Nobody is Promised Tomorrow. . .
Busy day. Busy at work, then I hit the buses to get to and from my doctor. My glucose level was a little high in the spring. I think it was caused by having a lot of brown sugar with a little oatmeal before my appointment. We’ll see when the numbers come in tomorrow.
I was glad to toddle into the OBC in the late afternoon. The fitbit was happy. I was tired.
Lots of roses around the asylum. It was 35 degrees this morning – so I imagine the roses will be ending soon. Maybe they will last until I leave of Kona.
Called the hotel this morning and talked to my friend the night auditor. She signed me in from October 30 to March 2.
Feeling a little strange since I dropped my financial stuff off at the CPA’s office. For two years I worried about and took care of Carlton. And, for the last 12 months, I worried about and attended to the widow woman paperwork and I downsized and moved into the Asylum. And now, I don’t have any of those things left to do. Heck, I don’t have to clean, change sheets, grocery shop or cook either.
Now I realize why they have so many activities at the asylum. Don’t want to have 500 old people with nothing to do but look for things to complain about.
Last time I felt like this was waaaay back in the early 90’s when I shuttered my consulting business. I sort of bounced aimlessly around. Then, Carlton and I went on a winter road trip to Key West.
Anyhow, something snapped inside of me on that trip – and was able to slide into our strange retirement. I am hoping that I winter in Kona will help me slip into my new old bat life.
Yesterday, I had breakfast with one of the oldest residents. He was born in 1911. Do the math. He lives in “assisted living” but still makes it to the regular dining room for most meals. One day there was a bit of a kerfuffle when he showed up for lunch. Seems like he had already had lunch. Someone said “He is 105 years old – let him eat lunch again if he wants to”. He was a physician. You wouldn’t want him doing brain surgery. But, he can carry on a modest conversation. I am not counting on being here in 2048. Damn, that is f-ing scarey. Still being here in the OBC or the assisted living OBC in 2048. Nobody is promised tomorrow. The trouble is – we think we have time.
El Capitan seems to be doing fine on the Airness. I love the expanding cursor. (I am fairly superficial.) I cleaned out my application folder too. If I didn’t remember what the app did – out it went. Some things like “Garage Band” went out just on general principle.
The clouds were practicing for winter today. Summer clouds are all fuzzy and fluffy puffy. With the occasional thunderhead. Winter clouds are more sinister, stuffed with snow and freezing rain.
At this instant, El Capitan is installing on the airness. Hopefully, it will go nicely.
iOS9 seems to be playing nice with the iPad.
Now, question is, should I leave the airness home and just wing it for 4 months with just an iPad.
El Capitan wants me. Hope to post from the airness tomorrow.
The boss and me: wearing our 10 year anniversary shirts. Now, we just have to make it through the next 14 days – we’ll be trying to get 4,000 employees, contractors, doctors, and volunteers flu shots. My job is record keeping. It used to be just the two of us – boss gave shots and I entered data in the computer. Now we have a host of nurses to give shots and they are all armed with “point of sale” iPads and badge scanners to capture data. I “just” have to keep the technology going these days.
Weather is getting cooler. So, I was out and about today looking for fall colors. Not much yet.
About this Lamar Odom character… man runs up $75,000 tab in a whore house – and is found unconsious – and people are surprised???
Updated my iPad to iOS9. The Phone is still waiting for Marshmellow. Have to seek out better internet before moving the Airness to El Capitan.
And for your viewing pleasure (weather permitting): On Saturday morning – October 17, 2015 – Mars and Jupiter conjunction. It hasn’t happened since July 22, 2013. The next conjunction of Mars and Jupiter won’t be until January 7, 2018. So, if you are up early. Look up.
Fifty three weeks ago, Carlton put in his final COA. Three weeks ago I moved into the Old Bat Cave. In two weeks I am going to Hawai’i. And ten years ago, I started my lucrative career at Virginia Hospital Center.
Much to my surprise – my office had a party for me this evening. Complete with cake and presents. (Also beer, steak and crab cakes) And I was picked up and delivered and returned home.
Walked my tax stuff up to the CPA afterwork. Then hiked to the nearest stripmall and waited for my big red ride home.
And while I was waiting, I realized that for the first time in over a year – I have NOTHING that needs doing. I handed the last death duty/move task over to the tax guy. I felt a little lost. What now? And, here at the asylum Bingo is cancelled tonight. What now?
Well, I can always upgrade The Airness to El Capitan and the iPad to iOS9. The phone is patiently waiting for the arrival of Marshmallow.
Change is good, right?
My purse – a case study in excess. 4 bus schedules. 3 tomatoes. 2 socks. 1 plastic spoon. Don’t need any of those in my purse. I had a purse intervention this afternoon.
Halibut for dinner again tonight. Hey halibut are big fish. It might be up to me to eat the whole thing. I might be called upon to eat halibut again tomorrow. The “regular” prix fixe menu selections are $14. The “special” prix fixe menu selection is 2 bucks more. I’ll gladly spend an extra 2 bucks for a big chunk of halibut.
Columbus Day, or whatever happens is what you planned. Gotta be suspicious of a holiday celebrating a man who was F-ing-A lost. Being a guy, he didn’t ask for directions.
Not a holiday for me however. Hard to get to work today – buses are on “holiday” schedule. Fortunately, I figured that out yesterday when I was going ride-about. Walked home.
Spent some time this afternoon getting numbers together for the accountant. I am adding an accountant to my “team”. I want to assemble (and test) this team while my brain still works. I have a lawyer and an investment guy. The cpa should just about complete my team.
Halibut for dinner tonight.
Checking out the #16 bus line today. Rode the 16G bus to Pentagon City – where I went to Costco – I don’t have a Costco card – I don’t need one – but I like going in and generally gawking at all the stuff – and – of course – there are always the samples. I called them “lunch”. Then walkabout Pentagon City and on the 16P bus back home.
Did a little laundry, a little paperwork, actually – I didn’t do much today. It is a little strange not have “chores” today.
I just went down and checked out the crowd at dinner. It seemed more than I wanted to deal with – but – it will clear out at about 7PM when all head off to watch 60 minutes. That is when I’ll head down. Or I’ll just nuke dinner right here in the OBC.
Took some snaps through the OBC window of the major “sights”. Hand held 400mm Leica lens.
Didn’t do much today. Yoga. Took some stuff down to my storage cage. Next October 1 – I’ll get rid of everything in the cage. (I might not wait that long.) And, I bussed some stuff to the Goodwill. Went for a swim.
Grilled shrimp for dinner. Then I went to the Saturday Nite Movie. I lasted 45 minutes. There didn’t seem to be any point to the movie so I bailed. (Cameron Crowe’s Aloha).
Nothing on tap for tomorrow. Will figure out tomorrow tomorrow.
Nice day. Three weeks from now – let’s see – it will be almost noon in Kona and – travel goddess willing – I’ll be less than three hours away.
Got my maid service started this week. Every Friday – Elizabeth will be in the OBC. Doing my cleaning. Putting clean sheets on my bed. Stocking my bathroom with fluffy white towels and toilet paper.
Got a one year sympathy type card from Georgetown Medical School. Guess they still have Mr C.
Started my day off off right with a healthy wholesome breakfast. Yeah right. Hey, it has fruit on it. And I didn’t eat all of it. (Yet)
And…
I have been here 2 weeks today – but this is the first time I have seen the sunrise. Most days, I go to work at O-Dark-Hundred… and on the weekends it has been rainy.
I took today off for no apparent reason. I really am all settled in. I bought as big a mirror as I could carry home – about 3 blocks. Don’t know if I like it now that I have it here. Well, if I don’t like it – off it goes to the “What Not Shop” – The Asylum’s Thrift Shop.
This afternoon, I realized that all of these 500 plus/minus inmate here at The Asylum are a shock to my system. I am just not used to interacting with that many people. I am not used to people trying to get me to join the “Green Team” or to come to “Line Dancing”. (It is a little like a Club Med vacation in the 1980s.) I am not used to having dinner a big tables where I am supposed to be sociable. For 30+ years, I ate dinner across from a man who I really didn’t have to talk to. He didn’t like to talk while he was eating. So, after lunch, I locked myself in my room. Took a nice long nap. Made my own dinner here in the OBC.
AND – GOT TICKETS TO KONA. Friday Oct 30. One way – as usual. DCA-PHX-KOA
Now about VW – Excuse me – but I really don’t believe that 3 rogue computer programmers decided to rig the emissions test all by themselves. Oh, they could have thought it up. They might even have tested the code… But, to install it and leave it in the production model just for giggles… Not happening. Don’t toss the programmers under the bus.