Month: May 2025

  • One More Rainy Monday

    One More Rainy Monday

    There is a gentle rain occurring outside as I write this. The temperature is cool, and the dog is asleep on the couch next to me. I pushed myself pretty hard this morning to get all of my chores done, so I wouldn’t have to go out in the rain, and also to allow myself the chance to just sit here and listen to the rain falling in the City.

    This is a wonderful calm moment, but it is also a moment where I feel inclined to nap. But I cannot nap. Too much to do.

    There is laundry to fold, and lunch to make. I still need to clean up, and I had this crazy idea that I was going to plan out all the work that I wanted to accomplish this week. I’m trying to stay pro-active, ahead of the curve, getting a jump on the week. I gotta long way to go, and a shirt time to get there.

    But another cup of coffee would be nice.

    I gotta couple of books I need to finish reading, and a cozy sweater is never a bad thing. My sketchbook does need some more new drawings in it, and that would be fun to do.

    I might even let the WordPress AI bot make an image for this post.

    Not sure why I have been receiving so many rainy Mondays of late, but not complaining. In a weird way, it does make me miss Autumn.

  • ODDS and ENDS: Stupid Tottenham, Window A/C, and Recovering

    ODDS and ENDS: Stupid Tottenham, Window A/C, and Recovering

    (I can’t believe my way-back-when…)

    Well… after getting just routed by Liverpool on Sunday, (and it was awful especially being that the win gave Liverpool the Premier League Title) stupid Tottenham went on to beat Bodo/Glimt 3-1 in the fist leg of the Europa League Simi-final. That gave Spurs a pretty nice cushion going into the second match, as it will be played in Bodo/Glimt. This means there is a pretty good chance that Tottenham Hotspur will play for a title after having one of their worst home league seasons in years. I’m torn here. One one side, I do like the idea of them winning a trophy, while on the other hand, I feel like I was chewed up and spit out by this team. I am very much aware that I am only a fan and this club owes me nothing, but man… this just has been the roughest season. Just waiting to be put out of my misery.

    We bought an air conditioner about a month ago. It was on sale, and also we wanted to beat the tariffs. It has been sitting in it’s box, in my living room. Every weekend we have planned on putting it in the widow but something keeps coming up. And today, it’s going to be 82 degrees in the City, which is like 92 degrees in the rest of the country. (I can’t explain it, its just how it works.) This new air conditioner will not go into the window today, as the wife is working, and it is a two person job. I will look at my expensive foot rest for another day… wondering how refreshing it’s cool air could be.

    Still not 100% recovered from my stomach bug. Right now, my stomach turns sour whenever I eat anything. I am very tired of toast, and eggs, as that’s the only thing that isn’t causing me a issue. I can drink about half a cup of coffee, and then it just starts burning. I was really hoping to be back to normal by today, but it looks like I have a bland Friday coming my way. If I could have anything, it would be a chicken torta, with extra avocados and jalapenos. Oh… I can taste it right now, and also the pain and discomfort that will come with it. But, isn’t that just how life works sometimes.

  • Earworm Thursday:

    Though released in 1990, I associate this song with 1991.