31 december 2012 (m)

1852 / 36 deg f / cloudy

got up at around 7:00. we are planning to go into dc in the morning.

breakfast

cereal
kambucha
iced tea
coffee
banana

left at around 10:00 to go to the national geographic museum. saw the show about birds of paradise and another about 1001 great inventions. the bird show was quite good. felt that the other one was more targeted for kids.

went to pot bellys nearby for lunch but it was so crowded that we changed out minds. ended up going to a quizno's down the block instead. bad service at the quiznos. no wonder they are having problems.

lunch

chicken sandwich
chips
dr. pepper

chips were ok.

took the metro back from farragut west to vienna. pretty crowded. we got a seat around ballston.

thought about going to pan am for coffee but the mall was insane.

stopped at the starbucks in gainesville

snack

salted caramel mocha
lemon pound cake

got home around 5:00

written on 2 january 2013

dinner

grilled ham and cheese sandwich
soup

sleepy in the evening. don't remember most of the evening.

30 december 2012 (su)

written on 31 december

slept in a bit on sunday.

breakfast

oatmeal
oj
iced tea

e scheduled for a hair cut but the place called to say her stylist had the flu.

contractor came by at noon to take a look at the lay of the land. says he expects to put us in the schedule soon.

went to get groceries around 1:00. quite crowded.

lunch

sub
chips
iced tea

got everything at wegmans this time. rachel was working. she's back on christmas break. very pretty. going to notre dame. seems to be having a good time.

bit under the weather in the afternoon. snoozed and watched tv in the afternoon and evening.

dinner

grilled ham and cheese
soup
iced tea

pretty good.

29 december 2012 (sa)

written on 31 december

slept in a little on saturday.

did some dishes in the am

breakfast

egg sandwich
coffee
banana
iced tea

we left between 12 and 1 to take candy to the airport.

stopped at wegmans for lunch on the way

lunch

assorted chinese dishes
green tea

we went to the airport from wegmans. candy said she preferred to be dropped off so e got her a red cap and left when she was on the way to security.

we stopped at the store to return the wheel chair on the way home.

went to the library after. checked out watership down.

stopped at starbucks for coffee

snack

coffee
snowman cookie

very tired saturday evening. pretty much a blur!

28 december 2012 (f)

1422 / 43 deg f / cloudy / at cq press

woke up with the alarm in the morning.

breakfast

cereal
oj
iced tea

elizabeth drove me to the vre so that she and candy can use the vw. got to the train in plenty of time

very quiet on the vre. couldn't get my kindle to work on the wifi. pain in the butt.

snack

omellete
sausage
tater tots
tea

bad idea. felt ill for the rest of the trip.

written on 31 december

lunch

salmon
brocolli
rice
iced tea

very good salmon. the rest was just ok.

left the office at 4:30. metro, vre very light. elizabeth and candy met me at the train station.

got home around 7:00.

dinner

pizza (3 slices)
cinna sticks (3)
iced tea

just so so all around.

went to bed early.

27 december 2012 (th)

1243 / 42 deg f / cloudy / at cq press

i really wanted to sleep another couple of hours when the alarm went off. hit snooze once and got up. moving kind of slow, though. had to shave, etc.

breakfast

cereal
oj

rushed through breakfast to catch the train.did get to the train on time.

vre was quite busy. metro was very light.

very cold on the way from foggy bottom. wind!

snack

egg sandwich
oj
japanese tea

got to the office before 8:30.

jan working from home. icy up in montgomery county.

met with jerry at 10:00. mostly chatted about basketball since the week is so slow.

sk meeting moved.

lunch

beef
potato wedges
cabbage
iced tea

written on 28 december

left the office a little after 4:30. running a little late. metro was not crowded.  

stopped at chick-fil-a for a chicken sandwich on the way home.

got home around 7:30.

dinner

fish sandwich
fries
iced tea

watched a bit of tv in the evening.

dessert

iced cream

bed at about 11:00                                                                                                      

26 december 2012 (w)

1437 / 36 deg f / light rain / at cq press

i got up at 4:50 in the morning. tried to be quite since maria and candy were sleeping.

breakfast

cereal
oj
banana
dr. pepper
iced tea

left the house around 6:05. found that it was snowing. actually coming down hard and starting to stick a little.

vre lot was fairly empty. parked very close. realized when i got to the station that i had not taken my gloves.

realized when i got on the train that i had forgotten my glasses. great day so far.

freezing cold snow and wind made the short walk from the vre to l'enfant really uncomfortable. fairly crowded on metro. walk from foggy to the office was cold and wet. heel was getting numb as i went.

arrived at 8:30.

snack

bagel w/ cc
sausage (2)
eggs (2)
iced tea

lorna off. ed, jan delayed by weather.

lunch

chicken w/ mushroom
noodles
salad
dr. pepper

snack

coffee
donut

written on 27 december

left for home at about 4:30. very cold, very uncomfortable. vre train was very light. got home around 7:10.

dinner

salmon paddies
corn
salad
iced tea

dessert

ice cream

tried to watch bowling for columbine. a little too strident for me. dishes and then bed around 10:30.                                                                                              

25 december 2012 (tu)

christmas day

1800 / 46 deg f / windy, cloudy

woke up around 6:30. thought e. would still be asleep. fell back asleep. woke up again at 9:15

breakfast

cinnamon rolls
banana
oj
coffee
iced tea

pretty good breakfast

opened presents after breakfast: cd, t-shirt, shirt, polar fleece quarter zip jacket. also got money from big claire.

watched part of a special about monty python on ifc.

dinner

ham
sweet taters
squash and onions
green beans
roll
iced tea
hard cider

we had dinner at around 4:00.

talked to mommy she said they were having a nice christmas.

written on 26 december

we watched a tv show about breakfast places on pbs.

snack

cupcake

i went to bed around 9:30.

24 december 2012 (m)

1248 / 36 deg f / snow

the weather channel says it is raining but it is snowing. oh well.

woke up at 7:20 this am because we were planning to go to dc in the morning. heel very sore. didn't know how was going to do it but candy wanted to sleep in.

breakfast

cereal
banana
kambucha
oj
coffee
iced tea

worked on bills etc. in the am.

written on 25 december

did dishes in the afternoon. since we weren't going to dc we decided to go out for lunch at panera. it was snowing pretty steadily at that time and starting to stick on the grass. the roads felt fine, though.

lunch

turkey and avocado sandwich
mac/cheese
baquette
iced coffee
iced tea

ok sandwich. mac/cheese was pretty bland

dessert

cobblestone
caramel latte

pastry was a little stale. coffee was good.

pretty much dark by the time we came home.

dinner

soup
roll
iced tea

we watched love actually in the evening.

23 december 2012 (su)

written on 24 december

slept until about 8:00 this morning

breakfast

scrambled eggs
toast
coffee
iced tea
oj

went to get groceries in the morning. short list so i went to h-t only.dropped off some shoes and clothes on the way in as well.

elizabeth and candy went out for lunch and to go to petsmart.

i watched football in the afternoon and got the john beresford up-to-date.

heel spur giving me problems.

lunch

sandwich
cashews
dr. pepper

did not eat well. gave me a head ache.

dinner

stir fried chicken w/ veg.
rice
iced tea

watched sherlock holmes: the resident patient before bed.

22 december 2012 (sa)

written on 24 december

slept in until about 8:30 on saturday. did more cleaning in the morning.

breakfast

cereal
coffee
oj

we went to pick up the wheel chair around 11:30. got to the airport just after 1:00. Candy's plane was a bit late so we were pretty much on time. much shorter wait this time.

seemed very cold with the wind blowing!

lunch

burger
fries
side salad
iced tea

at the silver diner.

traffic was insane around fair oak. it took us forever to get home.

dinner

ham
eggs
english muffin
iced tea

i watched moneyball on the kindle. really liked the movie.

21 december 2012 (f)

written on 24 december

took the day off. slept in until about 7:30.

breakfast

eggs
toast
iced tea
oj

spent most of the day getting ready for candy to visit. laundry, vacuuming, dishes, bathroom, mopping floors.

went out at around 3:00 to pick up the ham.

lunch

baconator
fries
iced tea

at wendy's in warrenton. good burger, good fries!

dinner

ham and cheese sandwich
soup.

20 december 2012 (th)

1246 / 48 deg f / cloudy / at cq press

hit snooze repeatedly this morning. got up at around 5:20. sore hip. sore back. i've got to do some stretching or something. much too sore in the am.

breakfast

cereal
banana
oj
coffee
iced tea

caught the 7:20. surprisingly crowded. almost finished with genesis.

stopped at the cosmo cafe on the way in.

snack

omelette
oj

got to the office about 9:00.

one on one with jerry at 10:00

lunch

tuna melt
fries
coke

quite good. too many fries.

written on 24 december

caught the normal train home. stopped at the store to pickup a few items.

dinner

beef stew
rolls
iced tea

19 december 2012 (w)

1300 / 52 deg f / cloudy / at cq press

hit the snooze a few times this am. very stiff back slowing me down.

breakfast

cereal
oj
iced tea

caught the 6:40. made it to the train easy. did part of my christmas cards on the train.

snack

omelette
hash browns
sausage
iced tea

at cosmo cafe

not very good but i was feeling rotten and needed to sit. felt better afterwards.

got to the office at about 8:40.

lunch

turkey
stuffing
brussels sprouts
dr. pepper

excellent turkey.

written on 20 december

caught the 5:11 at l'enfant. the train was not terribly full. finished christmas cards on the way back.

went to safeway and to get gas after work. couldn't get stamps at safeway.

dinner

beef stew
iced tea

very sleepy in the evening. did dishes. watched some tv. got to bed at around 11:30.

18 december 2012 (tu)

1317 / 60 deg f / mostly cloudy / at cq press

didn't get much sleep but i only hit snooze twice. not so bad.

breakfast

cereal
kambucha
oj
banana
iced tea

caught the 6:40 with no problem. had a seat to myself. great timing catching the train at l'enfant.

used a pedometer program on my phone to clock the walk from foggy to the office. almost exactly .5 miles from foggy to the entrance of the office.

snack

sausage
egg
donut

felt like i was starving this morning.

lunch

steak fajitas
dr. pepper

written on 19 december

caught the normal train in the evening. got home around 7:15.

dinner

grilled ham and cheese
tomato soup
iced tea

dessert

candy

watched a variety of stuff on tv. mostly browsing.

17 december 2012 (m)

1407 / 52 deg f / cloudy / at cq press

downright dreary today!

hit snooze a few times this morning. got up about 30 minutes late.

breakfast

granola
kambucha
oj
coffee
banana

caught the 7:20. really pretty woman sat next to me. nice perfume.

foggy on the way in.

arrived just before 9:00.

stand up meeting at 9:45. meeting re isbns etc. at 10:00.

lunch

chicken cacciatore
potatoes
squash
dr. pepper

didn't care for the chow today.

written on 18 december

left the office at 4:50 to catch the 5:36 train. arrived at l'enfant around 5:20 and the 5:11 train was still there. apparently one of the f'burg trains had broken down. we sat on the bridge for a long time. another manassas train passed us at one point.

very foggy on the way home.

dinner

beef stew
iced tea

very good.

watched antiques road show (u.s.) and foyle's war. didn't get to bed until late.

16 december 2012 (su)

written on 17 december

slept until almost 9:30 in the morning. must have been really beat.

watched tv and read in the morning. did some dishes as well.

went to get groceries in the early afternoon. wegmans and then h-t. saw maggie for the first time in a while. she looks very well.

got home around three. started doing laundry. watched football.

dinner

tater soup
rolls
salad

did dishes in the evening. watched a show about the making of shine on you crazy diamond in the evening.

15 december 2012 (sa)

written on 17 december

got up around 7:00. planning to go to williamsburg and see the decorations.

breakfast

cereal
oj
coffee

planned to leave around 8:30. left at 9:00.

stopped at stafford at the hardee's.

snack

sausage biscuit
bacon biscuit
iced tea

e. took over driving.

took a walk to shields.

lunch

roast beef sandwich
potato wedges
cole slaw
soup
ginger ale

quite good.

walked back to the book store. lots of dogs. lots of singing tribe students.

stopped at the bookstore for coffee/ donut

neither was very good.

stopped at wythe for non-pareilles and thin mints.

headed back at about 4:30. e. was going to drive part way but i was so tired she ended up driving all the way.

dinner

pizza (3)
iced tea

watched st:tng and then bed.

14 dec. 2012 (f)

written on 15 december

caught the usual train in the am. not crowded.

christmas party in the evening. planned to go but couldn't manage it in the end.

dinner

burrito
tacos (2)
iced tea

at the psuedo mexican place near target. not very good.

hair cut after that.

dead tired when i got home went to bed pretty early.

13 dec. 2012 (th)

1347 / 49 deg f / fair / at cq press

woke up at the usual time in the morning. shoulder is much better.

breakfast

cereal
kambucha
oj

caught the 6:40 train with time to spare. not crowded.

read part of genesis and a little of ulysses.

snack

bagel sandwich
oj
japanese tea

meetings in the morning.

lunch

orange chicken
rice
broc
iced tea

need a hair cut!!!

monthly team meeting in the afternoon. mgp had a bottle of wine from john's winery for us to try. pretty good. i'm not much of a red wine person, though.

stopped to help a gent in his wheel chair on the way to the metro. it took longer than usual to get there. trains were running further apart then usual. i got to the vre platform as the train arrived. got a seat to myself.

not feeling well on the way home. stopped at arby's to use the bathroom. got a dr. pepper.

dinner

eng. muffin
salad
iced tea

not very hungry.

watched a murdoch episode and two episodes of monty python.

12 december 2012 (w)

1407 / 47 deg f / cloudy / at cq press

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shoulder feels better today. still restricted motion, though.

breakfast

banana
kambucha
oj
coffee

caught the 6:40 train. got to the office at 8:30.

second breakfast

eggs
sausage
fruit
biscuit
coffee

we had breakfast at cq in the morning to welcome some folks to the dc office including john and mike.spent about an hour eating and chatting. good fun.

lunch

california sandwich
salad
iced tea

jose's californian sub is excellent.

written on 13 december

caught the 5:11 train home. e. was at broad run when i got to the station. we got home around 7:00.

dinner

grilled ham and cheese
soup
iced tea

i cooked the chow. not bad considering the cook.

we watched murdoch.

spent some time organizing in the basement. nasty down there. really going to need a big cleaning job.

11 december 2012 (tu)

1414 / 50 deg f / cloudy / at cq press

got up with the alarm at 4:50. shoulder still sore but better.

breakfast

cereal
kambucha
oj
banana

it took me a long time to do everything in the morning. limited motion in my shoulder. i was not in time for the 6:40 so i caught the 7:20. pretty crowded.

got to the office at 9:00

snack

bagel w/ cc
egg
bacon
dr. pepper

lunch

cheese enchiladas
rice
squash
banana
iced tea

snack

caffe mocha

written on 12 december

left the office at about 4:50. caught the 5:36 train at l'enfant. fairly crowded train again.

stopped at h-t on the way home. got home around  7:30.

dinner

potato soup
rolls (2)
iced tea

we watched an episode of murdoch in the evening.

10 december 2012 (m)

written on 11 december

woke up when the alarm went off at 4:50. right arm pretty much incapacitated when i woke up. very hard to get out of bed.

decided to go back to bed until about 7:00. couldn't go to work.

breakfast

cereal
oj
coffee
iced tea
kambucha

read, napped, did some chores, checked email during the day. watched some tv.

lunch

peanut butter and jelly sandwichhes
cashews
iced tea

elizabeth got home around 7:30

dinner

pizza (4)
salad

from tony's. e. picked it up on the way home.

watched riley and foyle in the evening.

9 december 2012 (su)

written on 11 dec.

slept in a bit on sunday.

breakfast

oatmeal
banana
coffee
iced tea
oj

went to wegmans and h-t after breakfast. dishes when i got back.

went to the library in warrenton in the afternoon.

dinner

stir fried chicken
rice
iced tea

8 december 2012 (sa)

written on 11 december

watched moon in the morning.

breakfast

cereal
oj
coffee

spent the day doing chores. cleaned the bath room, bed room, dishes, laundry, balanced check book.

elizabeth went out to do some shopping

lunch

ham and cheese
iced tea

dinner

eggs
bacon
toast
coffee

watched an old movie on dvd in the evening.

7 december 2012 (f)

1341 / 48 deg f / cloudy / at cq press

woke up with a very sore shoulder again. i guess i'll have to get a referral from dr. lewis.

got up 30 minutes later than usual.

breakfast

cereal
banana
kambucha
oj
coffee

caught the 7:20. the parking lot was more crowded than i had expected. we got stuck at alexandria for a few minutes.

snack

scrambled eggs
hash browns
iced tea

at the cosmo cafe at l'enfant

got to work around 9:00.

met with jerry at 10:00.

lunch

chicken
pasta
stir-fried veggies

written on 8 december

caught the 5:11 train in the afternoon. stopped at h-t to get a few things on the way home. home by about 7:30.

finished stephanie plum yesterday so i was listening to the radio in the car.

dinner

veg. chili and rice
iced tea

we watched while you were sleeping in the evening.

fell asleep on the couch. watched a chris rock special when i woke up. funny. tried to watch kat williams. there were more bleeps than words. sort of lost me.

6 december 2012 (th)

1326 / 42 deg / mostly cloudy / at cq press

slept pretty well in the nacht. i wonder what made the difference.

breakfast

cereal
kambucha
oj

got a seat to myself on the train. metro was pretty crowded.

snack

bagel sandwich
tea/apple juice half and half

from the uptowner

today is pay day.

lunch

tex mex chicken wrap
chips
iced tea

snack

reese's cups
coffee

tried to connect with someone to work on the basement today. called the contractor as well.

written on 7 december

left a little late for the train. missed the 5:11 by a little. caught the 5:36.

stopped at h-t on the way home. got home around 7:30.

did some laundry. watched part of out of africa. will have to watch the whole movie.

5 december 2012 (w)

1307 / 58 deg f / partly cloudy / at cq press

very hard to get up in the am. shoulder aching. possibly from carrying the cooler to work yesterday.

slept an extra half hour

breakfast

cereal
kombucha
oj
coffee
club soda
banana

caught the 7:20 train.

snack

bagel w/ cc
japanese tea

from the uptowner.

arrived at work a little before 9:00.

lunch

meat loaf
rice
green beans
coke
cookie

written on 6 december

left the office on time. much colder than yesterday. the 5:11 train was not very crowded. met elizabeth at broad run and went to wegmans

dinner

mix of chinese dishes
green tea
donut

got my prescription and a few items at the store. got home around 8:15.

sort of watched tv in the evening.

4 december 2012 (tu)

written on 5 december

breakfast

cereal
oj
coffee
banana

had to carry the chicken salad to work in the morning. had to run for the train!      

lunch

tons of food

pot luck lunch for the it members leaving the company. ate way too much!

late meeting so i left late for the train. caught the 6:16. got home just before 8:00.

dinner

veg. chili (2 helpings)
rice
iced tea

watched the enchanted cottage on dvd.

dessert

ice cream

dishes after that. got to bed around 11:30.

3 december 2012 (m)

1349 / 68 deg f / mostly sunny / at cq press

68! it was a lot colder last week. sunny and nice today.

i got up with the alarm but i was moving very slowly in the morning.

breakfast

cereal
banana
oj
kambucha
coffee
iced tea

i could have rushed to the best of my ability and caught the 6:50 but i just wasn't up to it. i caught the 7:20. train was not very crowded. i sat closer to the front than usual.

the crystal cave is getting more interesting.

got to work at about 8:50.

snack

sausage (2)
eggs (2)
coffee

lunch

california sandwich
salad
dr. pepper

written on 5 december

left work at the usual time. did not feel well when i got home.

dinner

toast w/ butter
iced tea
banana
peanuts
watched an episode of foyle's war on weta uk. sam gets sick!

2 december 2012 (su)

written on 3 december

woke up before six. thought about getting up. decided to go back to bed and didn't wake up until after 8:00.

breakfast

cereal
oj
coffee
iced tea

made a grocery list in the morning. went to the store around 11:00. wegmans, which was very busy, then h-t which was not.

snack

bagel
japanese iced tea

got home around 12:30.

did dishes. watched football.

lunch

turkey sandwich
crackers
yogurt
iced tea

snack

chocolate covered cherries

got laundry started. ran out of gas. felt very tired in the afternoon. very sore shoulder. very sore elbow.

dinner

chipped beef
broc
iced tea

dessert

ice cream

we watched the blue carbuncle in the evening.

1 december 2012 (sa)

written on 3 december

slept in on saturday. first of december. the beginning of december all ready. wow.

breakfast

egg sandwich
coffee
oj
iced tea

we decided to see lincoln in the afternoon.

we stopped at re-store to look at their stock of ovens. possibles. we would need to arrange for pick up somehow. we'll have to keep track of this.

lunch

chicken sandwich
steak fries
cole slaw
cuke, onion, tomato
iced tea

at cracker barrel

snack

candy bar

at the movie. we smuggled our on candy end. good movie. not such a good experience. too expensive. too loud. too many commercials.

dinner

ravioli
iced tea

30 november 2012 (f)

written on 3 december

didn't get to sleep until very late on thursday. woke up with the alarm and had to go back to bed. got up at 7:00.

breakfast

cereal
oj
coffee
iced tea

drove to vienna and took the metro. i-66 actually went very fast. got to work just before 10:00

snack

bagel sandwich
japanese tea

lunch

pizza (2 slices)
salad (small)
coke

very quite in the building after about 4:30. left at 6:00.

got to vienna around 7:20. got home around 8:00.

dinner

turkey and cheese sandwich
peanuts
iced tea