28 october 2012 (s)

written on 29 october

slept in again on sunday.

cloudy, overcast in the morning. it looked like it should be cold out but it actually wasn't.

got up early and went to the grocery store. our list was so short that i only went to harris teeter. with hurricane sandy in the news i thought the store would be packed but it wasn't.

got home around 10:00.

spent most of the day doing chores and getting ready for the potential of flooding and power outages. they are forecasting the next thing to an apocalypse.

breakfast

egg sandwich
tea
oj
kambucha

i also had a cup of coffee and some pound cake at the starbucks at h-t.

watched football mixed in with the chores. skins lost. boys lost.

dinner

beef stew
crusty bread
iced tea

quite good.

bed early again.

27 october 2012 (sa)

written on 29 october

slept in until after 8:00. very nice.

breakfast

cereal
banana
oj
kambucha
coffee
iced tea

did lots of chores in the morning. lots of laundry. watched zombieland on tv in bits and pieces. liked it pretty well.

lunch

sandwich
chips
iced tea

elizabeth went shopping and did errands

dinner

salad
avocado burger
fries

from chili's in gainesville.

it took forever to get to gainesville.

watched a lovejoy episode in the evening. not one of the best.

bed early.

26 october 2012 (f)

1223 / 66 deg f / cloudy / at cq press

a struggle to get up again today.

breakfast

cereal
banana
kambucha
oj
iced tea
coffee

caught the normal train. parked pretty close. had a seat to myself on the train. nice.

lunch

pizza (2 sl)
salad (sm)
coke (2)

i just have to have a coke with pizza.

written on 27 october

the afternoon seemed to go by slowly but i did seem to get a lot done.

metro packed on the way home. vre fairly empty. odd.

already hearing way too much about hurricane sandy.

dinner

fish sticks
mac/cheese
iced tea

watched half of a bad lovejoy in the evening.

25 october 2012 (th)

1207 / 64 deg f / cloudy (raining) / at cq press

very difficult time getting out of bed this morning. really wanted to go back under the blankets for a few more hours. managed to get up at 5:15.

breakfast

toast
banana
kambucha
oj
iced tea

caught the 7:20 train. not terribly crowded.

snack

bacon, egg, and cheese bagel sandwich
oj
iced tea

from the uptowner. good.

violaine brought in breakfast since john and tom and others are in the office today. i managed to resist!

snack

pastry from paul

my resistance failed.

written on 26 october

lunch

turkey
brussels sprouts
corn bread stuffing
iced coffee

very good turkey and stuffing. sprouts a little over cooked.

caught the train at 5:36. picked up some items at h-t. dark when i got home.

dinner

grilled ham and cheese
soup
chips
iced tea

pretty tasty.

we watched sherlock holmes (boscombe old place) and poirot (hickory, dickory, dock)

to bed at around 11:00.

24 october 2012 (w)

written on 25 october

great weather again. slept really well for once. up and going at 4:45.

breakfast

cereal
banana
oj
kambucha
coffee
iced tea

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

snack

eggs
potatoes
coffee

lunch

turkey sandwich
dr. pepper

the ladies had lunch on the roof. i was allowed to go up and look envious.

caught the usual train in the evening.

met elizabeth at broad run. went to panera for dinner

dinner

turkey avacado sandwich
chicken stew
iced tea
coffee
cinnamon twist

stew was pretty good. sandwich was just ok. saw maggie at the panera.

we vegged in front of the tv and then went to bed early.

23 october 2012 (tu)

1414 / 74 deg f / sunny / cq press

hit snooze several times in the morning. finally got up a little after 5:00.

breakfast

cereal
banana
kambucha
oj
coffee
iced tea

caught the 6:40 train. tsa on the platform again.

stopped at the uptowner on the way to work.

snack

bagel w/ cc
oj
japanese tea

got to the office at about 8:30. jan already here. has an early appointment.

lunch

italian grinder
chips
ginger ale

on the roof. lorna suggested meeting on the roof for dinner. great idea!

written on 25 october

top of my head felt cooked after the time on the roof.

got home around 7:00.

dinner

eggs
bacon
toast
coffee
iced tea

22 october 2012 (m)

1257 / 67 deg f / fair / cq press

did not set my alarm correctly this morning. elizabeth woke me up at about 5:30.

breakfastt

cereal
banana
coffee
kambucha
oj
iced tea

caught the 7:20 train. 15 minute delay on the metro.

stopped at trader joe's on the way in for vitamins, etc.

snack

turkey club wrap
oj

slow start in the morning.

lunch

penne pasta
mixed veg.

written on 23 october

worked until about 5:00. walked to the metro with jerry.

got home at around 7:15. did some laundry.

dinner

hot dogs (2)
beans
cole slaw

tasty. watched antiques roadshow and foyles war. dishes and then bed.

21 october 2012 (su)

slept in until about 8:00 again. 

breakfast

cereal
egg sandwich
oj
banana
coffee
iced tea

some basic chores in the morning. groceries at wegmans (packed!) and h-t.

lunch

turkey and cheddar on rye
iced tea
yogurt

cleaned, rearranged the bedroom in the afternoon. bills and check book later.

dinner

burritos (2)
iced tea

more murdoch in the evening.

20 october 2012 (sa)

written on 22 october

slept in until about 8:00.

breakfast

cereal
oj
banana
coffee
iced tea

did a few chores around the house in the morning. then drove to warrenton to catch up on a few things.

lunch

cheese burger
fries
coke

at mcdonalds in warrenton.

went to the library after that. walmart for karma's meds and a few other items.

snack

donut
coffee

from the dunkin' donuts in the walmart.

went to gainesville to get cat food, etc. took for ever to get from w to g. between 45 min and 1 hr.

tons of motorcycles on the road. don't know what was up.

went to petsmart. went to my eye dr. to get my glasses adjusted. they did a great job.

dinner

salad bar
asian pot stickers
iced tea

dessert

cup cake (2)
coffee

at ruby tuesday in gainesville.

started laundry and watched a bit of tv at home.

19 october 2012 (f)

1303 / 71 deg  f / mostly cloudy / at cq press

hit the snooze repeatedly this morning. blah.

fed the cats before work. it only adds about 20 minutes but it's the difference between one train and the next.

breakfast

cereal
oj
banana
iced tea

arrived before  the train again for 330 train. fairly empty at broad run but totally packed by burke center. oddly enough, metro wasn't very crowded.

snack

western omelette
coffee
oj

from the cafe downstairs

lunch

fish
fries
cabbage
coke

i should have gone to the italian restaurant with violaine and lorna. oh well.

written on 22 october

caught the 5:30 train home. elizabeth ordered pizza for dinner.

dinner

pizza (3 slices)
iced tea

we watched a murdoch mystery on tv. i think we're in season 4 now.

18 october 2012 (th)

1301 / 70 deg f / cloudy / cq press

very difficult to get up in the morning. hit the snooze several times.

breakfast

cereal
kambucha
oj
iced tea
coffee

e. was up around 6:30. she's a little better. planning to go to solomon's this afternoon. hope it will go well.

got to the vre in plenty of time for the 7:20 train. finished brave new world this morning.

train was quite crowded. metro also pretty crowded.

stopped at whole foods on the way to work.

snack

coffee
oj
cheese danish

good oj, good danish, bad coffee

in the office around 9:15. meet with jerry at 10:00. (watched a conference instead).

10:30 meeting with violaine re scraping, etc.

lunch

bulgogi
rice
veggies
dr. pepper

snack

banana

written on 19 october

left the office in time for 333 instead of 331.

snack

chips
bottle of water

while waiting for the train.

stopped at wawa on the way home for gas. it started to drizzle as i got off the train. by the time i got to wawa it was a steady rain. when i left wawa it was a downpour.

dinner

turkey sandwich
italian sandwich
iced tea

from wawa.

watched two episodes of monty python.

snack

milky way

fell asleep on the coach. woke up at 11:30 and went up to bed.

17 october 2012 (w)

1218 / 60 deg f / partly cloudy / at cq press

woke up with the alarm and was pretty wide awake.

breakfast

cereal
kambucha
oj
iced tea
banana

i was a little ahead of schedule today. got to the train station just as the train was moved up to the platform. read the paper on the train.

stopped at whole foods on the way to work. much prefer the whole foods in nova to this store but it's still better than trader joes.

got to work at about 8:45.

blitzing today.

snack

eggs (2)
bacon
coffee
oj

from seasons.

lunch

fried chicken
roasted potatoes
carrots
iced coffee

it was comfort food day. hard to pick. all of the offerings looked really good.

they had a lot of donuts still available at lunch. difficult to resist but i did.

written on 18 october

late meeting ran until about 4:30. caught the 5:36 train.

dinner

quarter pounder
fries
iced tea

got home around 8:15

made a grilled cheese sandwich for e.

snack

grilled cheese

watched a murdoch mystery

16 october 2012 (tu)

1244 / 60 deg f / fair / cq press

shaved this morning. felt better for it.

breakfast

cereal
banana
oj
kambucha
japanese tea

i had about 8 minutes to get to the train.

i got off at union station just for a change of pace. don't really recommend it.

snack

chocolate croissant
iced tea

from au bon pain. quite good.

arrived at the office  before 9:00. new signs in the red line stations.

lunch

roast beef sandwich
salad
iced coffee

written on 17 october

left the office at the normal time. they now have a huge crane installed at the construction site at washington circle. it was moving concrete yesterday. fun to watch though it makes one a little dizzy.

snack

chicken wrap
coke

from tropical smoothy. starving!

got home around 7:45

dinner

turkey reuben
chips
iced tea

elizabeth was pretty much wiped out by the flu. she did have a fever. said it was lower in the evening.

not much to watch with the debate on. did dishes. went to bed early.

15 october 2012 (m)

1607 / 70 deg f / mostly cloudy / cq press

managed to get up on time in the morning. pretty stiff but generally ok.

breakfast

cereal
banana
oj
kombucha
coffee
iced tea

got out about 5 minutes late. ran for the train. got there with about 60 seconds to spare.

crowded on the blue line.

stoped at the uptowner in the morning

snack

bagel w/ cc
oj
japanese tea

monthly global meeting at 11:00. very warm in the conference room.

lunch

teriyaki chicken sandwich
chips
iced coffee

elizabeth has got a bad cold and getting worse. she's probably leaving early tonight.

written on 16 october

caught the normal train home.

snack

iced coffee

stopped at harris teeter to get salad bar and a few other things since e. is not feeling well. got home at around 7:45.

dinner

club sandwich (from ht)
salad
iced tea

we watched antiques roadshow and an episode of foyle. caught up on dishes and bills. then bed.

14 october 2012 (su)

written on 15 october

slept downstairs most of saturday night. woke up with a nasty pain in my back. felt like a cracked rib. took a warm shower. took an alive. put on some warm clothes. ended up sleeping on the air mattress downstairs. felt better by morning.

slept until about 8:30.

breakfast

oatmeal
coffee
iced tea
oj

got groceries in the morning. wegmans, then h-t.

snack

bagel
iced tea

did dishes, laundry when i got home. watched some football. started watching the mayor of casterbridge.

hard to tolerate michael henchard. he keeps piling problems on himself. makes you wonder how he managed to be so successful for the 19 years between  his selling of Susan and Susan's return.

lunch

sandwich
yogurt
iced tea

watched some football as well.

dinner

stir-fried chicken
riice veggies

paid bills in the evening. watched the end of the mayor of c.

13 october 2012 (sa)

written on 15 october

slept in on saturday. got up around 8:30.

breakfast

egg sandwich
banana
oj
coffee
iced tea

laundry, mopped kitchen floor, dishes, installed phone shelf in the kitchen

dinner

veg burgers
fries
iced tea

watched an old movie and some doc martin episodes.

12 october 2012 (f)

written on 15 october

really nice, sunny day. got to the train early for once.

lunch

reuben
fries
cole slaw
iced tea

at serendipity in georgetown.

we walked from the office to wisconsin and m for lunch. long walk. took a bit out of me but lunch was good.

caught the train home as usual.

stopped for a pizza and salad at tony's on the way home. hate buying anything at tony's. it's like they do their best to make everything a mess.

got home around 7:45.

dinner

pizza (3)
salad
iced tea

went to bed fairly early

11 october 2012 (th)

1348 / 61 deg f / sunny / cq press

no trouble waking up this morning. unusual.

breakfast

cereal
banana
oj
kambucha
iced tea

got to the vre before the train today. weird.

sleepy on  the train. i guess it caught up with me.

pretty chilly on the walk from foggy bottom. may have to start wearing a warmer jacket.

got to the office around 8:20. jerry and ed came in right behind me.

fire drill at about 9:45. back in the office at around 10:30. met with jerry till 11:00. met with colton for about 30 minutes.

lunch

pad thai
veggies
coke

snack

seas' chocolate

written on 12 october

uneventful trip home. i really hate the daily scrum at the vre platform. i imagine this could get nasty in the cold weather.

got home a bit before seven. it was still light.

dinner

fish sticks
ravioli mac and cheese
iced tea

dessert

cake
ice cream

we watched the disappearance of lady mary carfax at 8:00. did dishes at 9:00 while betty watched the debate. tons of dishes to do. finally got to bed at about 11:15.

10 october 2012

written on 11 october

very sleepy in the morning.

breakfast

banana
oj
iced tea
coffee

i was running a little late and skipped the cereal.

just managed to catch the train in the morning.

stopped at whole foods on the way in.

snack

bagel
oj
iced tea

lunch

cobb salad wrap
fried rice
coke

checked facebook and saw that there was a problem on the vre. a train had struck a "trespasser" and he died. trains being cancelled. i left about 40 minutes early to catch a train.

train was packed. stopped at king street. i saw e. on the platform but she couldn't get on. stood on the train from l'enfant to rolling road.

vre was planning to put us on busses at burke center but it turned out that the trains were let through.

called e. she found out that service would resume at around 6:30 so she will catch that train.

dinner

sub
chips
dr. pepper

i don't know why i buy subs at subway. they are never good.

got home about 7:00. fed karma and gave her a shot.

dessert

cake

9 october 2012 (tu)

1232 / 57 deg f  / cloudy / at cq

today is my 54th birthday. definitely feeling old in the am.

hit snooze when the alarm went off at 4:45. hit snooze again the next time. got up at 5:00. didn't feel hungry.

breakfast

banana
oj
kambucha
japanese tea
coffee

opened presents in the am. elizabeth got me a kindle fire and a case. also a pretty funny card.

have to let the kindle charge and then set it up. i guess that's why she asked if i wanted to open it last night.

met ed on the way from the metro. i guess he was coming from the bus.

snack

bagel w/ cc
oj
japanese tea

at the uptowner. got to work around 8:20.

met with v.i. about the scraper in the  morning.

lunch

chicken fajitas
ginger ale

from the cafe. good but a bit spicy!

written on 11 october

got home at the normal time.

dinner

(i don't remember!)

snack

birthday cake
ice cream

good cake. good ice cream.

played a little with the kindle fire. it works pretty well.

8 october 2012 (tu)

written on 9 october

columbus day holiday.

elizabeth is off and i took a floating holiday.

got up around 7:30.

breakfast

cereal
banana
oj
kambucha
coffee
iced tea

left the house around 10:20. caught the metro at vienna and switched to the green line at l'enfant to go to the archives station. went to paul at the archives station for lunch. arrived at noon. very busy at paul so we ended up eating outside in fairly chilly weather.

lunch

prosciutto sandwich
coffee

good sandwich. drank the coffee black which i never do. pretty tasty.

still hungry when we left. we went to get pastry before leaving but a crowd arrived just at that time.

we walked over to the freer. looked at a lot of japanese, chinese, korean, iranian, and indian art.

we went to the castle after that.

snack

hot dog
chips
iced tea

not such a great idea!

headed back home after that. stopped at home depot in fffx city. stopped at pet smart.

dinner

ravioli and chicken back
salad
iced tea

very good. at bertucci's.

watched foyle's war back at home. to bed early.

7 october 2012 (su)

written on 9 october

rainy, chilly in the morning

slept in until about 8:30.

breakfast

cereal
oj
kambucha
banana
coffee
iced tea

started dishes in the morning. wegmans about 10:00 and h-t around 11:00.

snack

jalapeno/cheddar bagel
japanese iced tea

felt exhausted after groceries. cold coming on. managed a few more chores but not as much as i planned on.

lunch

chicken, ham, and cheese sandwich
chips
iced tea

watched some football later in the day.

dinner

creamed chipped beef on toast
broc.
iced tea

dessert

pumpkin ice cream

watched a hard day's night on dvd.

6 october 2012 (sa)

written on 9 october

slept in a little today. decided to take it fairly easy today and do chores on sunday.

breakfast

eggs
two waffles
oj
coffee
iced tea

did some laundry, dishes in the am. then went out.

lunch

italian combo
chips
cinnamon roll (half)
coffee
iced tea

had the batteries fixed on one watch. went to the library: get shorty and brave new world.

stopped at the library in manassas to check out for elizabeth.

went to b&n in manassas: chai. bought the crying of lot 49 and a sudoku book.

dinner

don't remember

5 october 2012 (f)

written on 9 october

fairly normal day in the morning.

scott gave a slide show about his trip to turkey. interesting. good food to be had.

seemed to eat like a pig today. constantly hungry.

got home at the usual time.

dinner

burritos
salad
iced tea

pretty good

don't remember friday night. pretty tired.

4 october 2012 (th)

written on 5 october

breakfast

cereal
oj
kombucha
iced tea

very humid in the morning.

snack

bacon
eggs
mocha

from the cafeteria

new assignments in my weekly meeting with jerry. sounds interesting.

lunch

italian grinder
iced tea

good sandwich

left the office at 4:30.

snack

iced tea
almonds

from the starbucks. crowded on the train.

got home fairly early. still light.

dinner

hot dogs (2)
beans
cole slaw
iced tea

watched sherlock holmes and part of hercule poirot's christmas.

3 october 2012 (w)

1319 / 78 deg f / cloudy / cq

very cold when i woke up in the morning.

breakfast

cereal
banana
oj
kambucha
iced tea
coffee

qa blitz today.

snack

bagel w/ cream cheese
coffee
golden oolong tea

from the uptowner

lunch

bratwurst sandwich
salad
v8 juice

written on 4 october

busy all afternoon with the blitz. got through a lot but the network was slow and the staging server had a lot of issues.

dinner

bonzai burger
fries
salad
iced tea

hungry for a burger for a while. it was quite good.

got home around 8:30. elizabeth wanted to watch the debate which was fine with me. i would have done the dishes and gone up to the computer but she didn't want to send me packin'.

watched the end of a foyle episode. then dishes. then bed.

2 october 2012 (tu)

1244 / 70 deg f / fog / cq 

pretty normal morning today. sore leg is a lot better.

breakfast

cereal with flax milk
banana
oj
green tea
kambucha

didn't like the flax milk as much as the almond milk.

raining when i left the house. got to the vre a little early and used the time for the slow walk. faster than yesterday but still slow.

had to add $20 to my smart card  on Monday. the regular contribution showed up tody

pouring rain on the walk from foggy bottom to work. got soaked in spite of the umbrella.

snack

bacon, egg, cheese wrap
coffee

from downstairs

egg dishes from the uptowner are better than from seasons.

plan for qa blitz in the morning.

lunch

bbq shrimp
potato/sweet potato dish
roasted veg
dr.pepper

very crowded in the lunch room. i guess because of the rain.

written on 3 october

my leg was a bit better on the way home. i heard a message on the metro that one of the exits at l'enfant was closed. found out after i left the metro station that the vre platform was closed. at that time i could not get back into the station at l'enfant and had to walk to federal center sw. jeez.

blue line was packed as usual. went to the vre station at king street. first train in was so crowded the conductors had to ask people to get off so they could get on. i waited for the next train. luckily the next train came in 10 minutes later and was empty!

i got in to broad run an hour late.

snack

quarter pounder
iced tea
fries

i wanted to get a monopoly ticket! didn't win.

i got home at almost 9:00.

dinner

mac and cheese ravioli
salad
iced tea

watched most of an episode of foyle's war. did some dishes. then bed.

1 october 2012 (m)

written on 2 october

october already. hard to believe. another beautiful day weather-wise.

elizabeth had to go to philadelphia early in the morning. she was already gone when i came down at 5:30.

breakfast

cereal
banana
coffee
oj
kambucha
green tea

had to feed the cats in the am before work. it took a little extra time so i caught the 7:20 (330) instead of the 6:40 (328). Elizabeth caught the 324 (5:45 am).

the vre was quite crowded. l'enfant platform was so crowded i could barely get to the train.

sore calf since sunday. made the walk from foggy to the office slow and painful.

snack

two eggs
bacon

jan off today. quiet in the office.

lunch

crispy tofu
rice
mixed veg
dr. pepper

quite good. i've gotten in the habit of ordering tofu if it is on the menu.

long, interesting meeting in the afternoon about quality issues. roylene does a great job running a meeting.

very slow walk back from the office to foggy bottom.

snack

bottle of water

at the starbucks at l'enfant. also took an advil for my leg. really throbbing by that time.

caught the 333 home. elizabeth was on the following train (335).

dinner

pizza (3 slices)
iced tea
dr. pepper

watched part of the big chill and the second half of a foyle story. quite tired. went to bed around 10:30. elizabeth went up at 10:00.

30 september 2012 (su)

written on oct. 1

slept in until about 8:00 again.

breakfast

egg sandwich
banana
coffee
iced tea

went to wegmans and harris teeter to get the stuff i didn't get on saturday. wegmans was not too crowded. h-t was ok.

did chores all afternoon and watched a little football and golf.

lunch

sandwich
yogurt
iced tea

dinner

chicken a la bear
asparagus

went to bed pretty early. elizabeth has to go to philly tomorrow and has to catch the vre at 5:45 to get to Union Station in time for a 7:30 train.

u.s. team led 10-6 coming into the singles but lost the rider cup 14.5 to 13.5. i think the u.s. won two matches and halved three. if that's right, then the europeans won seven matches. pretty sad.

weather was beautiful where they played the match.

29 september 2012 (sa)

written on 1 october

another beautiful day on saturday.

slept in a little on saturday morning. got up around 8:00.

breakfast

egg sandwich
coffee
iced tea
oj

did some chores in the morning. had to have a prescription refilled.

went to wegmans for the prescription and a few items.

lunch

asian wokery
jalapeno, cheddar bagel
japanese tea

went to dick's for a few items. had no luck there.

went to get a hair cut at madison crescent. while waiting tried the ice cream at the place that used to be maggie moo's.

snack

ice cream (cheese cake flavor)
coffee

ice cream was excellent. coffee was good.

i think the hair cut person did a good job.

met elizabeth back at home. went to the library and the blue ridge mountain sports for sunglasses. lost a pair last week. followed that with a visit to walmart for karma's insulin. on the way home we got some items from h-t.

snack

caramel macchiato

vegged out in the evening.

dinner

blts (2)
iced tea

really good blts. delaware tomatoes.