31 august 2010 (t)

last day of august. figurative end of summer. i don't feel ready for fall or WINTER.

today is van morrison's 65th birthday.

i got up at about 4:45 for a 6:00 am conference call. call went ok. not the best.

didn't feel well last night. didn't feel well this morning. kind of like the way you feel at the beginning of a bad chest flu or a bad cold.

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
banana
coffee
iced tea

trying to get through the must work. i think i'll lie down after that.

lunch

pizza (2 sl)
iced tea

took a nap after lunch. watched part of a premiership match. saw rooney score on a pk.

dinner

fish sandwich
bowl of soup

two episodes of doc martin after the news.

dessert

cereal
iced tea

bed early

30 aug. 2010 (m)

up at 5:30. fasting for doctor's appointment. took e to the vre and then drove to doctor's office. last time it took about an hour and 10 minutes. this time about 40.

usually i don't really feel hungry until i'm in the exam room. today i felt hungry from the time i woke up.

exam went as usual. i'm supposed to follow up in about a week.

breakfast

cowboy burrito
hash browns
bacon (very salty!)
iced tea

at anita's in fairfax city

lots of errands after breakfast.

lunch

leftover pizza (2)
iced tea

e caught a late train at the vre. too much to do at work. we got home around 8:00.

dinner

scrambled eggs (3)
rye toast (2)
broc.
banana
iced tea

we watched antiques roadshow and then watched the end of composing the beatles.

29 aug. 2010 (su)

went to bed early on saturday. woke up, fully awake, at about 5:15.

got up and balanced the check book. struggled with the computer. for some reason the web being down caused the driver for the wireless mouse and keyboard not to load. had to monkey around a bit to finally get the system to recognize the devices.

simply can't work with the built in keyboard and the god-awful touch pad.

breakfast

toast w/ butter (3)
coffee
iced tea

decided to clean the floors in the family room with the swiffer. we got the wood cleaning fluid. ended up doing a major cleaning of the room!

lunch

bowl of cereal
iced tea

snack

frozen pancakes
iced tea

the frozen pancakes toast up better than frozen waffles and they are smaller so three is probably a little less than two pancakes.

dinner

pizza (4 sl)
iced tea

we watched an episode of star trek on dvd. after that we started watching a show called composing the beatles. really interesting but we had to quit about 2/3 through.

28 aug. 2010 (s)

went to bed early. woke up at about 5:15 and got up.

breakfast

eggs (3)
bagel w/ butter
banana
oj
coffee
iced tea

lots of proofing and tag checking today. tired eyes.

lunch

salami and cheese sandwich w/ slaw
tortillas chips
mac. salad
coke
iced tea

finished in the early afternoon

dinner

salad
stuffed mushrooms
mixed grill
iced tea

at the olive garden. lots of food. very good but the most food i've eaten in a while.

dessert

caramel frap

at caribou coffee

we were watching the finale of as time goes by when the cable went out. cable and internet were out.

we watched a star trek episode on dvd. the holodeck becomes the nexus of some creature that is using the enterprise as a surrogate mother sort of. wacky.

27 aug 2010 (f)

up at 5:00 for 6:00 concall. concall postponed to tuesday.

caught up on email. went downstairs at 6:30.

breakfast

bagel w/ butter
scone
oj
banana
iced tea
coffee

katrina, katrina, katrina.

went to planet fitness at around 11:00. i've got to remember that earlier is better. generally getting there at about 8:30 fits my body clock best.

lunch

"chow mein"
thai chicken
shrimp w/ walnuts
egg roll
iced tea

at panda express while waiting for my prescription. i don't know what p.e.'s "chow mein" really is but i like it. it's sort of like lo mein made with angel hair instead of linguine.

it has felt like saturday to me all day. having trouble diving in. esp. since the weather is just about perfect.

dinner

veggie tacos (4)
spanish rice (goya)
iced tea

the tacos came out very well. we used boca's veg. crumbles to emulate hamburger. with the taco seasoning, etc., it is pretty satisfying and no upset stomach after!

we watched an episode of star trek:tng after dinner. an old an enemy threatens to kill the son picard did not know he had in retribution. one of the better episodes we've seen lately. last episode was about worf and his son. this one is about picard and his ostensible son. trend?

we watched the us roadshow and the uk roadshow after that.

26 aug 2010 (th)

woke up at 5:00. went on-line to check on concall. no acknowledgement. oh well.

breakfast

bagel w/ butter
banana
cantaloupe (.25)
oj
coffee
iced tea

i watched the end of p.s. i love you after breakfast. not bad. some really good scenes must with some pretty cliched scenes. i'd give it a b-, maybe a solid b.

joined two webinars starting at 11:00. first one was really well done. excellent presenter. second one was a little too abstract. seemed to try to cover too much.

lunch

salami & swiss sandwich
tortilla chips
iced tea

lots of chores in the afternoon. did everything in the wrong order. forgot the books for the library. forgot the prescription. d'oh.

snack

spicy chicken sandwich
iced tea

from chik-fil-a

dinner

fish sandwich
fries
iced tea

seemed really hungry today for some dumb reason. lots of snacks

bowl of cereal
chips
banana

25 aug 2010 (w)

i woke up at about 5:00. couldn't decide whether to go back to sleep, to go downstairs and watch the news, or to get online and do some work. finally decided to logon and finish a small job that i had been putting off. finished the project at about 6:00.

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
oj
coffee
iced tea

took e to the vre. she works from home tomorrow and is off on friday.

went to the gym after vre. two days in a row. (i went monday also but my knee acted up so i didn't really get much of a work out.)

conference call from the car at 9:00.

snack

blueberry bagel
milk chocolate mocha

at caribou. very nice.

lunch

salami and cheese sandwich
cole slaw
banana
tortilla chips
coke
iced tea

snack

mini candy bars (3)

dinner

hot dogs (2)
beans
cole slaw
iced tea

st:tng on dvd this evening. a worf episode called first born. pretty good. picard, troi, crusher almost totally missing from the episode.

24 aug 2010 (t)

worked until around 1:00 on a project last night. finally got to bed at 1:30.

woke up at 5:15 to check on concall that I am trying to postpone to thursday. they got the message.

worked on the same project as last night until after 7.

breakfast

bowl of cereal
coffee
iced tea

went to the gym at about 11:00. I planned to go at about 9:30 but kept getting distracted.

lunch

beef and cheddar sandwich
fries
iced tea

at arby's. big beef and cheese is TOO big!

groceries in the afternoon

snack

egg rolls
iced tea

dinner

creamed chipped beef on toast
green beans
iced tea

sos was good but very salty. have to find a brand with less salt.

we watched two episodes of doc martin in the evening.

23 aug 2010 (m)

I woke up at about 5:00. got on line to check mail. finished about 6:30.

e's alarm did not go off. she got up around 6:15.

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
iced tea

drove e to the metro. so used to use the regular lanes that I forgot we could use HOV.

snack

breakfast burrito
iced tea

from anita's. Can't believe that I used to eat two burritos.

knee hurt a lot on the treadmill today. think i'll try lifting weights tomorrow.

lunch

chili
toast
yogurt
iced tea

snack

pound cake w/ strawberries

dinner

sub (ft. long)
chips
iced tea

at subway. note: the subway at madison crossing is better than the one in bristow.

we didn't get home until 8:00. already getting dark at 7:45. fall sneaking up on us.

videation: antiques roadshow, history detectives

22 aug 2010 (su)

went down in the morning. watched an episode of fry and laurie. fell asleep on the 2nd episode.

breakfast

scone
scrambled eggs (2)
coffee
iced tea

don't really like c. amanpour on the round table. maybe she'll grow into it.

lots of work on the computer on sunday. e was in the same boat.

lunch

pastrami, turkey, and swiss sandwich
bowl of cereal
iced tea

snack

yogurt

dinner

pound cake and strawberries
iced tea

bad nutrition day!

we watched part of bridget jones diary in the evening. lots of commercials. not really a favorite even though i like everybody in the movie. i like the 2nd movie a little better.

21 aug 2010 (s)

woke up at about 5:30. decided to get on the computer since i had not checked mail on friday evening. updated blog. started on mail. fell asleep in the chair. very unusual.

e woke me up at about 9:00. stiff. headache. actually slept pretty well though. very strange.

breakfast

scones, blueberry (2)
banana
coffee
iced tea

scones are an organic brand i got at wegmans. they come in a refrigerated container. actually pretty darn good.

e wanted to take pictures at oatlands. she hasn't been there since the cold weather. i'm just in the way there so i decided to stay home and do some cleaning.

cleaned the frig. been meaning to do it for several weeks. i forgot how long it can take. i also went through and got rid of everything that was past its use by date. frig is about half as full as it was.

lunch

pizza (slice)
iced tea
mini choc. bars (4)

dinner

pastrami, turkey, and cheese sandwich
pasta salad
cantaloupe (.25)
iced tea

the cantaloupe was really excellent. much better than the day we first tried it. i think it was in the frig for two days.

we watched two episodes of as time goes by as we do on saturday when the show is not preempted. i think the finale episode will be next week. don't know why we which it every week since we pretty much have the show memorized. i guess its just reassuring.

dessert

mini hershey bars (3)

we watched young at heart about the choir of older people who tour the world singing songs like should i stay or should i go. actually rather touching.

20 aug 2010 (f)

i woke up one minute before the alarm this morning. i seem to wake up just before the alarm a lot lately. concall this morning.

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
oj
iced tea

remembered to take my meds today. forgot yesterday.

took e to vre. went to gym. 10 on treadmill w/ incline for about 5 min. wt loss program on bike for 10 min. stretching.

snack

roast beef
iced tea

from arby's

busy again today. actually had phone calls coming in on the land line and the cell phone at the same time.

lunch

salami & swiss sandwich
pasta salad
hershey's minis (3)
iced tea

rushed out to meet e at the vre but the vre was late. almost 30 min late.

dinner

pizza (4 slices!)
salad
iced tea

from tony's. seems like we're having pizza about once a month. tastes great when you don't have it very often.

we watched an episode of dr. findlay in the evening. kind of gruesome. lots of nutty women in the episode.

19 august 2010 (th)

tried an experiment last night. i tried using the cpap while sleeping on the sofa in reclined position. the cpap is set at it's highest setting, about 20 cm h2o. i've been thinking that i might tolerate the pressure better in a reclined posture. no such luck. 20 cm is barely tolerable lying down. it blows right through you in a reclined position. what i really need is a bipap. have to do a new sleep study for that.

woke up many times during the night. finally got up at about 5:30. watched sports center. got up for breakfast at about 7:00 with a really pretty headache and a sore throat.

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
oj
coffee
cantaloupe (.25)
iced tea
tylenol (2)

throat was much better after a few drinks of water. head is starting to feel better.

cute boofs on the today show this morning. one rambunctious poodle reminded me of casi.

busy again today. lots of work on the computer.

errands in the late afternoon.

lunch

spicy chicken sandwich
fries
iced tea
small milk shake

at chik-fil-a in warrenton

then library to return due books, wegmans, petsmart, and back home.

dinner

waffles (3)
bacon
iced tea

we watched holmes: the three gables on pbs. not my favorite. then poirot: peril at end house. funny, i didn't remember the beginning of end house but i did remember the end.

concall at 6 am. oh boy!

18 aug 2010 (w)

i think e may have been up almost all night. sinus problems. she may need to sleep in this morning.

woke up at 5:00 am. room is very stuffy. i was going to get up at 5:30 but went ahead and got up at 5:00. i read a couple of chapters of high fidelity when i got up.

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
oj
iced tea

e did get up at the regular time. crazy kid. drove to the vre in the rain.

very heavy rain around the area today. flooding this morning in dc and fairfax among other places.

snack

egg and swiss sandwich
iced tea

concall at 9:00. v short. project is going smoothly.

lots of work today. keeping me busy.

lunch

bologna and swiss sandwich
potato salad
dill pickle spears (2)
apple
iced tea

lots of writing for work today. eyes have been glued to the computer longer than usual. actually got bogged down in work and lost track of the time. had to jump in the shower and then run to get to the vre in time.

dinner

fish filets (frozen)
rice pilaf
iced tea

snack

bagel w/ cream cheese

we watched another episode of doctor findley this evening. you get doc martin in cornwall, doctor findley in scotland, dr. herriot and his vet. partners in the dales in england. and yet i still have no idea of the geography of england. i know scotland is in the north and liverpool is on the irish side of the island. oxford is to the west of london near the cotswolds. not much more.

when we were in london in 2001, we went to charing cross station to get tickets to oxford. the agent looked at us like we were insane. told us you get tickets to oxford at paddington station. like that was something the merest child should know.

17 aug 2010 (t)

woke up at 4:58. alarm set for 5:12. might as well get up. concall this am.

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
oj
iced tea

really good bagel

took the 4th typhoid pill today.

finally took the recycling to the dump.

snack

chicken sandwich
small fries
iced tea

lots of errands in the afternoon.

lunch

med. veggie sandwich
chips
dr. pepper

at panera

dinner

frozen lasagna
broc
iced tea

two episodes of doc martin in the evening.

16 aug 2010 (m)

woke up a few times during the night. woke up at 5:00 and thought that i had forgotten an app't. i knew i had to go to the dr. in august and the app't. is always on monday so maybe today?

finally got up to check at about 5:10. app't is august 30.

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
apple juice
donut
cappucinno

we did go to wegmans for breakfast today. bagels were v fresh and good. wegmans could make the process easier. it almost seems that they don't want you to shop there early in the morning.

lawn mower guys were here when we got home. nice to see the grass cut.

E went to lunch with the ladies at the new clyde's in broadlands. she said it's a very impressive place.

lunch

chicken soup
toast (2)
potato salad
pickles (2)
iced tea

i was watching man u vs. newcastle at lunch.

watched the nbc news and the abc news before dinner.

dinner

tomato, onion omelette
toast
banana
coffee
iced tea

quite good. v good omelette.

dessert

choc covered donut
iced tea


two episodes of joan of arcadia in the evening.

15 aug 2010 (su)

indian independence day.

woke up at 3:15 and again at 4:30 and again at 5:15. got up at about 5:30 and went down stairs. watched sports center for a while. took a nap also.

came up to check email at about 7:00. thinking of going to wegmans for breakfast.

breakfast

waffles (2)
bacon
coffee
iced tea

v good. maybe will try wegmans another day.

took the 3rd pill today. have to schedule the 4th on tuesday.

lunch

chili
potato chips
iced tea

started reading high fidelity. enjoying the book more than the movie although there are parts of the movie that are just about verbatim from the book.

dinner

big salad with ham, turkey, mozzarella
toast (3)
iced tea

dessert

half banana
nutrigrain bar
iced tea

several people had recommended joan of arcadia. the 1st dvd for season one came in recently. started watching it today. watched the pilot and the first episode. interesting so far.

14 aug 2010 (s)

woke up a few times during the night. woke up at about 6:15. thought i might sit in the car and listen to drood. it has gotten to a very interesting part.

turned on sports center and got a drink of tea

breakfast

bagel w/ butter
coffee
iced tea

much cooler weather today. far less humid. we should take advantage.

did some work in the morning. listened to click and clack and wait wait.

lunch

kung pao noodles (simply asia)
pickles
bologna on crackers (3)
iced tea

noodles were just ok. i had another simply asia product a few months ago that was better.

we went to the pool store in the afternoon to get a replacement part. one of the parts we needed, a simple lid, cost more than $50. we decided to live without it.

library to return some books. gave up on the razor's edge. may try it again later. checked out nick hornsby's high fidelity and chuck dicken's mystery of edmund drood.

dinner

ham steak
corn
green beans
iced tea

we watched an episode of foyle's war in the evening. very little foyle because of the nature of the plot but lots of incident. oddly enough the episode featured three actors who were in the 96 version of persuasion. corin redgrave, phoebe nicholls (who also played cordelia flyte in brideshead), and richard mccabe (who also played the architect/restranteur tony in notting hill). (sir walter eliot, elizabeth eliot, and capt. benwick)

13 aug 2010 (f)

friday the 13th

woke up at about 5:30. a bit groggy. went downstairs at about 5:45.

watched mike and mike for a little bit.

breakfast

bagel w/ butter
oj
iced tea

e woke me up in time to go to the vre. fell asleep watching the today show. made the vre with about 2 min to spare. daily adventure.

went to the gym after the vre. 10 on the treadmill, 10 on the recumbent bike, 20 min of weight machines. i see people doing 30 min and more on the treadmill, etc. i get really bored. i'd rather do 10 then do something else and then do 10. i wonder if it makes a difference. back around 2000 i used to do a 45 minute walk most days. sometimes up to 60. but that was outside.

fedex kinkos on the way home.

took my second typhoid pill today. next one on sunday.

lunch

cheese omelette
toast
iced tea

pretty good.

sinus headache in the afternoon. got really bad when we got home from the vre. seemed like the humidity really hit then.

dinner

waffles (2)
iced tea
hot tea

hot tea really helped the sinuses.

we watched shrek 3 on dvd tonight. we were kind of avoiding it but it turned it to be a lot of fun.

12 aug 2010 (th)

woke up every hour during the night. finally got up at 4:30. concall at 6:00.

breakfast

bagel
banana
oj
coffee
iced tea

good concall after slight delay.

snack

nutrigrain bar

lunch

bologna, swiss, and cole slaw sandwich (2)
pickles (2)
potato chips (handful)
club soda

dinner

blt sandwich (2)
iced tea

really good blts!

very sleepy after dinner. slept for an hour. then watched 2nd half of a league of their own. good movie.

11 aug 2010 (w)

woke up at 3:30 and thought about getting up. decided that was too early. back to bed. woke up at 5:15 and got up.

injection site from the dtp inoculation is still sore.

breakfast

bagel w/ butter
banana
oj
iced tea

took e to the vre. made it with 90 seconds to spare.

went to the gym after. have missed several days. just did the treadmill and the bike and some weights. mostly upper body.

felt fine when i got home. walked up stairs and suddenly felt profoundly ill. nausea, dizziness, chills. out of nowhere. sat down on the bed to calm my stomach.

woke up at 1:15. i'd been asleep for almost 4 hours. felt much better but way behind!

i wonder if it was a reaction to the shot i got on monday. strange

lunch

chicken sandwich
fries
iced tea

at chik-fil-a

got my postport picture finally.

i watched part of alien nation while doing the dishes. really solid movie. mandy patinkin and james cann are really excellent together. too bad the alien nation sequels went the tv route rather than the big screen route. i remember the tv show being pretty good but the movie is really well made. wonder why so few people seem to know the name gale anne hurd. the first three movies she produced were the terminator, aliens, and alien nation. quality went down after that but anyone would be happy with those three movies on their resume.

dinner

hot dogs (2)
beans
cole slaw
iced tea

i watched 3:10 to yuma on dvd. e. watched first half hour and gave up. it could have been a really good movie except for the giant absurdities in the plot. anyway. it was nice to see a big budget western after all this time.

snack

nutrigrain bar

haven't had a nutrigrain in a long time. awfully good. they were on sale this week.

work to do by the awb on the headphones now. what a great band!

10 aug 2010 (t)

meant to get up at 5:15. actually woke up at 5:45. it worked ok because the concall i was getting ready for had to be rescheduled.

got caught up on email and worked on a project until about 7:15

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
coffee
banana
iced tea

watched an episode of andy griffith on dvd after breakfast so i could return the disk. near the end of the fifth season. i think the sixth season is the start of the color shows with howard sprague. can't say i care for the color episodes.

snack

potato chips

got behind schedule in the afternoon.

lunch

chicken bacon ranch sub
chips
iced tea

at subway

groceries at wegmans and harris teeter. 99 degrees in the parking lot of ht at 5:00 pm.

dinner

ravioli w/ tomato sauce
salad
artisan bread
iced tea

we watched the end of white christmas tonight. george chakiris has a small part in the movie.

9 aug 2010 (m)

woke up about 15 minutes before the alarm.

breakfast

bagel w/ butter
oj
hot tea
iced tea

drove e to the vre. conference call at 10. have to go to manassas immediately after the call.

concall rescheduled. went to manassas to get my travel shots.

lunch

meatball sub
chips
soda

from firehouse subs

long concall in the afternoon. drove over to the vre just in time.

dinner

tuna wraps (2)
tater salad
coke
iced tea

christmas in august. we watched the first half of white christmas.

8 aug 2010 (su)

woke up at 6 this morning. actually cold in the room. went down stairs and got a big glass of tea. v dry at that point.

i watched two episodes of andy griffith in the morning.

breakfast

bagel w/ butter
egg sandwich
tomato juice
coffee
iced tea

this was my lost day in 2008. i left for laos on aug. 7, 2008. i arrived in laos on aug. 9. 11 pm local time. about noon edt. so the entire day of the 8th was spent traveling.

we decided to take it easy today. didn't really have much in mind so we went to manassas with a plan to look at the furniture departments at manassas mall.

we stopped at baja fresh for lunch first

guacamole and chicken burrito
beef soft taco
chips w/ salsa
iced tea

pretty good

barnes and noble was down the way in the mall so we went in and browsed for a while. looked at eat, pray love, the tattoo chick (whatever that book is called), and our mutual friend. thought i could probably get all of them at the library and my list is already way to long anyway. ended up buying a sudoku book.

snack

caramel macchiato
lemon bundt cake (half)

at b&n

chatted with the dude about the nook. they should give away the hardware. the whole idea is to tie you in to their bookstore so why not. the real revenue is when you become a frequent buyer of e books.

by this time we were running a bit late. decided to go back to gainesville and just go through laZboy. actually found some really comfortable sofas and recliners. too bad we ain't got no dough.

pet smart and wegmans finished out the day. oh suburbia!

i watched a touch football game when we got home. surprisingly entertaining.

dinner

bagel w/ butter
potato salad
iced tea

we were really full from lunch!

watched the last episode of lovejoy after dinner. there was a kind of rushed feel about the episode but it was nice to see all the old gang and to see how the integrated old and new.

cowboys v. bengals was on the tv. 6-0 at the half. preseason football can really be work to watch.

7 aug 2010 (s)

cooled off a lot over night. felt kind of nice. slept until after 6:00.

woke up with sinus headache, though.

went downstairs to get something to drink. i watched two episodes of the andy griffith show on dvd. cats started petitioning for breakfast as soon as i heated dmy bagel. funny how that works.

breakfast

bagel w/ butter
oj
coffee
iced tea

not feeling well today. bad headache all morning. sinuses. weather has changed for the better but the change has killed my sinuses.

lunch

two scrambled eggs with chili and cheese
iced tea

pretty good.

finally managed to replace the light bulbs in the ceiling fan in the office. i did not realize how dark it had become. cleaned the fans and light fixtures upstairs. really made everything look better.

dinner

quesadillas (2)
rice
iced tea

we watched a silly episode of lovejoy in the evening. charlotte is taking care of a baby for a friend. apparently this is the next to last episode of the series.

i watched the last half of the blues brothers after lovejoy. silly movie.

6 aug 2010 (f)

woke up at about 5:30. very stuffy in the room. drank half a bottle of water first thing.

breakfast

bagel w/ butter
oj
iced tea

just made it to the vre today. felt quite ill on the way to the train. had to stop at chik fil a to use the bathroom. got sick again once i got home. rough day.

feeling better around 12:30

lunch

toast w/ butter
club soda

lots of chores for this afternoon. flipping a coin between doing the chores and staying at home.

felt well enough to do the errands.

snack

cappacino

at caribou. not very good.

dinner

toast w/ butter
iced tea

we saw the episode of st:tng where we learn that wesley crusher is actually a higher form of life. hard to watch. wesley's such a dribbling ninny. never could stand the little pile of turds.

5 aug 2010 (th)

didn't sleep well. woke up at 5:00. alarm was set for 5:20 so i got up. power flickered a couple of times between 5:00 and 5:20. after that it took a long time to connect to the internet. then i kept losing the connection and having to restart. couldn't connect for my concall.

gave up at around 7:00 and went downstairs.

breakfast

bagel w/ butter
oj
coffee
iced tea

snack

pretzels

legs are rubbery today after the gym yesterday. not a bad feeling though.

lunch

bologna, swiss sub
pickle
bowl of beef-o-roni
iced tea
coke

beef-o-roni was surprisingly good. i don't mean that it was good but that it was much better than i thought it would be.

listened to an interview with will ferrell and adam what's his name about the new will ferrell / mark wahlberg movie. sounds pretty funny. will and adam previously worked on anchor man, taladegga nights and step brothers.

e. had a lot of proofing to do. she went to borders for a few hours in the afternoon to do some proofing. it started pouring down rain as soon as she left.

dinner

hot dogs (2)
beans
cole slaw
iced tea

dessert

klondike bar

we watched an episode of st:tng in the evening. evolution. barkley's dna is a little odd (who'd have guessed) so the shot dr. crusher gives him sets a series of events in motion which leads to the de-evolution of the crew. kind of a funny issue. worf turns into a were-klingon who can spew poison from venom sacks under his chin. troi becomes an amphibian. barkley becomes a spider.

we watched a biography of fleetwood mac after that. interesting. i was really only familiar with the buckingham-nicks version of the mac.

4 aug 2010 (w)

slept until 6:15 this morning. unusual. beautiful rain falling when i got up. that quite peaceful sound.

breakfast

bagel
banana
oj
iced tea

dropped e at the vre and then went to the gym. tried the 30 min workout. i got through the first 6 stations and decided to quit. i'll try it again on friday or saturday.

lunch

bologna and swiss sub
mac salad
iced tea

dinner

chicken ceasar sub
chips
dr. pepper
iced tea

at Quizno's

3 aug 2010 (t)

woke up at about 4:00 am. mulling over a coding problem in my head. i'd been dreaming about the problem for a while. decided to get up and take a look at the dtd just to get out of the loop of dream i kept going through.

worked until 6:00 am

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
banana
oj
iced tea

finished the catcher in the rye during breakfast. it has been a bit of a chore. i would keep reading until holden got on my nerves. somedays that would be a few pages. somedays it would be a line or two. definitely reminds you of being a teenager.

made an appointment to check on shots for kolkata next week. in manassas on aug. 9.

had to go to walmart in the afternoon to have prescription filled. roads were absolutely nuts. they had business 29 blocked at the sheetz station coming from dc and at the walgreens coming from culpeper. there appeared to be something going on at the crown station near starbucks. took forever to get around.

lunch

cheeseburger
fries
side salad
iced tea

kind of not very good at all. left me a little quesy.

snack

java chip frap at starbucks

not bad. way too sweet though!

dinner

bologna, turkey, and swiss sub
macaroni salad
cantaloupe
iced tea

cantaloupe smelled perfectly ripe but was actually flavorless and mushy. disappointing.

very odd st:tng tonight. the enterprise encounters an archival vessel from an earlier civilization. v aztec-y.

dessert

heath bar klondike bar

2 aug 2010 (mo)

woke up at 5:15. decided to check my mail at that time.
went downstairs at 6:00.

breakfast

rye toast (3)
iced tea
hot tea

drove e to the vre. went to the gym after.

2nd breakfast

bacon egg and cheese bagel
sausage burrito
iced tea

went to get groceries in the afternoon.

lunch

turkey sandwich on a baguette
fries
cookie
iced tea

at wegmans. pretty good sandwich. really good baguette.

bought some towels at bb&b also

picked up e at the vre. with the new schedules two trains come in very close together. 6:24 and 6:41 or something like that.

dinner

frozen lasagna
strawberry short cake
coke
iced tea

there was a salad available. i just didn't feel salady.

we watched the first 2/3rds of raiders of the lost ark on dvd. haven't seen that movie in more than 10 years. have to watch the end tomorrow.

1 aug 2010 (su)

actually didn't feel sleepy on saturday night. i ended up watching cadillac records. music was excellent. movie was quite good but all of those biopics tend to become cliches. good performances, great sets, really great costumes, but a strong feeling of i've heard this story before. a solid b at the least given everything.

finally went to bed at 1:30.

woke up at about 3:30 freezing. i had kicked all of the sheets and blankets off and was dreaming about trying to keep warm in a drafty building. slept much better after pulling on a blanket and a sheet.

woke up at 7:15. nice to sleep in a bit.

breakfast

waffles (2)
bacon
iced tea
coffee

that breakfast really hit the spot.

tried to get the grass cut. couldn't get the mower to start. thought i must have flooded so i went and did some other chores.

came back to try the mower again and finally got it started, then i couldn't get it to move. clutch or drive belt or something is slopping. v pissed because we just had this in the shop in may.

lunch

pizza (2 sl)
macaroni salad
coke

more chores and sketches from beyond the fringe in the afternoon.

dinner

veg burgers (2)
chips
cole slaw
iced tea

we started watching by the light of the silvery moon. booth tarkington stories. doris day, gordon mcrae. around 1917/1918. silvery moon was a sequel to on moonlight bay. it feels like the early tv family oriented sitcoms may have had there roots in movies like moonlight bay and silvery moon. mom, dad, two kids, dog, servant, big house in the suburbs.