Events of 9/12 - 9/14/08

Friday the 12th was a typical friday. Left work at noon, went to lunch with Lisa. Today it was the Edge Cafe. Had one of those great (cappucino?) muffins. Went to Whole Foods shopping then went to pick up Olivia at school. I had promised Olivia that we could have a fire in the chiminea in the evening but it was raining, not a good sign for Saturday and the Pawtucket Arts Festival, but we get up the next morning and it's only overcast thank goodness. Setting up the canopy goes well, we get the bags all displayed and we're ready to sell. I get to meet Lisa's Arts in RI people who are all quite nice and very talented. Lisa has a great day and sells alot. The weekend proves to be one of indulgence in the cuisine of Slater park- hot weiners, fries, dough boys, fish and chips, sausage sandwiches, frozen lemonade and as if that wasn't enough we added some Dunkin Donuts. For half of Sunday it rained quite hard. We got there in the morning to find that our booth was now in a puddle, so we had to move. We huddled under the canopy until noon, soaked. Very little business, but it picked up somewhat in the afternoon and she sold 4 or 5 bags. A nice feature of the weekend is the Stone Soup Folk festival. Sunday two groups stood out to me, Low Anthem and the Bluegrass group Northern Lights. Both were really good, too bad there weren't more people there. After we packed up our damp stuff (the hanging paper globes were soaked so we chucked them) we went to East Side Pockets for greek salads and went home to watch the Pats-Jets game won 19-10 by the Pats. All in all a very nice weekend, if only the weather had been better.

Events of 9/11 (no, not that one)

Breakfast was different today, which was really exiting. Stole some almond butter for my toast, truthfully I prefer peanut butter. Foot burns are ghastly looking but the pain is better. Took the 7:00 bus, and really applied myself at work on a large price update. Went to the river park for lunch. Heated up my buritto and thank goodness that my lunch bag kept it warm on the ride over. I love that lime green lunch bag, it's been one of my best. Some kids were skateboarding (skipping school I guess). It was a beautiful day so I laid down on the grassy knoll and as I thought about the Kennedy asassination, I noticed the clouds. Saw a baby elephant, a chipmunk that slowly transformed into a poodle, and a roast turkey. It was really plump and tasty looking. I think we need to roast a turkey soon. Came home, and went to half the meeting (Lisa headache). Went to Luke's football game which they lost, came home and wasn't tired, probably because of the coffee I had at 9:00. Went to bed at 12:30, slept fitfully.

Events of 9/10/08

On Wednesday September 10th 2008 I awoke at 5:25am to a nice sunny day and had the usual peanut butter and banana on toast with orange juice. Running low on peanut butter, so tomorrow I'll probably use Lisa's almond butter, or maybe something cheaper like caviar. Drove the car today so I can bring the bike home on the rack. Decided to start staring at the sun in the morning and evening for 1 minute based on what Earthclinic recommended. Thankfully it didn't burn my retinas so I think I will continue and see what happens. Studied with Luke at lunch on the picnic table at work. Came home and became irritated at the storm door window breaking which made for an unpleasant situation. Was able to somewhat compartmentalize that for now. Had a bowl of leftover dry stew meat (better than it sounds) for supper and pulled out the mower to do the lawn, but decided to go with Olivia and Matt to walk the dogs. Tossed several large branches in the truck to dispose of illegally at the nature trail. Strange that it's illegal to put branches on the forest floor, I guess I see their point, it would be like littering a plate with delicious food items, wouldn't make sense. The dogs got wet in the pond, so the ride home was quite stinky. Mowed the lawn, Lisa hypermiled to Joanne fabric and I put Olivia to bed. Had a couple of cocktails and decided to make a fire in the chiminea. Lisa joined me and after an hour or so an ember flew out into my shoe. In trying to remove it it somehow got underneath a fingernail burning the delicate pink skin under there to go along with the melted skin on the top of my foot. Decided it was time to go inside, took my vitamins, watched a little tv and went to bed. All in all, a roller coaster of a day filled with the usual monotony, frustration, lawbreaking, nice things, and physical discomfort.

Events of 9/9/08

Woke up at 4:55am, rode the bike to the bus. Picked up the usual suspects along the way. There's two mentally challenged people other than me who ride the bus nearly every day and it's quite an interesting dynamic. The older lady gets on first at Hebron Village, Joe gets on in Dodgeville. She speaks to me a little and I respond, but when Joe gets on she wants to engage him in conversation, but he wants to talk to me. Now she's slower than him and he's trying to avoid talking to her and I'm trying to limit my conversation with him. All way too much thinking and talking nonsense so early in the morning. I had the usual burrito/prunes/carrot lunch and managed a 5 minute nap. Rainy and windy all day. Mom picked me up at 3:30 to get the car at Saturn. Olivia was with her since she had no school. We had Lisa's delicious chili for supper, I went to Matt's to watch baseball and drink beer. All in all a day I won't soon forget, it will probably take at least 24 hours.