Saturday morning Tom and I went to the flea market early. Lloyd, who had been asleep for just a few hours when we planned to leave, decided that he wanted to go with us. When he got up and felt his fatigue though, he stayed at home. He asked me to get him some coffee and orange juice.

The flea market was not busy. I think the threat of ( Read more... )

President Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize just a few minutes ago. This is a big shock but I am glad. I hope this will quiet the hateful Republicans for at least a day... but I doubt it will. I am sure they will twist it into something bad like they do with everything that Obama does. In fact, the spinning is already beginning; already I am ( Read more... )

Work wasn't too bad today. I exercised good mental discipline. I didn't allow myself to say hateful things under my breath or even in my own mind. I didn't allow myself to think about how much time passed. The day was better because of this although it is hard for me to maintain such discipline. It will get better as I get older.

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I got out of bed late this morning. I decided to sleep in because of the long wilderness walk yesterday. That was a mistake. Even though I had more than 8 hours of sleep, I felt more tired all day than I have any of the days this week. Lloyd and I started the morning with a short visit to the Publix. We had breakfast and then I took Bella ( Read more... )

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Even though Lloyd didn't go to sleep until after he got off work at 2am, he shockingly got up after I had my shower at 5am. He asked me if I wanted to go to Waffle House and when I told him that he should be asleep, he said that he wanted to spend time with me! We first went to the Waffle House on Macon Road. We were there well before 6 and ( Read more... )

This morning I started reading “Frankenstein”. Last night Lloyd told me that the version he is reading in school is the original and the copy I bought at Barnes and Noble is a revised version from later. He was right. In the 1830's Mary Shelley changed the text. Right now, I don't know why she did this but I have a feeling it had something ( Read more... )

For many months I have had a strange pain in my upper chest. It feels like my pectoral muscle on the left side is tightening. I frequently stretch out my arm but it doesn't change the feeling. I also feel the need for a deep breath but can't seem to get enough air. In the beginning it only happen while I was at work but lately I have been ( Read more... )

This morning after my shower, I went to Walmart. It is pleasant there early in the morning. There are few people, zero kids, and that annoying beeping sound that all the scanners makes is rarely heard. I went to the computer area and got a sleeve with a zipper for the Dell Mini. I also got a tiny USB Bluetooth adapter. Before coming home I ( Read more... )

I am proud of myself. This morning my phone made it's annoying alarm sound at 5 am and I actually got out of bed! I felt an instinct to just lay there but I was able to overcome that feeling and I got myself into the shower. I was able to have a leisurely breakfast and then I was able to get a lot of reading in. (I am reading The Scarlet ( Read more... )