train after the first whistle. had to run to catch the train.

i think the buses will start running again next week.

arrived at the office around 8:20. drizzling as i arrived.

jan is out sick today. mgp and tr are in california. very quiet.

lunch

chicken sandwich
small salad
dr. pepper

written on 21 august

left the office at 4:30. caught the vre in time. elizabeth is catching a later train.

it started to pour down rain at manassas park. raining when we got to broad run but not so hard.

got home a little after 7:00. thinking i would do the dishes and start the laundry and feed the cat and make dinner. fed the cat. made dinner. crashed. totally exhausted all of the sudden.

dinner

one eyed cheese burger
iced tea
m&ms

dessert

orange sherbet

watched airport on cable.

19 august 2012 (su)

written on 20 august

slept until about 8:00. sinus headache all night.

sorted the laundry in the morning. then went downstairs.

breakfast

oatmeal
oj
coffee
tea

went to wegmans at about 10:30. short list so i got everything at wegmans.

ran errands after putting away the groceries.

library, pet store, gas, home depot, library again (not yet open the first time).

lunch

italian sub (classic)
magnum ice cream bar
iced tea

from the new wawa in warrenton. don't like this wawa as much as the one in gainesville.

took a nap when i got home. suddenly very tired.

did dishes, laundry in the afternoon. worked on bills after elizabeth got done.

dinner

lentil soup
crusty bread
dr. pepper
iced tea

dessert

orange sherbet

we watched another hamish macbeth in the evening.

18 august 2012 (sa)

written on 20 august

slept in on saturday. did a few chores in the morning and started to get caught up on the checkbook.

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
kambucha
banana
coffee
iced tea

we went to tyson's corner in the afternoon. i don't know how it is that i forgot that i don't like going to tysons.

lunch

kung pao fettucini
iced tea

at cpk. so so.

elizabeth went shopping for blue trousers. i wandered through the mall. bought "the third policeman" and a lanyard for commuting.

snack

pretzel
lemonade

pretty good.

snack

cinnamon dolce latte

we got home around 8:00.

dinner

sandwiches
chips
iced tea

watched hamish macbeth in the evening.

17 august 2012 (f)

written on 20 august

falling behind on the old blog.

slept in a little on friday. doctor's appointment in the am. if i get up to early it's hard to maintain the fast.

left the house at 7:30. got to ffx city at about 8:15. listening to busman's honeymoon. getting close to the end.

put on weight per the doctor's scale. that explains why my knees are acting up. odd that my clothes aren't getting tight. need to pick up the exercise and cut back the snacks.

breakfast

omelette
hash browns
coffee
iced tea

at denny's in ffx city. pretty good.

older lady at the next table making calls the whole time. apparently she had the day off and was at a loose end.

parked at vienna and took the orange line in. arrived just before 11:00.

lunch

reuben
pizza (1 slice)
iced tea

i had the version of the reuben from the cafeteria. they call it a cloak and dagger or something of the like. didn't realize they had pizza until i'd ordered the reuben. had one slice. pretty good.

left the office around 6:00. stopped at wegmans on the way home for some items.

dinner

old fashioned sub
iced tea

from wegmans

jenna and jamie in cafe. jill says linda is now managing the seafood department.

very tired in the evening. went to bed early.

16 august 2012 (th)

written on 17 august

slept in an extra half hour. too tired to get up in the am.

took the 7:20 train to work.

breakfast

bagel w/ cc
banana
oj
iced tea

arrived at work around 9:00

snack

bagel
japanese green tea

snack

ass't goodies from paul

the food from paul is just wonderful. violaine brings it in occassionally. totally irresistible.

lunch

greek kebabs
rice
salad

from the cafeteria. very tough kebabs.

caught the later train home. got home around 8:00.

dinner

hot dogs (2)
beans
iced tea

dessert

cookies

we watched sherlock holmes: the last vampyre on dvd. very odd story. not very enjoyable. it appears to have been the next to last

15 august 2012 (w)

written on 16 august

thought i might sleep in the morning since i didn't have the long commute in the am. woke up around 6:00. tried to go back to sleep. ended up getting up.

checked out and sat in the lobby. had a cup of coffee with a group of CQ folks. we walked over to the office together at around 8:30.

breakfast

bagel w/ cc
fruit
coffee
water

snack

brownies (2)

meeting within our group in the morning.

lunch

sandwich (2)
salad
coke
pickles

catered from downstairs. good sandwiches.

demo of jira in the early afternoon by ben. very impressive software.

bus tour from about 2:30 to 6:00. went to the capitol, the wwii memorial, the lincoln memorial, the mlk memorial and the white house. a lot of walking but it was fun.

we went to buffalo billiards at dupont circle in the evening.

dinner

fries (a few)
chicken strip
tater tots
beer
soda

fat tire beer. didn't really like the beer or the food. left around 7:30. jerry and i rode the metro together. got to vienna at around 8:40. elizabeth picked me up. got home around 9:30.

woke up on the couch at about 12:30. went up to bed. very tired!

14 august 2012 (t)

written on 16 august

woke up quite early in the morning. staying in dc tonight. had to finish packing and do a few other things which seems to have made me antsy.

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
oj
iced tea

thought we were running late but we got to the vre in time. raining in the am. elizabeth drove me to the vre and dropped me off.

2nd breakfast

eggs
ham
sausage
coffee
water

catered breakfast at the conference at work.

met the pub tech team members from london and from t.o. also met the head of our department, phil denvir. lots of nice people. we had a lot in common.

we did a kind of speed dating exercise so that everyone would meet.

first day of the summit was quite good.

lunch

chicken dish
beef dish
fries
salad
dr. pepper

very good. catered from downstairs. meetings all afternoon.

dinner

salad
salmon
grits
spinach
wine
iced tea

excellent salmon. did not like the wine.

we headed back to the hotel palomar in dupont circle at about 9:00. lots of folks went on for beer but i was too tired. went to the room at about 9:15. called elizabeth. woke up around 11:30. set alarm turned off some lights.

bundled under the blankets because it was cold in the room!

13 august 2012 (m)

written on 16 august

fairly normal day on monday. decided to get a hair cut after work. got home after 8:00. had to pack, etc. for tuesday.

made sure to catch up on dishes, mail, etc.

went to bed a little later than usual.

12 august 2012 (su)

written on 13 august

woke up around 7:00 in the morning. sorted out laundry before coming downstairs.

breakfast

bagel w/ butter
banana
oj
coffee
iced tea

started laundry. went to get groceries around 10:00: wegmans, h-t.

snack

jalapeno/cheddar bagel
japanese tea

at wegmans

dishes, laundry, mopping the kitchen and cleaning the bathroom in the afternoon.

lunch

sandwich
yogurt
iced tea
banana

watched a bunch of episodes of the odd couple during the day. took the rest of the odd couple off of my netflix list. a little goes a long way.

watched some olympics also.

dinner

ham steak
corn
tomato, cuke, onion salad

watched two episodes of kingdom in the evening. odd show. not terribly interesting.

11 august 2012 (sa)

written on 13 august

don't remember much about saturday.

went to the library. we went to home depot to look at tiles for candy's house.

went to peebles.

coffee at starbucks. loud talking chick at the starbucks.

fish sticks, fries, iced tea for dinner

watched the olympics in the evening.

10 august 2012 (f)

written on 13 august

don't remember very much from friday.

we stopped for pizza on the way home from the vre. had pizza and salad. i thought it was pretty good.

9 august 2012 (th)

written on 10 august

very stiff, very sore in the morning. not sure way. like uncle joe until the afternoon.

breakfast

bagel w/ butter
oj
iced tea

decided to find the food court near the l'enfant metro. it is down the block and to the left of the constitution place entrance to the station. has a starbucks, a mcdonalds, and an au bon pain. the rest room is about eight thousand miles out of your way. good to know where it is, though.

snack

cheese danish
coffee

at au bon pain

good danish. not so good coffee.

arrived at work around 8:30.

one on one at 10:00. disc assessment from noon to 1:30. lots of tough books today. didn't make a lot of progress. nice chat with lorna, though.

lunch

bulgogi
rice
brocolli
dr. pepper

always seem to like bulgogi. the soy. the ginger. used to get a great bulgogi sub at olley's trolley in arlington.

left the office at around 4:30. wondered if i'd be able to catch the 5:11. train stopped at the platform at federal triangle for 5-7 minutes with no explanation. hustled out of l'enfant when i finally got there and arrived at the vre platform with the train. great timing for once.

stopped at target on the way home to buy a new phone. i know have all of the pieces. just have to activate the phone.

dinner

greek omelette
salad
iced tea

pretty good.

crashed on the couch watching the olympics. woke up at 11:30 to do some dishes. went up to bed then. fell asleep right away and did not stir until the alarm went off. unusual!

8 august 2012 (w)

1301 / 87 deg f / cloudy / cq

a little easier to get up this morning. the plumber fixed the kitchen sink and the shower knob. it was nice to not have to deal with the problems any more.

breakfast

bagel w/ butter
oj
coffee
japanese black tea

in something of a hurry again today. couldn't finish the coffee. took the tea with me.

made the train with a few minutes to spare again. arrived at work at 8:20.

lunch

eggplant parmesan
caesar salad
garlic bread
dr. pepper
m and m's

written on 10 august

went by the at&t store on the way home to try to set up a new phone. the guy told me that i'd be better off going to target or best buy if i wasn't interested in extending the contract. gave me a simm card to use with a phone purchased elsewhere. nice of him. decided to go to target tomorrow.

dinner

is a blank! i know we ate at home but i can't remember what.

watched some olympics in the evening. went to bed a little early. 

7 august 2012 (tu)

written on 8 august

managed to get out of bed in the morning. feeling better but a bit wiped out. really crawling in the morning. got way behind.

breakfast

bagel (plain)
banana
oj
iced tea

i ate part of the bagel and the banana in the car i was so far behind. got to the vre with about 3 minutes to spare.

arrived at 8:20. got a lot of work done in the office or it seemed like it.

lunch

turkey sandwich
coke

left for home around 4:20. still no cell phone. feels odd.

stopped to get gas on the way home. wawa was closed. they had a bunch of trucks out front. maybe electrical problems.

got gas at exxon.

got home around 7:15.

dinner

blt's (2)
fries
iced tea

we had potato fries instead of sweet potato fries. really enjoyed them.

watched some 'lympics on the tv in the evening

snack

apple

6 august 2012 (m)

written on 7 august

miserable when i got up at 5:00. thought i would take a shower and see if i felt better. so dizzy in the shower that i had to go back to bed. sore throat, head ache, ear ache, dizzy. yech.

slept until about 7:30. felt a little better. dizziness gone but a little bit of a fever. decided to stay home.

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
banana
oj
coffee
iced tea

very low impact day. moderated between naps, a little work on the computer, watching tv, and doing a few chores. managed to do the dishes and some laundry.

lunch

bagel w/ cc
microwave meal
iced tea

snack

pimento cheese sandwich

elizabeth got home around 7:00

dinner

sub (foot long)
iced tea

from subway.

went to bed around 9:45. very sleepy.

5 august 2012 (su)

written on 6 august

didn't feel very well on saturday. felt worse on sunday. tired. achy. a little feverish. blah.

got groceries at wegmans and harris teeter in the morning.

did some chores around the house in the afternoon.

paid bills and balanced the check book. that's always fun.

went to bed early. 

4 august 2012 (sa)

written on 6 august

slept in on saturday. didn't get up until after 7:00.

did some chores in the morning. decided to go out for lunch and run errands in the afternoon.

lunch

chicken and pasta dish
iced cappacino
iced tea

at bertucci's. quite good.

we went to the library after lunch and then to walmart to get some cleaning materials, etc.

snack

cinnamon dolce latte

at starbucks.

we got home around 5:30.

3 august 2012 (f)

written on 6 august

managed to get up and get going at 5:00.

caught the 6:40 train. arrived at work at 8:15.

pretty steady work all day. got through a lot of books.

left at 4:15.

had a slice of pizza near the l'enfant vre station. excellent crust. bad cheese.

2 august 2012 (th)

written on 3 august

woke up at 5:00. couldn't drag myself out of bed. got up at 5:30.

breakfast

bagel w/ cc
banana
oj
iced tea

caught the 7:20 train. stopped at trader joe's on the way to work. arrived at 9:00.

lunch

asian mix
japanese tea

from orange spoon. i've been meaning to try o.s. for a while. wasn't terribly impressed. oh well.

left the office around 5:00. caught the 5:36 train from l'enfant. sat in the very last car. got a seat to myself.

stopped at h-t on the way home.

dinner

chili dogs (2)
cole slaw
iced tea

we watched a very english marriage on dvd. interesting.

paid a few bills in the evening. got to be around 11:30.

1 august 2012 (w)

written on 2 august

first of august already. sneaks up on me every year. as fast as the first half of the year goes by, the second half always seems faster.

up at a little after 5:00. trying the l'enfant method today.

breakfast

bagel w/ cc
banana
oj
coffee
iced tea

vre to l'enfant followed by metro to foggy bottom worked pretty well. it was about 5-10 minutes slower than taking the blue line from king street and more than 10 minutes faster than taking the yellow from king street. much easier than either.

snack

egg sandwich
coffee

from downstairs.

kept busy all day. interesting meeting from 1 to 2:30. jerry showed me some of the materials for sage navigator. looks a little scary!

lunch

chicken sandwich
rice crispy treat
dr. pepper

snack

chips

left at 4:30. decided that if i arrived at foggy bottom at 4:45 or so, i could meet the vre at l'enfant or crystal city. decided to try l'enfant. made it with time to spare. much easier to get a seat at l'enfant.

stopped at safeway on the way out.

dinner

eggs (2)
bagel w/ cc
iced tea

we watched some olympics on tv. tried to go to bed early

31 july 2012 (tu)

written on 1 august

did not set the alarm on monday night. woke up at 5:30 too late for the early train. thought about going back to bed but had a few things i had to do at work.

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
banana
oj
iced tea

caught the 7:20 train. metro train was packed in the morning. one of the cars was running empty so the other cars were over-flowing. got to work just before 9:00.

snack

japanese tea

lunch

steak and cheese sub
small salad
dr. pepper

very tasty sub but it did not agree with me.

left the office at 5:00. arrived at foggy bottom just in time to catch the train. blue line absolutely packed again.

got to the vre station just in time for the 5:42 train.

stopped at HT on the way home.

snack

hoagie
iced tea

got home about 7:40

dinner

fish sticks
corn on the cob
sweet tater fries
iced tea

watched the scarlet pimpernel, some olympics, etc.

two new shirts arrived by UPS. A5 note pads arrived.