I am giving Kindle Scrabble a good game more often than not
on the Hard level. The tables are turning. I'm using its ridiculously arcane words
against it, just like I would on the basketball court or the chess board. And there are only so many seven- and
eight-letter words out there.
Those who listen to instruction will prosper; those who
trust the Lord will be joyful. Proverbs 16:20
My latest new gadget is a wireless keyboard. It’s my second one; the first died many
months ago. This one is lighter, has a
much better feel, has many more functions, and cost less than half as much as
the one I bought four or five years ago.
My bedroom is no longer an occupational hazard!
As of last night, Master Chef Dave can cook pork chops. Yummmmmmbaby!
I cooked up six Tuesday evening; they were gone by Thursday
evening. Thank goodness I bought two
packs – and thank goodness for BOGO (buy one get one free)! Welcome to the protein stable, pork chops!
Yesterday I resolved to learn someone’s name. I decided it should be the receptionist at K
Street Dialysis. She is unfailingly
polite and yeah, OK, she’s good-looking, too.
So what? I briefly puzzled over
how to do this, and then I said screw it and knocked on her door so I could ask
her. She was wearing a nametag that said
“Rhona”. Job well done! On to the next task.
I know just about all of the dialysis center employees’
names now, and they all know “Mr. White”.
I was looking forward to my run this morning, so of course
this was the one morning that I woke up late (7AM). Today is an off-day for me (no dialysis), so
I had more than enough time to get a run in anyway, but I decided not to. Sleeping until 7AM is a rarity for me
nowadays, so I took it as a signal that my body needs a break from the
exercise. Normally over the course of a
month my body will put the brakes on working out at some point and I won’t be
able to do it for as long as a week, but that did not happen during the month
of August. This is definitely a good
sign! I am slowly rounding back into
form.
I like writing with blue ink. I don’t care what the black ink people
think….
September is a critical month as far as planning goes. Basically, if it’s going to happen this year,
I need to get it going right now. My strategy
is to assume the worst and prepare accordingly; wish me luck. [good luck, Dave!]
I beat Kindle Scrabble three times yesterday. I beat it on the way to dialysis, I split two
games with it during dialysis, and I beat it on the way home after dialysis! The last win was the best because I am
literally drained as I travel home from having 10-12 pounds of liquid removed
from my body. Two of the wins came on my
final play. You know what? A win is a win is a win. I used the word *doyenne* in Scrabble
yesterday. Where the hell did that come
from?
Every once in a while, you have to take a deep breath and
step into the void.
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win
it.” -- Margaret Thatcher
Today started off with a really riveting hamstring
cramp. If you’ve had one, you know it’s
five to ten minutes of agony, and then it’s cool as long as you don’t make the
same movement for a while. This is the
second one in a couple of weeks; I’ll have to keep an eye on this situation as
it happens the morning after a dialysis session. This also caused me to remember that it
wasn’t that long ago that I was unable to have hammy cramps because I had no
leg muscles due to malnutrition and anemia.
So all in all I can’t complain…..
I’ll know that my hammys and quads are all the way back when I am once
again way faster than I look. Right now
I’m just faster than I look.
“Success is liking yourself.... liking what you do….and
liking how you do it....” Maya Angelou
Asparagus dip is delicious, especially with honey wheat
pretzel sticks.
I got all excited when I saw that McDonald’s is selling its
Sausage McMuffin with Egg for 2/$3.00 for a limited time. I then calmed down and remembered that (a) I
don’t eat breakfast on the run anymore, and (b) my own sausage and egg combo
costs a lot less than $1.50 per sandwich.
So why am I all hyped over Mickey D’s?
Could it be … sugar?
My smartphone just reminded me that the NASCAR race was
rescheduled and is starting right now!!!
Damn – I already missed the first spinout!
67 consecutive push-ups last night! I think it’s safe to say that I can start
focusing on sit-ups and running.
The college and football seasons have officially begun, and
serious pizza questions need to be asked.
No pizza at all? One with everything
on my birthday? Or for the New
Year? Is pizza with no tomato sauce
tasty? I need to develop a list of pizza
substitutes immediately.
Today is 9/9/11. In
two days we mark the ten-year anniversary of 9/11. I had briefly thought about doing something
silly like 911 push-ups on that day, but there’s no way I am going to
trivialize the sobriety of this event with any individual puffery. I plan to live my life as normally as
possible by working out and watching plenty of football. I may even break from my diet and order a
pizza.
I have had my new printer for over a month now, and I have
dusted it almost as often as I have used it to print. I’m sure this will change, but it’s
interesting to note how quickly I adjusted to not being able to print. My writing has suffered some, I’m sure. On the bright side, this printer can print
photos without special ink.
Do good instead of evil and try to live at peace. Psalm 34:14
Today is 9.11.11. I
worked out this morning, then walked to McDonald’s to get a cheap lunch, got a
cheap breakfast instead, and walked back home.
It is now time to watch football.
I’ll have two Sausage McMuffins w/Egg for lunch. Dinner?
Pork chop party!
My fantasy baseball team is 15-8 heading into the
playoffs! It’s my very first fantasy
team in any sport. A lot of it is pure luck,
but there are plenty of opportunities to make your own breaks, and I take
advantage of many of them. If I win the
league championship, my team, the “Allfive Fingers”, will get to play against the
other champions for a grand prize of $10,000.
Hey, stranger things have happened:
we just had lightning storms, an earthquake, a hurricane, and major
flooding within about a 15-18 day period….
OK, let’s put modesty aside for a second. I am fit.
I can look in the mirror and nod approval. And I’m not done yet. I want the world to know that kidney failure
is not a reason to write people off.
Stand up for what you believe in – even if it means standing
alone.
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