Wow, what a week so far! I’ve been so busy that I haven’t had time to write (or, more correctly, haven’t made the time to write).
Monday, was what I hoped would be my final push for stock analysis. I do this every quarter, and Monday was 10/1. I did not come close to finishing. I also had several hours of homework to do.
Tuesday was another attempt to get stock analysis done. I also had homework. The “big event” of the day though was visiting the hospital. My doctor had asked me to go in to have my blood work done. This worked out great because Barbara’s school also has a new policy that if you are a volunteer for a field trip (as I will be in two weeks), you now need a TB test. The reason for this is because of the huge influx of Indian immigrants. India has a high rate of TB. While I was getting shot, I also got my flu shot.
It was a fasting blood test, and I didn’t go in until 9:30. Man, was I hungry! It had been 18 hours since my last meal. Strangely enough, when I got home from all these shots, I wasn’t very hungry. That evening, I got my results. Steady progress! I’m getting better in all areas. I guess this diet and exercise stuff actually works!
Wednesday was spent zooming around. I had breakfast with friends, as I always do on Wednesday mornings. While at breakfast, someone sprayed my car with some very stinky fertilizer-type product. This was done on purpose (I guess they had an issue with me or my Porsche). The stuff reeked so much that I washed the car immediately upon returning home; that, and I was worried that such a product would ruin the paint. Well yeah, I now have a shiny car. About the time I finished that, it was time for my dentist appointment. The cleaning went fine, but they found a crack on one of my teeth brought about by an old filling. They scheduled me for a re-filling tomorrow. I went home, ate lunch, and then went out to the district office of education to get fingerprinted so I could become a substitute teacher. That went smoothly, but then I noticed that my breaks began to fail on the way home. I knew they were due for replacement soon, but I was waiting for the “squeak” that announced the fact. I could replace the breaks myself, but I also know that the rotors need grinding, and I don’t want to do that. I’ll take it into the shop tomorrow. Oh ya, over the weekend, I filled my car with Freon. It was about time – I had spent all summer roasting in my car. The weekend had temps up towards 100 so I decided that it was time. Well, I still had a leak somewhere, so I bought a can of stop-leak. On the way home, my breaks failed while waiting at a stoplight on a slight decline. I had to use my hand break to stop the car from rolling into the guy in front of me. Yep, I would certainly need to get to the shop tomorrow. Shoot, and I’m still not done with my stock analysis (and more homework is due tomorrow).
One final thing: Today (Wednesday) is my dad’s 78th birthday. Every spare chance I had, I attempted to call him, but without any success. I hope he’s somewhere with mom celebrating.