Under the weather

I think I overdid it a bit this week. I have been working every day and was feeling great. Then today at work, I started feeling achy and queasy. Finished the one part of my job and told the lady I had to reschedule the rest for a later date. I never do things like that and just stick it out to get it over with, but was afraid I'd be too sick to go to Las Vegas next week if I pushed too hard.

Have to get better TONIGHT!!!! Tomorrow I have plans to go to a Horse Show at Morven Park in Leesburg and to meet Ashly and Tim for shopping and dinner. Just have to be feeling better, so off to bed I go really early, with chicken soup and saltines.

Saturday Night

I have been busy working since my last post. Things have picked up a lot, thank God.

A friend of mine called about a week ago and asked if I'd go to Las Vegas with her using her comps at Harrah's. I hesitated over night and then decided "what the heck", go for it. We get free room, meals and $200 off our airline tickets, which she is splitting with me. We are leaving March 5 at 12:30PM and returning March 8 at 11:00PM. A short trip but will be good to get away on the cheap again and that is enough gambling time. I have also called my nephew, Paul, who is stationed at Nellis AFB and I'll be going to see him while there. And if Shawn is in town, I hope to see him also.

Mike has left again to go "south" for a few months, so things are really quiet around the old household. But I can park close to the house for now, a big plus in this cold weather.

Previous Week

On Sunday, Feb. 3rd, I packed up all my junk and headed to Ocean City for a week with Dean.
Monday we bought paint for the woodwork and went home and started painting.
Tuesday I started painting bright and early because Dean said we were playing Bridge that night at 7 PM. We went out for lunch and stopped at a junk shop to look around. Back home and started painting again when the phone rang. It was the lady who was hosting Bridge , who said "Where are you? We are waiting since 1 o'clock to play cards." Dean had screwed up again. She needs to write things down but never will. So we threw on clean clothes over very dirty bodies and went to play Bridge till 4. Back home and several more hours of painting.
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday was more painting, putting insulation over the pulldown stairs, hanging curtains, etc.
Saturday we went out to breakfast, thrift store and junk shopping. then I was on the road to come back home by 2:30.
Got home about 6 PM to a very cold house. Mike says the furnace quit working on Friday and he was planning on lighting the pilot sometime today. Couldn't figure it out so decided to wait till Monday to call repairman so he didn't have to pay weekend rates.
We bundled up and slept cozily throught the night and I left at 8:30 AM to go to a Horse Show in Nokesvillle. It was so cold, in the 30's and the wind was blowing really hard all day. Home again after 6:00 and bundled up to sleep again.
Today the repairman came and warmed the place up by replacing the ignition switch which apparently had given out. Now we know there is no pilot light and we couldn't have done anything to light it.
Tomorrow I am off to paper a bath in Montclair after I stop to vote in the Primaries. Sorry but I'm not at all interested in the candidates for this election. I just don't want Hillary to win so I'll vote for anybody but her................

Saturday

I made a lame excuse to stay home last night and Lucy handled it okay. She was drinking and needed a ride so she called another friend. Now I have to try and make time to see her today, as she is flying back to Florida tomorrow.

By staying home last night, I got a call for a wallpaper estimate today, so some good came out of it. Going to Montclair at 1 PM and it sounds like a sure job papering a kitchen.

If I get my butt moving today, I could get packed and leave for OC tomorrow and get there in time for the Super Bowl game. If not, I'll go Monday.

Rainy Friday

Woke up this AM really glad that I didn't have to go back to work.
Two reasons:
1. Finally getting a chance to ease my muscles
2. It was pouring down rain.
The paper says it is going to get up to 54 degrees but at 2:30 it is still 36 degrees. Don't think it will make it today.

Now my decision of the day...........I'm supposed to meet Lucy for dinner at Tysons Corner between 5 and 6 tonight. Doesn't sound like a good option to get in that mess that could freeze at any moment. She is going to be so mad (disappointed) but I think that's what I should do.