Blockbuster

My son has convinced me to get Blockbuster again – it is cheaper then going to movies and I can see the older movies I like without having to buy them. I usually watch more movies during the wintertime anyway.

Will have to go through my old list to see what I want to order – I’m sure it has changed since I did the list six months ago. The weather is getting colder so staying in to watch movies is better anyway – too bad I don’t have my sister’s projection set – I’d call in sick every day or switch to days so I could watch more movies. Just kidding.

I guess what I also need to do is catch up on electronic gadgets at some point – I’m seriously behind in the times.

Hourglass of Time

It is amazing how slow the sand was sifting through the hourglass all day until around 5pm. Now time is flying by and I still have crap to do – though I do have tomorrow morning to do stuff as well. I have gotten some things done but not enough yet. There is still more on my list to do then stuff actually done which is never a good sign.

Really have a horrible headache, running nose, and cough…yep, sounds like a winter cold already. This afternoon I had jeans plus two blankets around my legs while watching tv and I was still freezing. I cooked garlic bread for supper just to have an excuse to turn on the oven.

There must have been at least five bayflights today – the one going on now makes six. Earlier the chopper circled overhead for ten minutes before tehy were cleared to land. Sounded like they landed at the boat dock near my condo. The one going on now sounds further north.

Did I mention I have a ghastly headache and backache? Took some Persogesic for it but still no luck – hope it works soon!

Overtime at Work

This afternoon I got a call from work saying the OT list was back out and did I want anymore then the 8 hrs for the month that is required? When I pulled out my schedule there was only one four hour slot that I could do for the entire month! That, of course, was Christmas Day. I already signed up for 7-11pm so now I’m working 3-11pm on Christmas. I promised myself I’d take Christmas off this year but then worried I’d just sit home feeling down so decided I should work.

I know I’ll need the money – the OT will be on the 1st payday for 2008. I’m sure I’ll be recovering from the holidays in general – really don’t want to work Christmas but guess that is life.

People with the most seniority gulped down the overtime – I guess they feel they need it more then the rest of us…and they probably do. Some of them are use to working 56 hours of OT each payperiod and count on it just to make ends meet so this will be a lean time for them.

It will be an adjustment for me too – only working 12hrs of OT for the entire month when I usually do twice that but I do believe I will manage just fine.

Baxter – Isn’t He Adorable?

Verizon DSL

I have spent 1.5 hrs trying to upload some pictures I took of Baxter. My computer kept locking up…well, that is what I thought anyway because it took forever to do anything.

Come to find out I’m just too impatient. I kept stopping and restarting it so some pictures are on there three times and some not at all. I’m adding the missing ones now and thought it best if I just leave the room.

What happened to DSL being so much faster then dialup??? I have never been so disappointed in a product. Talk about false advertising.

MOVING

I have come to the realization that I do need to wait until September to move. I’m just going to have to be patient. Also, I will fly Iowa to drive over to Wyoming or fly into Wyoming and be picked up rather then driving myself.

Several things have led me to these decisions – not the least of which is wanting to enjoy the vacation without the stress of moving at the same time. I will board the animals and fly up. I think the park would be less busy if we went during the week. I was looking at being at the cabin June 16-21st. We’d leave on the 21st to head back home. I will have to check with my fellow travelers.

I hope everyone is looking forward to it as much as I am!

Brisk Morning Breeze

Wow, it was pretty damn cold when I got up this morning. 44 degrees with a dew temp of 32. Between that and the very brisk morning breeze, I thought I was already back in Iowa. Course, it gets colder there but maybe I’ll have a yard I can let Baxter out to go pooh at 6:30 am rather then having to take him for a walk that early. I don’t imagine he’ll like standing around in the snow anymore then I do though.

Pekeningese are actually cooler weather dogs and don’t do well in places like Florida. They have a very thick, two-layered coat that keeps them very well insulated in the cool temps but actually causes them to overheat quickly down here. Knowing this, I am tempted to keep Baxter’s hair short but yet I’d love to see him with the long mane too. Pekeningese are known as the “lion dog” because when their hair is long, they look lionish.

So that is my morning so far. Was surprised I hadn’t heard from my sister yet unless she stayed home with the sore throat she had yesterday. Will have to wait and see I guess. Be safe people!

Man in the Shadows

Took Baxter out on his third and final walk of the night earlier. He ate a lot so when he started licking my hand, I decided we better go or he’d be having accidents on my carpet.

We started to walk the same route as last night. I was going to take a different route because last night we came across a psycho guy who I wanted to be sure to avoid tonight. The guy looked like an escapee from a mental ward in his hospital garb – but more then his looks it was how he let out a piercing scream – walked a ways and screamed again – that made me question his sanity. I called the police and scooted home as fast as I could.

Baxter, though, had other plans for tonight’s walk – he wanted to go the same route and can be damn stubborn when he wants to be so we started that going that way. As we neared the dark but short alley I noticed a man lurking in the shadows halfway up. We did a quick course change – going through the parking lot and coming out on the street instead.

When I looked back the way we had come, I didn’t see the guy at all. But before I could breath a sigh of relief, I caught movement out of the corner of my eye and there he was about 50 ft behind us in the shadows. He was slowly making his way toward us – why, I have no idea.

Poor Baxter wanted to take in some of the doggie odors in the grass along the roadway so I had to drag him back to our side of the street. When I checked again, the guy was gone. I told Baxter we were staying in well lit areas close to home the rest of our walk.

Baxter, no doubt pissed at me, sat down on the sidewalk with his back to me and wouldn’t budge. Pekeningese are well known for their stubbornness and their strength once they plant their feet. I waited as patiently as I could for about five minutes but eventually the crisp wind eroded my good will and I picked him up to carry him inside. He is over by the door now sleeping – still has his back to me and wouldn’t touch his treats when we came in. The little bugger.

Still Summer

I am starting a new book called “Still Summer” by Jacquelyn Mitchard. It sounded good from the flap – I’m on page 19 and am unimpressed thus far. This is the same author who wrote “Deep End of the Ocean” – I didn’t read it but did see the movie.

This book is about a group of women friends who chart a sailboat to sail across the Caribbean. The flap says the “smallest mistake triggers a series of devastating events” which leave the women to desperately fight for survival against the elements and modern-day piracy. The boat comes with two male crew members so I can only imagine they both die if the women have to do battle without the men being mentioned.

Maybe it will end up being made into a movie as well – lord knows the movie industry is in dire need of new ideas. It reminds me once again that I need to be writing. I hope this book is good…I’m tired of the same old plot.

Can’t Take The Noise!

Each pod has it’s own speaker for the tv shared by that pod-group. We are suppose to keep our individual speakers to a discrete volume so we don’t bother others and the public doesn’t hear the tv through our headsets.

One of the women here has to constantly be told to turn her speaker down. I think she is hard of hearing because she talks loud too but she won’t get her hearing checked. Right now her speaker is so loud it is drowning out my own.

She was watching Oprah – we are watching Forensic Files – and I couldn’t hear my show at all. I don’t want to join the ranks of people who have complained but it is damn annoying. I feel it right between my eyeballs and it makes me want to scream.

I’ve tried putting my finger in my ear but it fails to quiet anything. I mentioned to the supervisor that it was too loud in the room but she didn’t take the hint. Two more hours of this crap. I even tried reading but couldn’t concentrate. Damn! This is just ridiculous!