Benford's Musings

Well, I can’t seem to get to sleep so I guess I’ll update.

Life has been quite nice this spring break. Len came and stayed for several days. I love the time we get to spend together but usually, it’s only a weekend (and sometimes only a day & a half or less) so this time together was very cherished. I found myself quite domestic this past week. I cooked, cleaned, laundried more often than I normally get to (barely once a week). My apartment hasn’t felt so refreshing! I think the cats are a bit freaked out. Between the spastic weather, my being home so much and Len being here, all the vaccuuming and washer/dryer commotion was more than they could handle. They’re sleeping hard tonight (wish I could).

I got to wash my car. Even though I’ve run my car through many car washes, I haven’t actually washed my car in months. I’d forgotten how white it could be! It even withstood the rain we got yesterday! The sunny days were well received in my apartment complex. Many people (me included) were out enjoying the splendors of the sun & time off. Overall, it’s been a happy place to live.

On Friday, Cathy (not talking about me in third person, btw) called to see if I wanted to hit 6th Street to see a band of a friend of hers so I got dressed and went. The band was okay…not really my style but it was nice to get out and hang with Cathy (again, my friend). After they were done, she was going country dancing with her friend Jay (who didn’t make it out to 6th to meet us) so I was going to go home. No sense trying to go country dancing when youyour dance partner isn’t in town. ANYWAYS, I was walking back to my car when I walk by a very familiar guy at the ATM machine. It was my friend Brad Saxon from high school. I hadn’t seen him since the 10 year reunion several years ago. We couldn’t believe 10 years out of high school had passed so fast already. We ended up going to Speakeasy together and to a happy surprise, the Scabs were playing. Bob Schneider looks like hell. Why did Sandra Bullock date him? Grungy rock stars are attractive to some, I guess. Turns out his sax player and I went to college and played in jazz band together, too. Wow, it was a small world kinda night. I got home way too late and my feet hurt like hell but it was a nice little spontaneous evening.

I worked on my taxes today. It was really not so bad. It certainly made me go through the horrible stack of unfiled papers I had on my desk to see if there was anything I could deduct in there. Lo and behold, there was!!! A receipt for $130 band videos. I knew it was somewhere. It rocks to be a band junkie by hobby and profession.

Well, that’s about all I have right now. I’m still not sleepy so I guess I’ll go find new sites to surf through as I chat on AIM (which I never do).

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Had a shitty nights sleep to top off the insomnia. I think I kept waking up every hour feeling like I hadn’t fallen asleep yet. I know that tonight’s sleep is gonna start early and it’s gonna rock. I guess every cloud has that silver lining!
~B

Yesterday was an interesting day. Len’s been here since Saturday night (wonderful!!!) and he had to leave yesterday morning (boo!!). I eventually got going and had breakfast and went to work out. After I got cleaned up, I headed out.

I stopped off at my folks’ house to pick up mail and drop off stuff then headed over to Seton Southwest Hospital to visit Connie. She’s just had hip replacement surgery. Before I stopped off at mom & dad’s house, I stopped at Central Market to pick up bulk chocolates & flowers (the chocolates were at her request). She was groggy from some anti-nausea medicine when I got there but she looked great as always. Frank was there but Sami was out and about, enjoying car time. She’d been on a liquid diet up until that point but I think she was gonna get some solids for dinner yesterday. Her physical therapist came by and they worked on walking for a while and that was very exciting to see. That morning, she had text messaged me to let me know she had walked (with walker & PT help) to the window and back. When I was there, the PT had her walking around the room and sitting in a chair, leg propped up. HUGE accomplishment for someone who had just had gotten a hip upgrade installed just over 24 hours before!!! I’m so excited for her. I haven’t heard from her today but I bet she’s running amuck around the hospital and they’re gonna have to chain her down to keep her from doing too much too fast.

On a wierd note, on the way from my parents’ house to the hospital, I was hit by a huge piece of plywood that had popped up from the truck in front of me but no damage was done to my car *whew*. On the way home, I made sure to look for that damn piece of plywood that became 3 pieces after it had hit my car. I cussed out every stinking piece!! HA.