that's unusual

        THURSDAY 1/30/2020 11:26 AM--spontaneously decided to have ALDI brand "Hot Pockets" for Lunch...I think one is enough...and I bought a French Bread pizza too...I think they're both microwaveable...not 100% sure, but I plan to try for a nap after Lunch...
12:33 PM-the ALDI hot pockets (both of 'em) were OK...gonna try for that nap in about 12 minutes or so...planning to leave for Derwood at about 2:40 or so...I feel as though I can't really set up my stuff until Brian sets up the drums...
FRIDAY 1/31/2020 8:35 AM--I got in very late, went to bed even later and woke up at about (maybe) 7:30 or so...so I'm kinda not as happy as I thought I would be...a MAJOR nap is inevitable I think...gotta get bread and milk from Safeway, although I MIGHT go to Aldi's to check their prices...
5:53 PM--having ALDI brand French Bread pizza for Dinner, two pieces...I have nothing to compare it to brand-wise, but it tastes good to me...
8:41 PM--apparently there's a feature on my phone called Voice Control which (I think) supercedes the little mic in the lower left hand corner of my "keyboard"...I kinda like it...and if I change my Mind I can "disconnect" it...
SATURDAY 2/1/2020 1:19 PM--not five minutes after I finished today's Lunch I got a stomach ache...Dianne thinks it's a virus...*I* have no idea what the cause is...I hope I feel better by the time Barry picks me up at 7 to go to the gig...
5:47 PM--nervously having Dinner...two hot dogs spread out over thirty minutes or so...
SUNDAY 2/2/2020 2:32 AM--I just had a sandwich...I don't think it's gonna cause a problem, but I dunno for sure...gonna go to bed at 3AM, kinda like Thursday night/Friday morning...I don't think there's anything special going on later today...at least, I hope not...
 

better late than never I often say

           MONDAY 1/27/2020 8:22 AM--Dianne showed me how to watch Amazon Prime on TV...I think I could have watched it on my laptop, but that wasn't my first choice...some of my Plans are on hold, because I can wait one more day in my opinion...I think the only thing I have to do is put the clean dishes away...
        TUESDAY 1/28/2020 9:17 AM--starting to work on my Open Mic homework...the key word being "work" I guess...I took the gig without looking at the big picture--that's typical of me...But, it's OK day so far, early though it may be...I have TWO copies of my resumé ready for the Aldi job fair...
                       3:55PM--I'm not as clean as I could be, but I'm as clean-shaven as I can be...one less thing to worry about...in other News, I'm (temporarily?) off of Flakebook...
                    5:05 PM--my time off of Flakebook lasted about an hour...although, just because I signed back on doesn't mean I have BE on it, right? I think the way Instagram works is ya have to post a photo...then you can add a caption...I dunno how many words one is allowed to use for the "caption"...for the time being, Twitter will be where I hang out...and Messenger (which may or may not be separate from Flakebook) still works...in fact, I think Instagram is somehow connected to Flakebook...I, for one, don't like Corporational monopolies...
               8PM--I don't feel like watching Star Trek TOS or any of the shows I've recorded...I think I'll be going to bed by 11PM, if not sooner...
11:59 PM--except that I watched TWO different programs thru Amazon Prime, on the laptop...the first being a documentary on Lenny Bruce, the other a documentary on the Cowsills (!) that was quite an eye opener...I had no idea...I'm gonna take a couple of Tylenol capsules and go to bed...
WEDNESDAY 1/29/2020 5:05 PM--getting nervous about the Aldi job fair...but first I've gotta make it thru band practice...I showered and shaved (again) and picked out what *I* think is an appropriate outfit...Whatever happens, I'll be glad to get back home...
9:45PM--just took two Melatonins to help me fall asleep...I will likely take one Xanax to calm me down for the job fair...it starts at 7 AM...I imagine it will be over two hours later...the store opens at eight o'clock, maybe it will be finished by then...LATER--boy was *I* wrong...the job fair lasts until 1 PM...I really hope I'm not there that long; I can't imagine that I would be...under the heading What To Expect it says to expect a brief intro to ALDI, a store tour and a one-on-one interview...surely all that stuff will be done in about an hour or so...
THURSDAY 1/30/2020 6:34 AM--whatever's gonna happen at Aldi's starts in about 25 minutes or so...gonna leave her in about ten minutes...I guess I'll have breakfast when it's over...
9AM-well, the initial meeting is over…There will be another more detailed meeting next week, hopefully…

is it a sickness?

       SATURDAY 1/25/2020 11:02 AM--I see a pretty girl and something happens to me...NOT something sexual or physical, but something emotional (?)...Something inside me wishes I was a LOT younger than I am, although I certainly wouldn't wanna be that guy again...and I absolutely wouldn't wanna look like that guy again...maybe that's why I didn't have a serious girlfriend until I was 26 years old...and even then I didn't look all that good...the girl in question was pretty if a bit chubby--but I prefer what I call "pleasingly plump" anyway...not all the females I look at these days are girls (whatever age that is) but most of them seem to be...even the women I seem to be attracted to (for whatever reason) are at least a few years younger than me...Angela, for example...really, it sucks being me...
1:09 PM--maybe it's because I have the confidence NOW that I didn't have back then...and because I'm marginally better looking now than I was then...
1:55 PM--this feeling of confidence has also given birth to an inflated sense of what I think I can do--like have my own online radio show...so for the second time, I'll have to check with Ken "Carpenter" at the next Reverbs practice--this coming Tuesday at one o'clock, to find out what equipment I would need...and even as I type all this, it feels like a total fantasy, a waste of time...
5:19 PM--had a really good nap, that one Xanax probably helped...I kinda want to go out tonight, but it's more likely that I won't go anywhere...I'm sure there's stuff for me to do tomorrow before I go to Takoma Park...in other News, I got my hat today. and my new wallet yesterday--both in the mail box (?)...I guess Amazon has some kind of relationship with the USPS...both items fit me perfectly...
SUNDAY 1/26/2020 9:50 PM--still feeling pretty crummy...had a tough time getting home from Takoma Park direction-wise...VERY frustrating...Dinner went well enough; I had a Subway sub, spread out over an hour or so, before the jam...the only food I saw at the VFW Post 350 was potato chips...I think I'll make it to 11PM, but I'm not so sure about making it to Midnight...unless I watch the two back to back Dick Van Dyke Show episodes that start at eleven o'clock...
MONDAY 1/27/2020 7:44 AM--at the risk of sounding like a broken record, or skipping CD, I don't feel like doing much of anything...I suppose I HAVE to go to ACME practice tonight, but I don't think I have to do anything else--except put the clean dishes away...hot dogs for Dinner seems likely...

time to consider the Future/probably not my day

      FRIDAY 1/24/2020 9AM--in addition to a bunch of pairs of jeans, I intend to donate some books...I don't yet know how many...ultimately I guess it will be a LOT of them--I can't take them with me when my time comes, right? I hope to find out IF there's a limit to how many books one can donate...I'll probably take a few books at a time...
   11:30 AM--on the way to donate some stuff I found myself at a red light...I could HEAR the ambulance, but I couldn't SEE it--until I looked in the rear view mirror...none of the cars around me seemed to want to move--including the fucking idiot directly in front of me...finally they pulled forward, even though it meant going thru a red light...it's a minor miracle that I didn't have a heart attack--at least not yet anyway...
3:22PM--In what is surely a first, I dreamt that Dad was sitting in a chair reading a newspaper, I was puttering around the house when Mom decided she was gonna "please herself" in front of us--which wasn't a big deal to HER...only a PhD. might know what that means...
9:54 PM--Dianne has plans for tomorrow; I do not--as far as I can remember...well, there's putting the clean dishes away...I kinda hope I don't have any other plans...still feeling down, maybe not as far down as yesterday, but still a little bit...
SATURDAY 1/25/2020 9:46 AM--dishes are done...I went to Michaels and got model airplane glue in the hopes that I can fix the sun visor myself...I have my doubts, but who knows? Maybe I'll work on it later today...when Dianne goes out the second time, to have Lunch with Linda...although *I* have to go to Safeway (or Giant?) to get bread (and soda) for today's Lunch...I don't really feel like going back to the Kentlands again, even if I'm NOT going to Michaels...I just hope the model airplane glue holds...
1:42PM--and of course, it didn't...so it's off to the dealership on Monday (?) to find out what I can find out about buying a whole new LH visor assembly...I DO believe I can install it myself...

I feel kinda busy, and I don't like it

            TUESDAY 1/21/2020 12:39 PM--Dianne really seemed to like her birthday present...I gave her a Friends Calendar...I think it's good for more than a year...I feel like I have quite a "to do" list to work on, but I could be wrong...the Plan for tomorrow is to take my wireless unit over to Butch's to see if he would be interested in buying it...I also need to return the hat I bought thru Amazon--it's kind big, a bit too loose IMO...Dunno when where or if I'm gonna replace it...
4:42 PM--even though today is only Tuesday, I just might wash the rags--the girls are coming on Thursday...
9:23 PM--rags are done...clean dishes have been put away...I even replaced the broken string on the "strat" XII...the "to do" list is shrinking...planning to go visit Butch tomorrow, hope to be at his house by possibly 11AM...and back in Gburg by 2 PM...more or less...
WEDNESDAY 1/22/2020 9:45 AM--I finally requested the meds I'm out of...the ball is in Dr. Snow's court...
11:17AM--dunno whether or not I have the right to, but I feel pretty down...it may be because of a pharmaceutical imbalance, but maybe it isn't...it's a sunny day, but it's very cold...I hope to be back in someone's bed by Noon...
5:13 PM--I'm in the process of getting some of my meds refilled...I suppose I can go to CVS when the girls get here, allegedly somewhere around 10 AM...which could be 11 AM for all I know...I guess I'll just wait for them to get here...
7:10 PM--Dianne has a TO DO list for me to work on before the girls get here...as of now there are only five items on it...shouldn't take more than twenty minutes, if that...
9:39 PM--just got chewed out by Dianne...long story short, I'll reluctantly go back to napping in my own bed...which means (I guess) that the dog will be keeping me company, whether I want her to or not...if I close my door, she'll probably just scratch on it...
THURSDAY 1/23/2020 6:43AM-it suddenly feels like I have a LOT to do before the girls get here-and I REALLY don’t like it...gonna get to work after Breakfast...
NOON-apparently the Universe didn’t want me to go to Wal-Mart to get a hat...I kinda got lost looking for the store...and the visits to Target and Kohl’s were a waste of time...AND, to my surprise, Maria and the girls had just gotten started when I got back home... 
12:57 PM--they're gone and it's nap time...after which I'll shave and shower...

I gotta stick to my guns

SATURDAY 1/18/2020 7:15PM-I am fighting  the urge to go to Hershey’s… It would be such a waste of my time, and seeing Jessica wouldn’t make me feel better…Not that I feel that bad right now – I feel OK, not great but OK…
9PM-I couldn’t watch the TV in the “cave” because it was recording two different programs simultaneously…I had to either watch one of the programs or not watch anything on that particular TV… Somewhat miraculously, I figured out how to work the living room TV – which I was unable to do Thursday…That’s how I ended up in the “cave” in the first place, even though that’s usually where I spend my time when I’m here-unless I’m asleep...
     I DO wish someone had told me that the toilet in the bathroom adjacent to the kitchen (and the living room) isn’t working properly; otherwise I wouldn’t have used it...and it was an emergency...that’s what I get for pigging out pretty much all day since I got here from Gburg... I think I’ll be OK now...
9:40 PM-it took me longer than I thought it would but I finally found a plunger...otherwise I would have had to buy one...
I’m gonna watch SOMETHING until 11:00PM then, ready or not, I’m going to bed...
SUNDAY 1/19/2020 11:12 AM-Actually I think it was more like 10:30 when I went to bed… And I slept fitfully until about 7:30 when Dianne texted me about going to the grocery store – did *I*want anything...I told her I was going to go down here on my own to get some things and that’s what I did, although I forgot to get the snacking cheese  for Mike and Linda...I feel as though I should replace the bag, after all I’m the one who finished them off…
7:10 PM-I got a text message from Dianne…She said she misses me; actually I kinda miss her too, a little...I will be glad to get back home, like always, after one of these housesitting gigs…the cleaning ladies are coming next Thursday, so I’ll have to wash the rags... I think when I go back to Gaithersburg to feed the animals their Monday lunch I will have packed everything and I’ll just bring it all back with me…Then all I have to do is come back to Rockville to feed the cat HER dinner...
MONDAY 1/20/2020 12:18 PM--with the exception of feeding Yoshi her Dinner, and retrieving my suitcase and dirty clothes, I'm back home...there's a frozen mini pizza back in Rockville that I hope to have for Dinner tonight--in Gburg...my Musical gear is back in Gburg as well...
6PM--much to my surprise, there was some diet root beer in Rockville, so I didn't have to buy THAT...but I left the pizza in Mike&Linda's freezer, so I had to buy another one of THOSE...errgh...
6:15 PM--gonna have hot dogs for Dinner instead...I think I got a good nap in Rockville but right now I'm very sleepy or tired or something...I don't think I'm gonna make it past 10 PM...unless I get that second wind, that I find rather annoying...

It must be something I did

       THURSDAY 1/16/2020 10:50PM-it took about a half an hour but I was finally able to recover the only car key that consistently starts the car after it fell out of my hand...Very very very VERY frustrating... And yet again I’m hoping my blood pressure will go back down… But I got what I wanted from 7-Eleven…
FRIDAY MIDNIGHT 1/17/2020-The plan is to get up in the morning, WHEN I don’t know...feed the cat and go to the grocery store… I think I’ll be back in G Burg by 10 o’clock which gives me roughly 2 hours to pack up the car, feed the animals lunch feed myself lunch and then come back to Rockville...Hopefully I’ll get a little bit of a nap before I leave for the gig at Leisure World…
8:01AM-I was going to buy a bunch of groceries at Giant Food nearby, but it occurred to me that in terms of lunch ingredients, I don’t need much (if any) today...I will be having lunch in Gaithersburg… In fact I won’t be having lunch in Rockville at all… Saturday at lunchtime I’ll be with Dianne and Sunday at lunchtime I’ll be getting ready to go to Combustibles practice… In both cases I will just buy lunch somewhere – Subway if I can find one close enough...
    I’ll be leaving for Gaithersburg at 9 o’clock…And hopefully I’ll be back in Rockville by one o’clock… I suspect I’ll be eating lunch in transit…I guess Subway will be providing Lunch...
2PM-actually, I had lunch in Gburg at the same time as the dog and the cat…I then loaded up the car – I believe I loaded all the Music gear I want/need after which I came back to Rockville… Much to my surprise the hat arrived and also to my surprise it was a little big... I came up with a solution, temporary though that may be…
SATURDAY 1/18/2020 9:30 AM--so the original Plan for today has been scrapped...now, the Plan, MINE anyway, is to be back in Rockville by 5PM if not a bit sooner...allegedly, the weather is gonna be winter-like...I might WANT to go out tonight, but it's a bad idea...I far as I know the Combustibles are still rehearsing tomorrow...if practice gets cancelled, I won't cry...
11:18 AM-I have no energy I have just about enough energy to have brunch this morning, after which I will NEED a nap... I think I will be sleeping in my own bed and I don’t think moseys going to bother me… Somewhere around 4 o’clock I will head back to Rockville and feed the cat… I’ve got the Racquel Welch bio to read, so IF there’s nothing on TV, I’ll be ok-I think...IF I get a nap and IF weather permits, I MIGHT go to Hershey’s tonight...
Weather aside, I see no reason whatsoever to go to Hershey’s tonight – just seeing Jessica there is torture enough… If the band turns out to be really good that’s depressing too... in fact, the weather is close to lousy and as far as I know I still have band practice tomorrow...so I’m planning to stay in tonight...I’m rather lonely I guess… The Raquel Welsh book is not just biographical there are apparently health and beauty tips – which I find to be completely worthless… But I’m keeping the book – I’m sending back the hat, but I’m keeping the book... I’ll probably donate it to the Unique Thrift Shop, along with those pairs of jeans that are sitting in my room back in Gburg...
5 PM-There’s stuff on TV that could get me to 1 AM...At which point I’ll go to bed...although it’s possible I won’t even make it past 11, or even 10PM...The chocolate chip cookies I got from Subway will make part of a good breakfast Sunday morning...The sub I got should make for a good Dinner this evening...
7PM-as I’ve said before, when I am bored I eat… I may have given myself a stomach ache – no one to blame but myself for that one… I’m pretty sure that if I go to bed before midnight I will be awake sometime around three or 4 AM, like almost always…

getting more ready

    WEDNESDAY 1/15/2020 11:37 PM--slowly but surely I've been prepping for the house sitting job AND the gig with The ACME Band Co. at Leisure World...I went on Amazon and changed the arrival date for the hat, but instead of January the 21st it might come on the 18th--the day AFTER the gig...oh well...
THURSDAY 1/16/2020 8:15 AM-I feel like I’m gonna be rather busy today and even more so tomorrow… I have packing to do but first I have to go to CVS – I think there are some meds waiting for me there and I need to get some travel size toiletries…Normally I wouldn’t bother with the toiletries, but, today at least, I can afford to BUY travel size...
10:10 AM--so I've been to CVS AND Safeway (again) to get Fudgsicles...I also got gas; a not quite full tank I think...or however much gas $15 buys...hope to be napping before one o'clock...wanna be all packed up and ready to leave by about four o'clock or so...I might have Lunch soon, mostly because I'm bored...living in Rockville will change that a teeny bit, but only so much...
12:08 PM--I see a nap in my future...starting at about 1PM, and lasting until maybe 2:30...which gives me an hour and a half to pack...the good thing about being in Rockville is that Muzzy can't interrupt me...
1 PM--I started out with roughly $120 dollars in my pocket on Wednesday morning...twenty-four hours later it's $45 bucks...I expect to find at least $80 bucks waiting for me in Rockville...I guess I'll find out how much it actually is in about five hours...
4:25 PM-so I arrived in Rockville – without the key to Linda’s house… I’m not blaming Dianne, it’s just as much my fault as hers, if not more… But I was able to contact Linda – there’s a spare key in the garage which I was able to get into, through the garage door itself after using the secret code that Linda texted me...
I AM surprised that there’s not a drop of Diet Coke in the whole house as far as I can tell... But at least I am in the house, and for the most part things are proceeding the way I would like them to – more or less… My plan is to go back to G Burg, to Wendy’s to have dinner then onto the Grape Escape to hang out at the open mic and then probably onto the OTWC for dessert and then back to Rockville… Possibly stopping off at 7-Eleven for a bottle of soda if nothing else… I think my blood pressure is settling back down now…
 8:40PM-might not go to the OTWC after all...if this open mic is over at 10, I likely wouldn’t be back in Rockville until 11-ish...and I still wanna go to 7-11...luckily there’s one on the far side of the parking lot...

The universe said NO!

             WEDNESDAY 1/15/2020 3:30PM-so I went to Target to get a hat and they didn’t have any that I liked and or that fit me… So I went to Kohl’s and found a hat that I liked-and it fit me... But I spent 10 minutes waiting in the cashier line and there was still a woman ahead of me so I moved to another line and waited about five minutes more or less while the cashier slowly dealt with the woman in front of me…Obviously the Universe  didn’t want me to buy the hat – it was a little bit more than I wanted to spend financially, but I was prepared to overlook that...*I* thought it looked good on me too… Oh well, back to Amazon…
6PM--went on Amazon...bought a hat, a book and another cable/adapter doo-hickey that allows me to use my phone to practice my keyboards with--send the signal from my phone into my bookshelf speakers--the ones I theoretically use with the BR-1180CD digital recorder...the money comes from my checking account...I think I'm gonna use the house sitting money to work on getting my Charge Card balance down, if only a little...and might use at least some of the gig money for the same purpose...
      I had hoped to be able to wear a new hat to Friday's gig, but it won't come until DIANNE'S birthday, by which I mean January 21st...so I'm considering wearing what I call the Dalton Potter hat--the rather big Tan felt one...even though I look halfway decent in it IMO, it IS warm under there...

Clark Kent? Indiana Jones?

easier than I thought...if I did it right...

    MONDAY 1/13/2020 9:37 PM--assuming I did everything correctly, I just applied to ALDI super market...The GBurg store may in fact be hiring, but I'd work in Germantown if need be...I'm fairly sure THEY are hiring...that's one less thing weighing on my Mind...a rather big thing at that...but there's more where that came from...
TUESDAY 1/14/2020 8:15 PM-suddenly, I am feeling slightly better than I’ve felt all day long… I don’t know why though; this coming Friday I have a gig with the Acme band company we will be using a substitute drummer…I don’t know if that’s good or bad news but from what I saw on YouTube he’s a pretty good drummer – we’ll see…
      I can’t remember the last time I was this excited about getting my Social Security check; But I am…I’m usually awake at three or four in the morning most nights anyway, so if that happens I’ll check to see if the money is in the bank… Just like I do every month…
11:55PM--the non microwaveable pizza I bought at ALDI'S and had for Dinner this evening was gluten-free...and for that reason, it didn't taste very good IMO...Live and learn I guess...I hope...
WEDNESDAY 1/15/2020 10:30 AM--suddenly, I'm kinda busy...I'm starting to prep for my house sitting job for Linda & Mike, which starts tomorrow at about four o'clock--I'm doing laundry...I'll do the grocery shopping when I get to Rockville...I hope to go to Wendy's for tonight's Dinner...maybe...
      I've done a teeny bit of keyboard practice too...AND I heard from Eli, a recruiter from ALDI'S asking me about the job fair on 1/30..he knows I'm coming...I dunno when I'm going to Target and/or Kohl's, but I now suspect it might be tomorrow...it's a lesson in patience, which I haven't developed yet...and also, I don't have enough money IN MY POCKET, a Math miscalculation on my part...I think there will be (maybe) $100 waiting for me at the April's

a good number?

       MONDAY 1/13/2020--for the first time in (several?) weeks, I checked my blood sugar...Dr. Malinsky always asks about it...It's 113, which ain't bad, judging from my online research...Cautiously, I'll say that it's a good day so far, early though it is...but I bet I spoke too soon...
     The problem with practicing on Sunday is that it kinda feels like I didn't exactly have a complete weekend...even though I'm retired (at this point) and  have all day to do stuff, I still feel like I need more weekend...
  10:44AM--the appointment with Malinsky went well enough...after which, I stopped at Aldi's Germantown to double check the "we're hiring" idea...I think they are...then I stopped at Aldi G-burg...not so sure that THEY are hiring, but I did get some groceries...I didn't read the pizza box before I bought the pizza--it's NOT microwaveable...hopefully I won't make that mistake again...
5PM--I'll have the pizza for Dinner tomorrow probably...I might need some help preparing it...myfinger hurts where I pricked it to draw blood this morning...oh well...
     I've sorta kinda almost grown used to the idea of not having any kind of "romantic" relationship with a woman other than my ex-wife--I think...but not being able to have a "physical" relationship with, er, uh, myself saddens me considerably...I mean a LOT...in about four months I'll turn 65 years old...man, that really sucks...as far as I know, there aren't any women out there who have a crush on me the way I seem to have a crush on so many of them...besides I know what I look like...and even if there are/were, how could that ever possibly happen? I strongly suspect Dianne's heart would be crushed...and the woman in question would ultimately be disappointed with me, on a "physical" level...

I got what I needed

            SATURDAY 1/11/2020 2:30 PM-Diane and I went to the Unique  thrift shop… I needed a few pairs of jeans to replace the pairs of jeans that I have that are in way less than pristine condition... I found four pair that fit, and three of them make my legs look relatively thin – that’s my vanity talking, but I don’t care… Dianne  is going to pay for them today and I will pay her back on Wednesday... I glanced at the books, but then decided to get away from them as fast as I could...I hope to be back in bed by 3:30 or so…
   6:25 PM--I was in bed by 4 and slept until 6, when the alarm went off...Reluctantly, I'm having hot dogs for Dinner...I have nothing I could have used as an appetizer, so a cheese and baloney sandwich later seems likely...
7:33 PM--If my financial situation was better, maybe I'd consider going out somewhere...I think I'm recovered from last night's gig...Dianne (who has been diagnosed with what used to be called "mononucleosis"-the kissing disease) says I don't have the Epstein-Barr virus-the modern name for it...I'm not as constantly tired as she seems to be...she is a bit stressed out over stuff that's going on at her job, that may be a factor...
       To my surprise, I have an appointment with Dr. Malinsky on Monday morning...that's a good thing, but what I think I NEED is an appointment with Dr. Borelli...I haven't seen her in quite awhile...I have three Xanax left...
8:55PM--seriously considering applying to ALDI, the Germantown store is allegedly looking for PTmers...hard to believe they pay $14.70 an hour...by my calculations, I can't work more than 25 hours a week, if that much...but twenty hours at roughly $10 an hour (after taxes?) I can certainly use approximately $200 a week in addition to the SSA monthly checks...my benefits are reduced by $1 for every $2 I earn over the limit which is $1470 per month...so (I think) if I earn $1500 per month working at Aldi, that's $30...so (I think) my monthly benefits would be reduced by $15 dollars...theoretically, I could live with that, IF my Math is accurate...and my Math skills have always been rather shaky...
   Well, I'll look into it on Monday, after my appointment with Dr. Malinsky...
7:44 PM--and I have to figure out what goes on with Medicare, as opposed to MediCAID...if I don't look into it tonight, I'll look into it sometime Monday...or Tuesday, or Wednesday or...
9:15 PM-GEICO Took their $88.15 which leaves me with $32 in my checking account… And if the easy pass people take $25 in the next day or so that leaves me with seven dollars... I have $32 in my pocket; that’s $16 per day for Monday and Tuesday…It’s going to be close, but I think I’ll be OK… I have a half a tank of gas which should last until Wednesday morning…

At least it’s only every two years

THURSDAY 1/9/2020 9:20 AM-if it hadn’t been for renewing my car registration I’d have $135 in my bank account and or in my pocket… But I did have to get the registration renewed and now I’m pinching pennies until they squeal… I hope there’s no screw ups with the money from tomorrow night’s gig… If by some chance there is, then I’m really screwed…until next Wednesday...
     The cleaning ladies surprised me by coming before 9 o’clock… So I’m here at Giant food in the Kentlands just killing time… I needed bologna so I bought some of that, but I can’t really afford anything else… I’m predicting sandwiches for dinner tonight and hotdogs tomorrow night…
         I have enough money in the bank for car insurance but if EZPass takes $25 for my using the ICC  I’m  really screwed... In fact, I don’t think I’m going to use the ICC to get to Butch Thayer’s  house anymore... But I will use it to get to Ric’s house for Combustibles rehearsals and Mike’s house for ACME Band Co. rehearsals...

all in one place

         FRIDAY 1/3/2020 12:17 PM--it took awhile, naturally, but I created a photo album on my phone of most of the guitars I've owned...I wouldn't quite call it "fun", but it was close...
    SATURDAY 1/4/2020- I also created a photo album called ANGELA, but then I changed my Mind and deleted it...I told Dianne I was saving myself for practice tomorrow, and I should, but now that I’ve said that, there may be somebody playing nearby that I would like to hear/see... I guess the smart thing to do is NOT look on Facebook to see who’s playing where...
4:48 PM--I think I did look at the list, but there wasn't any band on it that I was dying to see/hear...and I DO need to save myself for band practice...
7:00 PM--I thought I installed an app on my phone AND my laptop that would enable me to (I think) see my phone screen ON my laptop...or maybe it was vice versa...In any case, *I* couldn't make it happen, so I uninstalled the app from both the phone and the laptop--at least I believe I did...
SUNDAY 1/5/2020 11:10 AM--killing time before I go to band practice...when watching porn depresses ya, yer in serious trouble, right? just as depressing as being in the Combustibles...
6:44 PM--practice? it went horribly, and I was part of that...
MONDAY 1/6/2020 8:57AM-do you think they’d let me in the Hair Cuttery a bit early because it’s so cold out here, but no, I have to wait until 9 o’clock... This may or may not affect how much of a tip Kathy gets today… Personally I think it’s too soon to get a haircut weather-wise but I’m going to go through with it anyway…On the other hand, I’m wearing the Lena  hat because it’s so cold out here and I wear hats when I’m on stage… might even start wearin' them more often...So why do I need to get a haircut now? And there is the financial burden the haircut puts on my budget…
WEDNESDAY 1/8/2020 4:17 PM--I'm fairly confused about what day it is...for a few seconds I thought today was Tuesday...I think it's Wednesday, in which case the FHB is practicing tonight--I think...

no f**kin' difference...

       WEDNESDAY 1/1/20 9:42 AM--I started out the new year with an almost total lack of tech skills, with regard to posting on Instagram...I don't think I can post anything using the laptop...but (I think) I can using the phone...like I've said countless times before, going from one year to the next is like going from one room to the next--and we don't make a big deal outta doing THAT, do we?
         And I'm having trouble with my other blog...all I wanna do is change the color of the text of one of the entries, and seemingly I can't...
1:00 PM--a woman I've had some kinda feelings for since I met her in the early 80s is apparently having major medical problems--physical, mental and (therefore) emotional...not that starting a new year is ever an uplifting experience for me anyway, but this news is especially painful to hear...I'm probably fooling myself, and it doesn't EVEN matter, but I wonder if Nancy and I could have been something other than friends...Of course, I've always been no one's idea of handsome...looks ARE important to most people, me included...
     I'm wondering if I'll ever see her again and what condition she'll be in...she'll never know how I think I feel or used to feel or could have felt about her...I'd say she and I are just about as compatible as my ex-wife and I are--which is "somewhat"...I would say Nancy and I are slightly more compatible than me and Angela...And New Year or not, none of that matters, right?
FRIDAY  1/3/2020 12:19 AM--went to the OTWC after the FHB rehearsal, mostly to see Angela...I really thought that this would be the year in which I learn to keep my Mouth shut, but no...I actually told Angela that I liked females that were not pencil thin...she had made a comment on how she looked in a photo I had taken...I suspect that in the future she will avoid me if at all possible...surely she must know I have feelings of some kind for her...