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The side panels on each side of this journal page are dedicated to Massasoit, leader of the Wampanoag People
Massasoit was the leader of the Wampanoag. Though he is not mentioned by name in any English accounts prior to 1621, he and his brother Quadequina are undoubtedly the "two Kings, attended with a guard of fiftie armed men" that met Captain Thomas Dermer at Pokanoket in May 1619, when he was returning Tisquantum ("Squanto") to his homeland.
On March 22, 1620/1, Massasoit decided to pay a visit to the Plantation at the invitation of Tisquantum who had first visited with the Pilgrims shortly before. In an almost identical scenerio as that of Thomas Dermer a year earlier, he and his brother along with 60 armed men came and stood at the top of the hill overlooking the Colony. Edward Winslow was sent to him with some knives and a copper jewel chain as gifts--and Massasoit was told that the Pilgrims only desired peace and trading. Massasoit was told that King James of England saluted him with love and peace, and accepted him as a friend and ally. Massasoit liked what he heard, because the English would make powerful allies against his enemies in the region. The Pilgrims wanted a peace treaty, and so he willingly undertook the negotiations.
At the peace negotiation, he was met at the river by Captain Myles Standish and William Brewster. They saluted one another and he was taken to William Bradford's house for the negotiations with Governor John Carver. Massasoit was given some liquor, fresh meat, and some biscuits. For the peace treaty he agreed that none of his Indians would harm the Pilgrims--and if they did he would send them to the Pilgrims for punishment. And if anyone did unjust war against them, or against the Pilgrims, they would come to each other's aid. They also agreed that when trading, the Indians would not bring their bows and arrows and the Pilgrims would not bring their guns.
After meeting in the Pilgrim village, Massasoit then invited a Pilgrim delegation to meet him at their place. Myles Standish and Isaac Allerton volunteered for the adventure. Massasoit gave to them ground nuts and tobacco as gifts when they arrived, and Standish and Allerton presented him with a kettle of peas.
A second trip to Pokanoket, where Massasoit lived, was made by the Pilgrims, so that they could learn more about their neighbors and to make some additions to their treaty. This time, Edward Winslow and Stephen Hopkins were chosen to make the trip. Massasoit came out to see them when they arrived at the end of their several-days journey. They reaffirmed their peace with one another, and Massasoit agreed to tell his Indians to stop making random visits to Plymouth looking for food and entertainment; and he also agreed to send a messenger to contact the Indians of which the Pilgrims took corn from upon their first arrival--since they had thus far not been able to repay them.
In early 1622, Massasoit discovered from Hobomok's wife that Tisquantum had been plotting to take away some of his power and trick the Pilgrims into believing him not faithful in his peace with them. So under the Treaty, Massasoit demanded that Tisquantum be turned over to him for execution. When Governor Bradford would not consent, saying that they needed Tisquantum despite his treasonous behavior, Massasoit became enraged and stopped sending messengers and gifts to the Plymouth colony. Squanto's death in November, 1622 alleviated much of the tension and relations stabilized--through there was trouble brewing in Thomas Weston's Wessagusett Colony.
In March 1623, Massasoit became extremely ill, and when word came to Plymouth, Edward Winslow made a trip to Pokanoket to visit him, guided by Hobomok. When they arrived in Namasket, they were informed that Massasoit had already died. They proceeded to Corbitant's house, and there sent a messenger to Pokanoket who returned saying Massasoit was not dead yet, so they continued on. They found Massasoit in his house, full of many visitors. Massasoit was now blind, but could still understand--when they told him the English had come to visit him, he asked "Keen Winslow?" which means "Are you Winslow?" Then he said, "Matta neen wonckanet namen, Winslow!", which means "O Winslow, I shall never see you again." Winslow gave him a little bit of medicine, and scraped out the inside of his mouth which had swollen up preventing him from eating or drinking anything. Then he gave Massasoit some water and more medicine. In about half an hour, Massasoit had regained his eye sight and was getting better. Winslow made a chicken broth soup for Massasoit, and within a couple days Massasoit had his appetite back, and eventually recovered. Massasoit then revealed to the Pilgrims a conspiracy plot by the Massachusetts Indians to attack them and the Wessagusett Colony, and the Pilgrims led by Myles Standish, with the help of some of Massasoit's warriors, defeated the plot before it could materialize.
By 1632, Massasoit had changed his name to Owsamequen (sometimes spelled Woosamequen)--changing names was common among the Wampanoag. Massasoit lived a long life, and remained a close friend and ally of the Plymouth Colony, until his death around 1656.
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10:51p – This was such a boring day. I had some strange dreams last night to start with. I dreamed of an old acquaintance, Patricia Dellacona. She had joined me in some excursion and we were sharing a motel room. For some reason, I had brought my own personal bed along with me. Patricia then, for reasons I did not understand, sold my bed to Theresa Lord (who used to work in Engineering, 3rd floor, old Orlando City Hall). I was very upset with her. She did not seem to understand that she had done anything wrong. I was furious... I asked her, "what if I sold something of yours without your permission!?" ... but she didn't seem to get it. The dream went on, but that was the gist of it. I woke up in a fury with my heart pounding in rage. I was going to paint some boards today, but they were too wet from all the rain yesterday. I made fried chicken for supper with peas & corn, gravy, and mashed potatoes. 10:58p – I am off to bed now. Skip is trying to coax Chooga back in the house. |
 Someone sent this cartoon to me, and it cracked me up. I took a few minutes and clean it up. Here is the result.. |
10:15a – I slept in late again. I probably need to quit doing this. I was having such a hodgepodge of dreams. In one of them I was with Lola Kornegay and we were in my old Toyota. Except it was her Toyota in the dream. She had two little children with her and trying to get them to settle down in the back seat (I was in the front passenger's seat). One child was a cute, curly haired little girl and was trying to convince her to put her little boots back on. I finally convinced her to put them on just until her Mommy got back in the car. Meanwhile, the car started rolling backwards and I did not notice at first. I rolled backward down a driveway toward a road with heavy traffic.
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Just as I realized
what was happening and tried to get my foot on the brake pedal, the
contour of the road caused the vehicle to turn and it stopped on the
grassy shoulder of the road. I reached over and pressed the
emergency flashers. Later in my dreams, I was in a vehicle. It was something like a huge commercial RV. There was a kitchen or snack bar area and in particular, a refrigerator with a lot of cans of soda (pop). I was trying to get one of these soda out of the cooler, but was having a hard time. Then Lola Kornegay appeared in my dream again and mentioned something about how these communal refrigerators were annoying because people would just take your things from them and not even know they belonged to you. I realized that was exactly what I was doing, and got a sudden guilt trip. I thought the drinks were for anybody. The dream got a little more involved but confusing. I remember my sister, Calisa, was in it at some point. |
10:50a – In yet another dream, I was aware that I was dreaming and consciously trying to control the dream. It was a struggle because the dream wanted to take its own course. I was in a restaurant in the beginning of the dream, before I started trying to control it. I was sitting at a table talking with Jack (this is probably due the conversation I had with him on-line yesterday). Then I realized that I worked there as a busboy and began cleaning off tables. There was one table that had a pile of forks for some reason. People were sitting at the table, so I took about half of the forks and took them to the kitchen. Instead of having a cart to clear the dishes, we were having to carry them by hand. For some reason, I was wearing some strange kind of footwear and was forced to walking on my heels, which had a tendency to slip & slide a lot.
Then, some time after this I started controlling the dream. At one point I was walking down a sidewalk and a strong wind was blowing me back, not letting me progress forward. With a little concentration, I simply levitated about a foot off the sidewalk and willed myself forward. The wind blew hard against me, but forced my way through it defiantly. In another part of the dream, I was in some kind of attic above the restaurant. I was going to climb (or float?) up through some kind of trap door, but it was covered with black, dusty cobwebs. I decided to removed them by will and waved my hand. The webs mostly vanished, but there was still a few dirty stragglers. My will power was not quite 100% in this dream.
11:14a – Enough about crazy dreams! I am starving! Time to raid the kitchen...
6:43p – This has been another boring day in which I did not accomplish much. I did some Autumn photography and got some great shots of the Fall colours. I also got some boards painted. I started off the morning cleaning up cat puke in the living room <gag>. I got the garbage taken out, but I didn't do the dishes. I changed the background on this web page tonight using a combination of one of my photos from to combined with a picture of myself from 2002. I still need to do some dusting (the computer has been reminding me all day). I also need to change the air filter, but I will put that off until tomorrow... and then probably procrastinate more.
9:51p – My computer crashed a few minutes ago and I lost some of my entries into my journal. I think I was commenting on the fact that this collage of of colourful snippets of today's photography were very colourful and I was very pleased with the results.
9:53p – I added a lot of "celebrity birthdays" to the left hand side bar tonight. Thanks to
11:07p – I am off to bed now. Supper was cheap, but not too bad.
3:21p – I got up fairly early this morning. I was coughing and could not stay laying down. I got up and made some mostly-broth soup and the cleared it up some. My meds STILL have not arrived. This is 2 days with no meds now. That's not good.
I went out this morning and took some "Autumn Morning" pictures. Lots of good ones. I will have to make another collage like the one above.
I tried to reach Deana today to see if we could do the driving thing, but I got no answer. I'm never going to get my license at this rate. |
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I can't help but to think of Nikki Everett today. It is her birthday. She was one of my closest friends for over 20 years, but she doesn't want to be associated with me any more. I really grieve over our friendship. It's like a family member suddenly disowning me. Ah well... I will survive it. I am just overly sentimental I suppose.
10:33p – I just finished up supper. Fried/battered chicken breasts, cabbage, fired okra ( not much), and mac & cheese.
I forgot to mention my primary dreams last night. I was in some kind of auditorium or convention center. It was a "symposium" (or some such) on deciphering encrypted Romulan messages. One of the main people (though not a speaker) was a Vulcan woman. I was working on deciphering the Romulan code and I was doing a very good job of it. I can remember one symbol which representing the "Western mountains" of some location. Other symbols were very obscure and not related to the code.
After the convention/symposium, it was time for me to leave. The place I was in was like a huge Airport. I discovered that I had a set of 'snap-on' roller skates and after some ordeal, I was able to fit them to my shoes. I woke up before I had a chance to try them out...
10:39p – It is now time to go eat some of tonight's meal...
11:15p – Wow... that was delicious! My stomach is all messed up from the medicinal confusion, but the food was definitely wonderful. Anyway... I am off to bed now.
9:11a – I think my lack of meds is causing me to have even more bizarre dreams than usual. I had so many complex dreams last night that I don't think I can remember them all. One of the earlier dreams took place in something like a convention center. Lisa Z (now Lisa "L") was with with me, and so was her mother. This tall, blond haired man, who looked to be in his early forties, came in to speak before us. It turns out he as the new administrator, director, or some such for all of MIR. I ended up speaking to him after his speech and told him about what happened to me and he said something like, "we being seeing each other later..." This dream changed tone and I found myself in a huge building which I knew to be the MIR building (there's no such building in reality). I found my self flying down the stairwells; literally fly, head first, and swinging myself around by the railings. I was trying to get to the first floor so I could find my way out of this huge complicated building. I noticed when I got down to the 5th floor that the previous floor had been the 4th floor. Apparently I was going DOWN into sublevels and was five stories underground. So, I turn around and head back up. Since I was "flying" I started flinging myself up the stairwell almost vertically without using the stairs at all. However, I got confused and could not determine which floor I was on. It became increasingly chaotic and I knew I was hopelessly lost in the bowels of this building, which had become dark and foreboding. I think I woke up sometime after this.
Probably the most complicated dream of the night was the one in which I, and some other people I did not know, were preparing to hide and defend ourselves against some kind of menace from the skies. I understood that there were small, crystalline, spider-like creature raining down from the skies. It was not clear exactly what danger they presented, but everything was in chaos. I was in an area that had no yet been affected. We holed up in a small room (I think we might have been somewhere in the above mentioned "MIR building"). I had a towel or blanket and tucked it up under one of the two doorways to keep the creatures from getting in. It was not long before we saw our first attackers, but they were much smaller than I thought. Almost hard to see, in fact. They looked like tiny snowflakes with spider legs. They could be smashed and destroyed, but there were so many! They just kept coming, crawling or "blowing" under the door or through any other small crevice. We were smashing them, defending ourselves, but things get blurry at this point. I think I woke up for a moment.
The dream continued, but I was now in a huge Mall, alone and once again I was flying. The crystalline creature had changed now. The were bigger, about the size of golf balls, with hundreds of crystal spines radiating from their center. They were falling in great numbers and it seems that people who were struck would become "possessed" by some alien entity. I either managed to avoid getting struck, or was unaffected. I am not sure. Not everyone being struck by the crystals were being affected. However, there were several of these "alien possessed" people who were aware of me and determined to capture me. It became a chase through the mall. At first I was keeping out of their reach easily by flying from level to level (the Mall was many stories high). Then one of my pursuers, a sinister looking young man, dressed in black, with messy black hair and silver shaded glasses began to give chase. This one could fly like me too though. The chase went on and I was struggling to keep out of this creature's reach. Things become hazy at this point and I think I shifted into another dream or maybe I woke up.
This are just a few of the dreams. All of them seemed to revolve in someway around a huge building, oddly enough. Except one of them in which I was in a forest or jungle scene. I was looking up into this tall tree and saw a giant spider's nest in the leaves. Something happened and this huge tarantula-like spider slipped and fell from the branches right toward me. Of course, I am the original arachnophobe! I panicked and swung at the big gray spider with the spatula that I happened to be carrying. I woke up in a fright over that one!
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10:29a – I sure hope my meds get here today. My body is so out of whack the last couple of days, and the dreams are just one symptom of it. 10:30a – Today, on this date, in 1991, our dog, Rex, was hit and killed in front of our home in Deltona, Florida. He did not die right away. We got him back up to the front of the garage where he gasp his last breath with me, Doug and Thor present. It was a very upsetting moment for us. 10:45a – It is time to find something for brunch. I am starving! |
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2:33p – My pills arrived and I just finished laying out my doses for the next six weeks. My back is killing me now from sitting on the edge of the sofa.
I decided to go out on a walk to "the duck pond" to take some pictures. However, before doing so, I stepped out in the front yard with the "water proof camera" that I took with me to Six-Flags this summer.
While out in the yard, somebody in a pickup called to me from the street. I looked up and recognized him, but could not remember who he was ... at first. Then, as the handsome young man drove up into my driveway, it came to me. This was "James Beeson" who I met at Lisa Z's wedding in September.
He stopped and chatted with me for a while and I told him about my plans to to take pictures down at the "duck pond." I asked him to join me and he was amenable t that. We ended up going down to "the duck pond" (as I call it) and taking pictures. He had his own camera (a nice one!) and was nearly as enthusiastic about photography as myself! It was a VERY enjoyable outing!
I brought me home and came in to spend some time going though some photos. I really enjoyed myself and his company! He is so young and ... <sigh> ... makes me wish I was his age again. Oh well...
9:08p – I just took my pills for the first time in about 2 or 3 days. I wonder how my dreams will be THIS night? I am making a great meal for supper. A Chuck Roast with my own chipotle sauce, broccoli with cheese, and twice-backed potatoes (something I rarely make). I think tonight's meal will be quite tasty! 9:10p – Anyway, back to the kitchen. Supper is almost done! 9:19p – I've caught about 3 or 4 episodes of StarGate:SG-1 tonight. Some of it was re-run for me, but some of it was "catch up" on episodes I had missed and base concepts I had missed out on. |
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10:31p – OMG... supper was SO good. I really out-did myself (if I can be forgiven for bragging). Anyway... I am off to bed now. I wonder how my dreams will go now that I have resumed my medications? We will see! I hope I have more flying dreams, just NOT from bad guys...
3:29a – I am up for the second time tonight letting Kira out. I am so sleepy. I think it's the meds.
10:53a – She got me up two more times before 6:30a. The last time she did not want to go outside. She just want me to get her a snack! I left her in the living room so I could try to get some sleep. The meds had me really dreaming wild stuff again, and I was feeling drugged; spacey, lethargic, dopey, and slightly panicky. I had lots of flying dreams, and one whole series of dreams about a "pyramid" shaped house, made of stone, and located in Orlando. This house was full of secret doors and rooms. I could remember having been to this place long ago, and I knew of some of the secret places. It is odd to have memories that are not my own in a dream about something I know nothing about. In another dream, I was going to some huge theme park with friends. The driver was so fat, however, that I could not fit into the vehicle with her. I and one other had to cling to the back of the trailer that was being pulled. I ended up having to leap off the trailer and "fly" ahead of them to this theme park. The dream was MUCH more detailed and complex than that, but I just don't want to sit here are write a short novel about it, and that is practically what I would have to do.
At one point I had woken up. I heard Kira drinking from her bowl as I lay there in the dark. Then I thought I heard voices coming from outside my bedroom window! I raised up and listened in a mild state of alarm. After a bit, I came to believe that I was "hearing things" caused by the medicine. (One pill is known to cause hallucinations).
11:03a – I got up VERY late this morning. Skip says Kira had pooped on the floor (despite my spending half the night getting up to let her out). Fortunately, it was not "messy" and did not harm the carpet. The first thing I did after getting up was to wash and put away dishes. Now I have a pot of soup simmering. (Made from leftovers of course).
11:05a – Off to eat. Sheesh! It's nearly LUNCH time!
8:24p – I have been having "pulses" of dizziness and disorientation for the last couple of days. Sometimes even affecting me in my sleep and causing me to wake in distress. It has been worse this evening.
8:45p – I am making an Italian spaghetti sauce to go with Japanese Somin noodles for supper. The spaghetti sauce mixed with the smell of the Mulberry oil I have permeating the house, clashes terribly. By themselves, they both smell wonderful. Blended... well... "gag" says it all...
9:03p – Skip insists on having some of last night's leftover chicken. I am making him some, with left over okra too. I don't think it really goes with spaghetti and meat sauce, but then I am using Japanese noodles and dried shallots from the Asian market, so who am I to say?
9:50p – Supper was better than I expected. I am full, and will probably experience heart burn tonight, but it was possibly worth it! So, off to bed now...
10:13p – All has been secured. Skip still has not eaten (and he has to work tomorrow), but I am off to bed.
8:03a – I had another night of crazy dreams which kept me awake most of the night. This time I took my camera with me to bed and record my dreams when I woke up (in a MOV file). I had so many though, that I did not record them all. I was too sleepy. I have converted them into a sound file only. You don't want to see me in the middle of the night. It could be scary! Click here to hear my Dreams.
Apparently Skip turned the heat on last night, and my room became a sauna, despite having the windows open. So besides the dreams waking me up and Kira getting me up, the heat woke me up too. I had to get up and close the vent, and cover it. This did not work right the first time, so I had to get up later and do it again. The vent had come completely back open. Then I got up this morning and apparently Barnabas has urinated on a towel in the bathroom floor and it reeks to high heaven, plus the living room window is wide open and the furnace is blasting away trying to heat the neighborhood! What is going on here?! I called Skip to ask him, but I got his voice mail.
I posted one of my items of art ("Autumn to the Brim") to both www.BetterPhoto.com and www.renderosity.com.
10:43p – I am cooking chicken, mashed potatoes, broccoli & cheese and gravy for supper.
The day has been pretty boring. I worked with RD on learning DreamWeaver some tonight. That was engaging.
10:56p – Supper is about done. The movie "Twelve Monkeys" (starring Bruce Willis) is playing on TV. I've been watching bits & pieces of it. I've seen it 2-3 times though.
11:02p – I think I shall go eat supper now...
11:25p – Stuffed. Skip is eating now. Kira is outside. Twelve Monkeys is still playing (good movie). Time to crash. I have my camera ready to record dreams again. Off to bed now...
9:33a – I slept late. More dreams again and as usual, Kira kept me up wanting outside every couple of hours.
Dream narrative: Dreams-110805.... (the computer has been crashing/rebooting...I am still working on this paragraph.
9:43p – I ready through the entire 11 chapters of the Illinois Driver License test today and took the test on each chapter. I only missed 2 items. I think I am ready to take the test for real, so I am planning on going to Belleville on the morrow and getting the written portion our of the way. I talked to Deana and offered to fill her tank, buy her lunch, lap dance (!) ... or whatever she needs to get her assistance. She says her car is going in the shop tomorrow and she has Friday off. Hopefully, the car will be ready by Friday. I know I will be!
Darn... I just realized that I did not take my pills this morning.
9:46p – At the moment, I am fixing supper. I went to Schnuck's tonight and spent about $35 on 2 chuck roasts, a pack of chicken breasts, a sliced pork butt and more groceries. Those were pretty good deals for Schnucks. I also got some snap peas, broccoli and about 3 cans of cheese sauce.
11:48p – I am so disgusted with my computer tonight. I have been trying to convert some very small files from MOV to AVI to MPG... and the are just bombing out and rebooting my PC. I know I have to reload this system soon... very soon... it is becoming very serious.
11:49p – For now, however, I am going to bed.
8:50a – I should have gotten up earlier. I am going in to Belleville to take the written portion of the driving test today. First I need to make some soup and get my brain revved up. After checking email.
10:06a – I am obviously not going to make the 10am bus. I just got my soup made; it's cooling down a little now. I will have to catch the 11am bus.
7:38p – I got out on time and caught the bus with no hassle. After getting to 5th&Mo to wait for the train, I tried to give Tia Marlena a call, but there was no answer. I left a message. Then, on an impulse, I called my sister, Calisa. She said she had been going to call me, but had not got a chance. They spent last night in the hospital with Stephanie. She got her foot ran over by a truck! Apparently the woman driving the truck stopped when Stephanie and her friends began screaming... stopped ON TOP of her foot! Then put it in reverse and backed OFF of her foot... (rather than just continuing on, which would have been less damaging). Then, of all the nerve, the woman yelled at Steph for not watching where she was going! Fortunately it appears there were no broken bones, but there may be damage to cartilage, ligaments and/or muscle. They can't tell until the swelling goes down. Calisa says they are probably going to pursue legal action, but this means they may likely have to sue the school since it was on their property. (That seems dumb, but this is in California... the "land of insensible law suits!").
7:46p – I got to the DMV and signed in at 12:25p. There were lots of names in front of me, but most of them seemed not to be there, so I got up to the desk fairly quick. I had to take the vision test and that was a fiasco. My glasses were in my pocket. I told the examiner that I had to wear glasses, but I don't think she heard me. She had me look into the little vision thingy and asked me to read "line 5."
12:04a – Darn! I was working on my journal and had more to say, but my PC decided AGAIN to reboot. I will have to continue later.
8:29a – I had a neat dream last night. In was one of those in which my perspective kept jumping from person, so I will tell it in the third person...
A man was granted a wish by a Djinn. He wished for three angels to be his friends and accompany him to a very important party. His wish was granted and there was the usual puff of smoke. As the smoke cleared, three figures came to be visible to the man. At first he was struck with terror when he saw them, for they were grotesque creatures with bat-like wings, clawed hands and feet, and dark green scales glistening iridescently in the light. They had short horns protruding from their heads, and sharp fangs from their gargoyle faces; and let's not forget their long tails with triangular tips, which slithered and coiled about as though they had a mind of their own. The man, too scared to run, stuttered out what he suspected would be his last words, "You were supposed to be angels!" The leader of the gruesome trio laughed deeply and replied, "We have not been called by that name for many ages!" The man continued to converse with the three creatures and, gradually relaxed as he learned that they were indeed angels... of a sort. "Fallen angels," now called "demons," but still angles at one time. He had not been specific about what kind of angels when he made his wish, and the Djinn (as Djinn's will do) took advantage of his failure. Fortunately for the man, he DID specify in his wish that the "angels" were to be his friends, and as time went by he discovered that, despite their horrific appearance they were not such bad creatures after all. Determined not to be beaten by the treacherous Djinn, the man learned more about his new friends. The dominant fellow was their leader. Next to him was his 'second in command' who always seemed to be by his side obeying unspoken commands like a second pair of hands. The third demon was a curiously gentle thing and apparently very simple minded. Like a child, he seemed to follow and be taken care of by the first two. Their names were unpronounceable to the man, so he simply called them One, Two and Three. The man left is demonic new friends for a time and returned shortly with packages for them. In the packages were human clothing, including baggy 501 jeans, which the demons found to be quite odd and baffling. The man explained that they were going to a party and he wanted them to dress in style. The loose fitting jeans would allow them to hide their tail; a hat to cover the horns; gloves for their hands. Yes indeed, the man was starting to believe that the Djinn had not been as treacherous as it had intended! So the man proceeded to take the his new friends to his home. Two and Three got into the back of his pickup truck, and the man gave them blankets to wrap up in. They looked at the blankets with mystified expressions, but the man convinced them to wrap up. Meanwhile, One joined him in the front of the truck and they headed off to the man's home. Unfortunately, this dream was just getting good and I was looking forward to its continuing just like a good book, but at this point it started to deteriorate. For a short spell, I was seeing things from Three's perspective. He had been left alone for a time, while the man planned his party ideas with One and Two. With a demonic trowel, Three dug deeply into the Earth looking for a snack which beings of his nature might find appetizing. (Too bad for the man that the digging took place through his living room floor!). Three dug up a delicious layer of rock with a partially molten core and sliced it open with the trowel. Now, from my perspective behind the simplicity of Three's eyes, the excavated goods appeared to be filled with a sweet lemon filling surrounded by a delicate and flakey crust. |
I would like to have seen the look on the man's face when he saw how his human habitat had been changed to a demonic dining room! Sadly, I woke up at this point and I guess we will never know how it went at the party! What an entertaining dream it was. I hope I dream the sequel tonight!
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I went out partying with Ricky and Deana tonight. I spent money I should not have, especially considering my unemployment benefits are now officially over. Iiw' aatb' ums' aitwafste, uute. Che aasw' iith' erstf' aimte Y'aav' und' atthe nye os' aangle. T'be... ch'aatg' ORM' ailwe orm' aelerte! Y'entw' uut edbe thwe othb' aavy' emth' aanj' aadh' ekse! Y'identche sheksp' uut' eeb' uudaengy' atthe. Riki iiyenve aitr' uut' ukf' iime! T'be, iih' aasw' os' igbe Y'udkench' ekte che! We had a good time though, and I needed to escape from all my worries and "let my hair down" so to speak. I did not get home until after daylight. Skip had already gone to work (he thought I was at home in bed still!). |
I felt awful all day. I am not used to going out. I had put my camera in the truck of the car last night and, just my luck, the key broke off in the lock. With all the stuff going on last night, and we couldn't get in through the back seat as planned this morning. One part of me kept worrying that something had happened to my camera and that the entire thing was some kind of ploy. I am so suspicious and skeptical as I get older. Too many things have happened to me because I am so naively trusting at times. I always believe people are good and that they were raised with the same morals and concepts of honor that I was. I am glad I was brought up that way; it's one thing my parents got right. But if they could have better prepared me for all the bad people in the world, it might have saved me a lot of grief. I am learning, but I would call myself a fast learner on this topic! I think the tendancy in the past couple of years for Skip and I to just stay home and involve ourselves in things like books, computers, and TV, have saved us both a lots of hassles. Anyway, Ricky finally got up around 1:00p and around 3:00p he called me and said he had the camera out. He had to pull the entire lock out of the car. I was relieved to get my camera back and slightly ashamed of my growing cynical fears.
8:40a – I slept well last night, once I finally got to sleep (which wasn't until around midnight). I feel human again today!
9:05a – I am making a pot of chicken noodle soup this morning. I boiled some crushed fennel seeds and strained them for the basic stock. I also added some dried shallots, fresh celery & corrot, green onion, and just before taking it off the burner I added some Vietnamese cú toi phî ("fried garlic" ... I can't get the correct diacritical symbols over the U and I). Then I added the somen noodles. I think it will be good. But first, I need to call Ricky and see if we're still on for today. I wonder what time I should call. I was thinking 9:00a, but it's Saturday. Maybe that's too early.
6:53p – I called Ricky about 10:00a, but Deana had taken the car to work, so the driving test is off for today. I suggest next Tuesday and Ricky said we would shoot for that. Deana called me when she got home from work and said she is taking that Tuesday off so we can do this. If I pass, we might even go car shopping! That would be a hoot if I came home with a car next Tuesday!
I called Karen (in Orlando) this morning to find out if she was still alive, or what. Her email to work bounces back and says she will be "out of the office until January 2006." That has been going on for a while now. She is going to be out for about 6 months or so. That could not be good. I sent email to both her and Mark at home, but I got no response. I was getting very, very worried about her. I talked to her for about an hour and was so happy to do so. She does indeed have medical problems and I have a much better understanding of her situation now. It is bad, but I think she has it under control. Bless her heart. I love her so dearly. I was so worried... I am glad she and Mark have thiis situation in hand and that I could provide her some information too.
Skip and I walked over to Wal-Mart this afternoon. It seemed to be threatening to rain, but it hasn't yet. He picked up a ceramic "scented oil warmer" similar to my soapstone ones. So now we have 3 different oil wamers going at the same time. One in his room, one in the bath and one in the sala. We also got a new litter box so that now Barnabas and Chooga will both have their own.
10:54p – Sheesh. I am having a stupid argument with Skip about how different people in the world perceive things. He is trying to explain it all to me. LOL... he can't see past his own back yard. I love him dearly, but ... he is so blind to reality. And the funny thing is, he thinks that *I* am the one who is blind.
Anyway, I have supper made. Fried chicken & pork, brocolli & cheese, and fried okra.
11:29p – Skip has gone to bed, and I shall follow suite shortly. The food was really good. I suspect, however, that I may experience a bit of indigestion from it all...
I had disturbing dreams about buying a car, my computer, visiting family I don't know... and a jumble of other stuff this morning before getting up. These "family" members and taken my computer apart. They removed my DVD burner and I complained. I said I had to have that back! They put my hard drive in another computer and wiped it clean, but assured me that it had been backed up first. I was very upset about all this being done to my things without my permission. I guess I am a very possessive type person.
4:21p – We've been working on the fence most of the day. I am tired, sore and have a head ache. Skip bought a second drill-driver over at Wal-Mart.
7:09p – I took my turn and went to Schnuck's, the Dollar Store and then Q-Mart. Skip had told me of some good buys going on at Schnuck's, and I don't know if they will still be in effect tomorrow, so I went.
11:54p – Supper was good. Skip complained that it was too spicey, but I did not think it was at all. Anyway... off to bed now.
7:19a – I got up and fixed some soup at about 6:00a. I was congested. I think I will go back to bed now. Skip is not going to work for some reason. I don't recall him telling me he was going to take the day of though
3:05p – Skip was not feeling good this morning either, that's why he did not go to work. Probably from all the work we did on the fence in the cool air yesterday.
3:06p – I have finally got motivated and the dishes are underway. I have let them go fore 3 or 4 days again. It's always a disaster when I don't stay on top of them.
3:08p – Y'aava' ey' aadb' eisk' aavy' aasg' uuteide. Y'iipk' aany' artfaengye!
6:52p
– Got the kitchen cleaned up again, and Skip & I walked to Q-Mart.
It has been drizzling rain all day... a miserable day.
I slept in again until nearly 10:00a. I tried to call Deana, but there was no answer. A few minutes later I was in the bathroom and the phone range. By the time I could answer it, they had hung up. I figured it might be Deana, so I tried calling her, but had to leave a voice mail. Finally about 10:20-ish, Deana called back and we got coordinated. She was to pick me up at 11:00a. I fixed some soup, took a shower, got dressed and she was here right on schedule. She had me drive, so I drove around the block to get the feel of the car, then to the gas station to fuel up. Deana said she did not know how to get to Belleville, so I drove us to Edgemont. I've never been there (and don't care to return!). I signed in at about 11:25a and it was over two hours before I was finally called upon to take my road test! The examiner had me apply the lights, signals, brakes, etc., and finally the horn. Well... the horn did NOT WORK. So I checked with Deana and she said, "no" ... her horn was not working. So... the test was off. After all that time and the tedium of waiting!
However, I was not ready to give up so easily. I talked Deana into finding "John" ... a mechanic friend of hers who worked in the area to check out the problem with her horn. He looked under the hood and, lo and behold! The horn was simply unplugged! He plugged it back in and the horn now works!
So, we drive back to the DMV and after another long wait, I finally took my road test and got my license. All in all, it took about 4½ hours to get it all done.
1:12a – It's cold and windy out tonight and we did not want to let Chooga outside. But when I let Kira out before going to bed, he darted out the door before I could stop him. Kira just got me up to go out again and Chooga was waiting to come back in! He will learn....
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11:12p – I just woke up and am letting Kira out. I can hardly believe its still before midnight and I have been asleep already. Skip is still up! I don't think he has even eaten supper. So much for my cooking it earlier for his benefit! Whatever...
2:39a – Kira is out again, but I got her up this time. I've been having dreams again, although I forgot to take my pills last night. I just now took them. A bit off schedule, but it should not be too bad. My dreams have been filled with feelings of frustration and inadequacy. They are very annoying and depressing tonight.
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is shining and it has warmed up outside (to
24°F). I will have to pick, my green tomatoes. I am sure they were killed by the freeze. Time for some fried green tomatoes! (Except they are so small...). 9:19a – Kira and Chooga are both outside. I know Kira will not be out there too long. She was out walking along the back fence line a moment ago. Chooga may want back in soon too, considering how cold it is. I hope he has that much sense. |
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4:23p – I did not accomplish too much today. Mostly sat around eating, checking email and watching TV. However, I finally did get motivated to do something. I contacted the dealership that was selling the purple pontiac that I liked the look of. I spoke to "Robin," who confided to me that this car was in rough condition. However, she has a white Geo Storm for $1,227.00 that was reposessed (so she has more room to 'play' with the price). The place is located in Granite City and I have never been there. I called MetroLink, but they don't have a bus going out there. Madison County Transit does have a bus going out there, however. I found that I can take the #5 Madison County bus, which leaves 5th&Mo at 17 or 47 after the hour to Pontoon Beach at Highway 111. I bet I will get completely lost! Anyway, if I can get close, then this person, Robin, said will come pick me up and cart me to the dealership. (Anything to make a sale I guess!) |
4:32p – So, tomorrow I am going on safari to Granite City. Maybe I will drive myself home! We will see.
4:35p – Meanwhile, at the moment, I am entering in some bills to WheresGeorge. Dishes are done and I have the last quarter of Skip's huge tenerloin thawing for supper. Once I get these bills entered I will take a short walk to the store. I am going to wear my big yellow coat for the first time this years. (My "Big Bird" coat).
9:52p – I have updated my journal pages from January to March of 2002 tonight. I am making supper now. Pork loin chops battered with mixed nuts & flour & egg, cabbage, and onion rings.
10:59p – Skip just "explained" to me how we (*I*) will have to be cleaning up the house for our family's upcoming visit. Now let me say this; I do not want them to come visit a home that is less that tidy. However, I just visited Darlene in January and she was living with her friend (Tammy) whose home reeked of cat urine and the floors were covered in dog poop! My brother Billy came to visit, and he was so nauseated he had to leave withing a few minutes! (It gave him a headache). I was so grossed out and Darlene & Bill merely tolerated the conditions in order to survive their circumstances. However, if they can stand those awful conditions, I don't think they will have a hard time dealing with a kitchen floor that is not shiney and waxed, or a bathroom that has a few dog/cat hairs in the corner. I would rather they did NOT experience that, but I really don't think it is going to be a big deal for us! LOL... at least the turkey will be dead and cooked, and the other animals more or less under control!
I managed to update my journal entries for Janurary through March of 2002 tonight. Spelling errors corrected and new pictures added.
11:06p – Anyway... I am going to go manage supper. Skip wants me to make him lunch too, by the way... hmmm..
11:47p – I am off to bed now. Chooga is outside and does not come when called. He will have to deal with the consequences of his actions! I am going to bed. The temperature is now 28°F. He will have to learn the hard way! I will be up to let Kira out in a couple of hours. Maybe he will be ready to come in then.
7:25a – I am up early. That's a good start. The dreams were not too overwhelming last night, except for one about this lady from a country "freak show." Her claim to fame was that she had been shot something like over 100 times and lived. She was a mess. Bed ridden, crippled, and disfigured, but she seem like a nice lady. Me and Mom sat visiting with her for a while. There was (as usual) more to it than this, but it gets confusing, so I won't bother writing it all down.
7:30a – I thought I heard Skip's computer playing games all by itself just now and looked to see. He is home. Apparently the bus ran early again and he missed it. I know how THAT is!
7:31a – I better go let Kira in and get myself some breakfast. It's going to be cold today, and I have to travel to some place I have never been. I am very nervous about this. But if the car is good enough, I may be able to drive home. Assuming I can find my way back!
3:24p – WHAT AN EXCITING DAY! I got a car! First, I took a long... (that is LONG) ride on the Maddison County busline to get out to Granite City. We almost got hit by a semi-truck in the process! On 20th street in I think Maddison. Anyway, I finally got dropped of on Highway 111 and walked to the dealership. I did not like the Geo Storm, but I ended up buying a 1995 Ford Taurus SHO. A high performance car with electric seats, leather interior, electric sun roof, remote lock & truck, keypad driver entry, a monster motor, and much more. I drove back to Cahokia, worried that I would run out of gas, but I made it. I filled it up for $33. After coming home and taking some pictures of it, I called Lisa Z and asked who she uses for insurance. She referred me to the All State office up on Range Street. So I drove down there and got the car insured. I paid $2000 down on the car and have about another $2000 to pay. So now I MUST get a job and SOON! I have the insurance payments coming up too. It will be $634 for the year. I am so elated ... and just a bit ill feeling from spending all the money and indebting myself with no job. Next week, I must find work through a temp agency. Somthing... anything... and FAST! Everything is starting to fall into place for me, but it could fall completely apart just as easily.
4:55p – I just got back from picking up Skip from work for the first time. That was my first trip into St. Louis. The trip home was stressful with rush hour traffic, lanes closed, etc., but I made it okay. It sure is great to be driving again!
7:37a – I am up early again. That's good. However, I just got hit by a massive case of nausea. I almost threw up in the hall moment ago, just out of the blue!
We bought a new rug for $20 at Soulard, and I got some spices. I got a good deal on some asparagus; 3 bunches for $2. Too bad Skip doesn't like asparagus. We took 55 to 255 and 157 to get home. It was longer, but less traffic. Then my "Over Drive OFF" light came on and kept blinking. I discovered I have an over drive button the the stick I had not seen. The button seems to be stuck and I could not get rid of the annoying blinking warning light. Oh, and the cruise control, which was working fine yesterday, does not seem to be working at all today. I tried several times and it just would not engage. Obviously this car has some kinks that need to be worked out.
I drove over to Wal-Mart for several items tonight. That was my first night time excursion in the car. The O/D light is still blinking. It is very annoying.
Marty and JR came over and picked up the cans tonight.
11:07a – I got up around 7:30a again. It's good that I have been getting up earlier here lately. I will have an adjustment to make when I start working again.
I got bills paid this morning and juggled some fund around. My cash on had is very low. I've spent to much.
LOL... I just found my "Hobbit name." It was Dimple "Boffin of Whitfurrows"
I arrived with no problem at the library in University City at about 1:15p. I had to wait a few minutes for everyone to arrive. Jerry was there, and the new person Dave. Ron arrived just a little late. I think this was the most lively and upbeat meeting I have ever had with EASL. It was too bad more people were not there.
7:24a – I am up early again this morning. I am going to make some soup and then make some calls to find out what I can about getting the tags on my car. I am not sure where I am supposed to go.
I drove all the way to Belleville without a problem, only to realize once I got there that the DMV offices are CLOSED on Mondays! DOH!
I came back home, the drove down to Goodwill to look for a new suit jacket. They had some, but note big enought to fit me.
Then I walked over to Great Clips and got my hair cut.
After the haircut, I drove hom and picked up Kira, taking her out for her first ride in the new car. I took over to Pershing Street and let her roam around in her old haunts. She seemed to remember the place I think. I took a few pictures, of course. From there we went over to Forest Park and I wandered around a bit. I took move pictures, and Kira got in the water before I could stop her. Just her feet and her belly got wet at least. She was getting tired though. She just doesn't have the energy she used to only two years ago. Then we went over to JR's place to visit for a bit. I gave JR a ride around the neighborhood to show off the car. Finally, I went to Wash U. and picked Skip up from work. We had a terrible time finding the 64 East entrance this time! And the traffic sucked with all the construction going on.
Skip banged on my door and woke me abruptly this morning. He had fogotten to set him alarm and was running late. I had to give him a ride down to 5th&Mo. (I was barely awake!).
I came home and fixed a pot of soup, then got dressed and head to my interview at Kelly Services. I parked in the Famous Barr Building on the 8th floor, arriving at 10:27a. I filled out all the forms and took their tests. I was surprised to find that they cannot hire me for a Secretarial position because my test scored were not good enough! I have been a Secretary and worked in the clerical environment all my life! Yet my Excel scores indicated "needs training" !! What?! And I passed my Power Point test with no problem. This is confusing. I use Excel almost every day and am comfortable in it. I almost NEVER use PowerPoint! I am wondering if they got someone else's test scores!? Anyway, they had faxed my information to their IT department and had not received a response as yet. The said they would let me know. Hmm... we will see. I went in very confident of my experience and skills. Now I am a bit depressed. I *have* to get a job! And soon!
5:56p – Skip called a few minutes ago. He is on the way home with family, but the missed the Cahokia exit and are having to take a long circuitous route and come in the back way. They should be here soon.
6:09p – I think I just heard them pull in!
Everyone got here okay. I fixed Darlene & Bill up with my bedroom. Devon slept in the kitchen on Skip's futon mattress. I laid out a couple of sleeping bags and slept on the floor in the living room.
We got up and eventually headed out to find a place to eat. We ended up eating at Talayna's. I had the egg plant parmagiano appetizer, Darlene had a salad and chicken wings, Bill and Skip both had the lunch lasagna, and Devon had the chicken parmagiano.
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After eating, we left the car in the parking lot and took the MetroLink down to LaClede's landing and walked over to the Arch. The price to go up in the Arch has gone up to $10 per person, so we decided not to do that. Besides, Darlene had no desire to go up that high and Skip and I have been up more than once. I am not sure if Bill wanted to go, but Devon kind of wanted to, I think.
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We were thoroughly exhausted by the time we made it back to the car around 3:45p. We had discussed stopping back by Union Station on the way back. Devon wanted to go to "a mall." But we were all so tired by this time, it did not happen.
After we got home, Darlene, Devon and I all went out again. First I stopped to fill up the tank for the second time. Then we went to Wal-Mart (where I bought a 'cherry air freshener' for the car). Then we went to Shop 'n Save and bought about $30 more of goods for tomorrow. Oh... and Devon had to buy a sexy little "thong" from the clothing store next door. On the way home, I was VERY tired! I turned on my Romanian Top 20 CD and turned the music up high. Darlene actually said she like the music and I told her I would make her a copy. Devon was enjoying my car's sound system and we turned up the bass and BOOMED our way home.
I got home and took a hot shower, slipped into some comfortable clothes, had a few beers, checked email, and then started supper. I made fried chicken breast, okra, mashed potatoes & gravy. We did not get to bed until after midnight!
I was up at about 7:30a. I slept fairly well last night. I am not having as much problem sleeping on the floor as I thought I might. My lips are getting chapped though.
As is usual Thanksgiving day, we spent most of the day preparing and cooking the feast. I had to run to Q-Mart three times during the day. First, early in the morning for milk (for our coffee and their cereal); the later to pick up some Miracle Whip (which Darlene insisted was the correct base for Mom's traditional holiday "Golden Salad;" and finally one last trip to get some beer (for me and Skip).
We finally sat down to eat around 5:00p. They turkey came out absolutely awesome! It was juicy and possibly the best turkey cooked in my home in years. Definitely better than what we cooked the last two years.
I had a couple of plates full of food, and then I had a slice of pecan pie slathered with whip cream and strawberries.
We were all so full and miserable! It has been very much like Thanksgiving should be!
Meanwhile, in Oneonta, Alabama, my sister Judy fixed a festive meal of cornish game hens.
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11:25p – Correction... NOW I am off to bed. I got caught up creating the thanksgiving day collage above. Devon has crashed, as have Darlene and Bill. Skip is into his gaming. I am tired. He just commented on how he is the last one to go to bed, yet he is the first one up. I supposed he forgot to take into account that he often takes a nap during the day (as he did today).
I got up this mornning and cornered Devon at the back door and asked her for a hug. She looked at me funny, but gave me the hug and I took the honor of being the first one today to wish her a happy 17th birthday.
I fixed a little "turkey
soup" with some Chine "somen" noodles for me and Darlene
this morning. She is like me and enjos a hot soup in the morning more
than coffee. She does like her tea though... that is a bit odd for our
family, but I respect it. She like my quick soup creation this morning
and I, of course, enjoy sharing it with her.
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has conducted his affairs in the past. As we get older, such revelations sometimes come to us, eh? But Bill was fascinated by the Center and wished he had more time to investigate it furether. |
Once we left Cahokia Mounds, we headed to Fairview Heights. Devon (the birthday girl) wanted to go to "a Mall." I wanted to take her to the Galleria Mall. That would have fullfilled her heart's desire, but Skip wanted to go to Best Buy in Fairview Heights to find some computer game that was supposed to be on sale. His nagging won out, I am sorry to say. Traffic (on the day after Thanksgiving) was horrendous! The biggest shopping day of the year, or so they say. We finally made our way to Best Buy, after some agressive/creative driving on my part! Bill and I both made our way to the men's room first! Then we came out and tried to find our party among the hectic holiday shoppers. Darlene strolled right up like she had been by our side all along. Skip and Devon with deep in the bowels of the shopping monster. I eventually found Devon, and she showed me a CD album by "Green Day" and told me that her favorite song was "Wake me up when September Ends."
I told Devon I would see if her Uncle Skip would buy it for her birthday. (He is the only one of us who is currently employed!). I tracked him down (eventually) and presented the idean to him, but he had already decided to purchase a copy of the latest Harry Potter novel, "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" for her.
So... I decided to buy it for her anyway. My funds are limited, but I am not broke yet, and Devon is my favorite niece. I could do it. And I did. And once I made the purchase, I tracked Skip down in the shopping melee and had him tuck the CD under his jacket.
Meanwhile, Devon was trying to convince Darlene to buy the CD for her. To my releif, Darlene pled "poor" and said that maybe later they could send "Uucle Lee" the money and he could get the CD for her. Of course I assured her that I would do this for her!
Skip discovered that the game he was looking for (which was supposed to go on sale today, according to his sources) was NOT on sale after all. So we left and made our way back out to the car (which had parked facing out of a parking spot and did not have to back up). As we got in the car, Skip slipped the CD to me over the roof and once we got in and situation, I surprised Devon by presenting the CD to her. She gave me some lavish hugs & kissies from the back seat and we proceeded to play her punky music in my CD player. It was "okay" ... but not anything I would "go ape" over. See the lyrics to her favorite song in the right hand side bar on this page. I may create a sample sound file to add as the backgound sound for this page. We left Best Buy and (with me driving, of course) we made our way over to the central "Mall" area. Me and Bill were of a like mind and eventually found a seat to sit and chat while Skip went off to a book store and Darlene and Devon found more exciting shopping events going on. |
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I think Devon eventually bought herself some amusing little pajamas and some "boy briefs" ... and I am not sure what that means....
Meanwhile, Skip, Bill and myself were getting hungry! Skip was insistent that we go to a sit-down restaurant of soem quality. Neither Bill nor I argued this and we ended up finding ourselves at the Casa Gallardo. We all ordered wonderfully festive meals, and our waiter, whose name was "Bernardo," was a handsome and wonderfully entertaining young man from Mexico who helped give the overall atmosphere a genuine twist.
I had the "Nachos Supremos" with a side of guacamole. Anyway... it was a delicious meal! So good that I did not even take any pictures!
After leaving the Fairview Heights grounds and making our way home we still had a few problems. We got a bit turned around and at one point, I was trying to move into another lane, but it turned out to be a MEDIAN! I bounced over some rough ground and THANKFULLY did NOT he any rails or major obstalces. That was very upsetting and embarrassing! I thought I was changing lanes into a typical situation, but I nearly wrecked us! And so soon into my new "driving" days...
Anyway, we eventually got home in relative saftey. I then spent several hours with Bill gathering and organzing genealogy information. With his help, I went over 700 entries in my database! We got a lot accompplished, including pictures which I used from their wedding back in January.
I got up about 8:00a this morning. It was gray and dismal outside, and I thought it was earlier than it was. Everyone got up about the same time and began getting organized for their trip back to Oklahoma.
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I felt pretty tired today and went to my room and crashed. It was good to sleep in my own bed for a change, but the dreams were creepy and I did not sleep very well. 7:55p – Marty just left. He stopped by to bring me a "gift" ... consisting of a screw driver set and a 4-way lug wrench. That was so nice of him! Bless his heart. I was supposed to go over to JR's tonight for an "extra" Thanksgiving meal, but I was too tired from our family's visit and spent several hours in bed this afternoon. |
11:13p – I just had a spicey plate of chipotle rice & turkey. I am off to bed now. Kira will be happy to sleep in her regular place!
I slept pretty good last night up until I woke up with acid reflux. It was a moderately bad case and I was coughing acid from my lungs for a while. This inflamed my throat and cause my uvula to swell up, which in turned kept gagging me. I slept off and on after that, but my arm still suffers from perpetual tendonitis and was being painful.
1:20p – I have not done much of anything today. It's a drab and dismal day out. It rained all night and it's cold. We may get snow soon.
I spent almost all day long reloading my computer. I still have a lot to do. I lost some things to. I wanted to reload with Windows XP Pro, but my computer refused to
1:17p – I signed in at the DMV and am waiting to see about getting my permanent plates.