Early December 2024
Sun 1 Dec 24 20:52
My right arm continues to ache, so i delayed the exercise until tomorrow. After dragging the platform upstairs and spraying a finish and nailing it more, I started putting up the tree today. I have almost finished it. I had to drag the coffee table into the shower to make room of the platform yesterday.
Mon 2 Dec 24 15:03
The checks for the poll workers still haven’t been sent over nearly four weeks after the election. I returned to exercising, mostly my back, after i lost patience with my aching right arm. I used the treadmill because I drove after battling the frost.
Tue 3 Dec 24 18:03
I arose at 6:20, so I left for exercise. I arrived home at 8 AM and went to Acme. It was cold for here today, around -4º and 16º in the exercise room. Because of my arm, I limited myself to back exercises.
Joe Biden pardoned son Hunter over the weekend, and the Republican hypocrisy ran overflowing. The birthday wishes on Facebook for George Buddy Król flowed today. It’s been 46 years since I was so naïve and innocent. It gives me flashbacks at #10 at the College Court Motel.
Wed 4 Dec 24 20:55
I had the worst meanwake this morning after three hours, then awake for another three hours, and finally another two hours’ sleep. Therefore, I stayed home today.
I looked over Aetna, and I’m keeping it. I brought up the last of the items under the tree, which I should have finished by the end of the week.
Thu 5 Dec 24 16:19
I had eight hours’ sleep, but it was raining. I had a running nose much of yesterday, so i drove to exercise and stopped at Walmart. This afternoon I found a box of decorations out from the others, so I am not finished yet.
My new laptop came today. I set it up almost passively. I still have some aches in my right arm.
Fri 6 Dec 24 11:42
I had a four-hour meanwake which ended my exercise today, so I laundered. It will be the last change of sheets this year, so they will be red.
American Top 40 this weekend runs Saturdays, 11 December 1971 and 10 December 1983. It’s time to finish the platform for Saint Nicholas.
Sat 7 Dec 74 17:19
We are going through King Lear in English class. It’s the second time the National Lampoon Radio Hour mentioned something from English class. Last year was William Wordsworth’s “The World Is Too Much with Us”.
Carl Douglas’s “Kung Fu Fighting” ousted Billy Swan’s “I Can Help”. Both the Three Degrees’ “When Will I See You Again” and B T Express’s “Do It remained. Harry Chapin’s “Cat’s in the Cradle” rose four. The lower five are Helen Reddy’s “Angie Baby”, Bobby Vinton’s “My Melody of Love”, Bachman Turner Overdrive’s “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet”, Al Green’s “Sha La La”, and Barry White’s “You’re My First, My Last, My Everything”.
Sat 7 Dec 24 19:18
I arose at 2:30, halfway through the night of listening to Irish phrases. I had skinned a piece of my right palm, so I walked to Acme instead of the exercise room.
Mon 9 Dec 24 14:28
Yesterday I drove to exercise, today I walked. I found more required training from H&R Block to be done by the end of the month. We’re having a warming trend with rain. Outside needs a few touchups, so they can wait.
Tue 10 Dec 24 13;05
I was up at 4:30 after eight hours. I was so tired that I couldn't stay awake past 8:30 last night.
My right arm continues to ache., so I walked to Acme instead of other exercises. Tomorrow looks like rain.
Thu 12 Dec 24 13:34
It rained all day yesterday, but the heavy rain missed us to the east. I had a meanwake of two hours, and today an early wake.
The news has packed with Luigi Mangione and the problem of private health insurance. Drumpf’s attack on the system has produced an unintentional result.
Fri 13 Dec 24 20:44
American Top 40 ran Saturdays, 17 December 1977 and 12 December 1987. I continued to work on “Cynical Syndicate”. The replacement for the base of the ceramic tree came with some assembly.
The speech last night went poorly. I’m redoing it. After a long meanwake, I resorted to walking to Acme. With the deterioration of sneakers, I’ve been shifting to boots. I have too many pairs of footwear to buy more.
Sat 14 Dec 74 13:40
The Senate approved of Nelson Rockefeller as the next vice president. The House is next.
Carl Douglas’s “Kung Fu Fighting” remained first while Three Degrees’ “When Will I See You Again” and Billy Swan’s “I Can Help” switched. Harry Chapin’s “Cat’s in the Cradle” and Helen Reddy’s “Angie Baby” each rose one. The lower five are BT Express’s “Do It”, Barry White’s “You’re My Everything”, Al Green’s “Sha La La”, Elton John’s “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”, and Wings’ “Junior’s Farm”.
Sat 14 Dec 24 21:19
I just finished the second of the three parts of the mystery, “Cynical Syndicate”. I rewrote then transcribed the climax and death scene. It’s still commuovere. I really put my character through trauma. I should have enough artintel pictures for the mystery.
Otherwise, I exercised and shopped at Walmart this morning. Some trash for pickup on Monday is ready.
Sun 15 Dec 24 17:30
Today began normally after nearly eight hours’ sleep. It was -5º but not windy. My arm ceased aching while I’m past half of the weights.
The rewriting and the transcribing of the “Cynical Syndicate” continued into the third and last part. I’m done with the artintel scenes. It’s fifteen years since Mom died. It also means I’ve lived alone in this house over half of the time.
Mon 16 Dec 24 16:13
On Saturday, I finished the second of the three parts of the mystery. I rewrote and transcribed the climax and death scene. It’s still commuovere .
I regretted killing off that character for decades, but now I’m rewriting it. I put that regret to rest. I did change the character. I knew a cute, little guy named Don Adams at the time. We disagreed on politics and the reactionary nature of the Catholic hierarchy, especially on legal abortion. I figured he would make the character become real, and it worked.
I just finished rewriting the mystery. I just need to finish the transcription. I have the artintel scenes down.