Long Day

Today is going to be one of those long days.  There isn’t anything going on and I am sitting around, just being on the ready in case something breaks.  While it’s nice to have a break a day like today would be better spent at home, where I could do what I wanted to.  Most probably I would be taking a nap.  Ah well, one more day or half day as it may be and then I am doing with working until next year.  That sounds rather awesome!

I started proof reading my book again and making edits.  I thought it was perfect last time and I am sure I will think that again this time, but I am not in a hurry to get it re-published.  I will have to go through the obtaining a proof copy, approving it, then submitting it for publication.  Prior to all of those steps, I will have to retire the current version.  It sounds like a long drawn out process but honestly it’s really simple.  Knowing what I am going through on this adventure will help prepare me in case I decide to write something else. 

Last night I hightailed it to the vet’s office and picked up the free medication, which will help me out a lot.  I was just thinking that I should ask for a refill, glad I waited.  I had a slice of the left over pizza, ate it cold while I reheated the fish that I made the other night.  I have 3 pieces left and will be thankful when they are gone.  Like Pizza fish looses it’s crispness when it’s reheated, it’s still good but a little on the soft side.  I took care of the trash.  Then made my way to the computer in the basement.  I thought about bringing my late partners printer downstairs and hooking it up to my machine.  It’s a Xerox Phaser 8640 I believe.  I priced ink for it last night and now I understand why he never had any money.  That thing really sucks you dry when it comes to ink.  The ink is a wax block and you drop the block into the printer, it melts and then bakes on to the page.  That is why you get near magazine quality printing.  I don’t really have a use for it, my ink jet and monochrome laser do just fine.  However, it’s sitting and collecting dust.  It also generates the heat.  I may hook it up and power it on but not sure that I will use it that often.  He did leave behind a small supply of ink.  In looking at that I found ink for a portable printer that he has – there is a ton of it.  He never used this printer but bought it as soon as he got a laptop, which he took out of the house 1 time I believe.  I suppose I will need to power that up and make sure it still works.  I could easily sell it.  I could also sell the Xerox but he paid like $1,200 for it and now they are going for $650 – seems like a crime but newer technology has come out and that makes the old stuff worth less money.  Just like a car.

The online dating thing has yielded a couple of chats but that is about it.  One guy wants to meet me and I am on the fence about it.  The other is younger and just asked me how old I was today.  I wanted to say uh it’s in my profile.  Apparently people see a cute face and just message away.  Meanwhile my profile could have said that I was looking for a Guiney Pig to try out a new experiment on.  Another example of guys thinking with their dick and not with their brain.  I thought I’d humor myself and I asked him his age as well.  I’ll bet you I never hear from him again.

Bear has been coughing much more, so last night since I have a good surplus of medicine I increased him temporarily.  He will be back to his normal dose by the weekend.  It’s just a boost to hopefully quell the cough.  He used the pads last night and also managed to miss the pad and go on the carpet.  I told him to be sure to go on the pad.  Not that he will listen, but it made me feel good. 

It sure has turned into Winter around here.  Much colder temps.  They say that our temps are going to drop throughout the day so it will be really chilly tonight on the way home.  Perfect, I will keep on my hat and make sure to wear my gloves.  I really hate being cold.  I would much rather be hot because it’s easier to cool down but much harder to heat up.  Actually a comfortable temperature year round sounds nice, short sleeves yeah that is the ticket.  I know I should move to LA.  I’d really like to move that is but the whole idea of starting over well it’s scary and very unappealing. 

I slept really good last night but had a very strange dream.  I was also falling asleep around 9:45 which is kind of early for me, but when you start dosing off in front of the TV you know it’s time for bed.  I am dosing off here and there, it’s the boredom my body is just allergic to it and so it shuts down.  Ugh!

I hope that your enjoying the last Tuesday of the year.  Take care and I will talk with you peeps later.