johnguinness's Diaryland Diary
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things are still churning
Sorry, I'm kind of out of it right now. I've been staying up lately, and couldn't get to sleep for ages last night. I'd reluctantly set the alarm for 6:30, for cycling, to test my brakes with no one around, and to call my sister by 7:30. The alarm buzzed, I stopped it & rolled over, and it was past nine. I'd woken up miserable a number of times before then, but didn't give a thought to getting up to call my sister. Who was upset with my tardiness.
My brake pedal goes straight to the floor, which means I'm housebound, and it has another ride on a flat bed truck to look forward to.
My sister gave me my June loan in a combination of cash and check. She drove me to the bank where I deposited the cash so it would be instantly available. I was afraid the check would delay the process a day, so I have a walk and a big hill in my future some time in the next five days to put it in the night deposit,
She took me to the store to use up my last $15 of Food Stamps, so the food I have has to last me until new funds on the third. Hot dogs were on sale, so I got them and ketchup, a bag of potatoes, and some sale ice cream and Diet Mountain Dew to get me through today and tomorrow.
The landlord hasn't called again. I won't be relieved until there's nothing in the mail box from him tomorrow.
I paid $50 on my phone bill, so I'm sure they won't mess with my Internet.
My biggest rush was to pay something on my power bill, in case that's what the landlord called about. But I haven't heard from the Township people. The one thing that excites them is a high, overdue power bill. I'd hate to pay cash right now that could be used for MAF or an air mattress or a lottery ticket, then find out that they're going to help and I could have saved the cash. I did an electronic payment of $25 just to let them know I'm still here and haven't forgotten them. I might send another small one tomorrow if there's nothing in the mail from the Township.
If you're scoring at home, the phone company is on the back burner as a source of stress. Needing to have brake work, and my car towed, along with being housebound is probably at the top. My landlord is right up there. I don't recall the exact quote, but in The Hobbit there was a line about not leaving a live dragon out of your calculations, if one lives nearby. Wondering about the Township help, or whether or not the letter got to the right person, is a medium. I'd given up on it for eight weeks, so the possibilities are either positive or neutral. Thinking about how badly I'm going to suck air coming up the big hill from the bank is small.
My pro cycling fandom is up in the air. I'd planned to enjoy it through Sunday, then just pray for Contador until the CAS decides his whole damned life. The hearing was set for June 6-8, but now it's postponed until at least mid-July, possibly even September.
Part of my reason for quitting was I didn't want the CAS, and evil powers that be, to decide if I would have reason to watch the Tour de France. On Sunday Contador should win the Giro d'Italia, his sixth grand tour (three week races Giro, Tour de France, Vuelta a Espana). He's probably going for the Giro/Tour double, something people say is impossible these days, especially after a brutal Giro that will take weeks just to recover from.
The Tour starts on my birthday, July 2. Lance Armstrong "won" seven Tours, no Giros, and no Vueltas. Contador has a chance to win his seventh grand tour at an age younger than Lance was when he won his second. He's already (almost) won the last six that he's entered. Since the CAS can't ban him before then, how can I not watch him try something that historic?
They just delivered the 12 cans of FRS Plus I bought for $3.35. I'm really excited to have it - mental energy is a good thing, as is something orange flavored for when it's hot inside. They sent survey offers to another of the e-mail addresses I'd ordered from, so I took another one, got the same coupon code, and placed an identical order.
I missed the whole race today, but the Giro has three exciting days left. I'll be sat here hopped up on FRS Plus having a grand old time. Maybe I'll even be able to focus long enough to watch a tennis match. Anyway, I can focus on positive stuff, and hot dogs, for the long weekend, and let the stresses come to me if they need to.
I tried watching my first couple of minutes of Idol last night. Judas Priest, really?
Word is the Pussycat Doll gave Cheryl Cole the boot from our X Factor. I checked the exchange rate, and having Cheryl Cole smiling on a TV show is worth more (to me) than all Pussycat Dolls, past and present combined. I invested a whole season three years ago learning to understand what the hell she was saying, and now she's off the series?
I've mentioned the window rattling, fish scaring siren across the street. Last night it went off, and for the first time in the nine and three quarters years I've lived here, I was scared a bit. I'd read a bit about those poor people in Joplin, and figured this was the same storm that had recently abused Oklahoma.
3:07 p.m. - Thursday, May. 26, 2011
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