It is chilly today. High has been 54 here.
We have a busy next few days. Tonight I am unpacking M's stuff from the trip. They had a great time. We are also supposed to drop in at a party for a friend of our nephew-type-person who just got back from Iraq. We've known him since he was junior high age. A good kid, even thought he is still in the settling down stage.
Friday night a big group of us are going out to eat for L's birthday. Her birthday is actually today, but she wanted to go to a wedding fair thingamajig tonight. She is 24 today. Hard to believe. She was 2 when I first met her.
Saturday, we are supposed to go to M's brother's house to see their grandchild - Olivia Marie - born in August. We decided to go and I RSVPed today to my sister-in-law. I started to ask her if her husband knew she had invited us, but I didn't. I guess we will find out the hard way.
I can't remember if I mentioned our mole problem in an earlier post, but we have a mole that has been having a grand time in our front yard making holes. We tried the poison pellets that have worked on the gophers before but no luck this time. At Tractor Supply we found some stakes you put in the ground that vibrate and make a sound and is supposed to drive the moles crazy and make them leave. It sounded far-fetched but we were desperate.
We put the stakes in two weeks ago. The mole instantly became more active. Everyday were new mounds but they were moving south away from the stake. He went under the driveway and stopped. We thought he had left. There was no sign of him for a week. Then last few days, he has gone crazy again and made 8 new mounds in a line moving away from stake. Today he reached the edge of the property line and disappeared into the trees. I hope we have seen the last of him. The stake package said to give it 7-14 days. Maybe they knew what they were talking about.
I'm having to fight the urge to put slippers on and make hot chocolate. I love fall. I am not a hot weather summer person, so fall excites me.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Update
Well, M's flight went well even though they were in rain for most of Nebraska and part of Kansas. However, the ceiling right over their home airport was too bad to land even with instrument privilegas. There was fog and a 100 foot ceiling. They landed at Will Rogers International instead with a 500 foot ceiling. They are still there waiting to see if it will clear up enough to switch airports. They might end up having to leave the plane there and I'll have to go get them by car. They are waiting so they can hopefully get the plane back to the hangar.
It is amazing to realize the weather can be so different between the two airports. They aren't very far apart by air. I am ready for M to get home!!!
It is amazing to realize the weather can be so different between the two airports. They aren't very far apart by air. I am ready for M to get home!!!
Good news
We have had a few days of good news.
Kate Avery was born yesterday morning early. My nephew-type-person's new baby. I went to visit her yesterday evening. A beautiful baby, looks just like her dad. I haven't heard yet, but I think they got to go home today. Kate was born at 12:08 a.m. She was 7 lbs. 11 oz. and was 20-1/2 inches long.
M is also on his way home from ND. Yeah! I miss him. I have been watching his flight on flightaware.com. They had to go through some storms, but they are in Oklahoma now. There was only a 300 foot ceiling here when they left ND, but it is much better now. They shouldn't have any problems landing.
Stock market had a good day yesterday which was good news. I don't think the economy is fixed by any means, but good days are welcome.
I have the window open today. It is 66 out. The squirrels have been frantically gathering and burying nuts. Every once in awhile I hear one of them drop an acorn on the back porch. They are so funny to watch.
Kate Avery was born yesterday morning early. My nephew-type-person's new baby. I went to visit her yesterday evening. A beautiful baby, looks just like her dad. I haven't heard yet, but I think they got to go home today. Kate was born at 12:08 a.m. She was 7 lbs. 11 oz. and was 20-1/2 inches long.
M is also on his way home from ND. Yeah! I miss him. I have been watching his flight on flightaware.com. They had to go through some storms, but they are in Oklahoma now. There was only a 300 foot ceiling here when they left ND, but it is much better now. They shouldn't have any problems landing.
Stock market had a good day yesterday which was good news. I don't think the economy is fixed by any means, but good days are welcome.
I have the window open today. It is 66 out. The squirrels have been frantically gathering and burying nuts. Every once in awhile I hear one of them drop an acorn on the back porch. They are so funny to watch.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Peace
I am feeling more at peace this afternoon then I have been lately. I had a good day working around the house. I got all the laundry done and put up, worked in the office for several hours, uncluttered the kitchen cabinets and living room tables, I boxed up the books that I bought since we moved the study, dusted, put out some fall decorations, did payroll checks, caught up all the paperwork for the plane partnership, talked to L about wedding plans, and watched lots of football.
I miss M. I always miss him in the evening when he is gone. We occassionally spend the days apart anyway on the weekends, busy with our own stuff, but evenings we are usually together.
Going to do some reading tonight and watch Sunday night football. I have a batch of Jambalaya cooking that will feed me tonight and tomorrow night.
I hope to sleep well tonight too. I need it.
I miss M. I always miss him in the evening when he is gone. We occassionally spend the days apart anyway on the weekends, busy with our own stuff, but evenings we are usually together.
Going to do some reading tonight and watch Sunday night football. I have a batch of Jambalaya cooking that will feed me tonight and tomorrow night.
I hope to sleep well tonight too. I need it.
Funk
I am still in a funk today. I didn't sleep well last night, woke up a lot. I actually slept better after 6am than I did before, got up around 8:30. I did some straightening in L's old room in case people come to look at furniture. I cleaned in the kitchen some and have been working on laundry. Otherwise, I have been vegging in front of the TV. I think I have watched more TV this year than I have in years. I even watched three season premiers online after missing them on the TV. I usually just watch whatever's on when I sit down. I don't usually even know when stuff is on or what I missed, but for some reason I was interested in seeing these new episodes: NCIS, CSI, and the new Life on Mars. How cool that they are available online though.
I went out of my way to catch the opening of SNL last night, forgetting that they were off this weekend. The Tina Fey skits have been cracking me up. I am really ready for the election to be over. Something needs to give and I hope whichever way the election goes will help shake something up. I am watching the pre-show on FOX for football today. Terry Bradshaw cracks me up.
I love football. I look forward to it every year and I am sad when it is over. I don't know why I like it so much. This sounds dumb but I love to go to sleep to football. LOL! That sounds really dumb, but it is true. I am not a fanatic in that I don't arrange my schedule around the games but I always have it on if I am home. We are of course Cowboys fan since they are the closest to us and the team we have gone to see in person, but honestly, it is more like tradition that we are for them. We also have other favorites at different times that we like to watch.
I need to get into the upstairs office and do some work, I just hate to get stuff spread out and then hear that L and T are bringing those people over. I wanted to work on putting some stuff back on the shelves in the study, but I forgot that I am not really capable of carrying boxes of books downstairs. M left his employees' time cards in his truck so I need to drive over there and get them so I can do payroll checks for tomorrow.
I am only working half day tomorrow and Tuesday. I don't know why really. Partly because I like to be at home alone and with M out of town it works out. I will work the mornings though otherwise I might just sleep in and I don't like to waste vacation on sleeping. Tomorrow is my temp's first day on the company payroll. Sadly, she is so good that she is extremely caught up. It is amazing and I told her not to worry, it won't last long. Things have really slowed down. Our hiring has slowed, injuries and accidents have slowed, applicants have slowed because we have closed most positions. Some of it is seasonal but some of it is concern about the economy and how bad it is going to get.
I think it is going to get much worse before it gets any better. I am no expert, but I just have the feeling that we are due for some bad times. It is so cyclical and we are due.
I went out of my way to catch the opening of SNL last night, forgetting that they were off this weekend. The Tina Fey skits have been cracking me up. I am really ready for the election to be over. Something needs to give and I hope whichever way the election goes will help shake something up. I am watching the pre-show on FOX for football today. Terry Bradshaw cracks me up.
I love football. I look forward to it every year and I am sad when it is over. I don't know why I like it so much. This sounds dumb but I love to go to sleep to football. LOL! That sounds really dumb, but it is true. I am not a fanatic in that I don't arrange my schedule around the games but I always have it on if I am home. We are of course Cowboys fan since they are the closest to us and the team we have gone to see in person, but honestly, it is more like tradition that we are for them. We also have other favorites at different times that we like to watch.
I need to get into the upstairs office and do some work, I just hate to get stuff spread out and then hear that L and T are bringing those people over. I wanted to work on putting some stuff back on the shelves in the study, but I forgot that I am not really capable of carrying boxes of books downstairs. M left his employees' time cards in his truck so I need to drive over there and get them so I can do payroll checks for tomorrow.
I am only working half day tomorrow and Tuesday. I don't know why really. Partly because I like to be at home alone and with M out of town it works out. I will work the mornings though otherwise I might just sleep in and I don't like to waste vacation on sleeping. Tomorrow is my temp's first day on the company payroll. Sadly, she is so good that she is extremely caught up. It is amazing and I told her not to worry, it won't last long. Things have really slowed down. Our hiring has slowed, injuries and accidents have slowed, applicants have slowed because we have closed most positions. Some of it is seasonal but some of it is concern about the economy and how bad it is going to get.
I think it is going to get much worse before it gets any better. I am no expert, but I just have the feeling that we are due for some bad times. It is so cyclical and we are due.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Bored
I am bored today. M is out of town and my mood hasn't been great for the last couple of weeks. I got up early and got the oil changed in the car and bought a few clothes for work. I've been at home since then.
The OU-Texas game came on at 11:00 and I had it on even though I wasn't watching it fanatically. College football is a big deal in this part of the country. A BIG DEAL. I fell asleep throughout the game and ended up sleeping on and off for 4 hours. Since then I have just been moping around. I normally like to be home, even alone, but I feel so unmotivated that I am not getting anything done.
L and T might come over tomorrow to show L's bedroom furniture to a prospective buyer. She is wanting to sell it to buy them new furniture. It is a little girl's set, not appropriate for an adult. I am not looking forward to having strangers in the house. It feels weird to me. I would do better if M was here. Also, the furniture is as far into the house as possible so they will have to go through the entire house. It is also in the room I am currently using as an office so tomorrow morning I have to clean and put everything away.
I just talked to M. He is ND and it is very cold and rainy. I checked the weather when he landed in Aberdeen, SD yesterday and it was 41 for the high that day. BBBRRR. The squirrels have been awful busy this week gathering food. L planted pansies for me this week and this morning I had to go out and re-plant about four of them. I think the squirrels pulled them up on their nut search.
I am still worried and almost sick feeling about the economy. I read an article Friday about how to survive a recession. Cut back spending, pay off credit card debt, don't pull out of stocks, etc. It was pretty standard stuff, but one sentence has stuck with me. Spend like you have already lost your job. I thought that made a lot of sense. If something like happened, you would so instantly curtail some of the regular expenses that it is obvious that these expenses aren't really needed. We eat out so often. Very often and could save a lot from that. It suggested other things that don't apply to us, like canceling cable, etc. We don't even have it, so that is out. There are lots of little ways we can try to spend less if we tried.
Now I have depressed myself more by thinking about it again.
The OU-Texas game came on at 11:00 and I had it on even though I wasn't watching it fanatically. College football is a big deal in this part of the country. A BIG DEAL. I fell asleep throughout the game and ended up sleeping on and off for 4 hours. Since then I have just been moping around. I normally like to be home, even alone, but I feel so unmotivated that I am not getting anything done.
L and T might come over tomorrow to show L's bedroom furniture to a prospective buyer. She is wanting to sell it to buy them new furniture. It is a little girl's set, not appropriate for an adult. I am not looking forward to having strangers in the house. It feels weird to me. I would do better if M was here. Also, the furniture is as far into the house as possible so they will have to go through the entire house. It is also in the room I am currently using as an office so tomorrow morning I have to clean and put everything away.
I just talked to M. He is ND and it is very cold and rainy. I checked the weather when he landed in Aberdeen, SD yesterday and it was 41 for the high that day. BBBRRR. The squirrels have been awful busy this week gathering food. L planted pansies for me this week and this morning I had to go out and re-plant about four of them. I think the squirrels pulled them up on their nut search.
I am still worried and almost sick feeling about the economy. I read an article Friday about how to survive a recession. Cut back spending, pay off credit card debt, don't pull out of stocks, etc. It was pretty standard stuff, but one sentence has stuck with me. Spend like you have already lost your job. I thought that made a lot of sense. If something like happened, you would so instantly curtail some of the regular expenses that it is obvious that these expenses aren't really needed. We eat out so often. Very often and could save a lot from that. It suggested other things that don't apply to us, like canceling cable, etc. We don't even have it, so that is out. There are lots of little ways we can try to spend less if we tried.
Now I have depressed myself more by thinking about it again.
Friday, October 10, 2008
(sigh)
What a terrible week it has been. The economy depresses me. This week's plummeting has been horrible. I don't know what to expect next.
It has already caused a terrible impact on the residential construction industry here. M had two future houses that have stopped due to people's money plans falling through. His brother's biggest customer, a large national builder/developer filed bankruptcy Thursday.
Gas is at $2.49/gallon today. Small compensation for the losses we are seeing elsewhere. Not to mention that low gas prices aren't a good thing for Oklahoma's economy. The oil barrel price dropping will effect Oklahoma's drilling if it continues. I have mixed feelings about this because I despise the way oil companies flaunt their money so badly. If they wouldn't pay such exorbitant overinflated wages, they would get hurt so easily. They come into a town and cause problems for the existing business by offering outrageous wage rates and ridiculous benefits and other business suffer. Some counties in Western Ok have low low low low unemployment rates because of the oilfield activity and then when the market fails, we all get hurt as the oil companies bust.
I am just in a bad mood about it all. Things have got to change and they need to change fast.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Kid Rock and other nonsensical things
I think Kid Rock has a great voice. I am not a big fan of his normal songs, but he has a few that make it to the regular channels, and I am always impressed with the quality of his voice. He has a voice that doesn't have to be drowned out by loud music. Very good singer.
I have not been sleeping well the last week or so. I have taken awhile to fall asleep and then always woke up during the night which is not like me. I am wondering if I have too much caffeine in my diet or if I have a guilty conscious about something. I have been watching my 401(k) closely and even though I am not panicking because I have a loooonnnggg time before retirement, I wonder if it is still messing with my peace of mind on some level. It is hard to lose thousands every day. Also, M is self-employed. Self-employed in the construction industry. The residential construction industry. It has not hit the Oklahoma housing market very hard but it is trickling in and things are slowing down. That is a little scary.
L is planning to get married in March. She has been asking for a budget but we are refusing to give her one. We told her that we would just make reasonable cheap choices for things and go from there. We are keeping it very simple, very simple. I do not think thousands and thousands need to get dropped on a wedding. We certainly didn't spend it on ours. However, it is just another future spending we have to look forward to. I want to be happy for her. I am happy for her, but I am worried too. She is young. I realize that is stupid. She is 5 years older than I was when I got married, but it's different. I keep thinking of the sometimes bad money and other choices she has made in past years and I worry. I guess we don't get to live their lives for them forever. I am actually glad because L was hard to raise. Her teenage years were rough around the house.
D is still in South Korea, probably for another 14 months or so. He turns 27 in December. It is hard to believe. The years are going fast. Their younger cousin had a baby in August after getting married last September. His parents are throwing a party to see the baby in a few weeks. I am not sure yet if we are going. We are actually not speaking to this brother. I know this sounds a little Jerry Springer of us, but it's not like that. This brother of M's is conceited, egotistical, obnoxious, rude, overbearing, and a pain in the ass. He said somethings to L a few years ago that ticked M off so bad that he broke all ties with him. We saw them one Christmas since then at another brother's house and we went to their son's wedding. Neither time did they speak to us. Even at the wedding. Then last December when Christmas was at our house they just didn't show up or call. Now we got this invitation in the mail for a party at their house. Seems odd to me. We haven't even seen the new parents since their wedding. The bride that day through a hissy fit when she couldn't find her new husband because he was outside with his friends. It was very embarrassing to watch. She was standing right by us at the time and said some awful things and just ranted and raved. I couldn't believe it. Her family really didn't respond so maybe it is a normal occurrence. Yikes.
I am have a very antsy, unsettled feeling the last few weeks (probably why I am not sleeping.) I feel anxious or like I left something undone. It is not a restful feeling. I am not sure what is causing it, but it needs to go away. It is a things are out of control, everything is happening too fast kind of feeling. M is going out of town Fri--Tues so maybe I can get things caught up, but I also have a lot of me stuff I want to do so I don't want to spend the whole time doing chores. We will see. I might take Mon and Tues afternoons off too. That will help.
We have tickets to the Civic Center to see The Pajama Game tomorrow night. I am looking forward to it, but it is going to limit our time to get M ready to leave town. They are planning to leave 9 am Friday from the airport. I need to start pulling some clothes out for him. He is going to ND so he will need long pants, coat, boots, etc.
I feel a little better just "talking" through some of this stuff. I hope to get some sleep tonight.
I have not been sleeping well the last week or so. I have taken awhile to fall asleep and then always woke up during the night which is not like me. I am wondering if I have too much caffeine in my diet or if I have a guilty conscious about something. I have been watching my 401(k) closely and even though I am not panicking because I have a loooonnnggg time before retirement, I wonder if it is still messing with my peace of mind on some level. It is hard to lose thousands every day. Also, M is self-employed. Self-employed in the construction industry. The residential construction industry. It has not hit the Oklahoma housing market very hard but it is trickling in and things are slowing down. That is a little scary.
L is planning to get married in March. She has been asking for a budget but we are refusing to give her one. We told her that we would just make reasonable cheap choices for things and go from there. We are keeping it very simple, very simple. I do not think thousands and thousands need to get dropped on a wedding. We certainly didn't spend it on ours. However, it is just another future spending we have to look forward to. I want to be happy for her. I am happy for her, but I am worried too. She is young. I realize that is stupid. She is 5 years older than I was when I got married, but it's different. I keep thinking of the sometimes bad money and other choices she has made in past years and I worry. I guess we don't get to live their lives for them forever. I am actually glad because L was hard to raise. Her teenage years were rough around the house.
D is still in South Korea, probably for another 14 months or so. He turns 27 in December. It is hard to believe. The years are going fast. Their younger cousin had a baby in August after getting married last September. His parents are throwing a party to see the baby in a few weeks. I am not sure yet if we are going. We are actually not speaking to this brother. I know this sounds a little Jerry Springer of us, but it's not like that. This brother of M's is conceited, egotistical, obnoxious, rude, overbearing, and a pain in the ass. He said somethings to L a few years ago that ticked M off so bad that he broke all ties with him. We saw them one Christmas since then at another brother's house and we went to their son's wedding. Neither time did they speak to us. Even at the wedding. Then last December when Christmas was at our house they just didn't show up or call. Now we got this invitation in the mail for a party at their house. Seems odd to me. We haven't even seen the new parents since their wedding. The bride that day through a hissy fit when she couldn't find her new husband because he was outside with his friends. It was very embarrassing to watch. She was standing right by us at the time and said some awful things and just ranted and raved. I couldn't believe it. Her family really didn't respond so maybe it is a normal occurrence. Yikes.
I am have a very antsy, unsettled feeling the last few weeks (probably why I am not sleeping.) I feel anxious or like I left something undone. It is not a restful feeling. I am not sure what is causing it, but it needs to go away. It is a things are out of control, everything is happening too fast kind of feeling. M is going out of town Fri--Tues so maybe I can get things caught up, but I also have a lot of me stuff I want to do so I don't want to spend the whole time doing chores. We will see. I might take Mon and Tues afternoons off too. That will help.
We have tickets to the Civic Center to see The Pajama Game tomorrow night. I am looking forward to it, but it is going to limit our time to get M ready to leave town. They are planning to leave 9 am Friday from the airport. I need to start pulling some clothes out for him. He is going to ND so he will need long pants, coat, boots, etc.
I feel a little better just "talking" through some of this stuff. I hope to get some sleep tonight.
Friday, October 3, 2008
OKC PD
In July 2003, an Oklahoma City motorcycle police officer was involved in a motor vehicle accident while on-duty. M and I passed the accident shortly after it happened when it was still being investigated. I would not have guessed it happened so long ago.
A few days ago the police officer died from his injuries. He had been in a coma for more than 5 years. The funeral was today by my office. I didn't make the connection for awhile. Two large fire trucks were parked on the side of Broadway for more than an hour. I just thought they were doing some type of maneuver. Eventually they moved up and blocked Broadway at 13th Street. About 12 police cars went by full of officers in full uniform.
A bunch of us were standing outside watching and realized it was probably this officer's funeral. The percession started with over 40 motorcycle cops escorting the hearse. It continued for almost 20 minutes with police cars, more motorcycles, unmarked cars, etc. The fireman stood along the intersection holding their hats against their chest.
It was hard to watch and amazing to watch too. I felt for the family not just for their loss but for the fact that there was probably some type of relief involved too after such a long drawn out ending. I felt for his colleagues that knew him that lost someone so close. I also felt for all the other officers and their families that had to be reminded of the delicate nature of their work and how it could happen to any of them on any given shift.
A few days ago the police officer died from his injuries. He had been in a coma for more than 5 years. The funeral was today by my office. I didn't make the connection for awhile. Two large fire trucks were parked on the side of Broadway for more than an hour. I just thought they were doing some type of maneuver. Eventually they moved up and blocked Broadway at 13th Street. About 12 police cars went by full of officers in full uniform.
A bunch of us were standing outside watching and realized it was probably this officer's funeral. The percession started with over 40 motorcycle cops escorting the hearse. It continued for almost 20 minutes with police cars, more motorcycles, unmarked cars, etc. The fireman stood along the intersection holding their hats against their chest.
It was hard to watch and amazing to watch too. I felt for the family not just for their loss but for the fact that there was probably some type of relief involved too after such a long drawn out ending. I felt for his colleagues that knew him that lost someone so close. I also felt for all the other officers and their families that had to be reminded of the delicate nature of their work and how it could happen to any of them on any given shift.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Thursday
I feel like writing something but nothing comes to mind. I have had a very blah week. Very restless, very distracted feeling. Not sure what is causing it. I have even slept badly.
One more day at work this week. It has been a pretty good week overall at work. I have gotten several things finished, spent time working on some long-term projects, and my temp passed all her background checks. She is scheduled to start work on our payroll 13 Oct. Yea!
The vice president debate just started. They both seem very nervous, but I would be too, so I can't blame them. I don't know if I will watch all of the debate. I get tired of the spin and the same old lines being repeated.
Fuel prices dropped another ten cents or so overnight. It's hard to feel good about it when the rest of the economy is spinning downhill so fast. I don't know what to think about the economy. A little scary. I am glad I have so long before I am ready to retire. The Company I work for issued our 2007 profit sharing numbers. We each got 21% of our annual salary. So wonderful!!
M is up at the hangar again tonight working on the annual. We are planning to go to Ponca City Saturday for breakfast. 182 will still be down, so we are going with some friends in their 210.
I am so tired feeling. I just feel icky. I just remembered I have to make dinner. I haven't even thought about it yet. I might throw some Blue and Gold chicken in the oven and serve it with rice. Soup has been sounding good to me the last few days. I need to get some for this weekend.
M got the study shelves re-lacquered the other night. They didn't get coated very well when the house was built and while they were empty, we decided to coat them again. I am going to take some Old English oil and rub them all down this weekend. (M will actually have to do the top shelves. I am too short even with a ladder.) I am hoping to get moved back in to the study next week. Hoping. It might not happen.
What a mixed up, discombobulated post this has been. Maybe I will do better this weekend.
One more day at work this week. It has been a pretty good week overall at work. I have gotten several things finished, spent time working on some long-term projects, and my temp passed all her background checks. She is scheduled to start work on our payroll 13 Oct. Yea!
The vice president debate just started. They both seem very nervous, but I would be too, so I can't blame them. I don't know if I will watch all of the debate. I get tired of the spin and the same old lines being repeated.
Fuel prices dropped another ten cents or so overnight. It's hard to feel good about it when the rest of the economy is spinning downhill so fast. I don't know what to think about the economy. A little scary. I am glad I have so long before I am ready to retire. The Company I work for issued our 2007 profit sharing numbers. We each got 21% of our annual salary. So wonderful!!
M is up at the hangar again tonight working on the annual. We are planning to go to Ponca City Saturday for breakfast. 182 will still be down, so we are going with some friends in their 210.
I am so tired feeling. I just feel icky. I just remembered I have to make dinner. I haven't even thought about it yet. I might throw some Blue and Gold chicken in the oven and serve it with rice. Soup has been sounding good to me the last few days. I need to get some for this weekend.
M got the study shelves re-lacquered the other night. They didn't get coated very well when the house was built and while they were empty, we decided to coat them again. I am going to take some Old English oil and rub them all down this weekend. (M will actually have to do the top shelves. I am too short even with a ladder.) I am hoping to get moved back in to the study next week. Hoping. It might not happen.
What a mixed up, discombobulated post this has been. Maybe I will do better this weekend.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Fuel
My low fuel light came on yesterday as I pulled into driveway. My driveway slopes downhill, so it often happens. I forgot to get fuel last night (of course), so when I left this morning, I was already running late. Plus the county is working on the road by our house which requires me to go around the block. In this part of Oklahoma, blocks are square miles, so around the block adds some time. Now, I had to get fuel too, so I had to swing into town. The nice part was gas was only $3.09/gallon. When did $3.09/gallon make for good news? I don't really understand why, but fuel prices have been dropping the last few weeks. Not for M though because he uses diesel.
I almost decided to go to work without getting fuel. Technically, I have an 18 gallon tank and I am supposed to have three gallons left then the light comes on. I think this is true because if I put in gas right away, I usually put in 15 gallons. I could have made it to work, but decided not to risk it. I went by Shell and still made it to work on time. Plus I knew I wouldn't feel like getting fuel after work either.
This got me thinking about this fuel light. I never get fuel until it comes on. I have had a few close calls, but I have never run out of gas. By close calls, I mean that I have had to exit quickly off the highway and almost coast to a gas station. This only happened twice (in this vehicle), and both times I was distracted. I didn't intentionally wait. It just didn't register. I decided that being married is what has made me so laid-back about fueling. I know M will always come get me. I have never had to call him, but I know I could. I also have brothers- and sisters-in-law I could call, but I think it is being married that makes me so comfortable with pushing the limit.
I have gotten gas early when M is out of town. It's like I slip into a more conservative mode when M is away. I even get up earlier in the morning so I have plenty of time. Very odd behavior really. I wonder if this would be a permanent mindset if I was single. I have never really been single. I lived at home until I got married, and I was only 19, so no time being "on my own." I don't regret it at all, but I don't have a very good understanding of what it feels like to be totally dependent on myself only.
I love being married. M is my best friend.
I almost decided to go to work without getting fuel. Technically, I have an 18 gallon tank and I am supposed to have three gallons left then the light comes on. I think this is true because if I put in gas right away, I usually put in 15 gallons. I could have made it to work, but decided not to risk it. I went by Shell and still made it to work on time. Plus I knew I wouldn't feel like getting fuel after work either.
This got me thinking about this fuel light. I never get fuel until it comes on. I have had a few close calls, but I have never run out of gas. By close calls, I mean that I have had to exit quickly off the highway and almost coast to a gas station. This only happened twice (in this vehicle), and both times I was distracted. I didn't intentionally wait. It just didn't register. I decided that being married is what has made me so laid-back about fueling. I know M will always come get me. I have never had to call him, but I know I could. I also have brothers- and sisters-in-law I could call, but I think it is being married that makes me so comfortable with pushing the limit.
I have gotten gas early when M is out of town. It's like I slip into a more conservative mode when M is away. I even get up earlier in the morning so I have plenty of time. Very odd behavior really. I wonder if this would be a permanent mindset if I was single. I have never really been single. I lived at home until I got married, and I was only 19, so no time being "on my own." I don't regret it at all, but I don't have a very good understanding of what it feels like to be totally dependent on myself only.
I love being married. M is my best friend.
Coffee Mugs
I don't know if anyone out there watches Two and a Half Men. Re-runs come on when we first get home from work and we have a tendency to watch them before we start in on the evening's activities. Anyway, I really like the coffee mugs on this show. I have always liked them and always mention it to poor M. They are multi-colored and striped.
The other day I searched the web trying to find them and laughed out loud about how many comments there were from people trying to find coffee mugs like that. I never did find any, but I did read in one thread that someone saw some like them at Kohl's.
The other day I searched the web trying to find them and laughed out loud about how many comments there were from people trying to find coffee mugs like that. I never did find any, but I did read in one thread that someone saw some like them at Kohl's.
Stones
I have a kidney stone. No sympathy required though. I don't feel it. No pain. My doctor found it on an x-ray. This is my third stone. I had one in 1985 and 1999. The 1985 one we watched for two years before they decided to remove it. This was before blasting technology, so it was major surgery. I missed many weeks of school which was pretty cool at that age. The 1999 one was found accidentally on a back x-ray. We did the blast thing on it. Only two days missed of work. What a difference in 14 years. Both stones have been fairly large, not in the capable of being passed size at all. This one I think is smaller but still no worry about passing it. I am supposed to have another x-ray in 3 months to see if there has been any change.
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