Under my Hat

I'm shrinking!! ...or something like that.  I ordered my uniforms through work... last year I ordered 30 inch length... and they were a bit long... so much so I had to take a couple of inches off the length. ...this year being the proactive person that I am... ordered 29 inch length.... and they arrived today... even longer than last year's pants.... I actually don't think I'm shrinking... or my current pants wouldn't fit... but it goes to show how cheap overseas labor doesn't have much quality control... Is the Domincan Republic "overseas"?? I got them in just in time for a visit to DC on Thursday... I am supposed to have a few important meetings and the timing coincided with the arrival of my new uniforms... at least the shirts should be all fresh and clean... I had a dream about my aunt passing away the other night... she's in really, really bad shape.... in the hospital now with low blood count.... 4.1. I'm not sure what is normal.. but t...

I try not to get too political in my posts... but I really think that even though I am not very fond of Trump... people are going out of their way to try to make him look worse than he actually is. ...no.. I'm not going to elaborate.. everyone is going to have their own opinion... I've already said I'm not a huge supporter... but cast his name as my ballot choice.. not because I like what he stands for... but I'm set against having someone like Hillary in office.  Time will tell what kind of president he will be.. but as for now... he's being blamed for actions he hasn't taken yet... I'm a firm believer in calling him out when he takes action... but so far... there's been much more positive action than negative... even if there has been a bit of negative thrown in there too. ...and in the words of the immortal Forrest Gump... "That's all I'm going to say about that." I have always said that my mind is a vast wasteland of useless infor...

Does anyone else hold out hope that little fairies will do the housework if left alone for long enough??  Unfortunately this goes against everything I know to be true... still.. it's nice to think about.  I am currently enjoying another quiet evening at home... go figure... I think 99.99% of my evenings are like this... I just played a few hours of WoW... and thought I'd pop on my blog to see if anything interesting comes to mind... what I SHOULD be doing is the aforementioned housework. I did get laundry done last night... and cleaned my bathroom... I should wash dishes and vacuum.  If there is anything I miss about being married... it's that some of the cleaning was actually done by someone else.  But it's not missed enough for me to consider marriage again. I got a call last week from the gastroenterology place confirming my appointment for April... then I get a call from another place today confirming my appointment for February 7... now ..I didn't contac...

Monday... just woke up... feel like sand is still in my eyes.. and my head is stuffed with sawdust.. well.. not that I actually know how that would feel.. I wonder who comes up with these metaphors... is it like someone, somewhere actually filled their head with sawdust? ...if they did... I'm pretty sure they didn't convey what the feeling was like afterwards.  Yeah... I'm in a smartass mood today.  I like it. It makes for an interesting day... maybe I can keep it going all week.  I wonder why it is... that my... lesson learned... don't go take a long poop in the middle of a thought without first getiing it out there.  I had know idea where I was going with my previous statement.... but 5 minutes in the bathroom seems to have terminated that line of thought.  I know someone reading this is like "Ewwwwww!" ...what?  we all have bodily functions... it's just that most tend to talk about them in more of a lackadaisical manner.  I always wond...

One thing is for certain... my pantry is stocked. I sorta celebrated my last doc visit... My sugar checked 118.... and my cholesterol is still great at 138.  I have been skipping a few days here and there when blogging, but I'm completely okay with that. My goal is AT LEAST once a week now... but if I do 7 days in a week... that's okay too. I went to bed late last night. I was playing my game and then popped on Facebook a bit to see how things were going with other people there. I found an awesome bike... gonna go see about it today. It's got a memory foam seat and disc breaks... Trek brand... used, but still looks good... and they only want $50. I hope it's my size...when she said it was too big for her.. at 5' 4" ...I was concerned it wasn't the men's bike I saw in the picture... but she assured me it was... I'm going to be in Hagerstown today anyway... and when I found out the owner was 2 blocks from where I was going to be, I took that as a si...

This morning... I felt like I needed to blog.. just because I hadn't in awhile... I shouldn't do that.  I do plan on blogging more.. and if it works out... I will.. but there's no sense in trying to blog when it isn't there... so occasionally I might just start a very short blog... and see if things start coming out... if not.. oh well... Tomorrow, bigwigs are coming in from DC and there may be several doors opening up for me soon.  not sure what that entails yet... but if I can share here when I find out... I will. I have been a bit sad at not hearing from my kids since I left at Christmas... but they evidently are busy.  I sometimes feel like I just hear from them when they need something... but maybe not. I know Autumn starts back to college on Monday... so I know she is probably getting things ready to go... Do you ever feel like the youth of our time are getting this false sense of entitlement.  I watched a video not too long ago that reflects a perfect su...

Completely over my cough... almost.. just a slight one every so often... but no more than normal...  I went to my regular doc yesterday... and to the Endocrinologist yesterday... my A1c is 7.7... down from 9.1  just 3 months ago, which is good considering I went through Christmas season and it didn't go up.  I'm at 200 pounds though now and I feel I should lose about 25 - 30 pounds.  I would be more active, but it's very difficult this time of year.  Most of my other numbers from the lab will be back early next week. On the plus side, I might get to be a firefighter at work... I will go out west with some of my student and fight wild land fires a few times a year for 2 weeks at a time... mostly as a support role... I am working on training them for GIS.. computerized mapping. We will see what time holds for that. I feel like I am not getting a whole lot accomplished, but that's okay.. we all go through those spells where the rut occurs. This time I'm not ...

So... I missed a day blogging... in my defense, I was feeling pretty crappy yesterday... coughing so badly that I missed work. I was up and down all night... mostly up... (and not in the good way).   I'm going to try to get out today and pretend that I feel decent.  I know if I sit here at home, I'll just wallow around in self-pity about how I feel horrible and can't do anything.  But this is a positive year for me... I am done with the self-pity crap. I can do anything I set my mind to... Right now I'm washing clothes... and even though it is below freezing outside, I think it's going to be a good day. I thought about making new year's resolutions to lose a little weight.. or be more active... but I wanted something a bit more realistic. I can maintain a positive attitude and lose weight... or be active whenever I want.  I have been eating more healthily. I always do that a few weeks before I have bloodwork done anyway... I am supposed to go to my regular...

Sometimes life gets difficult... but most of the time... we just perceive it as being difficult because it's not what we want or expect.  But no matter how we look at it... we're just passengers in this vehicle and need to enjoy the ride as it traverses the road of life. The road today was pretty smooth. It was the first day back for the students where I teach. My throat is still a bit sore... I'm hoping it gets better this weekend.... I was going to Baltimore to visit some old friends... but I think I'll have to postpone that until their next visit... I'm sure they'll have plenty to keep themselves busy without me. No hinting at sympathy there... I just want to spend a quiet weekend alone... I didn't get much of a break after my dad left. I am hoping to roll with whatever punches 2017 throws at me... but I'm still looking for it to be a pretty good year. I am certain a surprise or two lies just around the corner... and I'm going to welcome each new...

It's been a looooooong day... actually... it just seems like it has been a long day... the actual day is only 2 minutes longer than yesterday... at least the daylight... all the days are precisely the same length... 24 hours... I wonder what makes some days seem longer than others... I have an idea that it is because doing something boring.... or something tedious makes the time seem to pass more slowly. Whatever the reason... I'm not sure I like the "longer" days.   But... then I get to thinking about it. I read somewhere that humans are the only creature on the planet that measure "time".  We all divide out the passing of events and set aside goals to coincide with that. It's night... I should sleep... It's morning... I should eat... we work 8 hours (usually) ...and have scheduled breaks or lunches... we are paid for our time... we set a certain production standard based on what we can get done in a certain amount of time... we worry about being l...

Coughing sucks.... well... it sorta blows... neither in a good way... I have it under control after a bit of cinnamon whiskey.... but I can't take that to work with me tomorrow... hopefully cough drops will tide me through the day.  I've been Netflix binging on the Chronicles of Shanara. It's pretty kewl... I read the books about 30 years ago... some of them anyway.... and I remember really liking them.  There's a lot of things I used to love to do... that I just quit doing. Somewhere along the way, I just got focused on something else, I suppose. I tend to do that at times.  I hope I can keep focused on the things that matter. Not that I plan on being mature and stoic. Life is much better when you can have fun with it. I get to ride the bus chartered by the center to DC tomorrow... just to ride it back when we pick up the students.... better there than Philadelphia... that's a 3 hour drive... not even considering the extra traffic in the afternoon.  Mayb...

Almost skipped a day in my blog... but I'm gonna try to get a fast one in before bed.  Gotta go back to work in the morning... almost as bad being a teacher as it was when I was a student. It was a nice long break though... and I got a little bit of a break from the rut of working... Now it's time to roll my sleeves up and get back into the thick of things.  I spent today binge watching Netflix... that and playing a bit of WoW.... My throat doesn't know if it wants to be sore or not... I keep flip-flopping back and forth... but I've taken medication... gargled with salt water... etc.   Hopefully whatever it is... is short lived. Would a germ be classified as an animal?  ...so shouldn't the ASPCA get involved when they come up with all these products to kill germs?  I suppose everyone has the right to protect themselves.  I know if a grizzly bear breaks down my door, I'm gonna shoot to kill.... who am I kidding... I'd probably jump through one of ...

When I started this blog... wayyyyyy back when... I was going to use it to post my witticism. Something happened along the way and I started using it as a therapeutic output to get my mind in focus.... Sometimes I used it to try to send subliminal messages to people I thought were reading it... talk about passive.... there's a huge example of things I hate to see from others.. and I was doing it myself.  But my life is getting back on track.. and I've been able to be more honest with myself... and others. I suppose it goes without saying I am still nowhere near where I want to be... but each day is a journey and I'm now enjoying that journey much more than I was before.  Dad went home today... so I'm feeling much, much better.  I thought I was coming down with a cough... but it seems to be going away.  Maybe it was sympathy cough due to my dad having it. He claims it was sleeping in my uncle's cold apartment... but I didn't think it was all that cold.  He...