27 March 2013

27 march 2013 (w)

1448 / 50 deg f / cloudy / at cq press

elizabeth's birthday

woke up before the alarm this morning. stretched a bit.

breakfast

banana
oj
iced tea

caught the 6:40 this morning.

2nd breakfast

bagel sandwich
o'brien potatoes
iced tea

at cosmo cafe

very crowded at foggy bottom.

arrived at work at 8:45. ed brought bagels. appears there is a brueggers nearby.

mommy is doing a bit better today. they have here on some serious antibiotics and very high levels of oxygen.  she's back in the hospital in the picu.

lunch

tuna wrap
ginger ale




26 march 2013 (t)

written on 27 march at cq press

i forgot it was trash day. took the trash out first thing in the am. which got me a little behind for the train. missed it be just a bit. caught the 7:20.

breakfast

turkey wrap
iced tea

from trader joe's

lunch

cheese enchiladas

not very good

fed the birds at the vre station in the afternoon. caught the 5:36 train.

wegmans, h-t after work.




25 march 2013 (m)

written on 27 march at cq press

it looked like a lot of snow on the ground when i woke up. i went down stairs to see if the government was closing. turned out they weren't.

e. and i decided to drive in together.

roads were not too bad. we were in plenty of time to catch the 7:50.

cold, wet snow still falling.

dinner

avocado bacon burger
fries
salad
iced tea

at red robin


24 march 2013 (su)

written on 27 march

spent the day doing dreary stuff. dishes, laundry, bills, taxes. tons o' fun.

it started snowing in the late afternoon. big, wet flakes.

dinner

spaghetti and meatballs
salad

watched an episode of ncis with jamie lee curtis. she made a nice complement to marc harmon.


23 march 2013 (sa)


written on 27 march

spent the day cleaning the house and watching basketball.

dinner

pizza

from pizza hut

25 March 2013

22 march 2012 (f)

written on 24 march at cq press

ed gave his presentation on xpath with help from sal. quite good. lots of info.

stopped at wegmans on the way home to pick up a prescription. also got some groceries.

dinner

chicken alfredo
linquine

sauce didn't come out well.

21 march 2013 (th)

written on 25 march 2013 at cq press

thursday was much colder than it has been lately. i had my one on one meeting with jerry. new project coming in.

elizabeth's birthday present came on thursday. it was expected on friday when no one would be at home. glad it came on thursday.

24 March 2013

20 march 2013 (w)

writtten on 25 march at cq press

i felt well enough to go to work on wednesday after missing work on tuesday.

busy day, trying to catch up.

don't remember much else, however.

19 March 2013

19 march 2013 (tu)

2228 / 48 deg f / fair / at home

karen's birthday

one year anniversary at cq press

woke up at 4:00 in the morning feeling just terrible. a little fever, sore throat, very sore joints. knees and hips especially bad. woke up with the alarm feeling worse. took some aspirin and reset the alarm for 6:00.

even worse at 6:00. went back to sleep. woke up at 8:00.

took out the trash. called in. said i would try to work from home.

breakfast

bowl of cereal
oj
iced tea

watched the end of rudy. started working on counter. gave up after about 2 hours. feeling too poorly.

lunch

egg sandwich
iced tea

did the dishes in the afternoon. watched the kids in the hall on netflix. watched the vicar of dibley.

e. came home at 7:00

watched the news

dinner

ham and cheese sandwich
yogurt
iced tea

watched a lovejoy.


18 March 2013

18 march 2013 (m)

1440 / 39 deg f / cloudy / at CQ Press

really hard to get up when the alarm went off this morning.

breakfast

banana
oj
iced tea

opened the garage door to find that it was snowing at a pretty good rate. caught the 6:40 train. the train got in late at l'enfant.

breakfast 2

egg sandwich
iced tea

got to the office at about 8:45.

meetings at 9:45 and 11:00.

lunch

californian sandwich
iced tea

snack

reese's cups (2)
coffee

written on 19 march

left the office at 4:30 on the dot. raining pretty heavily on the way to foggy bottom. caught the 5:10 train at l'enfant. by the time i got there my feet were pretty wet.

went to wegmans in the evening.

dinner

pizza (1 slice)
asian dishes (mixed)
green tea

pizza was pretty good. i didn't choose well on the hot food bar.

got groceries at wegmans and then h-t. i got the jolly cashier again at h-t. seems like the nicest guy.

felt like i was freezing when i finally got home. watched part of a lovejoy. fell asleep. went to bed around 10:30. not feeling very well.




17 March 2013

17 march 2013 (su)

1930 / 35 deg F / wintry mix / at home

slept in until about 8:30

breakfast

cereal
oj
banana
coffee
tea

misc chores all day. finally got started on taxes

lunch

maria calendar meal
coke

snack

coffee
peach bread

written on 18 march at cq press

dinner

egg salad sandwiches (2)
coke
iced tea

dessert

sherbet

we watched an episode of lovejoy. woke up on the couch. then watched a show about jim valvano and the cardiac kids of nc state. fun, funny, and touching.

16 march 2013 (sa)

written on 17 march at home

slept in until about 8:00.

breakfast

egg sandwich w/ cheese
coffee
oj
banana
iced tea

pretty good. did chores in the morning. had to do some shopping etc. in the afternoon.

got my favorite coat back from the repair place. hope to wear it on monday. warmer and lighter than the coat i've been using.

lunch

chicken sandwich
side salad
iced tea

from arby's

pretty good

snack

coffee
carrot cake cup cake

from caribou. happiest cashier in the world.

went to best buy and target after that.

dinner

salmon
linguine
iced tea

new recipe. very good.

we watched two episodes of dci banks on weta uk. interesting show.

15 march 2013 (f)

written on 17 march

slept in on friday. fasting doctor's appointment at 8:30 so getting up early just means more time feeling hungry. got up at about 6:15. left the house at 7:20. got to the doctor's office at 7:40.

same old same old at the doctor's office although they did get me through faster than usual.

starving by the time i left.

breakfast

cowboy burrito
chips/salsa
bacon
iced tea

at anita's. same waitress as usual. i can never read her name tag! she had lost weight and had had her teeth whitened. she looked younger than she used to.

i parked at vienna and actually found a spot fairly easily. sleepy after the big meal, though. almost slept through the stop at foggy bottom.

got to work around 10:45. tough walking. heel very sore.

lunch

egg salad
dr. pepper

not a very productive day. seemed to be a bit of a bear.

left around 6:30. remembered to go the right way on the metro!

dinner

one eyed bacon cheese burger
fries
iced tea

at smashburger in ffx city. good burger. so so fries. place was too crowded for me. young woman waiting in line had absolutely perfect legs. i forced myself to look away. she could be a leg model.



15 March 2013

14 march 2013 (th)

written on 15 march

i barely remember yesterday. it's crazy! it was a long day and i was very tired all day. bit of a cold. the day is mostly foggy!

i do remember watching the second half of the shoes of the fisherman.

13 March 2013

13 march 2013 (w)

1617 / 52 deg f / partly cloudy / at cq press

wanted to go back to bed when the alarm went off. got up instead.

breakfast

banana
oj
kambucha
iced tea

caught the 6:40. could not find my glasses. i wonder what i did with them. damn.

2nd breakfast

cheese omelette
sausage
biscuit/gravy
iced tea

nothing was very good. should have stuck to the sandwich.

got to work at about 8:30.

jerry driving back from jersey today. looks like his news is not good.

lunch

chicken
mac/cheese
collards
iced tea

so so. wish i'd gotten something else.

new pope is named. from buenos aires.

snack

coffee
hershey bar

12 March 2013

12 march 2013 (tu)

1622 / 58 deg f / cloudy / at cq press

up at 4:45 with the alarm. only hit snooze once.

breakfast

bowl of cereal
oj
iced tea
coffee

raining when i left the house. caught the 6:40 train with a little time to spare. old cat sat next to me on the train.

2nd breakfast

bagel sandwich
grilled cheese
iced tea

at cosmo cafe

downpour of rain when i arrived at l'enfant. not raining so bad between foggy and the office.

arrived at 8:45.

lunch

flounder
rice
broccoli
iced tea

talked to linda thomas on the phone for a while. she's had an adventure with dcl. hope that will work out.

written on 13 march at cq press

just barely caught the 5:10 train in the evening. sunny on the way home after a very rainy day.

piper lane was flooded so we had to take the back way home. stopped at chick-fil-a for dinner. forgot that tuesday is family night. darn. thronged with kids.

dinner

chicken club sandwich
fries
slaw
iced tea

we watched two episodes of murdoch on netfilx in the evening.


11 March 2013

11 march 2013 (m)

1540 / 59 deg f / cloudy / at cq press

alarm went off at 4:45 as usual. i hit snooze and nothing happened after that. i must have hit the reset some how. woke up at 5:10. running behind!

breakfast

banana
coffee
iced tea

caught the 6:40 with about 90 seconds to spare.

2nd breakfast

bagel sandwich
iced tea

from the uptowner

arrived at the office at 8:20. headphones have still not charged. crap.

lots of miscellaneous stuff to work on today. jerry is out. his dad became ill of the weekend. fingers crossed.

lunch

californian
iced tea

snack

banana
coffee

written on 12 march

left the office at 4:30. caught the metro at foggy bottom in plenty of time to catch the vre at l'enfant.

stopped at h-t on the way home.

dinner

grilled ham and cheese sandwich
salad
dr. pepper

mrs. miniver was on tcm so we watched that. a crowd pleaser.

10 march 2013 (su)

daylight savings started

woke up at about 8:30 or was it 9:30.

breakfast

oatmeal
oj
coffee
banana

reset the downstairs clocks in the morning. took recycling to the depot. got batteries at the shell station. did dishes. replaced batteries.

watched some b-ball in the afternoon. watched monty python.

balanced check book.

dinner

ham steak
brussels sprouts
stuffing
iced tea

really enjoyed it.

9 march 2013 (sa)

written on 11 march

spent the day doing chores and running errands.

dropped off a jacket to have it repaired. got my sunglasses repaired. bought some stuff at target.

lunch

black pepper tofu at pei wei

pretty good.

early dinner. e met me at ihop.

omelette
pancakes
coffee
iced tea
bacon

really good bacon, really bad coffee.

we watched the best exotic marigold hotel in the evening. very pretty. good cast. rather vapid when all is said and done.


8 march 2013 (f)

written on 13 march at cq press

pretty much the only thing i remember about friday is that we got pizza from the pizza hut in bristow for dinner.

7 march 2013 (th)

written on 11 march at cq press

had to dig a little to get out of the driveway. betty is going to work at panera or wegmans since the cable is still down.

missed the 6:40 mostly because of ice in the parking lot.

busy day. trying to  make up for the snow day.

6 march 2013 (w)

written on 11 march at cq press

woke up at about 3 in the morning and looked at the window. snow! lots of snow. several inches on the ground and coming down hard.

woke up when the alarm went off and heard that the fed. govt. was closing for the day. yeah!

took a nap on the couch. did some chores. watched tv. and so on. mostly a lazy day.

05 March 2013

5 march 2013 (tu)

1336 / 49 deg f / mostly cloudy / at cq press

slept in a little today since i had a p.t. appointment. got up at 6:20.

breakfast

banana
oj
club soda

learned a few new exercises at the p.t. saw the dr. after. he said to keep up the exercises and see him in 6 weeks.

2nd breakfast

bagel sandwich
biscuit sandwich
dr. pepper

bingo players again.

got to work at about 11:45.

lunch

tex mex shrimp
taters
dr. pepper

not very good at all.




4 march 2013 (m)

written on 5 march at cq press

hit snooze on the alarm a couple of times before getting up.

breakfast

banana
oj
coffee

caught the 6:40 train.

2nd breakfast

egg sandwich
tea

at cosmo cafe

got to work at about 8:45. wind was very cold on the way in. felt frozen through and through.

lunch

roasted veggie sandwich
iced tea

really good sandwich

missed the 5:11 train. caught the 5:36.

stopped at wegmans and h-t for groceries. both fairly busy. talked to jill, kerry at wegmans.

dinner

slice of pizza
mix of chinese dishes
green tea

got home at about 9:00.

03 March 2013

3 march 2013 (su)

1824 / 37 deg f / fair / at home

slept in until about 7:30 in the morning. woke up with a lot of aches and pains. karma was sleeping with me and kept trying to make me get up.

did dishes first thing in the morning since i skipped them last night.

breakfast

omelette
bacon
english muffin
banana
coffee
ice tea

very good.

feeling very tired today. joints are sore. slept on the couch for a while. watched brian's song. was sad.

lunch

lean cuisine

still starving after the lean cuisine

sandwich
iced tea

worked on the computer. sorted laundry. cleaned the bathroom.




02 March 2013

2 march 2013 (sa)

1424 / 38 deg f / cloudy / at home

slept in until about 7:00 this morning. little food in the house. oops.

did cat dishes first thing.

breakfast

waffle
coffee
iced tea

finished dishes. very tired in the morning. watched two too cute episodes. snoozed off and on. knee and groin on right are pretty sore.

no this old house today. too bad.

lunch

tuna sandwich
dr. pepper

balanced check book. paid bills. we're thinking of going to cracker barrel for an early dinner. e. is out running errands.

written on 3 march at home

we left the house at about 4:00 to go to dinner. we got to cracker barrel before 5:00 and got seated right away.

dinner

hamburger steak w/ onions, gravy
steak fries
cole slaw
salad
biscuit
iced tea

really good. i had been hungry for this kind of thing for a couple of weeks.

snack

caramel hi-rise
pound cake

at caribou coffee in bristow

pretty good. not great.

we stopped and got a few things at safeway on the way home.

we watched salmon fishing in the yemen on dvd. pretty good. kristin scott thomas pretty much stole the show but the sheikh was quite good.

1 march 2013 (f)

written on 2 march

breakfast

banana
iced tea
coffee

i thought i was going to miss the normal train but managed to make it on time.

2nd breakfast

egg sandwich
iced tea

from the uptowner. very good.

snack

donut

ed stopped at kk on the way in. i managed to eat just one. we had a nice spontaneous chat instead of our stand up meeting.

got a lot done on friday but still feel backlogged.

lunch

tofu salad
tilapia
rice
cabbage dish
dr. pepper

didn't really care for the sauce on the fish or the cabbage dish.

snack

coffee

i aggravated my sore knee on the way in on friday and it was worse friday afternoon. walked way to slow on the way to metro so i missed the normal train in the afternoon.

got home around seven thirty.

dinner

veg. chili
corn bread
dr. pepper

we watched the cafe and aerial america. very tired. i went to bed early.

28 february 2013 (th)

written on 2 march

pay day, finally!

got my performance review. a little raise. a nice review. i've got to review the goals again.

knee started hurting on thursday. again.

27 february 2013 (w)

written on 2 march

really busy day. i was supposed to go out for pizza with the group but was just too far behind.

we actually went home early. the president was speaking at the park hyatt so the encouraged folks to go home early. the company announced an early closure so we left at 3:00. traffic was already insane in the neighborhood.

i walked to dupont to go home thinking i'd catch the 3:45 train. i just missed it. the signs say vre is at L but vre is really at G.

union station has become a really depressing place to be.

i got home a bit early and stopped at caribou coffee for a hot beverage. the place was packed. some swim team interviewing candidates. shouldn't you swim first?

oh well.