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This has been a completely uninspired day. I really should have gone to the mall or the movies this afternoon, but it is so hot that I couldn't force myself to do it. I went to Falls Church and got my Avonex shot this mornning, but I've been inside this place for much too long today... gotta get out tommorrow. My self confidence and sense of purpose really takes a nosedive when I don't get out.
Although, actually, tomorrow isn't much better. I have a doctor's appointment in the late morning. Getting there and back will take the bulk of the day. I think, though, considering my state of mind tonight, that I'll go get some pizza and beer for dinner afterward. Nothinng makes my day like pizza and beer!
I'll go if my electric wheelbchair isn't acting up, that is. It hasn't been charging correctly lately, which is as frightening as crap. From day to day, I don't really know if I'll have working wheels on the next day.
Area Access ordered a part. Sure do hope it comes in soon and fixes the problem
Hasta manana, baby.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Monday, May 30, 2011
Back in Business
Ron fixed my computer!!! It took him well over 2 hours, and it is so cold in my room that he very likely got frostbite, but he persevered and now it is fixed!!! I can open two windows at once! I can actually find Google and search on it. I can send an email or make a blog post without getting an error message!!!!! (I had gotten to the point where I was making blog posts from the IPad. This is an incredibly tedious process. It explains why my posts have been few and far between!) I can even write blog posts and play music at the same time!!!! I had SO much crap running on my computer... Ron created a folder as he was sorting stuff out that he titled, "I don't know what that is or how it got on my computer".
But now it works, and it is like a whole new computer!
So I may never be seen in public again.....
Ha, ha! Just kidding. I think. Except that the weather is terribly hot...
Jan, a pal from the CTS choir, came over today. We got lunch at the mall and ate at Chick-fil-e and saw "Water For Elephants". It was a real good movie. My only critcism is that I'd have loved to see the characters of the other circus performers developed more fully, but, had that been done, I'd probably be complaining that the movie was too long.
Maybe I'll read the book, if I ever slow down and stop running from reality for long enough to read anything!
But now it works, and it is like a whole new computer!
So I may never be seen in public again.....
Ha, ha! Just kidding. I think. Except that the weather is terribly hot...
Jan, a pal from the CTS choir, came over today. We got lunch at the mall and ate at Chick-fil-e and saw "Water For Elephants". It was a real good movie. My only critcism is that I'd have loved to see the characters of the other circus performers developed more fully, but, had that been done, I'd probably be complaining that the movie was too long.
Maybe I'll read the book, if I ever slow down and stop running from reality for long enough to read anything!
Saturday, May 28, 2011
lets see if this works
Sorry I haven't posted for a while, but my computer has been very odd. Ron says he'll come look at it. I think I'll TRY to manage a short post now. Anything might happen, though, so, if I suddenly disappear, it probably wasn't the Rapture that took me, it wras probably a computer glitch.
I've also not been feeling very funny because my wonderful Aunt Brenda just found out she's sick. She's a real great person, so please pray for her. She's a strong lady, and I'm sure she will fight this thing.
There are multitudes of wonderful things I could tell you about Brenda, but here is a cute story insteaad... Brenda was just a little kid when she and Mammaw came to visit Mom and Dad in the parsonage of their first church. One day they all went to a grocery store. In the aisle, a passing woman spotted Dad. She was very happy to see him and greeted him enthusiastically. When she left, Brenda asked, "Who was that?" Dad responded, "Oh, just some woman I married." Brenda burst into tears. "What's wrong, honey?" Mammaw asked. "If he married her," Brenda said, "Then what will happen to Mildred?"
I've also not been feeling very funny because my wonderful Aunt Brenda just found out she's sick. She's a real great person, so please pray for her. She's a strong lady, and I'm sure she will fight this thing.
There are multitudes of wonderful things I could tell you about Brenda, but here is a cute story insteaad... Brenda was just a little kid when she and Mammaw came to visit Mom and Dad in the parsonage of their first church. One day they all went to a grocery store. In the aisle, a passing woman spotted Dad. She was very happy to see him and greeted him enthusiastically. When she left, Brenda asked, "Who was that?" Dad responded, "Oh, just some woman I married." Brenda burst into tears. "What's wrong, honey?" Mammaw asked. "If he married her," Brenda said, "Then what will happen to Mildred?"
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Yet Another Silly Touristy Day
The day began with an unpleasant, but harmless, incident. Today is Sunday, my "go to church" day... one of the few days on which I actually have something to do. Imagine my surprise when the woman who woke me said, "Metro Access was here and waited for a minute, but then they left."
Now, the way this works is, when the bus reservation is originally made, dispatch gives the customer a 30 minute window during which the bus will arrive. If the bus arrives and the passenger isn't ready, drivers usually go to great lengths ro complete the pickup, (This is great for the recalcitrant rider, but totally unfair to customers like me, who are always on time, but then have to wait around for the selfish inconsiderate jerks to decide to show up.)
Anyway, I called dispatch immediately, and they agreed they were early and said they'd call the driver and get him to come back--which he did, but he admitted to having been just around the corner drinking coffee and reading the newspaper. So I guess I interrupted his well plotted break.
The fun thing I did today is that I went to rhe Taste of Arlington festival. Wilson Boulevard was blocked off all through Ballston for the event, which was just a couple blocks from Emeritus. Lots of restaurants and different organizations set up booths along the street. At the end of the street, a rock band played. The resraurants cooked food in their booth. usually on grills, and then sold plates of the food. One place had cups of beer, another cups of wine. Festival goers didn't use money to pay for the food and beverages. Instead, attendees had paid cash for tickets upon entering the gate, and then paid for the food with tickets. All the food was quite inexpensive, which made it possibble to taste nore if it!
Now, the way this works is, when the bus reservation is originally made, dispatch gives the customer a 30 minute window during which the bus will arrive. If the bus arrives and the passenger isn't ready, drivers usually go to great lengths ro complete the pickup, (This is great for the recalcitrant rider, but totally unfair to customers like me, who are always on time, but then have to wait around for the selfish inconsiderate jerks to decide to show up.)
Anyway, I called dispatch immediately, and they agreed they were early and said they'd call the driver and get him to come back--which he did, but he admitted to having been just around the corner drinking coffee and reading the newspaper. So I guess I interrupted his well plotted break.
The fun thing I did today is that I went to rhe Taste of Arlington festival. Wilson Boulevard was blocked off all through Ballston for the event, which was just a couple blocks from Emeritus. Lots of restaurants and different organizations set up booths along the street. At the end of the street, a rock band played. The resraurants cooked food in their booth. usually on grills, and then sold plates of the food. One place had cups of beer, another cups of wine. Festival goers didn't use money to pay for the food and beverages. Instead, attendees had paid cash for tickets upon entering the gate, and then paid for the food with tickets. All the food was quite inexpensive, which made it possibble to taste nore if it!
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Tales from a Museum
The weather today was beautiful! I decided to take advantage of my newly discovered ability to use METRO for free (due to Metro Access) and I took Metro down to the Mall. I went to the African museum because I'd never been there. I was really surprised at how small it is. I mean, for heavens to Betsy, it is a whole continent and they pretty much covered it in 1 room.
After I saw the museum, I wandered around on the first floor and found "The Discovery Theater. A show started right after I got there. The show featured actors from ArtStream Arlington Inclusive Theater Company, which is composed of kids with intellectual disailities. The show was produced by VSA, an organization founded by Jean Kennedy Smith over 35 years ago to increase access to the arts to people living with disabilities. The kids all seemed to be having a wonderful time. This kind of opportunity ought to be generously supported by the public. I bet it makes an 100% turnaround in quality of life for the kids involved.
After I saw the museum, I wandered around on the first floor and found "The Discovery Theater. A show started right after I got there. The show featured actors from ArtStream Arlington Inclusive Theater Company, which is composed of kids with intellectual disailities. The show was produced by VSA, an organization founded by Jean Kennedy Smith over 35 years ago to increase access to the arts to people living with disabilities. The kids all seemed to be having a wonderful time. This kind of opportunity ought to be generously supported by the public. I bet it makes an 100% turnaround in quality of life for the kids involved.
Friday, May 20, 2011
I've just been staying busy being anywhere but here for the last couple days. Today two of my former employees from CFC took me to Chevy's for lunch to celebrate my birthday - which was real nice of them. I'm surprised they remembered. I ordered a full meal and a beer. Yum!
We didn't really dish any dirt about the affairs of the City. We did talk about the fact that Len Michlowski passed away recently. He was a real character. He was in his 80's, and he hung around City Hall all the time just to share stories. There are a number of people like that. They would come in my office every day and just hang around for hours. I called them "City Hall Groupies". Len was also seen and heard from at all the City Council meetings, and he wrote frequent letters to the local paper, many of them in-decipherable. His favorite cause was veteran's affairs, and I'm willing to bet that the Veteran's Memorial at City Hall would never have been built were it not for Lenny.
I was feeling melancholy aboutt his death, but my friends said, "He was in his 80s, and he didn't know what hit him - he just dropped dead peacefully in uhis own front yard. He was a lucky man." And, especially looking at some of the folks around here, I guess he was.
Bye, Lenny.
We didn't really dish any dirt about the affairs of the City. We did talk about the fact that Len Michlowski passed away recently. He was a real character. He was in his 80's, and he hung around City Hall all the time just to share stories. There are a number of people like that. They would come in my office every day and just hang around for hours. I called them "City Hall Groupies". Len was also seen and heard from at all the City Council meetings, and he wrote frequent letters to the local paper, many of them in-decipherable. His favorite cause was veteran's affairs, and I'm willing to bet that the Veteran's Memorial at City Hall would never have been built were it not for Lenny.
I was feeling melancholy aboutt his death, but my friends said, "He was in his 80s, and he didn't know what hit him - he just dropped dead peacefully in uhis own front yard. He was a lucky man." And, especially looking at some of the folks around here, I guess he was.
Bye, Lenny.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Rainy day
There's not a whole lot to talk about today, because the dreary weather discouraged me and I stayed in almost all day. I ran out only to go to Noodles and Company for lunch. I got the Cheesy Noodles with Meatballs. Extravagant, I know, but I'm eating a $2.00 prepared Caesar salad from CVS for dinner.
So do you think it's an indictment of an establishment's food quality when a patron who has already paid for a meal chooses to eat off the shelf at CVS instead?
The food offered here is bland, unimaginative crap. Except for the times it is actually icky! This, of course, is only my opinion, so you should take it with a grain of salt. As should most of our entrees...! And, to top it off, they print up menus and then don't serve everything on the menu that they, themselves, just printed. For example, the other day they offered chicken fingers and dipping sauce. The waitress brought chicken fingers. I asked for sauce. She said, "No sauce." I said, "But It is in the menu." She said, "No sauce!" and walked away.
The best part about eating in the dining room is that I love the little lady from Puerto Rico that eats with me, Francesca. She has become obsessed with Dancing With the Stars, and stays up late every night to see it, but now falls asleep every time she sits down! She also tells me that she was asleep in bed last night and one of the workers here came in the door, waking her up, and then said, "oh, I'm sorry. I was looking for Mr. Johnson." The worker left then, but Francesca got worried that perhaps Mr. Johnson was missing and perhaps they thought he was heading to her room! Poor lady didn't sleep for the rest of the night!
I guess one has to be careful what one says to the elderly!
So do you think it's an indictment of an establishment's food quality when a patron who has already paid for a meal chooses to eat off the shelf at CVS instead?
The food offered here is bland, unimaginative crap. Except for the times it is actually icky! This, of course, is only my opinion, so you should take it with a grain of salt. As should most of our entrees...! And, to top it off, they print up menus and then don't serve everything on the menu that they, themselves, just printed. For example, the other day they offered chicken fingers and dipping sauce. The waitress brought chicken fingers. I asked for sauce. She said, "No sauce." I said, "But It is in the menu." She said, "No sauce!" and walked away.
The best part about eating in the dining room is that I love the little lady from Puerto Rico that eats with me, Francesca. She has become obsessed with Dancing With the Stars, and stays up late every night to see it, but now falls asleep every time she sits down! She also tells me that she was asleep in bed last night and one of the workers here came in the door, waking her up, and then said, "oh, I'm sorry. I was looking for Mr. Johnson." The worker left then, but Francesca got worried that perhaps Mr. Johnson was missing and perhaps they thought he was heading to her room! Poor lady didn't sleep for the rest of the night!
I guess one has to be careful what one says to the elderly!
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