Circles: Full
There was a lot of loops back in the last 24 hours...
- Last night my XBox died with the RROD (Red Ring of Death). Thankfully, Microsoft fixes these problems out of warranty and even pays for shipping. The only thing is that it doesn't always happen right away. Hopefully, it will happen when they try it otherwise, they'll ship it back unfixed. (Ok, so this wasn't necessarily a loop back...)
- My uncle passed away after two weeks fighting to recover from his body giving out after otherwise successful open heart surgery. The surgery was "elective", but he was a very active man reduced to not being able to walk across his house with his heart/valves/arteries in their current condition. I wasn't very close to this uncle, but I know it's affecting my dad... the oldest and last-surviving of three brothers.
- I started off the day with a fasting blood draw for an insurance exam. Anyone who knows me well knows that I used to faint just thinking about this. Amazingly, I didn't even get close to passing out today.
- I had lunch with a friend that recently started a new job and is having to leave it. It's in the juvenille justice system, but she and her co-workers are expected to just hang out and play video games or watch DVD's until kids come in. She recently went an entire week without seeing a single child when she has time to see 25-50. To paraphrase Marvin "a brain the size of the planet and they ask me to play video games..."
- At work, I follow-up with two people I contacted last week about information I needed. Amazingly, both get back to me immediately.
- Got my haircut today. I like my hairdresser a bunch, but I think we're getting out of sync. I'm not thrilled with what's she's doing for my hair, the products she's recommending, her new location, the flow of our conversation, etc. And she even raised her prices on me today. I think it's time to consider changing. That pains me.
- At pool, I ran into an old roommate from college (who I primarily knew through his sister). He gave me some bummer news about his sister that he had only heard today. Also, bizarrely, the old roommate had married the daughter of one of the top pool players in the league that everyone knows.
- Also at pool, I won. Now I'm like 2-10 for the season. Evil me, I beat some guy on his birthday. Unfortunately, everyone else on my team lost.
- (I even spied an old face from 5 years ago when I was in the pool league. Of course, since it was the guy who went on the be an ex-squeeze's husband, I didn't feel compelled to say hi.)
- I stopped for a chocolate and banana side-by-side milk shake at Steak & Shake on the way home. While waiting, I run into one of my first models. We talk for a while... she's heading to massage school, then fashion school soon. I wish her luck.
It's all been kind of strange in a pleasant sort of way.
- Last night my XBox died with the RROD (Red Ring of Death). Thankfully, Microsoft fixes these problems out of warranty and even pays for shipping. The only thing is that it doesn't always happen right away. Hopefully, it will happen when they try it otherwise, they'll ship it back unfixed. (Ok, so this wasn't necessarily a loop back...)
- My uncle passed away after two weeks fighting to recover from his body giving out after otherwise successful open heart surgery. The surgery was "elective", but he was a very active man reduced to not being able to walk across his house with his heart/valves/arteries in their current condition. I wasn't very close to this uncle, but I know it's affecting my dad... the oldest and last-surviving of three brothers.
- I started off the day with a fasting blood draw for an insurance exam. Anyone who knows me well knows that I used to faint just thinking about this. Amazingly, I didn't even get close to passing out today.
- I had lunch with a friend that recently started a new job and is having to leave it. It's in the juvenille justice system, but she and her co-workers are expected to just hang out and play video games or watch DVD's until kids come in. She recently went an entire week without seeing a single child when she has time to see 25-50. To paraphrase Marvin "a brain the size of the planet and they ask me to play video games..."
- At work, I follow-up with two people I contacted last week about information I needed. Amazingly, both get back to me immediately.
- Got my haircut today. I like my hairdresser a bunch, but I think we're getting out of sync. I'm not thrilled with what's she's doing for my hair, the products she's recommending, her new location, the flow of our conversation, etc. And she even raised her prices on me today. I think it's time to consider changing. That pains me.
- At pool, I ran into an old roommate from college (who I primarily knew through his sister). He gave me some bummer news about his sister that he had only heard today. Also, bizarrely, the old roommate had married the daughter of one of the top pool players in the league that everyone knows.
- Also at pool, I won. Now I'm like 2-10 for the season. Evil me, I beat some guy on his birthday. Unfortunately, everyone else on my team lost.
- (I even spied an old face from 5 years ago when I was in the pool league. Of course, since it was the guy who went on the be an ex-squeeze's husband, I didn't feel compelled to say hi.)
- I stopped for a chocolate and banana side-by-side milk shake at Steak & Shake on the way home. While waiting, I run into one of my first models. We talk for a while... she's heading to massage school, then fashion school soon. I wish her luck.
It's all been kind of strange in a pleasant sort of way.