Well, hi. I haven't written a lot lately aside from the Blurtys. (I'll get back to them pretty soon.)
During most evenings this past week, I've been upstairs, seated at the computer ... but watching the baseball playoffs and/or some Detroit Red Wings games (switching back and forth with each commercial, power play or runner in scoring position).
Unfortunately, my wife has very limited tolerance for/interest in sports on TV, so I usually let her watch what she wants on the big TV downstairs--and go upstairs to watch my game or whatever while at the computer. (But it's hard. The chair, that is. It's only a padded folding chair. Maybe I need to upgrade to save my butt.)
Tuesday night, I was gone at a volleyball doubleheader. Wednesday, my wife and I watched a movie ("Pleasantville") together on TV. The movie was pretty good, but all the commercials give me a pain. I am way too used to DVDs and Turner Classic Movies. I watch a lot of TCM.
On Tuesday morning I brought in my car for its repairs (f---ing deer!), and they said it would be done by Thursday (today) at 5 p.m. But I have learned the hard way not to rely on such estimates (one of the upcoming Blurty reposts will explain why). Sure enough, at 3:30 this afternoon they called to tell me it won't be ready today, after all. Something about the paint color not matching. The new promise is that I'll get it back Friday morning. OK.
So I drove the loaner (a 2003 Buick LeSabre) to Iron Mountain this evening to see my mom, get her a couple things and check the house. She wanted me to get her $40, some baby powder and Tylenols. We bought her three travel-size containers of baby powder (1.5 ounces/42 grams apiece).
After I got there, she told me to put them in one of the drawers under her TV. When I opened the drawer--I found two identical containers of baby powder, apparently not yet opened. I asked if she planned to sell the others at a profit.
That's just the way my mom is, as my wife and I discovered this summer while clearing out the house. We found mass quantities of various things she had saved. For what reason, I still don't know.
By the way, I promised photos of the various things we found while clearing out the house. Those are still to come. But it's going to be quite a project--we found lots of strange and old stuff, so it's going to take me a while to select what makes the cut and what doesn't.
Our weather has taken a sharp turn towards winter. Last weekend, we had temperatures in the low 80s--but that's all gone now. We only got up to the mid 40s on Wednesday, not much warmer today, and it's right at freezing tonight. (I hear the furnace running in the background.) I'll have to bundle up for the football game Friday night.
One other bit of news: It may be time for me to get serious about a new laptop. I saw the current Dell catalog at work today, borrowed it and studied it for a while after getting back home. My current laptop is about four years old, and it's showing its age. The latest trick is shutting itself down without warning. That's not a good thing.
I've also had to reformat the hard drive twice--the last time was about a year ago. That's not a good thing, either. This time, I'm not storing very much data on it. I think you can understand why.
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