Bamboo Has Arrived

My parents brought me some Joe & Eddie's food tonight. Mmmm hit the spot it did! Lima beans, turnip greens, and some catfish were an excellent 'home cookin' kind of meal. It won't be long before I can actually cook that in my house though. The countertops came today rather than yesterday. After the installers left, I just stood there with this huge grin on my face. So much of what we have done has been such a slow process. Getting the countertops is perhaps the most dramatic change yet. I am just so pleased with how they look. It's fantastic.

I tried to go in the pool yesterday after my run, but it was about 55 and windy outside, and I just didn't have the nerve to jump in. I placed my legs in for a bit , but it just felt kinda painful. haha Maybe next time I say.

Brita Sports

Cold and wet today. Lots of leaves in my pool. I gotta clean that sucker proper this week and get a new water sample taken in.

Asa says to me on the way to school in calm voice. "Dad, I'm tired, I want to go back to bed!" Ahhhhhh!!! It has begun.

House Reno on hold today, spent my time do regular house chores. Went to the commissary and the cashier asked if I was the guy who walked off with a bunch of sport drink from last week while she was working. Why would I admit that?

Do I want a Brita water filter?

Counter tops come tomorrow, but they never called, so I have no idea when.

Was going to run today, but then I ate two pieces of pumpkin pie. Ooops..tomorrow then!

Sucky Sucky

Had a gathering of my longtime friends since junior high last night. It's been a couple of years since our last gathering. It's always good to see my friends and laugh about stupid stuff. The night was not unusual in its activities, but yet it was kinda chilled out more so than last time or the previous time. Older or wiser or a combo of both, I'm not sure. Next year we are looking at going to Atlanta for the event called DragonCon. The question is though, who will I dress up as?!!

Woke up today in a condo bed, a bit sore, and feeling like I had drank more than usual and had less sleep. I was quite stinky too. Had some coffee and a donut with the Beezer as we talked about the previous night. Soon I was off back home driving in what would be a completely rainy day. That didn't stop the wind surfers though.

Once home it was back to house renovation with light installs, garbage disposal install, and general cleaning. Ahhh what's a day if it doesn't have some kind of home repair right!

Countertops come on Tuesday. The sink has to set for 24hrs before I can hook it up to the plumbing. Still have to figure out how to get that 250 pound double oven installed. OMG!! The tv is on in the background right now and they had a commercial for a show called the Virgin Diaries.

Ok so i found a clip. For some reason they have no sound, so heres the gist (oops sound is just really low). They have never kissed. Saving their first kiss for the wedding. See what their first kiss looks like!

Dissin The Pumpkin

Well, the last cabinet was screwed into the wall this evening. The last two were no easier than the others though. There's always some sort of wackiness to overcome. Drilling, cutting, shimming, changing bits..over and over.

Drove up to the sister in laws yesterday and the ladies cooked up a fine Thanksgiving meal. So many pies to choose from though. The pumpkin pie was givin the cold shoulder though. Poor guy. Don't worry...we'll eat you yet.

Ate Mary's Kitchen this evening. Had some white acre peas which were kinda interesting. They reminded me of a cross between corn and black eyed peas.

And the really funny thing today that happened while in Lowes. I was looking at lightbulbs and put my cart at the end of the section so I could walk back and scan the bulbs. My cart was empty. I turn around to see where Liz may be and I spot who I'm pretty sure was Mr. McSheehee walking by holding two 5 foot flourescent light fixtures. Mr. McSheehee is an endurance athlete, has been for years, and is prolly in his 80s now fit as ever I'm sure. Anyway, he sits his lights on my cart while he's looking for some bulbs. Then a few minutes later he's taken my cart pushing it right past me and then he winks at me. That sly devil! hahaha That just cracked me up.

Ughhh

Note- this post is a bit gross.

I don't usually get headaches. They rarely ever get to the point where I feel like I need pain reliever. I'll consider myself lucky that I got allergy issues over migrane headaches. Last night though I got a headache and it did not leave me until about an hour ago. A nasty throbbing from back top to bottom of lower neck that felt like it was pushing my painful eyes out through my nose.

So about 2am I woke up in a sweat and felt extremely nauseous. Rewind to early in the evening when I ate extremely spicy thai food. I love the red curry beef panang. I really didn't want to vomit because that usually kills my desire to eat something for a while. I was just too uncomfortable though. In the distant past, I've spent hours fighting the urge to vomit only to end up vomiting and it just seems like I could've FF through all that by sticking my finger down my throat. So that's what I did.

Normally I don't vomit up much which is harsh cuz 'dry heaves' can be painful, but last night was like someone had 5 large ziplock bags full of rice and beef and just busted each one right after another. I could feel the rice scraping the sides of my throat and cheeks. Also I was laying on the bathroom floor prior and in the dark. Puking in the dark is a strange sensory event as well. I must have stuck my head too far into the toilet because at one point it felt like a lot of the vomit was just coming back into my face. The really nasty part was that the "super spicy" came back to my whole mouth and even nose. That was a nasty feeling!

Luckily I felt much better after that and was able to get some sleep to escape the headache till morning.

Ughh I wonder if I should run today?

Dooble

Just under the wire here for a dooble post! Yes dooble. Ate a a place called Stewbys tonight. Had Fish tacos and dey was goood.

Ughhh more frustration in the kitchen drilling through tile and concrete to set anchors. However, the problems were solved as best they could and from this chair I'm in, the cabinets are ready for counter top measuring! Booom! Notice I did not say the cabinets were done though.

Got a quick run today on the treadmill, but had no time to jump in the icy pool. Maybe tomorrow.

Bits and Bits

This past Saturday I was pleased that I didn't have to get up at 7am for soccer. My stomach was not pleased with the absence of the usual Waffle House afterwards. So I had to please my stomach and it's a good thing we went. The food that day was peaked! You know of this phenomenon, that sometimes food at a usual place will just taste better, wayyyy better than usual. I was not alone in my "this taste crazy good" so it wasn't just my brain saying thank you. It was the old dude cooking that day!

Sat was a hard day in the kitchen. 4 broken drill bits, a broken wrench ( a mutherfrakkin broken wrench I tell ya), and what seemed like the worst cut made yet on the most expensive cabinet. I was none to happy. Remember that dremel trio we bought. Just about broke that too. It was not the right tool for the job.

Sunday made me much happier with the new blades installed in the jigsaw which made everything much better. BTW, do you know why WD40 is called that? I couldn't remember the 40 part, so I didn't quite pass the quiz show at Lowes.

Turkey Day is upon us!!!