I am very silly. I just made polymer clay earrings in the shape of snakes to wear to hockey games!
Mr. SCL went up the the cabin for the night, so I have the house to myself. Well, except for my feline overlords. I guess I’ll putter around and play with clay and read. I don’t like to go to the cabin on weekends - too many boats and jetskis = too much noise. It’s quieter during the week.
Here we are, home from Las Vegas, a bit sunburned and a lot poorer. All in all, a relaxing week.
We went to Rita Rudner’s show. My sides still ache.
We had dinner at a steak place in New York New York. Dinner for two, with two drinks each was $208!!! We’ve never had a $200 dinner! Hubby must have asked “how much?” 30 times that night.
We stayed at the Bellagio, it isn’t what it was 6 years ago 
The water show was still nice, but much shorter and half the lights were burned out. The staff is over worked and unfriendly. Every restaurant had a line with a 20-30 minutes wait, even though half their tables were empty. The casino is way louder than it used to be, because they’ve built open discos all around the edge. It was like gambling in a dirty movie. And of course, we lost.
We went to see The Winn; oooh aaahh. boo-diful. Trump Towers will open this winter. As always, they seem to be tearing the strip down to rebuild it bigger and brighter.
As Rita said: It’s the only city in the world that gets lighter when the sun goes down.
We’re glad to be home.
well, my friend decided the place was too small for all his [del]shit[/del] furnature and stuff - so I’ll be filling out that form this week
I forgot to mention - while I was going downstairs to let my friend in I stubbed my right pinky toe - it hurt but only for a moment. So we’re looking around the apartment and after about 15 minutes or so I look down and notice there’s a bright red spot on my sock. When I take the sock off I realize that I had banged the toe with enough force to make the nail come of the nail bed. So with my friend’s help (because I don’t bend at the correct angle to do it myself - good thing he was there*) we covered it in bacitracin and bandaids - lots of bandaids - and when I came upstairs after he left I took an antiboitic - but worrywort that I am, I considered going to the ER for proper bandaging. Before I decided, tho, I called my nephew (the cutest baby’s father) who just happens to be a paramedic (and just happens to be married to an RN) and asked if there was anything the ER could do for me that I haven’t already done. He said other than boring me to tears while I wait to be seen, no. So that made me feel better. But I am now very conscious of my little right pinky toe and dreading getting under the covers and having even that liht pressure on it
[size]* yes I am aware of the irony that if I hadn’t need to go downstairs to let him in I wouldn’t have stubbed my toe in the first place[/size]
Ok, I barely skimmed, but I’ll be hanging around the house most of the night, til I fall [del]over dead[/del] asleep anyway.
Here’s the deal: August of each year, as the month goes by, look for me less and less here. It’s ‘gettin’ ready to start school’ time, and I become a workaholic out of necessity. Also, when I get play breaks, I play.
Today was a Cubs game (eww, I know…) with the wifey, kid and kid’s friend Kristen . Actually, the two girls sat upstairs in different seats, wife and I stayed with her friend and ex-boss Angel, and HER son.
I think the Cubs won. Being a south side fan, I was apathetic, but it appered the fans left happy, so probably yes they did win. (I keed, I know they won, but admitting I saw it happen would decrease my south-side-edness…)
On the way to the park, we this little old lady holding out a sign that said “Parking” in handwritten letters, so we stopped, inquired as to how much dollars, and since it was cheap AND close to the park, we said “hokay”.
Then we followed this little, heavily accented lady down the alley, where she led us to her garage, made us back into, then out the back of her garage and into her back yard. Yup. She got two cars into her garage later, to block us in, but kept their keys, so we could have gotten out if we’d have had to. Very surreal. The Kid took pictures of the car in the backyard surrounded by ceramic Virgin Marys and rose bushes.
Then we stopped on the way home for chinese. Now, I’m collapsed on the couch, waiting to get the energy to grab a book and read a bit before beddy-bye.
I’m up at 5:30 tomorrow morning to meet a couple friends and do this - probably the 25 mile, though if I’m feeling particularly [del]stupid[/del] energetic, I may decide to go 50.
Later in the day, we’ll pack off to “Jubilee” a couple towns over and catch these guys. My buddy’s cousin is playing with the original members, we’ve caught them a few times and they are surprisingly a really good live band. Not “old guy scholcky” at all.
The Kid has never expressed an interest in going, then a couple weeks ago, I said I was surprised, since she’s become kind of a big 80’s rock music afficianado of late, and I thought she’d want to see the guy that wrote Eye of the Tiger, actually play it live. Major double-take, followed by “what? you never told me THAT!”.
So, I’ve arranged a quick meeting before the show, because in her eye, the Eye of the Tiger Guy is JUST as big a score as meeting Jon Bon Jovi, and it’s all been arranged by good old dad, with help from Uncle Bob (my friend), so this qualifies me for major Cool Points.
I do 50 miles one way now. AFAIC, it’s worth it for the ace and quet, and the affordable real estate.
Home again, home again. I’m beat. My brother was truly surprised by his party, and he hates surprises. His GF, the one who put together the party, was snitty to my mom. We left after being there about 3 hours - the food was just coming out, but we were tired and facing a long drive home, so we split.
Bedtime. <yawn>
Can’t take the civil service exam till next Saturday. And I checked my bank balance, and discovered that although I left that stupid motel on Tuesday, they felt whimsical on Friday and charged me for another week! Grrr. Now I have to straighten that out. Not happy.
Howdy! Halfway throgh the work weekend, I miss my faster computer. My commute is only one mile. Take that, $3.00 gas! I am waiting for my order form for opening night tickets for the Hurricanes. Hopefuly, I am somewhere in the middle of the line.
Sean, are you OK? Marc the spammer says you are feeling even more shut out. :dubious:
gt, you want cold? Try the hospital: “Doc, I’m here for a c-c-c-colonoscopy, not c-c-c-cryonic freezing!”
SCL Snakes! on a[del]plane[/del] puck!
Sounds like a cool concert, MBG. And no, you may not hang around here less. Just let your boss know that you need to interact with the friends who live in your computer. I’m sure he’ll understand.
Tel, that stinks. Seems like it wouldn’t be hard to stop collecting money from you.
FCM - sounds like an eventful party. And what was GF thinking?
I’m back from the reunion. It was fun. It was surreal. Apparently I look really good. Several people told me this emphatically, like they were surprised. :dubious: I remain a nerd, but look far less the part that I did then. Never looked completely nerdy, but definitely leaned more in that direction than toward the cool crowd.
Oddly, several of my friends looked far more recognizable than many other classmates. I did get to talk to quite a few people, some of whom I never talked to in high school (as far as I know). And, in an odd coincidence, I arrived at almost the exact same time as several people I used to hang out with, so we stood in line together and then hung around together again.
Wound up leaving a whole hour later than originally planned, so now it’s just after midnight and I’m VERY AWAKE.
Guess I’ll read a bit.
GT
Apparently, I committed the offense of not leaving sufficient kibble in the kitty bowl. I was chastised for this at 6 this morning with repeated smacks to the face. A body (or face) can only take so much, so I’m up. Critters have been fed, dog has been walked, and here I am.
So much for sleeping in… <yawn>
I did go to the clay supply place yesterday. I got 50 pounds of white clay and 4 more glazes. Today is a glazing day. I thought we’d be going to the boat, but FCD plans to work on the electrical panel at home, so I can do my stuff at home, too. Yay.
gt - sounds like you had a pretty good reunion - that’s great! I went to one of mine - I think it was the only one held - just shy of 10 years. Everyone was still pretty clique-y then plus less than a quarter of the class attended. It pretty much cured me of wanting to ever go again, but since no one ever planned another one, that wasn’t an issue.
I’m hungry - despite not having dinner last night, I couldn’t think of anything in the house that I wanted to eat. So I didn’t. Now I’m starved. Someone better get his butt out of bed and take me out for breakfast!!
FCM, Sleeping in on Sunday is a law, ans I’m breakin’ the law today…It’s partly Cuervo’s fault (Insufficient Kibble Rule here too), but I was getting up to get out of the house by 6:30 anyway for this ride. I think 25 will be sufficient todaay, 50 just seems…daunting.
I’m fighting off the start of a head cold (yuk), but I should be ok to finish this thing. Sudafed and Cold-Eze, right?
Weatherbug says it’s 61 out, so I put on a long-sleeved t-shirt, but I think by 8 or so, I’m rolling the sleeves up.
Alrighty, enough stalling. Off to ride.
No insufficient kibble reminder here, just the ol’ body clock saying “it’s way past your normal get-up time, so it’s time to be AWAKE!” I fought it for a bit, but now I’m down in the hotel lobby, enjoying the free breakfast. (One of the reasons I like this hotel better than yesterday’s.)
FCM, it was funny, the cliques were definitely still there, but they weren’t meaningful anymore. Most of the people I talked to were definitely not in my clique (if I had one; I hung out with people from several classes at different times). You could see all kinds of conversations struck up among people who didn’t hang out together at all in high school. I didn’t really feel like I fit in, but it was interesting to see people and talk to random people I encountered.
Hope you win the fight with the cold, MBG. I was hoping my allergies would be reduced here, but apparently they’re where we were a couple of weeks ago so the allergies are actually a bit worse. But I’m taking all the appropriate meds and they seem to be more or less in check.
Not sure what I’m gonna do now. Maybe I’ll be sleepy enough to crawl back into bed for an hour or so. Then I’m off to church, back here to check out (it’s on my way out of town) and then home…
Happy Sunday, everyone.
GT
FCM why on earth would someone plan a surprise party if s/he knew the guest of honour would hate it? Dumb.
Tel, kick some ass. Morons.
We watched a Russian science fiction movie at Lazy Husband’s last night. It’s called Night Watch. It was very good. Beautifuly effects, and a really wry sense of humour. Driving Husband and Quasi-Daughter have just left for camp. Quasi-Daughter is now (although she hasn’t done graduation yet) an official Occupational Therapist with her very own shiny Master’s degree. I’m so proud.
Huh. I just tried to search to see if anyone else has watched that movie, and the search function isn’t working. Odd.
not that any of you expressed concern or anything, but I’m still alive, and my toe is still attached to my foot, thanks for asking (I keed)
Actually I slept very soundly, could be the Vicoden, and the ‘pressure’ of the blanket did not make me jusp thru the roof. Also the bandage does not look soaked thru so I think it’s safe to assume the bleeding actually stopped at some point. - I am dreading, however, putting on a sock and a shoe, but I suppose that’s preferrable to going outside with one bare foot
rosie if I were you I’d try just a sock today. It’ll give your toe more room. Also, I think you should call your doctor and get it checked out just so’s you’ll know if there’s any infection or not. M’k? I worry.
I’ve been to church and now am mellowing a bit whilst the meatloaf cooks. After that I’m making cornbread and heating up the m & c. I’ve got some peas on to cook and the collards are simmering over a low heat. Lunch shall be good. I’m hungry smelling the meatloaf cooking. Meatloaf is one of those things that just smells soooooo good while it’s baking!
Losing nails is awful. You have my sympathy. I was sort of expecting that you wouldn’t die, but it does hurt a lot. Take it easy. Eat a lot of medicinal chocolate.
Howdy, all. I’m [del]goofing off[/del] pausing before I head over to the grumpuses with their laundry. Grampy has a kidney infection and needs to take antibiotics. I’m wondering if it might have “something” to do with the pain he’s been having. The antibiotic may have been called into the wrong store cause it wasn’t at the local Winn Dixie pharmacy and Barbeedoll[sup]TM[/sup] doesn’t seem to know the name of the town she’s lived in for twenty-sumpin years. :dubious:
Mr. Anachi and I are faux painting today in the Master bath. the base coat is up and in a couple hours will be dry enough for sponging off the glaze coat. Wish me luck. ::gulp smiley:: He’s now calling me to help him pick out a spot for the toidy paper holder.
I made stuffed peppers for dins last night and boy were they good. I use V8 juice for the sauce and it gives them a special nummie-ness.
Steak tonite with spare guts. Mmmmm.
kai, whatcha needa do is braid some river rocks into that long-ass hair of yours and then when skiffman comes up for a hug, do a Ms. Piggy flip of your hair and thwack him good. 
See y’all tomorry.
Good morning everyone. I did sleep in today. I woke up several times over the course of the morning, but I did stay in bed and cat nap.
Yesterday was very busy. Boating, BBQing, visiting, playing 99. We didn’t get to bed until 1:00 in the morning. We had lots of fun, though. And…I won two hand of 99, so I got some cashola too!
**gt, ** I’m glad to hear your reunion went well. I haven’t gone to any of my high school reunions, and don’t plan to if there is another one.
rosie, I’m sorry about your toe. I hope it doesn’t pain you too much for too long.
I’m still very tired. I think today is going to be a very low key, stay at home day. I need to check on my friend and see if her neck is doing better. She’s in so much pain that she was sort of crying yesterday.
Other than the above, nothing exciting going on. I think I’ll cruise the Dope for awhile, then get cleaned up.
