Today’s Business: 2010-05-06
Today’s Activities
- Shower. DONE.
- Cat duty. DONE.
- Lions Club meeting. DONE.
Log
07:00 AM: I’m up.
07:05 AM: Read more of the Happiness Now book overnight.
08:40 AM: Wrote 300 words so far today into upcoming posts.
09:15 AM: Showered and called [Emmy]. She’s awake and watching the Pittsburgh Today Live show on KDKA TV 2.
11:10 AM: It’s a beautiful day. The sun is coming out and it appears that this afternoon is going to be sunny, warm, and dry. I’ll walk up to the Lions Club meeting this evening, and then listen to the Penguins game with [Emmy] after that.
11:20 AM: My weight held steady since yesterday. It’s still 176.5 Lbs. See here for a summary of the progress on this goal so far in 2010.
11:30 AM: Created audio journal episode: AJE-2010-05-06-11-12, where I’m brainstorming about avoiding needless rejections. I’ve found that whenever I’m having difficulty writing a post, it’s likely because I’ve written something into it that I either do not fully believe myself, or I lack sufficient understanding to write about it. So when I these so-called writers blocks, I often “retreat” from them, into reading some good books. Sometime that helps while I must wait, months sometimes, for the proper insights to emerge in my thoughts in order to finish the post.
12:30 PM: Struggled with the screws in a broken leg on a yard bench. The leg, held by the screws, has cracked right down the middle. However, the screws are frozen tight. I sprayed lubricant on them and so far, managed to get one of the eight out. They’re made of a hardened metal. So drilling them out is probably not an option. Hmmmmm.
12:40 PM: Heading to a customer’s place to help her install some antivirus software on her computer. Back later.
02:00 PM: I’ve returned from the customer’s house. Installed fifteen updates on her computer as well as the Verizon Internet Security Suite. No problems encountered. Unfortunately, she had to get ready for work. So we had not enough time to locate some pictures she’d recently uploaded to the machine. Nor did we get her printer set up. We’ll do this next time.
02:15 PM: Nephew Garrett dug out the old flower bed (to flatten out the dirt there), and he raked up the twiggs and branches from those late winter and early spring storms. Looks good out there now. He’s coming back tomorrow to rake the west yards.
03:20 PM: Watched today’s episode of The Young and the Restless on the DVR.
03:30 PM: Nap time, with CNN playing in the background.
05:00 PM: I’m up again. Didn’t sleep really. CNN’s Rick Sanchez did not allow much sleep; too many breaking stories going on, what with the stock market plummet, the Gulf oil spill, and the foiled Time Square bombing being discussed. I never did fall completely asleep.
05:30 PM: Spent a half-hour on Facebook. I now have exactly one hundred friends. Woo hoo! 
Now, I’m off to the Lions Club meeting. Back later.
07:55 PM: Back from the Lions Club meeting. They held elections for the new fiscal year’s officers, and we enjoyed a turkey dinner with coconut cream pie for dessert. Now, I have [Emmy] on the phone, and we’re listening to the Penguins game.
09:40 PM: the Pens lost, 3 to 2.
11:15 PM: Watched tonight’s episode of NBC’s Nightly News.
01:00 AM: Watched the 2010-05-05 and 2010-05-06 episodes of Dr. Phil on the DVR.
01:05 AM: Bed. So, good night. Tomorrow.
Received Mail and Shipments
- Catalog from Tiger Direct.
- Misc. bank papers.