Today I got a call from an 88 year old lady. "SBG," she said, "We talked last Thursday and you said you were going to call me back because we didn't have time to handle business that late in the day."

I had no recall of this conversation. Schooled by an octogenarian! My memory is just shot and I don't like it. It's a side effect of the new work ( Read more... )

Know anyone who immediately ramps things into a state of frenzy for no reason? That's my boss. On Wednesday, we got scheduled an appointment for some non-English speakers, who happen to speak a language the State hasn't yet had a lot of information translated into, yadda. Boss goes into panic mode. Tells me I'm getting the appointment, flails ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I drove a short distance to walk along the riverwalk - drove because I had a coupon for a free frozen pizza and a 74¢ quart of ice cream, and one doesn't just ignore deals like that, so I drove to the store and then walked for a bit first.

First wildlife encounter was a small pod of pelicans sitting atop some pilings. I have heard that ( Read more... )

It's blooming flower week.


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Almost made it to the end of cold/flu season without getting a bug. Darn it. I felt achy and meh yesterday, and realized it when I was still two miles away from home on foot. I mean, I woke up feeling meh, really, but the walking was what did me in. I got home and turned into a vegetable. Still, other than the achy, skin-prickly feeling that ( Read more... )

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Today at work, someone exited their cubicle and headed to someone else's. She got about two steps and let out a very loud screech, then darted back to her cube. "Snake!" she cried out. "There's a snake in here ( Read more... )