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chochiyo_sama) wrote2011-09-19 11:54 pm
chochiyo_sama) wrote2011-09-19 11:54 pm
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Monday
Monday
Pain in the ass. My computer is not hooking up to my mother’s wireless again. Sigh. It doesn’t take much to fix it, but I am in bed and the wireless connector is across the house and I would have to turn on all the lights and make a big production to get to it. It requires moving her printers and all kinds of shit. So, I will just write in a word document and copy and paste it in the light of day.
I was up until 3 am again, so I slept in until 10 am. I would liked to have slept longer, but I want to get my days and nights back under control. Mom went to help LaVonna can pears today, so I was on my own for most of the day. The day began with cleaning litterboxes and filling cat dishes with food and water.
In the night, the cats had knocked over a stack of small totes, so I spend a lot of time putting all the stuff back into the proper totes and stacking them up, hopefully in a more sturdy arrangement. I had thought of doing laundry, but I don’t really have a ton of it. I need to wash my bedding, but it’s such an ordeal to strip all the stuff off the bed.
I went upstairs and warmed up some left over spaghetti and had a piece of the apple cake I baked on Saturday. It is extremely delicious. I got a couple of totes out of the porch and brought them down in hopes of getting some more stuff put in order. I also hauled down my “My Friend Jenny” doll and a big baby doll from my youth. They both need to be scrubbed up and dressed. My bride doll and the Saucy Walker doll are still up in the porch. They need a good scrubbing too—and redressing.
I took a break and watched some of the stupid judge shows, since there wasn’t anything else worth watching on.
When I went back to the basement, I scrubbed the Tammy family with Joy dishwashing soap and a nail brush. They all look much perkier after their scrub. I stripped off all their clothes to wash them. I believe I will be sewing them all a new outfit soon. I need to dig out some of the Fashion doll patterns which I haven’t used in quite a while. I’ll probably make them all something warm, for fall.
Tomorrow I have to take my mom to the doctor, so I have to get up early. I have been looking for my billfold and I am not finding it anywhere. I have no idea where it could be. All of the places I thought it WAS, it WASN’T. The only place I can think of where it might be is in my car, under the seat. I often stick it there when I drive. I have to get in a better habit—I need to keep it in my purse. I don’t often carry my purse when I shop, but when I take people places, I like to carry the purse as it is large enough to hold a pencil box which I use as my traveling Sewing Box. It contains a pin cushion, a small pair of embroidery scissors, a card of snaps, a spool or two of thread, some precut elastic, and a few outfits that have already been cut out of the fabric. It’s amazing how much you can get done while waiting for people to get done with an appointment or with their shopping.
In my sewing box right now, I have a flannel long-sleeved shirt and long pants, a pair of shorts to go with the outfit I made earlier, a pair of culottes in the pirate pattern. It will go with the pirate outfit I made as an alternate “bottom.” I also cut out a little dress with a gathered skirt in the stars and strips pattern I had made a shorts out fit of. I think it will be very fresh and cute. I’d like to make a sailor style collar for it—if I can find any plain white fabric. That should be far more than enough to keep me busy tomorrow.
On Wednesday, I meet Ben at Perkins for lunch so we can visit about whatever is on his mind. He’s a good kid, and I miss him. He is very talented in creative writing. I was happy to hear that he is meeting with a former teacher for mutual support in the writing area.
On Thursday, I have to go to the Jobs Services place. Yuck. Not looking forward to that. But it is all a part of jumping through the fucking hoops to collect unemployment. Sigh.
On Friday, I meet DeAnn at Perkins for Brunch. It will be good to see her.
On Saturday, Ingrid wants me to come over for a late lunch and to watch a movie. I haven’t seen anything of her in a very long time, so I guess it is about time to spend some time with her. I look forward to seeing her little Missy again. She is a very sweet little doggie.
Nothing is happening, as far as I know, on Sunday.
My brother-in-law Jeffrey is getting out of the hospital on Wednesday. Supposedly. It depends on how well his foot is doing.
Now, in more bizarre news…apparently a semi driver went a little nuts in Rochester today and nearly killed one of my former students. According to the Rochester Post Bulletin, the truck driver had been driving along like a normal person when he suddenly veered across three lanes of traffic, crashed through the barrier and through a bunch of trees, and slammed into the Service Master Cleaning Service. One of the drivers on the road said the truck driver flashed her a peace sign as he barely missed her vehicle. Crazy.
Unbeknownst to me, one of my former Triton students now works there: Lindsay Kanable (pronounced can-ABLE. Not cannibal). Her desk was right in the path of the truck as it crashed through the building. Fortunately, she was at a co-worker’s desk or she would be dead right now. As it was, she was buried under debris and the emergency people had to dig her out. I hope she was not too badly hurt. I always thought a lot of her. She was a sweet kid when I knew her.
A witness who worked in a nearby business said the truck was going around 80 miles per hour. It was a big belly dumper kind of semi, filled with sand, apparently. It busted up that building like it was made out of paper.
The truck driver was dead on impact, apparently. Damn fool. One of my ROC kid’s Mom worked there too. Thankfully, no one else was killed.
All this happened at about 4 pm, and it happened very near ROC. I’m glad none of my kids got involved in it. It could have been much much worse.
Pain in the ass. My computer is not hooking up to my mother’s wireless again. Sigh. It doesn’t take much to fix it, but I am in bed and the wireless connector is across the house and I would have to turn on all the lights and make a big production to get to it. It requires moving her printers and all kinds of shit. So, I will just write in a word document and copy and paste it in the light of day.
I was up until 3 am again, so I slept in until 10 am. I would liked to have slept longer, but I want to get my days and nights back under control. Mom went to help LaVonna can pears today, so I was on my own for most of the day. The day began with cleaning litterboxes and filling cat dishes with food and water.
In the night, the cats had knocked over a stack of small totes, so I spend a lot of time putting all the stuff back into the proper totes and stacking them up, hopefully in a more sturdy arrangement. I had thought of doing laundry, but I don’t really have a ton of it. I need to wash my bedding, but it’s such an ordeal to strip all the stuff off the bed.
I went upstairs and warmed up some left over spaghetti and had a piece of the apple cake I baked on Saturday. It is extremely delicious. I got a couple of totes out of the porch and brought them down in hopes of getting some more stuff put in order. I also hauled down my “My Friend Jenny” doll and a big baby doll from my youth. They both need to be scrubbed up and dressed. My bride doll and the Saucy Walker doll are still up in the porch. They need a good scrubbing too—and redressing.
I took a break and watched some of the stupid judge shows, since there wasn’t anything else worth watching on.
When I went back to the basement, I scrubbed the Tammy family with Joy dishwashing soap and a nail brush. They all look much perkier after their scrub. I stripped off all their clothes to wash them. I believe I will be sewing them all a new outfit soon. I need to dig out some of the Fashion doll patterns which I haven’t used in quite a while. I’ll probably make them all something warm, for fall.
Tomorrow I have to take my mom to the doctor, so I have to get up early. I have been looking for my billfold and I am not finding it anywhere. I have no idea where it could be. All of the places I thought it WAS, it WASN’T. The only place I can think of where it might be is in my car, under the seat. I often stick it there when I drive. I have to get in a better habit—I need to keep it in my purse. I don’t often carry my purse when I shop, but when I take people places, I like to carry the purse as it is large enough to hold a pencil box which I use as my traveling Sewing Box. It contains a pin cushion, a small pair of embroidery scissors, a card of snaps, a spool or two of thread, some precut elastic, and a few outfits that have already been cut out of the fabric. It’s amazing how much you can get done while waiting for people to get done with an appointment or with their shopping.
In my sewing box right now, I have a flannel long-sleeved shirt and long pants, a pair of shorts to go with the outfit I made earlier, a pair of culottes in the pirate pattern. It will go with the pirate outfit I made as an alternate “bottom.” I also cut out a little dress with a gathered skirt in the stars and strips pattern I had made a shorts out fit of. I think it will be very fresh and cute. I’d like to make a sailor style collar for it—if I can find any plain white fabric. That should be far more than enough to keep me busy tomorrow.
On Wednesday, I meet Ben at Perkins for lunch so we can visit about whatever is on his mind. He’s a good kid, and I miss him. He is very talented in creative writing. I was happy to hear that he is meeting with a former teacher for mutual support in the writing area.
On Thursday, I have to go to the Jobs Services place. Yuck. Not looking forward to that. But it is all a part of jumping through the fucking hoops to collect unemployment. Sigh.
On Friday, I meet DeAnn at Perkins for Brunch. It will be good to see her.
On Saturday, Ingrid wants me to come over for a late lunch and to watch a movie. I haven’t seen anything of her in a very long time, so I guess it is about time to spend some time with her. I look forward to seeing her little Missy again. She is a very sweet little doggie.
Nothing is happening, as far as I know, on Sunday.
My brother-in-law Jeffrey is getting out of the hospital on Wednesday. Supposedly. It depends on how well his foot is doing.
Now, in more bizarre news…apparently a semi driver went a little nuts in Rochester today and nearly killed one of my former students. According to the Rochester Post Bulletin, the truck driver had been driving along like a normal person when he suddenly veered across three lanes of traffic, crashed through the barrier and through a bunch of trees, and slammed into the Service Master Cleaning Service. One of the drivers on the road said the truck driver flashed her a peace sign as he barely missed her vehicle. Crazy.
Unbeknownst to me, one of my former Triton students now works there: Lindsay Kanable (pronounced can-ABLE. Not cannibal). Her desk was right in the path of the truck as it crashed through the building. Fortunately, she was at a co-worker’s desk or she would be dead right now. As it was, she was buried under debris and the emergency people had to dig her out. I hope she was not too badly hurt. I always thought a lot of her. She was a sweet kid when I knew her.
A witness who worked in a nearby business said the truck was going around 80 miles per hour. It was a big belly dumper kind of semi, filled with sand, apparently. It busted up that building like it was made out of paper.
The truck driver was dead on impact, apparently. Damn fool. One of my ROC kid’s Mom worked there too. Thankfully, no one else was killed.
All this happened at about 4 pm, and it happened very near ROC. I’m glad none of my kids got involved in it. It could have been much much worse.
Small miracles.
A similar thing almost happened to me.
It's why I hate to drive in rainy weather. I spun out on an on ramp and spun across four lanes of traffic until I gained control and stopped just short of the center divide facing the wrong way. There was a slight curve so I decided to pull forward so oncoming traffic could see me until a highway patrol car would come and help me get turned around the right direction. Well a few minutes after I pulled forward, a big semi rig spun out in the exact same place I did and crashed into the center divide right where my car would have been if I hadn't have pulled forward. I would have been squished, seeing as he would have hit the driver's side. Oh, and dead too.
Peace sign? Really? And a big grin? Suicide by truck?
Glad you had a day to yourself. You've got a busy week. Maybe you'll get Sunday to yourself too. I'll bet by then you'll need some quiet time.