Sigh.

Yesterday, I was carrying a monitor to put it in my car and I had to step across a computer that was one of several I had running tests.  As I stepped over, I missed my step and fell.  I caught myself half-way, leaning onto a stand and computer, holding the monitor to keep from dropping it.  I really banged and scratched my leg; in addition to pulling my back.  So, I delivered the monitor and a computer and picked up two more. 

When I got back to the house, I opened my door on the car and the hinge broke loose from the frame.  It had been repaired previously where I had worn it out from opening and closing the door so much.  Now, the door is barely hanging by a small piece of metal.  The body shops don’t want to touch it.  I tried a couple of welders and one construction welding shop that is a client of mine said they would fix it, but it will be expensive: $200-$400.  I can’t get a loan on a car, so I was trying to make this one last as long as possible.  I don’t know when they could attempt to repair it for me, but I need a car.  I can’t get by with this door the way it is.

Sigh…

My Sunday

I’ve been busy today.  I needed to change the brakes and oil on the Cherokee, so I started changing the front brake pads when I realized that the rears were probably worn enough to change, too.  The fronts were really needing it and although the rears usually don’t wear as quickly, I figured it was best to just do them now. My sister was on her way to my house, so I had her pick up the rears.  I got that done, along with the oil change. 

I was waiting for my coupons to arrive in my email from my Blockbuster membership.  I wanted to rent a couple of Xbox360 games so I could try the system out.  After I got cleaned up, I was going to put the bike away since I had checked and they hadn’t arrived.  I went out to put the motorcycle away and noticed that there was brake fluid on the ground and inside the wheel-well.  So, I checked into that and discovered it had come out the cap because of the new pad being thicker.  That was ok.  I decided to check one more time on the coupons and they had arrived.  Yeah!  So, I took the motorcycle and got my games and a free DVD.  While I was there, an attractive young woman was ringing up my items and handed me a broken, leaking pen to sign the receipt.  I had blue ink all over my hands.  She got me some paper towels and hand soap and started apologizing over and over, even though I told her it was ok and not to worry.  I mentioned I would clean the rest off at home with good cleaners; that I just didn’t want to get it on my bike.She apologized some more, so I smiled and said, “It’s ok.  I’m not excited about it.” (Apparently, smiles mean something to some people.)  I rode the bike a little, came back, hooked up the Xbox360 and am about to go play.

Cool!  Nifty-keen!  Dude!  And all those other exclamations.  🙂

Experts Find Evidence of Bosnia Pyramid

Wow.

Narnia

I watched Narnia last night.  I liked it, but it seemed like some little “it” was missing from it.  Even so, I thought it was a really good movie.  One of the previews on the DVD is for the new Pirates of The Caribbean which is being released in July.  I looked up Narnia on IMDB and saw where a second one is scheduled for 2007.

Well… just got paged by Charleston and I’m now headed for Tyler county.

Riding Today

So, I took the Volusia out and went to Extreme to return the gloves I bought the other day.  I tried them on and tried to work the controls on the bike and didn’t like how they fit.  They didn’t have any others that fit or I liked, so I just did a return on them and I’ll keep looking.  After leaving there, I went across the river into Wheeling and rode out Route 88 past Oglebey Park.  I went through West Liberty and Bethany and went to Castleman’s run.  There were people fishing from the water’s edge and a couple of boats.  I then came back into Wellsburg on 67 and north on Route 2 to home.  I put about 80+ miles on the bike today.  It was a nice ride.

I think I don’t make the turns with enough skill.  On the winding road today, I averaged (when I could look) 10 miles over the marked speeds for the turns, but I don’t feel like I’m doing well enough… enough confidence, etcetera.  Even though I’ve been riding regularly for about 3 or 4 years now, I’m thinking about taking the Basic Rider Safety Course.  I don’t know if it would be a waste of the money.  I’ve heard lots of people say they road for many years and took the course and learned lots from it to the point that they increased their riding abilities.

Light Work Day

I made today a light work day so I could do a couple of maintainence things on my car and possibly go for a ride. I delivered back a computer that I had repaired, adjusted my clutch, took the door panel off and lubricated the sticking door handle/lock, and now I’m going to get cleaned up and go riding.  Off I go…..

Hmmm…..

So, I worked today for a client that I hadn’t seen for awhile. She saw me going through the worst part of my Jana situation.  We were catching up a bit and she said that I seemed so much better than I did even the last time she saw me.  She thinks I seem different on several levels.  So, I said to her that the situation with Jana was really hard, but it taught me some things and I learned something from it.  A little while later, I realized that today is Jana’s birthday.

I came home, retrieved the mail from the box and there was a card for my mother.  There was no return address on the front, so I looked at the back.  It’s from Jana.

Timing.  Hmmm……

Weird Happenings Update

 Well… I found the answer. I just finished watching the 11 o’clock news and there were 8 drug arrests today out of 61 grand jury indictments. (There were also 60+ indictments in a county in Ohio just northwest of me across the river.) They were flying overhead because one of the arrested is the son of a neighbor of mine. I think he was living with his mother; as I’ve seen him there alot for the last couple of months. I think he was actually the only arrested person they showed in the footage. I don’t know how… but somehow I missed seeing the police and tv crew vehicles in front of that house. But, the house numbers are kind of odd on my block, so maybe when they stopped in front of my mailbox they were trying to figure out which house was which.

But, upon seeing the video footage of the chopper flying over, it looked more black in color.  So, it might be a police agency chopper…. but it looks military.

(This was sent to me in an email.)

The Curtain Rods

She spent the first day packing her belongings into boxes, crates, and suitcases. On the second day, she had the movers come and collect her things.

On the third day, she sat down for the last time at their beautiful dining room table by candlelight, put on some soft background music, and feasted on a pound of shrimp, a jar of caviar, and a bottle of chardonnay.

When she had finished, she went into each and every room and stuffed half-eaten shrimp shells dipped in caviar into the hollow of all of the curtain rods. She then cleaned up the kitchen and left.

When the husband returned with his new girlfriend, all was bliss for the first few days. Then, slowly, the house began to smell. They tried everything: cleaning, mopping, and airing the place out. Vents were checked for dead rodents, carpets were steam cleaned, and air fresheners were hung everywhere!

Exterminators were brought in to set off gas canisters, during which they had to move out for a few days, and in the end they even paid to replace the expensive wool carpeting. Nothing worked. People stopped coming over to visit. Repairmen refused to work in the house. The maid quit. Finally, they could not take the stench any longer and decided to move.

A month later, even though they had cut their price in half, they could not find a buyer for their stinky house. Word got out, and, eventually, even the local realtors refused to return their calls.

Finally, they had to borrow a huge sum of money from the bank to purchase a new place.

The ex-wife called the man and asked how things were going. He told her the saga of the rotting house. She listened politely and said that she missed her old home terribly and would be willing to reduce her divorce settlement in exchange for getting the house back.

Knowing his ex-wife had no idea how bad the smell was, he agreed on a price that was about 1/10th of what the house had been worth, but only if she were to sign the papers that very day. She agreed, and, within the hour, his lawyers delivered the paperwork. A week later, the man

and his girlfriend stood smiling as they watched the moving company take everything to take to their new home, including the curtain rods.

I just love a happy ending, don’t you?

Weird Happenings??

 Around 9:30, I heard a helicopter flying nearby, but figured at first it was just flying over.  Then it was sounding closer and closer, so I stepped outside to see what it was.  It was a military chopper. By the time I got outside, it was flying really close, flying over the house in circles. It had flown close enough I could see a man through the side and I could see the guns on it.  It made more than a dozen circles which where centered directly over the house; with my house as the center of attention.  I couldn’t locate my camera as I had forgotten it in the motorcycle bag the other day.  So, I got the film camera and took a picture, but it was already flying higher.  It flew multiple more circles increasingly higher and then left.  A little while later, I sat down here at the computer to check email, etcetera.  Just a few minutes ago I heard a truck pull in front of the house, looked out the window, and saw a city police “command vehicle” sitting in front of the mailbox with a TV crew behind it.  It stopped for a moment as if checking out the house, then continued on.I watched as it made a left, went around the block,  and went back out of the neighborhood with the TV van right behind it.   I don’t know what’s happening, but something is up. 

On a side note…. I dreamed last night that a woman was sitting to the left of me as we were watching TV.  A song came on (either a commercial or a music video) and she quietly grasped my left hand with her right hand and nodded at the TV.  The song was something about “do you love me” and I remembered something about the song and quietly asked, “Is this song going to be used as a signal everywhere now?” She said, “Yes.”  I had the feeling there was someone in her life and she was trying to figure out how I felt about her. I said, “It’s something we’d have to talk about later,” and squeezed her hand.  Then a few moments later, she released her hand.  It was all very surreptitious.