Blocked account done and to escrow company.

Third day I worked in a row, for a change.  Took James to Eagle Rock exam.  Good pm.  Kids were greedy as usual.  No issues and all is well.  Good enough.

3rd day up at 9am feeling well. Sleep 2a to 9a for good health.

Good night last night at vdm.  Took James and Aaron to ILP.  James bullied Aaron into allowing him, James, to have shot gun seat both ways.  All else was well.

Sleeping better 2am to 9am daily.  I want to restart the Prazoin again for heart health.

Monday sell the Honda to the State of California for $1K, pay the balance of Marion's bills, and clear the remaining paperwork for the Estate.  Check to see if I can use an accountant and charge it to the Estate.

Call Harold, Les, Allan, Derick, Terri, Marie, and Inga and tell them of my plans.

Now to go buy the usb extender, and two software packages.  Have a good day, Baby Love.

Thank God I feel good physically.

Thank God I feel good emotionally.

Thank God I love my apartment.

Thank Good I love my car.

Thank God I like my job, for at most seven more months.  In other words, I plan to retire completely on or before May 14, 2012, God willing and the creek don't rise.  Time will tell.

Up at 9am, sleeping better, feeling better...

Took appointment for full physical with Dr. Ackerman on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 3pm N3, 2nd Floor Area 268.

To Santa Clarita soon as I take my meds.  The Honda can be moved and sold in up to a week.  Pay any debts on the old house.

Good night last night at vdm.  Choir with Kirsten went well.  Lots of kids on the computers, xbox, iPad, and ps2.  No issues with my recent ills, thank God.

Now to go to work and have a good day.

The perils of not sleeping during the night time.

Slept off and on, not all at once like I like to do.  Now 11 am, feeling rested, more or less, and getting ready to go to work.  Memory upgrade for this Jujitsu should be here by Friday, Saturday, or Monday at the latest via USPS.  Good.

I feel guilty about not being at work so much, so I want to try to be there on time for a change.  I'm hungry now, also for a change, just took my meds, ready to go out.  I wish I had time to go set up the bank account and then to the escrow place, but I can do that tomorrow.

Clean my actual desktop, set up both laptops to big displays, and return the King's Speech asap.

I still haven't touched the juicer.  Time will tell.

Tuesday post didn't publish

Here is the text from Evernote that I wrote.

Goals for today:

See Jay for heater adjustment, idle adjustment, oil adjustment, and attitude adjustment.  Also ask him to put the lock tab back on the foot brake release handle.

Set up the new act at Santa Clarita B of A, then see the lady at the escrow company for the house.  I will probably only get $7K for being the Administrator of Marion's estate.  Too bad.

Pay off any bills for 19224 Wellhaven St.  including:

The City of Santa Clarita,

Culligan Water,

the Pool Service,

income taxes,

any other bills that come up.

Keep up the good work and the good attitude.

Now to see if this will publish, shower and og out to do stuff.

Monday, a New Day, a new life, new goals...

Call Howard and Larry re keys and moving Honda.
Address change for Marion Terry at 19224 Wellhaven St, Canyon Country, Ca

Hair cut by Ed, probably the most important item,

Wash, clean, and oil my car by Jay Taylor?

Refill all relevant meds at Kaiser.

Get blood checked at Kaiser.

Buy apples, oranges, tomatoes, cucumbers, celery, lemons, and spinach for juicing.

Continue to be thankful for my feeling well emotionally.
Continue to be thankful for my feeling well physically again.
I love my apartment.
I love my car.
I can tolerate my job for up to six more months.
I am thankful for Harold, Les, Derick, Allan, Rockford, Terry and her family and Inga and her family.

I am looking forward to a USA cross country trip, both alone and with friends to visit the most important sites in the usa I haven't seen enough of yet.

I can also travel with Allan, Harold, or Les, depending upon where we want to go together.  Time will tell.

My goal for the next six months if to maintain a positive attitude, become as healthy as possible with things that are under my control, and be benevolent toward those around me.

As the song says:

Let me be a little kinder,

Let me be a little blinder toward those around me...

Fine Sunday, ill for vdm, saw Medved in San Berdo

Dinner at Bob's, car needed 1 qt oil, ran well otherwise, need service and tire rotation soon, feeling well mostly these days.  I adore this monitor.  The size alone for the price is astonishing to me.

Monday goals:

See Howard and Larry,
Turn in the Honda for cash,
Change the mail address for the late Mrs Marion Terry,
Open the blocked account at BofA,
Pay remaining bills til now,

I don't think I will be going on a trip to Israel with Medved for more than $5K for one week.  That is too rich for my blood, and I have little or no interest in religious issues.  I can always go to Israel on my own for $1K or so, if need be.

I can also do Europe with Harold or Les for that amount.

21 hours in a plane makes one weak.

Look for other distractions as time goes bye.

Sunday am, feeling well. 27 inch monitor is...

better than I had even hoped it would be.  Movies in Blue Ray are crisp as can be, the web pages and dvds and web videos are as crisp as the original video is, and the screen is significantly larger than the 24 inch version.

Now to sleep a bit, call out for today, and be in San Berdino by 4 pm or so.  Leave here at 3 pm?

The screen is a crisp white, the colors are very colorful, the sound is great, and I love that it works well with all three hdmi equipted computers.  Wow.

An important point in my life.

I feel a lot better and am looking forward to going out to eat at either Bob's or Lancers.  I also want to go to Fry's and buy Grease and Minority Report in Blue Ray, perhaps a juicer if I can find one, and what ever else I can find.

I started this entry to note that it is time to clean up my life, as well as my body.  I include my computers and monitors as well.  I need to service my Ford, sell my Honda, and make my life better by effort alone.

Almost 3pm. Time to shower and go eat at Bob's.

I'm beginning to feel almost ok again.  I still have to call out tomorrow so I can go meet Michael Medved in San Bernardine.

I think I can eat Bob's patty melt, with Cherry Coke, salad, and french fries, go to Frys, and have a great day.  I wonder if I caught a touch of the flu, or what?

Now to get on with my life.

Saturday PM. Feeling a bit better, hungry, and ...

Shop at Fry's for Grease, Minority Report, and what ever else I can find.  Call out ill for today and tomorrow.  See Howard and call Larry Monday.

I really like this new 27 inch monitor.  It runs at 1920 by 1080 on my Fujitsu, even thought the Fujitsu has a native resolution of 1366 by ....  It seems clear and bright and good text and graphics.  So far so good.

Thank the Good Lord for all the benefits I have in my life.

Saturday morning after half a day at vdm. Slept a lot.

I feel a bit better.  Very exhausted Thursday night and all day Friday.  Left work at 6pm and slept til 8am, about.  I don't think I will go to work today or tomorrow, in an attempt to help myself heal.

I love this new Planar 27 inch, $250 monitor.  It looks great.  It runs well on my asus as well.

Just got the 27 inch monitor from Dell via UPS

Doing laundry and taking Metamucil and took meds and then to work.  Monday with Howard and Larry and then say good bye to Marion's house and Santa Clarita Valley as well.

Sleeping a bit better. Still up too many times.

Dell's monitor is out on the truck now.  Call back Larry and Howard re sale of the house for $171K.

Move the Honda, finish paying the bills, get the key to Larry or Howard, forward the mail to me or have the new owners do so?  Howard will advise.

Now to wait for the monitor, go to Wal Mart, or simply have a good day.

Don't bring the xbox to work any more, or the Fujitsu computer, and possibly even the iPad and PS2, and the Compaq computer, let alone the iPhone or iPod.  Time to move on with my life.

Forgot about training, poor day, too many for me.

The xbox and a computer will stay home from now on.  Too much to keep an eye on, particularly with a guy who is looking for a crime of opportunity.  He made off with a cell phone and an mp3 player last Sunday night.  No more opportunities will I try to present.

Otherwise, my left knee seems like it has a bone chip floating around.  That bothers me and makes me want to go get the juicer soon and loose a significant amount of weight.  Heart wise and swallowing wise can't be hurt as well.  Tomorrow.

Slept ok, up too often, Fitbit did not record sleep.

I got a 16 GB sdhc card and the Susskind book from Ontrac just now.  I want to see a dentist today, get my oil changed and a good look at by Ford, get my car washed inside and out, and go check on Marion's house and my Honda.

Now to check Craigslist re selling my Honda, or trashing it with the State of California for $1,000.

Breakfast at Henri', excellent as usual. Shopped!

I almost dropped.  Got a new one hundred dollar wallet, a new case for my keys, Wrath of Kahn, Homefront guide book, Blade Runner, True Romance, Star Wars, Taxi Driver, and Doctor Zhivago, and Dune all in Blue Ray.  I also bought a pillow, an hdtv antenna, milk, ice cream, and a copy of Heat with lots of extra features.  It seems I shop until I drop, and then I shop some more.  I love spending money.  Lucky for me I am on a dual income for now, else I would be broke.  Great day.  Now for the car repair and the dentist and to deal with the Honda and find out about the house.  How can so many good things happen to me without bad things, which will come as sure as the day is long.  Thank your lucky stars while you have them.

Ordered online from Prager, Betty, and got 2 Dell2.

Dell Monitor to be picked up Thursday or Friday by me.  Yeah.  Ordered downloads from Dennis, Betty, and ready to go to Henri's, Galpin, haircut, Frys, and car wash.  Also ordered a 16 GB sdhc class 10 card.  Have a nice day.

Awake at 8:30 am feeling well. Took some meds.

Priorities:

Haircut;

Oil change and service;

Order Medved tickets;

Check Mariion's house and start and sell Honda;

Get refills on meds, including Fluocimide Ointment;

Continue to be happy, healthy, wealthy, and wise, as much as possible;

Time to go shortly.

Difficult shift at VDM. Restraint, stolen phone, etc.

I almost have the new HP backpack filled with the Fujitsu computer and the iPad, and my other carry ons.  The old red back pack holds the xbox and has plenty of room still.  The yellow backpack will hold the ps2 and the Compaq computer and assorted stuff that fits well.

Jose attempted to pass a lighter to Mike M on Earth's couch.  He was seen by Jermain who confiscated the lighter.  Jose became enraged and flinched at Rick who initiated the pro act take down, even though this is against policy.  Christian became upset as well as Sammi, who was accoused of being in on the transfer of contraband, even though Sami played his game and didn't even seem to know what was going on until after the event.  Sami's room was searched to no avail.  Sami became upset and asked to go to the ps room to cool down.  He was refused permission and Sequin suggested I talk to him in the staff office.  As we entered the office Sami, not being one to miss an oppertunity, pocketed Jermain's phone and then removed the battery and hid it behind the computer in the office.  Only later at 9pm did Jermain search behind the computer and find his phone with the battery out so it wouldn't ring.  I will give a work of advice to Sami about being honest, but he probably won't hear a word.

Sequin banned the use of electronics on Earth unit only for the balance of the shift.  Punishment for those who did not do a thing.  Oh, well.  Rick and I talked about the laws governing an authority figures response to a threat or an attempted assault.

Allan ended up with two Clips and I got some back.  Otherwise, thank God all is well that ends well.  Jose cut the heck out of his arm, but this could have been avoided, I believe. 

Otherwise a good night, saved $19 on $50 of food at Ralph's, and a good night was had by all.

Sunday am awake and well at 9am. Considering options.

Should I take next Sunday off and go to meet Medved in San Berdino at the Hilton?  $20 for the two hour talk, $19 more for the meet and greet at 4 to 5pm.  I probably will go.  Sign up Monday am.

Goals for two days off starting Monday:

Haircut,
Order Medved tickets,
Call Dell re 27 inch monitor hold at ups,
Contact FTB re settlement,

Start and recycle the Honda to the State of California for $1,000,

Check on replacement HDD for the Toshiba laptop,

Update all meds from Kaiser, including the ointment.

Check on Marion's house, change the mail forwarding address as well.

Buy the Wal Mart HD TV antenna today before going to work.

Sell back many of these over whelming dvds around here.

Change the oil and have the wonderful Taurus checked out at Galpin Ford.  Check filters, particularly the cabin filter and the air passage from the engine compartment to the passenger compartment.

Time to rotate the tires?  If not now, then when?

I retired on May 14, 2011, on my 66th birthday.  I am continuing to work because I enjoy earning the double income and I don't have enough money yet to do the things I want to do.  I hope to work until April or May 14, 2012.

Then I plan to drive to Los Gatos, Monterey, Idahoe, Texas, Ohio, Rockford, Chicago, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Niagra Falls, Washington D.C., and back home again in a round trip.

I am looking into a sub 1000 pound trailer to tow behind my Taurus.  It needs a bed, a big table, a refrigerator and freezer, and a bathroom with a shower, if it is to be livable.  I could always buy the water where I am staying and use an electric heater to heat the water on demand.  How hard would it be to make a shower.  How about a camp shower stored in the trailer when not in use?  How often do I need a shower if I am only driving in an air conditioned car?  Every few days?  Or along the way at COA campgrounds showers?  I'll look into this.

I could also save the money of the cost of the trailer and simply stay in motels along the way.  That way, no shower issues, much.

I want an internet connection, fast, and reliable as well while on the road.

This log is turning into a stream of consciousness record of my plans.  This is a good thing!

Saturday morning. Awake at 7am feeling well.

Tried twice to install Win8 Dev Preview on the Toshiba, with no success.  Errors and lockups seem to indicate unreliable HHD.  I would buy a replacement if it were cheap enough and plug compatible.  I'll check Fry's, then NewEgg, and possibly Toshiba.

I feel much better these days.  My new shorts and $50 back pack seem to be excellent.  I want Dub Edition and the games I can't lay my hnads on right now.

I also want to get my hair cut, open a Chase account, check with Howard, look forward to my new 27 inch monitor, change my oil and filters and such, continue to be grateful, thankful, appreciative, and forward leaning.  I think Medved next Sunday night will be a good thing, for $39.  We'll see.

Friday am, slept sort of well, took meds for a change

Feeling a bit better with bp meds, GERD meds, and Excedrin for body aches and pains.  I should continue this habit.

Needed today:

Two new pair of shorts, the computer back pack, 10 cent cdrs, the replacement ps2 memory stick.

Shall I go see Medved next Sunday night, rather than going in to work?  I hope so.

New account at Chase Monday.

Wash car and get teeth looked at and adjusted.

Sell the Honda, probably without smogging it.  A shame, but I don't want the hassle of trying to sell the Honda for $500 over what I can get by simply driving it in to a CA state center.

Install Win8 on the Toshiba laptop.

Continue to be happy, healthy, and wise, as much as possible.  Work hard and keep a positive attitude.

Quiet, calm Thursday pm. Mike on vacation

Bought memory card for ps 2, which I have to return, two or more games, Blue Ray ocean disk, and a good time was had by all.  Now Taco Bell and a quiet night.

Thursday am and all is well.

Ordered Dell 27 inch monitor with speakers for $259 and delivered in about a week.  Tried to order 8 GB memory from Cruicel, to no avail.  Try later.

Slept a lot today and now to go to work by 2 pm.  Chocolate malt now and then to work.  My legs seem to hurt a lot.  I have to get back into the habit of taking Metamucil and the heart meds every day.  Now to have a good day.

Wednesday in Anaheim for BuildWindows Blogger

Got to the Blogger Bash after putting money in the ccu and getting the car washed.  Nothing significant going on.  I couldn't even see one person with a Win tablet.  My iPad was the only thing in evidence.  I had a root beer and went to the cd-rom store and got lots more dvds.  Wal Mart was good for food and sheets and dvds and such.  Quite night.  Dell order on hold for now.  I want that to go through soon.  To work Thursday, payday tonight, and ssa next Wednesday.  I am inclined to sell the Honda to California for $1K for ease of use on my part.  I regret it, but I don't want the hassle of smoging and selling the wonderful machine.  I'm thinking of going to Lancer's or Henri's for breakfast soon.

Tuesday and all is well.

Watched Win 8 dev preview and thinking about dl ing the dev preview to install on an old machine, like the Toshiba.  We'll see.  I might have to get the Toshiba bios reflashed, or perhaps I could do it myself.

Win 8 looks very good.  Better, smaller, faster, more efficient os, with a new tiled gui on top or as the default setting.  I am thinking of going to the ms store in Century City to look at windows stuff before it all changes.

I love the Blu Rey disks and the ones I bought to use on the Fujitsu and the 24 inch monitor.  I have Avatar for the xbox and a blu rey version of the movie as well.  I really like the blue ray movie looks.


I also want to deposit checks to re pay myself for the money advanced to Marion's estate account so I have more than $100 in my account.  I also want to set up the wi fi network here, and get two monitors working on my ASUS machine, and a good monitor for the Fujitsu to use for blue ray.  Now for a good day again here and about.

Monday was a fine day. Out with AJ, Rey, and Alex

Slept a lot, them washed car and $102 at the cd rom store, Carls Jr. and activated Win 7 on my computer for aj, who couldn't seem to remember what was the difference between a music only file and a video file.  I became irritated at his slowness multiple times, for which I feel a bit bad.  He really should learn to pay attention to that what he wants.  Dinner at Little Toni's pizza and a quiet night.

Good Sunday night. Kids and staff all were fine.

Still no meds since last Monday  at this time.  I feel pretty good overall.  I should start back up on the GERD meds and probably the bp meds, and the Citrucel.  That leaves me off the zoloft and the ecodolac or what ever anti arthritus meds I was taking.  I have also stopped the over use or even use of Excedrin, all of which is better.  Time to go on to see the long term results.

Now to shower, go see Rey, Alex, and AJ if they are available.  Time to go.

Worked Saturday night at Earth. All was well.

Felt fairly ok, but weak.  Difficulty later even eating Taco Bell, but I managed.  I hope the weather has finally turned to Fall.  This hot weather is awful.  No up at 8:30am to go to Frys for a bargain on a 9 inch portable DVD player, 100 cd-r s for $10, and a cheap micro sd card class 10.  We'll see.  I also want a second controller and perhaps a new game.  Time to go.  Happy 9/11 day.  Thank God that OBL was tracked down and killed, as well as a bunch of his Hench men.  Not an eliminated threat, but still very much weakened, and reeling from the armed forces of the USA and coalition.

Monday I'll see the former vista boys and Wednesday at BUILD in Anaheim.  See you there.

Feeling better after 4 days of ills.

Monday I had lunch at Laura's, as usual.  Ill for almost 48 hours straight.  Miserable in here since it was as hot as 104 degrees outside and I had the window open and the fan on.  The a/c just wasn't able to cool me down.  Nothing to eat for three days, and only a bit since then.  I will go to work Saturday night and am getting ready to shower, shave, get my hair cut, and go eat at Lancer's for the first time in years.

I'll post my recollections of these food poisoning incidents when I get in the mood.  Now to get on with my life.  I note that I haven't had any pills since Monday morning.  I am going to try to stay off the Excedrin, at least the habitual use.  I would also like to stop the other meds, but that is probably a bad idea.  Time to get going.  I am still weak and prone to laying down in front of the a/c and not being able to sleep.  I have to do something to actually get tired and go to sleep. 

Good Sunday PM at VDM on Earth

Quiet pm shift, no Sequin.  Some boys to the gym.  I installed Epson drivers and software on Fatoma's computer and the kids played xbox, ps2, iPad, and computer.  All was well.  Bring the Sony dvd recorder for Fatoma next week.  Mean while, why not try to record on the dvd recorder from my computer or my xbox using y-cables to split the signal from the rca output to the monitor to the dvd recorder as well.  Good idea!  Will it work?

Good Saturday pm at vdm. xbox, computer and iPad

Too many staff for the kids as usual.  Me, Greg, Kristian, Derick, Jermain, Chris, Ron, John, Shannon, and Rick for twelve kids.  I will try to work on Ocean on Saturday and Earth on Sunday.  We'll see.

Otherwise all is well.  I thank my lucky stars again.  I vow to try to do something productive on my two days off, for a change.  Now for a peaceful night and then sleep.

Saturday am up at noon feeling well

No major issues with swallowing last night.  I skipped the meds and just ate Taco Bell.  My throat still feels "raw" or sore a bit.  Now taking meds with Metamucil and it is working.  Good night last night at vdm.  One level s kid, Kristopher got a half hour to play the xbox.  I was off somewhere doing something else and wasn't there when it was Kristopher's 9pm bedtime.  Staff Tamisha and Walter waited til 9pm, and then ordered Kristopher to turn the xbox off and go to bed.  He, naturally, delayed until he could complete the mission he was on, and a battle ensued.  Staff make repeated, ever more harsh orders and threats, usually related to "You will never be able to play the xbox again as long as you live".  It seems they pulled the electrical plug.  Kris then stated that he hadn't had snack and this made them even more mad.  They would have sent him to bed with no snack in the past, but there were so many issues and restraints involved in those decisions that the rule became "Staff can't refuse food to the kids."  Kris got his snack and popped in and out of his room for a while, while staff leaned on the counter and continued their conversation as if they were at the park on their day off.  Staff come to work to chat with their friends, fix themselves meals, go out for take out food to eat while being paid, talk on their cell phones, watch sports on tv for hours at a time without moving, and take hour or longer breaks off grounds with no indication that they are not working on their time cards.

Then Walter stands behind the counter and says, "See, this is why we don't allow level s to play video games.  They don't know when to turn the game off."  Actually, they do turn the game off.  It's just that the threats of punishment are not severe enough to get the kids attention immediately.  We shouldn't be called Youth Development Counselors, but rather Youth Development Order'ers, or Youth Development Threateners.  I threaten punishment for a living, and I'm good at my job.  Counsel?  Are you kidding?  I am a big time threatener, or so it seems.  Oh well.  Only a few months to go til I retire.

New interface seems fine, and better.

Call KP and get meds and blood drawn.
Deposit reimbursement checks in CCU.
Wash Ford
Return Time Warner boxes
Shop at Stater Bros and Wal Mart.
Pay off the gas company and call Wells Fargo.
Smog and wash my Honda.  If it fails smog, then junk it to the state for $1K and consider myself lucky.
Get Ford to change engine oil, lower idle if possible, clean engine compartment, and check and repair the center console, increase the heater heat, and plug the engine air into the cabin leak.  I could also call the previous owners of the car and ask them what they did to stop this problem before selling me the car without telling me about the problem.  I still love the car.  It is, without a doubt, the best car I have ever owned, and I love it to pieces with all of my heart.

See the dentist, order more Floro ointment, call Harold, Les, Allan, Terri, Inga, and anyone else I can find.

Thank my lucky stars every day of my life.  Be grateful and appreciative every day of my life from now on.  Be aware that this too will end, although it doesn't seem so as of now.  Funny how we think that what is now will go on forever.  Human nature again, I suppose.  Now to enjoy my life now.

Still swallowing issues, work is fine, chores need to be done today.

A little better swallowing last night.  Work was fine, the Ford is great, three computers are wonderful, and now to try the updated Blogger interface.

Very difficult dinner last night due to difficulty swallowing again. Could be worse.

Up at 9:30 am feeling well. Almost cold in here. Pay myself back since I found Marion's check book. The court date for the final sale of the house should be soon, I suppose.  I would get paid off as the administrator of the estate, I would have to move my Honda, I would get a pay off as an heir to the estate, and I would no longer need to go to Santa Clarita Valley for much at all.  Nancy Sanford probably still lives there.  I wonder if she is happy.  Am I happy?  Not so much now, but this is a difficult patch.  I am working on making things better.  Time will tell.