Not much to report yet, sitting here getting ready for work.
I've just discovered I have over 2 weeks of vacation time to use before the end of the year - I can't afford to take it all at once, however use it I must, or I'll lose it.
I'm wondering if I can talk your Grandpa Don into a road trip to see you, hopefully before the snow comes. Don't know if that will work out because his schedule is so flaky.
I love you dearly little darling, but we've had this discussion before.
Grandpa Merlin doesn't do snow. Period.
I deal with it only when it happens in Atlanta, and by deal with it I mean I stay in my house if at all possible, and I'm certainly not going somewhere to experience it willingly.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Still more rambling
It's Sunday the 16th - I have today off, so Grandpa Don and I are going to do some shopping and then play computer games and do dinner.
That's something that I hope I'll see - the technology today is so radically different from when I was growing up - once upon a time, we used to hit a square ball across a TV screen in a simulation of ping pong and thought it was the greatest thing since sliced bread.
Currently, they're up to the PS3, the XBox 360 and the Game Cube...(all are licensed trademarks of their respective companies, Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo) - all of which play (for the moment) amazing games.
And the PC games are even better. But I hope I'm around to see what you get to play with.
Anyway, I'm off to shower, I'll write later.
That's something that I hope I'll see - the technology today is so radically different from when I was growing up - once upon a time, we used to hit a square ball across a TV screen in a simulation of ping pong and thought it was the greatest thing since sliced bread.
Currently, they're up to the PS3, the XBox 360 and the Game Cube...(all are licensed trademarks of their respective companies, Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo) - all of which play (for the moment) amazing games.
And the PC games are even better. But I hope I'm around to see what you get to play with.
Anyway, I'm off to shower, I'll write later.
Friday, August 14, 2009
Late night ramblings
Don't know what I'm going to say, I'm just going to go with a free form kind of post for a little while.
Jessica, if you're reading this, then I harangued your father and he worked on your laptop tonight. What that means in the grand scheme of things I have no earthly idea. But he did reformat the thing.
This will tell me whether or not you really do read the blog by the way.
I don't think I'll mention it to you other than this post.
Yeah, I'm evil. But you know that. Andrea, please remember to ask your mother how long it took to get her laptop. She'll regale you for hours about your Grandpa Don.
Anyway, the knee still hurts. I have problems for a few minutes after sitting down then standing, the knee doesn't want to go with the program.
Dr's appt is Monday the 17th, (this is Friday the 14th) so I think I'll wait to see him rather than making an earlier appointment.
As of now, surgery is off the table.
I went through hell with my feet, I'm not about to repeat something like that with my knee.
Anyway, enough rambling, I'll catch you up on more later.
Jessica, if you're reading this, then I harangued your father and he worked on your laptop tonight. What that means in the grand scheme of things I have no earthly idea. But he did reformat the thing.
This will tell me whether or not you really do read the blog by the way.
I don't think I'll mention it to you other than this post.
Yeah, I'm evil. But you know that. Andrea, please remember to ask your mother how long it took to get her laptop. She'll regale you for hours about your Grandpa Don.
Anyway, the knee still hurts. I have problems for a few minutes after sitting down then standing, the knee doesn't want to go with the program.
Dr's appt is Monday the 17th, (this is Friday the 14th) so I think I'll wait to see him rather than making an earlier appointment.
As of now, surgery is off the table.
I went through hell with my feet, I'm not about to repeat something like that with my knee.
Anyway, enough rambling, I'll catch you up on more later.
Monday, August 3, 2009
Today's events
Because of the slip and fall I need physical therapy, however can't afford the co-pay necessary to get it... so I'm doing what I call "dog therapy" - I have a neighbor who needs her dog walked at around noon daily, and that's how I've been exercising the knee.
Why is that important? Because that's the lead in to today's issues.
I left the house by the back door to go get Armand, and heard what sounded like an open faucet running. Given that I don't have a working faucet out back, I made sure I found what was causing the sound.
I found it.
It was like someone had turned on a spigot and let it run - my back yard and a lot of the common area is a swampy mess right now. So I reported it to the HOA, who got a plumber out here, and initially, he said it was my water heater, and that I was going to be responsible for the repair.
I'm on the verge of panic, trying to figure out how I'm going to pay for a new water heater, install and everything else, when he suggests trying turning off the hot water at the source.
I was all for it, and when he did, the water outside kept going - which told him that it wasn't my unit causing the problem, it's the vacant unit next door.
I'm sorry to wish this on someone else, however for once there's a water issue at this place and it's not mine.
Why is that important? Because that's the lead in to today's issues.
I left the house by the back door to go get Armand, and heard what sounded like an open faucet running. Given that I don't have a working faucet out back, I made sure I found what was causing the sound.
I found it.
It was like someone had turned on a spigot and let it run - my back yard and a lot of the common area is a swampy mess right now. So I reported it to the HOA, who got a plumber out here, and initially, he said it was my water heater, and that I was going to be responsible for the repair.
I'm on the verge of panic, trying to figure out how I'm going to pay for a new water heater, install and everything else, when he suggests trying turning off the hot water at the source.
I was all for it, and when he did, the water outside kept going - which told him that it wasn't my unit causing the problem, it's the vacant unit next door.
I'm sorry to wish this on someone else, however for once there's a water issue at this place and it's not mine.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Reunions
Unusual title, I know... however let me explain - the other day, when I was headed to Grandpa Don's house I got pulled over and got a ticket.
In the process of getting the ticket, the officer informed me that there was an outstanding warrant for my arrest out of Miami/Dade in Florida.
Given that the last time I was there was about 5 years ago for the Tut exhibit with Grandpa Don, and before that my last visit was some 20 years prior, this completely floored me.
Unfortunately, the only information the officer would give me was that it was a warrant out of Miami/Dade and suggested that I call down there to get details.
Since I was seeing Blake in a couple of days, I waited to talk to him prior to calling the Miami/Dade police department - however Blake's only suggestion was that I contact our cousin Darryl, since he was also a lawyer and licenced to practice in Florida.
I called down to the Miami/Dade PD, and was informed that short of coming in person to verify my identity, I could go to a local police department, prove my identity and have them tell me what the deal was - of course, this wasn't an option, since with an outstanding warrant, I'd end up being arrested and possibly held for extradition down to Florida. This wasn't going to happen.
I did manage to find out that a lawyer could get this information for me, and so that's what I'm trying to do - get Darryl to find out what the hell this is all about, and I'll deal with it if it's valid.
So, in the space of a couple of days, I'm attempting to reestablish contact with relatives I haven't spoken to in decades.
In the process of getting the ticket, the officer informed me that there was an outstanding warrant for my arrest out of Miami/Dade in Florida.
Given that the last time I was there was about 5 years ago for the Tut exhibit with Grandpa Don, and before that my last visit was some 20 years prior, this completely floored me.
Unfortunately, the only information the officer would give me was that it was a warrant out of Miami/Dade and suggested that I call down there to get details.
Since I was seeing Blake in a couple of days, I waited to talk to him prior to calling the Miami/Dade police department - however Blake's only suggestion was that I contact our cousin Darryl, since he was also a lawyer and licenced to practice in Florida.
I called down to the Miami/Dade PD, and was informed that short of coming in person to verify my identity, I could go to a local police department, prove my identity and have them tell me what the deal was - of course, this wasn't an option, since with an outstanding warrant, I'd end up being arrested and possibly held for extradition down to Florida. This wasn't going to happen.
I did manage to find out that a lawyer could get this information for me, and so that's what I'm trying to do - get Darryl to find out what the hell this is all about, and I'll deal with it if it's valid.
So, in the space of a couple of days, I'm attempting to reestablish contact with relatives I haven't spoken to in decades.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
I'm back
Andrea, please forgive your Uncle Merlin for being lazy, depressed, too busy to write and all the other excuses I'll spout for not blogging.
To fill you in, it's been a crazy crazy couple of months, details of which I'll write later - right now, I'm going to relay the incident that's driven me back to the blog.
Recently, I had a slip and fall accident that neccessitated the hiring of a lawyer. So, I went to Blake (to reference, see the family tree posted earlier...he's a cousin, the son of Pattye and Harry) - and after we got our business taken care of, we got to gossipping about family like two old Jewish men tend to do.
Come to find out that our Uncle Gerry had died some months back - Blake and I had the same reaction to his relaying that news, ie "did you make sure they put a stake in the heart, cut off the head and filled the mouth with garlic, and put chains on the coffin?" - As you might be able to tell, Gerry wasn't exactly a favored relative.
Normally, this wouldn't be material for a post - however Blake's next statement proved how wrong I was.
Seems that he and Rodney (that's Babe's middle son) were talking to Gerry's secretary/receptionist, and she dropped a bombshell. Turns out that Gerry was ... how to put this delicately...was getting some action on the side and had been for years.
You might be inclined to think he was shtupping the secretary - that wasn't the case.
There was someone who'd been hanging out at his office for years, and that who Gerry was shtupping - Harvey.
Harvey was introduced to us years earlier as Uncle Gerry's "friend" ... (the quotes are mine, btw) - a travelling salesman who never was on the road, instead spending time at Gerry's office, which is where we almost always ran into him.
The "we" I refer to would be myself, Faye, Sam and Jolene, on our infrequent expeditions downtown.
This really does make a bunch of stuff go "CLICK" for me - for example, why Gerry hated me so especially after I came out. I was living the life he couldn't for all his money.
To fill you in, it's been a crazy crazy couple of months, details of which I'll write later - right now, I'm going to relay the incident that's driven me back to the blog.
Recently, I had a slip and fall accident that neccessitated the hiring of a lawyer. So, I went to Blake (to reference, see the family tree posted earlier...he's a cousin, the son of Pattye and Harry) - and after we got our business taken care of, we got to gossipping about family like two old Jewish men tend to do.
Come to find out that our Uncle Gerry had died some months back - Blake and I had the same reaction to his relaying that news, ie "did you make sure they put a stake in the heart, cut off the head and filled the mouth with garlic, and put chains on the coffin?" - As you might be able to tell, Gerry wasn't exactly a favored relative.
Normally, this wouldn't be material for a post - however Blake's next statement proved how wrong I was.
Seems that he and Rodney (that's Babe's middle son) were talking to Gerry's secretary/receptionist, and she dropped a bombshell. Turns out that Gerry was ... how to put this delicately...was getting some action on the side and had been for years.
You might be inclined to think he was shtupping the secretary - that wasn't the case.
There was someone who'd been hanging out at his office for years, and that who Gerry was shtupping - Harvey.
Harvey was introduced to us years earlier as Uncle Gerry's "friend" ... (the quotes are mine, btw) - a travelling salesman who never was on the road, instead spending time at Gerry's office, which is where we almost always ran into him.
The "we" I refer to would be myself, Faye, Sam and Jolene, on our infrequent expeditions downtown.
This really does make a bunch of stuff go "CLICK" for me - for example, why Gerry hated me so especially after I came out. I was living the life he couldn't for all his money.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Not so happy day (or, addendum to Oh Happy Day!)
Well, did the interview, did the physical, and they ended up offering me top dollar.
Unfortunately, their top dollar would have meant a pay cut for me, so I didn't take it.
Additionally, it's non union at this time, meaning that should it become a union position when the current contract expires in August of 2009, there would probably have been issues related to that.
The job search half heartedly continues.
Unfortunately, their top dollar would have meant a pay cut for me, so I didn't take it.
Additionally, it's non union at this time, meaning that should it become a union position when the current contract expires in August of 2009, there would probably have been issues related to that.
The job search half heartedly continues.
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