The Seasons for Snow

Yes, we have snow and some ice – the world didn’t come to an end.  Thankfully the work day ended early on Thursday & Friday both days we closed at 2pm.  Hardly worth me driving over, but it all pays the same.  Looks like we should have more snow tomorrow so maybe another day of closing early.  If not I am not sure I can make it through a full 8 hours.  Kind of depressing when you think about it.  Ah, well Mondays are chaotic so chances are good that the day will fly right by.

I got my $250 check yesterday and it’s in the bank.  I had to part with more money from savings to pay a credit card bill and to get a reserve in place for the mortgage. 

I have done a lot of laying around and watching TV.  My new ROKU box.  Which just reminded me to purchase a couple HDMI cables.  I did that so no need to remember.  Love that Amazon dot com. 

Yesterday I went for a massage.  The place that I like to go finally got a massage therapist.  I walk in and ladies are standing around a counter.  There appears to be an elderly customer and all of a sudden they turn to me and say can we help you?  I said yeah I am here for a massage.  You guessed it.  The elderly lady looked at me and said hi I will be doing your massage.  Now she looked old but she was probably in her 60’s which is far from old.  We got to talking and she asked me if I ever heard of cupping.  I thought of the percussion thing that is done on your back to loosen phlegm.  Nope, she was talking about taking a glass globe, putting a ball of alcohol in it and lighting it on fire.  Then she would place it on my back.  The flame would go out and it would form suction on my back.  It would help get out the impurities.  They normally charge extra for this but she wanted to know if I was interested.  Well my back has been extra itchy and I figured maybe this would help.  So I said yes. 

The cupping began and it felt good.  I can only imagine what came out of my back.  Last night I looked at myself in the mirror and it looks like I got into a fight with a vacuum cleaner.  My back is covered with bruises or in this case hickeys.  It is very sore – I just hope it heals before I have to take my shirt off for anyone else, looks hideous.   As if that isn’t bad enough I left the oil she put on my arms on and went about my day.  Turns out I found out the hard way I am allergic to it.  I itch like no tomorrow.  For all I know she put Poison Sumac on me.  I broke out the cortisone cream  this morning and that helped a little.  Now it’s time to break out the Benadryl and if push comes to shove Prednisone.  I would go straight to the steroids but prefer to use them as a last resort.

I have decided that I am going to stop paying his bankruptcy.  The attorney he retained has been non responsive to my e-mails and letters so I figure he must no longer care.  I am giving him a couple more days and if he doesn’t respond then I will be mailing off a letter to the court and explaining how he is not representing his client effectively and that he has lied to the court on more than one occasion.  As if that won’t get some results there is a second letter to a disciplinary committee that deals with lawyers.  So he will get a 1 – 2 punch.  I don’t give a shit.  We haven’t exactly been pals.  He handled my bankruptcy and we had words.  So he isn’t my favorite person in the world.  Not to mention I feel he has lied to me and that I could have gotten out of paying all this time.  Right now the next payment is due the last week of the month.  It will NOT be paid.  That won’t cause a problem.  When next month rolls around and there is no payment then the Trustee will issue a 45 day letter saying you haven’t made your payments and you have to get current by X date or the case will be dismissed.  If we get to that point that is where there is no turning back pay and I would be okay or stop paying and the case is dismissed, which gives the creditors rights to come after his estate.  Now he is dead and I really can’t imagine that any creditor would pursue collection on a debt from a dead man.  So that is the whole purpose of writing the court to find out if there is relief for me to prevent the creditors from doing anything, i.e. a hardship discharge.  I mean he made his payments and I have made 8 of them so it’s not like there wasn’t good faith shown.  He didn’t plan to die and I didn’t plan on him dying before his case was completed.  So I feel that I deserve a break.  Not exactly sure what this will get me but I know I am playing with fire.

Speaking of Fire.  I saw a movie on Netflix called Burn.  It’s all about the Detroit Fire Department.  I liked it so much I watched it twice.  I am really turned on seeing fire in a building.  If the lighting is just right it can look beautiful.  However, thinking about the damage that is being done I don’t wish fire on anyone or anything, other than a candle to burn bright!  If you have Netflix I recommend the movie.

Mr. Blu is full of energy.  I wish I could bottle it and save it for the work week for me.  I wish I had that level of stamina.  Anyway he is knocking things off the fridge and walking on the power strip to my entertainment center.  So my DVR doesn’t record anything all day long because it’s turned off.  He has knocked over a keepsake urn of my late partner and also a teddy bear that was given to me as a gift by my late partner.  I went shopping at Petco for a mat that has rubber bumps on it.  The cats walk on that and don’t like it so they move away – which is the idea.  So I am ready to pay and this guy says I can take you over here.  Okay, he looked fine.  Then he asked me for my phone number so he could look up the rewards card.  I so wanted to say can I have your number?  I didn’t.  Funny thing is he couldn’t get his words out after that.  Perhaps he was falling for me.  I don’t know.  Probably just a case of tongue twisting.  I walked away normally but kept thinking about it.  I wanted to go back and buy something just to have another interaction with him and ask him out, but I didn’t. 

Speaking of guys, I joined Ok Cupid via my iPhone.  Neat service lots of guys to choose from.  The part I hated was all of the damn question I had to answer.  My arm got so tired.  I had to stop and start again the next day.  Finally when my arm began to hurt again I stopped and said I’m done.  I’ve given this thing enough information about me it should be able to find me a match.  I’ve got guys looking at me from far and wide.  No one close.  There is one guy I came across that I can’t stop thinking about.  He would have sex on the first date but I on the other hand would not.  I say that now but who knows how I would react in the heat of the moment.  I have been thinking about reaching out to him just to see if we could hit it off.  I’ve made it clear that I am looking for a very Long Term Relationship in my profile.  So it’s not a matter of hooking up or a pump and dump.  I want a man – someone who can cook and someone I can come home to each night.  It will be difficult to move on and find a replacement for the man I lost but it’s the natural thing to do and I know in time it will happen.  I am so afraid of rejection or things not working that I am almost paralyzed to make the first move. 

I got tired of the Holiday Guy.  The photo was far too large for the blog.  I saw a photo of some Underwear models and snow, much more festive and a better cropped photo so I replaced Holiday guy with the models.  My heart may settle on one man but I think my eyes will always be looking and dreaming of the next man.  Dreaming and acting are two different things.

Yesterday I woke up and the house was cold.  I looked at the thermostat and it said 71 but the house was set at 75.  Why wasn’t it heating?  I turned it off and back on, presto problem solved.  I went about my business and returned to my slumber.  When I awoke again I was in the same boat.  I repeated the process from before and problem was solved.  I figured okay time to buy a new thermostat.  I ventured over to my local home improvement store picked one up and came home.  I got it installed and the AC part worked great.  The heat well not so much.  I finally got it working and took a nap.  All that work wore me out.  Now you see why I need Blu’s energy.  Anyway, when I woke up you guessed it no heat.  Huh?  I tried to make it work again reviewed programming and even called the 800 number but no luck.  The fan wouldn’t even come on.  So I put the old thermostat back, reprogrammed it and got it going again.  I took the new one back this morning.  The old one is still acting crazy but I set it on a high number and put it on hold.  It’s doing a decent job of keeping the chill out of the place.  So I suppose I will leave well enough alone.  No sense in trying to fix what isn’t broke. 

It’s 5pm here so the children are hungry and I have things to do still.  Time for me to run.  Talk with you peeps later.  Hope your staying safe and warm.  2 more weeks and then Christmas will be here.  I am so looking forward to it. Not Christmas but the time off and the free meal at my friends house.  It will all be over so fast but I am going to try and savor every moment from the time I get off work on the 24th to the 29th when I have to go back.  Only for 2 days and then I don’t come back until next year!  After that it will no doubt, suck!

Happy Holidays!