It cooled down again from this afternoon, so I took a chance and turned off my a/c again. I'm going to keep my fingers crossed tonight that I don't wake up to 84F in my apartment again. Tonight I went out with my friend Wendy. She called me at lunch today, and we made plans to go play miniature golf if the weather held. It turned out to be a beautiful night! I got THREE holes in one, which is something I very rarely do once, let alone three times in one game. I think my final score was three under par, normally I'm over par for all 18 holes, so I had a good night, lol.

Hopefully the office won't be so hot tomorrow. I was sweating profusely this afternoon while finishing some filing. Normally I'm the last person to get hot, or the first person to get cold, but in this case, I was the only person hot. I even threatened my boss that I would come in wearing shorts and a tank top if it didn't cool down tomorrow. Everyone else in my department was either just fine or cold. I was beginning to think there was something wrong with me, lol. I suggested to Kerry that she take a small fan to keep at her desk for when it gets warm for her, and I should take the same advice. The only small fan I have at home I need here for this second bedroom when I'm on the computer and it's hot in here. So I'd have to go buy one. But it's not like it's ALWAYS warm, just every once in awhile. Some days it's hot, some days it's cold, some days it goes back and forth. What is so hard about having proper ventilation in an office and having it be just fine????

Back to the grind, I suppose. Today was a bit cooler than yesterday, 87F vs 90F. With this latest round of storms that came through tonight, the temps dropped to a very manageable 70F. Off again with the a/c, and throw open the windows for some fresh air. Now I just hope that if it rains again tonight, I'll wake up and get the windows closed before the rain comes inside.

Update on the bats. Before the storm hit tonight, I went outside to sweep away the bat droppings, and while I was out there, using my flashlight, I checked to see if they were still there. To my surprise, they were no where to be found. With bats being nocturnal mammals, they should have been sleeping, since the sun wasn't going to set for another 90 minutes. I also learned that bats usually have colonies that can be in the hundreds or thousands. So that got me wondering if there were more bats around that I didn't know about. I checked all along the balcony above me, from one end to the other, no bats tonight. I'll keep any eye out for them. I know they've been regular residents based on the bat droppings.

Tomorrow is hump day already, nice to have short weeks, eh!

What a beautiful but HOT weekend! Yesterday it got up to about 91F, before the humidity; today it got up to about 92F before the humidity. A little warm for the end of May, but it's nice to get a preview of summer, and to have nice weather for the holiday weekend.

My day was pretty boring. I got about 8 hours of sleep last night. I didn't want to sleep too long and cause me to not sleep tonight. I still had the air conditioner on from yesterday, but was finally able to turn it off about 6:30pm or so after some storms came through. The air cooled down enough, and I'd rather have the windows open than have the air conditioner going. Outside air is much cheaper, lol. Once I had the sliding glass door open to my balcony, I was hearing this noise that sort of sounded like a bird. I would hear it, then it would go away, then I'd hear it again. It went on like this for a couple of hours. I didn't hear it while the a/c was on, it wasn't until the balcony door was open that I heard it. I kept thinking it must be some juvenile bird in one of the trees just off my balcony, since I could never see what was making the noise. And it seemed every time I got up to go to the door to look for it, it shut up, lol.

Finally I went to the door, and I continued to hear the noise. It sounded like it was coming from my balcony itself, so again I'm thinking maybe it's a young bird stuck in a corner and is scared. Perhaps it was separated from it's mommy or daddy. The strange thing is, it was making a weird noise that is unlike any bird noise I have ever heard. It wasn't a chirp, but it's so hard to try to duplicate myself, I can't explain it. As it continued to make this noise, I zeroed in on the source of the noise. It wasn't coming from the floor of my balcony, it was coming from above my head. Now, I live on the 2nd floor, and there is an apartment above me, with a balcony just like mine. My thinking was that a bird was up on their balcony making this noise. I looked and looked and didn't see anything, although I didn't expect to. But then I discovered the noise wasn't coming from on top of the balcony above me, it was coming from between the wood of the balcony and the actual building.

There is this one inch (2-3 cm) gap between the wood of the balcony and the brick on the building. There was something up in that gap! But what? I couldn't see how a bird could get jammed up in there, and I was still curious as to what was making that noise. I closed the screen door, went and got a flashlight, turned it on and shined it up into the gap above my head. I could not believe what I saw! (Is the suspense killing you yet? LMAO) There I saw about five or six little BATS who were sleeping until it was time to go out and feed! I HAVE BATS! I'M GOING BATTY! I HAVE BATS IN MY BELFRY! Omg, I was so excited, I called my aunt to tell her what I found, her first comment was...you better call someone to come get rid of them. I was like, why?? They eat the bugs! She was concerned maybe they'd get into my apt somehow, and I suppose they could, but they seemed pretty content crammed into that gap. I don't think they ever opened their eyes when I was looking at them.

I've never seen bats up close and personal. Omg, I was so excited I couldn't believe my luck! I know right now they are out feeding on bugs, I say go for it, gorge yourselves! The other interesting part is, I think they've been there for awhile. Right below where they are at, I've had these droppings on the cement part of the ledge where the sliding glass door is. I always assumed it was from a bird. I would see it accumulate, I would take a broom and sweep them away, and soon there would be more. Now I know it's not bird droppings, it's bat guano! Ya'll are probably thinking I'm really weird to be this excited about bats. But around here, any sign of nature is fabulous.

Yes I have birds, common ones that will feed if you put a bird feeder out. Every once in awhile, I'll hear a bluejay. I've seen a couple possums, a family of skunks. I see a few tree squirrels now and again (none of those black ones they have in Toronto), and even a ground squirrel on occasion. And I've heard an owl several times at night, but never seen it. For me to find bats, here on a golf course, concluding that they may have been here for a couple years and I didn't know it, is too exciting. It's important that people and animals can find a way to co-exist in peace. Having these bats here, shows me that at least for now, it's working. I don't know anything about bats, so I have no idea what kind of bats these are. It would be interesting to know, and I may do some research on it this week.

Anyway, enough of my excitement for the night, time for bed.

Tomorrow is Friday, a long weekend for most here in the U.S. Memorial Day is celebrated on Monday, a lot of people have barbecues, most swimming pools open, sort of the unofficial beginning of summer. I'll enjoy having the extra day to sleep in. Well, sorta. Can't sleep in too late, or I'll never get to sleep Monday night, and I'll be a zombie Tuesday morning.

One nice thing about holiday weekends, is that the couple days before and the day after are usually lighter traffic days. I say usually, because it doesn't always happen. This morning, one highway was backed way up, because of a disabled car in the center lane about a mile past where I get off the highway. If your car is that bad, why would you be driving in the middle lane?? Then tonight on the way home, the other highway I drive on was backed up a LOT worse than it usually is, with no sign of why. I'm hoping traffic tomorrow morning on both roads rocks!

Since I had some time to think in my car this evening, I thought more about streaming, and the fact that I'm not doing it. I thought about all the music I have that is not being used. I thought about all my summer nights with nothing on tv this summer. And I came to the conclusion that I'd like to stream again. While I was on the computer tonight, the owner of the site I have decided I would like to stream at came online. I mentioned it to Kerry first, can't do this without telling her first, she'd KILL me, lmao. She got all excited. Then I brought it up to the owner of the site, and she was excited too. They both have been wanting me to stream, but have not wanted to pressure me, which I appreciate.

Alice, I know you were hoping I'd come back to C2C to stream, but I don't feel at home there like I did before. I'm not sure if it's the new owner, or the fact that so many people that made it home have left for other sites. I feel the place I need to be right now is The Wolven. I hope you tune in when you can.

Kerry immediately started working with Andrew on a banner for me. They're pretty close to getting it done, I just had to offer some ideas on different lettering on the banner. We'll see what they come up with this weekend. Not too worried about it, mid-term exam studying is WAY more important that my banner. Right now, it looks like I will be doing the Friday night 9pm-12am slot, after Kerry. It's the slot I had after her at the site where she and I met, we had a lot of fun during those 6 hours each week. For now, I think I will just stick with one night.

Well, time to get ready for bed, I do love casual Friday! LOL

Right as I'm starting this, my tv in the other room goes quiet. I get up to go check it out, and sure enough, my cable lost it's satellite feed. We have some strong storms coming through the area, just starting up, about 15 minutes later than the National Weather Service said they would come through. So I was thinking it missed me. Guess not, it's getting windy, and I can sense the rain is going to come.

I watched the American Idol finale, thank goodness that was over with before the storm came through. Reminds me of when Kerry and I watched Idol together a couple years ago, we were actually on the phone with each other as we watched, then I voted for the two of us, based on our opinions. One week, during Idol, while on the phone, the tornado siren for my town went off as some strong storms skirted the area. Did I get off the phone? Did I take cover? No way! I kept watching, kept talking, but still kept one eye on the sky. (I think the rain has started now).

The week is almost over, so glad for a long weekend! Guess I should just turn the tv off, since I don't know when the cable will come back on.

What a weird night. I stop at Target on Tuesday afternoons on the way home from work, to buy any new cd's that have been just released, because they're cheaper then. Well this week, there were two notable cd's being released, one by Def Leppard, and one by The Dixie Chicks. Since Kerry LOVES the chicks, and she really really wanted to buy the cd herself, we agreed she'd buy that one, and I'd buy the Def Leppard cd. While I was there I picked up a couple others I saw that weren't too expensive.

I came home and got on the computer to tell Kerry about the cd's I bought. First she wanted to tell me about the cd's she bought. Along with the chicks cd, she bought the Walk the Line soundtrack, and a Canadian artist named David Wilcox and an older Judds cd we'd been wanting. Then it was my turn to tell her what I bought. In addition to the new Def Leppard cd, I bought the American Idol 5 cd, and that was when Kerry said "OMFG I HAD IT IN MY HAND!" I chuckled, and proceeded to tell her about the next cd I bought, Michael Bolton, Bolton Swings Sinatra The Second Time Around. At that I thought Kerry was going to faint dead on the floor. She said, "I HAD IT IN MY HAND F**K OFF!!!" Good thing she didn't buy either one of them, lmao.

I watched American Idol tonight, the first two songs by each performer were songs they'd previously sung, so I listened from in front of the computer while I ripped my cd's to the computer. The third song by each performer are the single they will release should they win. I didn't really care for Katharine's song, Taylor's was much better. And at the end, Simon said if after the first two songs the singers were tied, Taylor would win the competition! Wooooo! Soul Patrol! Soul Patrol! Tomorrow is the two hour season finale, then I am done with all regularly scheduled shows until September. And I read in next week's tv guide that two shows I really liked on Friday nights are not being renewed next year. Very disappointing.

As soon as Kerry finishes sending me music tonight, since it's now after 10pm EDT, I'll finish watching the ACM's and go to bed, with my alarm set correctly! I figured out my problem, I had the 5:30 alarm still set on Sat/Sun not M-F. Also have to set the timer to tape Jay Leno tonight, cause Def Lep will be on it. Woooo Hoooo

Ever have one of those days? My alarm was set to go off at 5am, then again at 5:30. I remember the 5am alarm, but not the 5:30. So, when I woke up at 7:23am, I said fuck it, pardon my french, called in to work, left a message for my boss, told him I would be in this afternoon, I had some stuff to do this morning. That "stuff" ended up being watching parts of Oprah, part of a tv show from a few years back called Seven Days, and then finally going into work at 12:15.

Of course, as soon as I got there, I was busy busy busy. Most of the stuff I do first thing when I come in on Monday mornings I didn't get to until about 2pm. A customer rejected some material, so I had to sort through how many coils we had sent her that "could" be rejected, and send that to the technical rep from the mill. I also worked with the warehouse to cancel a couple loads that were due to deliver Tuesday. These two loads had coils on it that I am concerned could also be rejected, and since the customer doesn't have acres of space for a bunch of rejected coils, the last thing I want to do is send her more for her to reject. My only concern is that one of the coils she rejected should have been ok, if the problems at the mill from last August/September were truly fixed.

It's always something. So by the time I got everything sorted out and the emails sent that I needed to send, my afternoon was half over, lol. I got some invoicing done, just before 4pm, so I left the invoices sitting on my desk to be put in envelopes tomorrow when I get in.

I did get a good chuckle about 3:30...an outside salesman called me asking if I had a customer PO for a specific order, I looked in the folder and said, "Nope, don't have it." He called the customer and asked them to fax to him. But for some reason, he wasn't receiving it, so he requested they send it to our office, to my attention. Well, they faxed it, but they left my name off it. So one of our coordinators saw it on the fax machine and faxed it to the salesman. The salesman saw it come over the fax, figured it came from the customer, and faxed it to me, back to the same office it just came from! It even had this little fax sticky address thingy on it, saying it was from Todd to Kevin. Kevin didn't even see it, lol. So I walked over to Todd, and asked for a copy of the original fax that he had, so I didn't have a fax of a fax of a fax. Then I called Kevin, and told him what he did, chuckling all the while. He thought Todd had the PO the whole time, so I explained that it had just come over the fax 20 minutes earlier. That got Kevin laffing too. Killed a tree with all that, lmao.

The drive to work was great today (only because I was doing it at 11:30am). Tomorrow, I HAVE to get up at 5:30, so I can leave at 6:30. They are doing construction on this one section of one of the roads I take, and traffic gets backed up. Well, Sunday they moved traffic over to the new section they just built, because they need to erect the new toll booths. See, they're taking the toll booths that are at one road, and moving the eastbound booths further west. They will be widening more of the road next year, and the governor is finishing up this "open road tolling" plan which is supposed to ease congestion. Yeah, right! I haven't noticed it yet. Will be a few more years before I see a change in my commute time. Typically it takes at least an hour to get to work, that hasn't changed in a year and a half, and I don't see it changing in the next two years. So anyway, with this new lane configuration, I'm expecting that everyone will come to a complete stop there, because they have to stop and say "Wow! New lanes! I hope they aren't charging me a toll here!" Stupid idiots, all of them. There's a freaking sign that says no tolls will be collected there! Duh! So to compensate for this, I have to allow 90 minutes for commute time, just in case. I know if I don't, I'll show up at work at 8:30, which means I either cut my lunch short, or I stay late, which I don't like doing, seeing as how I have an hour drive home too.

So, it's off to bed for me, gotta try to get some sleep so I can actually get up at 5:30, lol.

I don't really have much to talk about tonight. It was a pretty quiet weekend. I got caught up on stuff I taped last week. Now that most season finales are done, there won't be much on tv. Of course, I always say that, but invariably find something to watch.

I went to see The DaVinci Code today. I think it was well done, followed the book quite well. A lot of people are opposed to the book and the movie. I think it just gives you something to think about. Does anyone REALLY know what happened back then?

It's back to work again tomorrow. Wow, the weekends fly by so quickly. Next weekend is a long one, gives me something to look forward to. And Tuesday I get to buy the new Def Leppard cd! It's titled Yeah!, a compilation of remakes from David Bowie, T-Rex, The Kinks, and David Essex. The songs can be listened to for free at the VH1 website, here.

Tired anyone? I was tired enough to try to nap at lunch today, but now that it's time for bed, I'm wide awake. *Sigh*

I kept pretty busy at work today. My boss sent an email out to all of us, reminding us that if we don't have anything to do, there's a lot of filing (mostly mine) piling up on a spare desk. I work on it whenever I can, but unfortunately, right now, that's not more than maybe once a week. Last year this time, I was bored, bored, bored. Not this year. I'm not sure why the difference, but I won't complain too loudly.

I watched Idol tonight, I hope that it's Elliot and Taylor in the finals. Katherine has never been a favorite of mine, although I will admit she has a good voice, she'd just never been one of my favorites. And I think, overall, Elliot and Taylor did a much better job tonight on their songs. Tonight was one song each picked by Clive Davis, one song each picked by the judges, and one song each of their own choice. Next week should be one original song sung by both of them, and one other original song for each of them which would be their first release if they win. I tried voting for Taylor tonight, off and on for the two hours. Even with three numbers, I never could get through. Can only keep my fingers crossed that the Soul Patrol was doing it's job. Woooo!

Today is my friend Wendy's birthday, she's 43. Wow is she old! LMAO. So tomorrow (Wednesday) I'm taking her out to dinner. I bought her a couple of hand towels for her first floor bathroom which in my honest opinion was in desperate need of a couple of new towels. I also got her an inflatable reclining chair thingy for their pool...assuming they put it out this year. Since she's taking the summer off from school, she should have plenty of time to relax out in the sun, thought this would be a nice way for her to do that. Of course, I forgot to pick up a card while I was at Target, so I have to go at lunch tomorrow and get one. Sheesh!

While at Target tonight, I picked up two more cd's. The new Hoobastank cd, which I'm sure AliceKay will download from limewire or get from Ladystyx. I also got a Nickelback cd, not the newest one, I already have that one, this is the one before that one, released in 2003. It has Someday on it, and Feelin' Way Too Damn Good on it. Going to check MM to make sure I don't have it, but I'm about 99 percent sure.

Supposed to have sun in the morning and storms in the afternoon, high of 71F tomorrow (21.5C), our warmest day for the next week. Still have to figure out what to wear tomorrow too. Guess I best do that now before I get too tired to care, lol.

Quick post because I need to get to bed. Today was kind of boring at work. I was able to finish up my monthly inventory reconciliation that was giving me problems. It was all because the warehouse/processor was shipping material to the customer and not faxing me paperwork, so I had no idea they had shipped anything. Then they were rejecting material but not telling us why. I think I got it all squared away, and next month should be easier.

I watched the President's speech tonight, it only lasted about 20 minutes. He said some good things, talked entirely about immigration reform and border security. I already knew he was going to announce the deployment of National Guard troops to the border with Mexico to help out with building fences and/or walls, monitoring security equipment, installing different forms of detection of people trying to cross the border illegally from Mexico. He didn't say whether the National Guard troops would only be from the border states, or whether they would be supplied by other states too.

He also didn't say how long it would take to increase the Border Patrol by the 6,000 agents he said he wanted. Last time he asked for 2,000 and he got 200. Every day another 3,200 immigrants enter our country illegally along our southern border. I guess I'll just have to wait and see if anything he proposed really comes to fruition, and whether it helps the situation. One interesting piece of information I read today, our border with Canada is 5,500 miles long, the worlds largest un-protected border. Imagine if we had immigrants trying to cross that border like they do down south?

Mother's Day is almost over with, thank goodness! I picked up a couple of very nice bouquets for my adopted aunt and mom. They loved them and cried, like they always do, lol. We went to brunch at a local restaurant that has a buffet. I love it because I get to have breakfast, while they're eating lunch/dinner. Breakfast is my favorite meal, I can eat it anytime of day or night.

After that we went to see Mission Impossible 3. It was very good! I wasn't sure how it was going to end, leaving it open for another sequel, or killing off Ethan. I won't spoil it for anyone, in case they have plans to see it. I thought it was just as good as the first two movies.

After that was over, I hustled home so I could watch the very first episode of West Wing, aired before the final episode. Wow, that show has changed over the years. They've had a different writer the last couple of years, which I know had a lot to do with it. That was one of my all time favorite shows, one of the only ones I would even consider buying on dvd.

Well, while I'm waiting for this load of wash to finish, I'm going to go start watching the race from Saturday night. Have a great week everyone!

Another one bites the dust. Tom wants kids, has always wanted kids, and wants to be with someone who feels the same way. Unfortunately, I'm still undecided about kids, and now that I'm 37, I'm not sure I want to. I know, I know. Lot's of women are having kids into their 40's these days. But I don't want to be 60 when my kid would be graduating high school. So that's the end of Tom.

I'm resolved to the fact that my experiment was just that, an experiment. And I learned some valuable things from it. One, that I'm too honest sometimes. Two, I'm unsure of what I'm looking for in a man. Three, I'm probably just better off on my own, I better get used to it, and learn to enjoy the rest of my life. No sense being a miserable bitch for however much longer I'm on this earth.

On a more sour note, tomorrow is Mother's Day, actually it's today, since it's now after midnight. I really really don't like Mother's Day. If it weren't for my adopted family, I'd stay in bed on Mother's Day. Everywhere I went today, I saw signs and advertisements for Mother's Day. You'd think someone out there would have compassion for those who aren't a mother, and/or no longer have a mother. All I do on Mother's Day is miss my own mom. No matter how good my adopted mom has been, she's still not my mom. I missed out on so much with my mom, and this day just brings me down.

Tonight was the graduation party for my cousin's girlfriend. She had a LOT of family come from out of town for this. They were all really enjoying themselves. Unfortunately, I just wasn't in much of a celebratory mood tonight. If gas prices weren't so high, I'd take some vacation days and just drive. I don't know where I'd drive, but I'd get away and spend some time thinking about my life, and where I'm going with it.

Anyway, I guess I should go to bed now. I want to be up in time for Alice's and Kerry's streams. And damn, I don't think I'll hear much of Kerry's stream. I have to be in Sycamore at 11:30, and I have to buy flowers and get cash and get gas before heading out there. So that means I have to leave about 10, which means I have to take my shower at about 9, which is when Kerry starts her stream. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Alice was complaining that no one was posting this week. Well, here's a post for you to read Alice. Not sure how interesting it is. I'm listening to Cubby stream right now. I've had about four glasses of wine, I'm feeling pretty good, I guess.

This week has been long, been staying up too late, getting up too early, working too hard. Well, maybe not too hard, but working nonetheless. A little stressful, but nothing I can't get through.

Tomorrow, Saturday, I am meeting Tom for lunch. He's the man I was matched with who was about to take his final exams and graduate with his nursing degree. He said he'd call me after he was done, and he did. I had no doubt he would. So we're meeting for lunch at a restaurant chain called Chili's, that's sort of between our two towns, a lot closer to me than him, but not much we can do about that now. I'll let you know how it goes.

Tomorrow night (Saturday night) I have a graduation party to go to, my cousin's girlfriend is graduation college finally, so she invited us to her party. Will be out most the night. Haven't decided if I'm going to get her something, or just give her money.

I got home about an hour ago, after being out most of the day with Deb. It's been so nice visiting with her. Since it's been almost a week since I posted, I'll update everyone on what I've been doing and what I got done, lol.

Every night this last week, I was cleaning, sorting, straightening, all the stuff that I normally would have taken my time with and done over several weekends. I got the "disaster" of a second bedroom all cleaned up. It looks much better now, lol. I'm going to try real hard to keep it looking nice.

I got the living room all vacuumed, got any cobwebs removed, I even pulled out the couch and loveseat and vacuumed underneath and behind those. It hadn't been done since I moved in 7-1/2 years ago. So needless to say it was quite dusty and dirty back there. Feels good to get all this done.

I got my bedroom done, just barely. That was finished this morning before picking Deb up to take to my aunt's for brunch. I never really got to the kitchen, unfortunately. But it's not like Deb was staying overnight here, or that I'd actually have to cook for her, lmao. I wish I'd had one more day to get the last few things done, but oh well.

Friday evening my aunt came and picked me up, and we met Deb at the first church the bell choir was performing at, right here in my town, just 5 minutes away from my apartment. It's a small Presbyterian church, but it wasn't even half full for the performance. I was expecting the pews to be packed, so was disappointed that they weren't. The concert itself was fantastic! It's so fascinating watching a bell choir perform, I don't think I'll ever understand exactly HOW everyone knows when to ring their bells, lol.

This morning, I quickly did some last minute vacuuming and bagging of stuff in my room that needed to be removed, then picked Deb up for the day. Her husband had already gone out with others from the choir, I believe they spent part of the day at the mall. The two of us headed out to my aunt's, we went to brunch at a place called Egg Haven. They make 5 egg omelets, that are so huge, you can't eat it all. I had a full stack of chocolate chip pancakes, Deb had a short stack of pecan pancakes, and my aunt had a steak ceasar salad. We were all stuffed! Then we went to Wal Mart, lol.

Deb has never been to a Super Wal Mart, and she doesn't know anyone in Michigan that will go with her to Wal Mart, so we went there and did a little shopping. I didn't see any cd's on sale (Kerry), but I got my USB Cable that I need for my scanner! After that, we went back to my aunt's condo, sat and chatted a while before she needed to get ready for a show she was going to see tonight, Colin Mochrie. Deb and I returned back to my place, I showed her pictures that I had hanging on my walls of friends and family members, then we left to go to tonight's performace of the bell choir at a church in Aurora, about 20 minutes from my apartment.

The concert was again excellent. They changed a few things from last night to be different, they had a different crowd tonight, more older folks tonight than last night. But still not a very big crowd. This performance was at a Methodist church, beautiful sanctuary, lots of stained glass windows. I was still surprised at how few people were there. Once the performance was over with, I purchased a Christmas cd for $15. Deb and I went outside to move her bags from my car to her husband's car, and she realized she left one bag at my apartment. So we hopped in the car to race back here to get it, figuring we'd have enough time, since they needed to pack all the bells, tear down the tables, and load everything up. She left a message for Rick, telling him what we were doing. We were almost back to the church when he called her asking where she was. When we pulled into the parking lot, they were waiting in the car for her. Oh well, we tried. I hope they weren't too upset with her. Tonight the group was driving up to Waukegan, north of Chicago, staying in a hotel there, and performing at a church service tomorrow morning. After that, they were heading straight back to Michigan.

Such a nice weekend! And tomorrow (Sunday) I get to stay home and relax!

Not much too exciting going on around here. Today was day one of backdating at work. Didn't have much to do. I sorta wasted part of the afternoon following the nascar race that got rained out yesterday. Wish I'd known about it last night, I would have gladly taped the race instead of DooL, lol. My favorite driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr. was doing really well, but then blew his engine just after half way, glad I didn't have him on my fantasy team this week. Not really sure why I didn't trade for him, I think I was just too out of it Saturday night at midnight when I was going through my drivers, lol.

Tonight I came home, and did some cleaning, straightening, tossing, organizing, etc. My second bedroom is, well to put it nicely, a disaster area, lol. It's much better now though. I hung two shot glass cases, and filled both. Tomorrow I will run to the hardware store to get 4 more screws and anchors so I can hang the other two cases I have. Now what I need is a case for all the tall shotglasses I have. Five of the six cases I have only have spaces for small shot glasses. Will have to keep an eye on that. Once I have these two cases hung, I can eventually start to catalog all my shot glasses. I had a list at one point, but it got so outdated so quickly, lol.

I have a stereo from the 70's I would guess. It has an 8 track tape deck, a turntable, a cassette deck, and a radio, and two detached speakers. It was manufactured by Montgomery Ward. It was my roommates, and when she passed away her mom let me keep it. Well, eventually I got a table top 5 cd stereo with a turntable, and two cassette decks, so I put the old MW stereo, where else? The second bedroom. I called my aunt (actually my friend's aunt) to see if she thought my friend's mom would mind or ever notice if I just tossed this old MW stereo. She didn't think so, but she remembered she has a friend who collects old stereos. So she is going to call him and next time I go out to her house, I will take it with so he can pick it up there.

I also have a storage bin filled with collectible teddy bears that my roommate's mom wanted her nephew to have. Most of the collection is already at her house being stored in the basement. But somehow this one bin stayed with me and I just never took it there. So Saturday when I head out to my aunt's I'll take not only the stereo but the bin too, get both out of here.

I got four loads of laundry done tonight, and started on one bathroom. About the only thing I didn't do tonight was eat. Have to go fix something small to get me through the night, lol. Oh yeah, almost forgot, there was one other thing I am getting for my birthday. My aunt got me a year's subscription to a Civil War magazine, I'll get one every other month! I thought that was a really neat idea for her to do that!