Good evening! I thought I would add a post prior to heading off to bed, as I do have to get up for work in the morning and that alarm clock is going to sound earlier than I want it to. I wound up not getting my usual Sunday afternoon nap and I'll explain why shortly. In the interim, let me back up and pull forward....
Last night I was up a bit later than I ordinarily would have been. I had received an e-mail stating that my ISP is switching from McAfee to Norton for the free antivirus and security software that they provide and that I need to make the change on my PC. I decided that I would do that and so I went through the process. It was easy - basically all I had to do were a few mouse clicks along the way, the programs were already set up with scripts to uninstall McAfee and then install Norton and set it up for me. I got that accomplished, then brought up the Norton program so I could do some scheduling - as far as tasks that I had set up on McAfee.
My housemate and I headed off to church this morning - I drove - and after we both attended Sunday School and Worship - we go at opposite hours - we met back up and then went to meet some friends for lunch. We had thought we were going to one restaurant, but wound up going to our usual place.
After lunch, we came home and she retired to her bedroom and I came to mine. I changed into jeans and tennis shoes, then got on the computer and did some "clean up" work. I moved and copied some files from the hard drive to my flash drive. I will copy them to a CD tomorrow. Once I had them on the flash drive, I deleted them from my hard drive. Some files I deleted without moving or copying, as I didn't want to keep them.
Once this was completed, I laid down with the intent of taking a nap - while watching the NASCAR on FOX race from Las Vegas. Well WDBD - the local FOX affiliate - went off the air - or else FOX - the network lost the signal - and so I switched over to NBC to watch some of the Men's Ice Hockey Gold Medal game between the US and Canada.
Around that time, one of the key people in my SS class called. She and I usually talk each Sunday afternoon - to go over the announcements and prayer requests that were made in class that morning and determine what needs to go out on the SS newsletter that I send out via e-mail (and snail mail to those who don't have e-mail!). We had a couple of conversations about it and got things settled.
I turned the TV off and went and had an early supper - prior to returning to church tonight for my evening class. I finished up early enough that I had time to sit down and type up the e-mail and get it sent, then log in to approve it since I'm the moderator of the group service we use. I didn't have time, though, to wait for my copy to pop up in my Inbox and then print the copies I needed for mailing purposes. That would have to wait till I returned home.
My housemate and I went back to church this evening and she drove this time. When we came out, we saw a gorgeous full moon. I noted that I would like to try to get a picture of it. So, when we got home, I grabbed my camera. I managed to get a good picture of Sukiey - surprisingly so! She wasn't looking at me, but she did have her eyes open. She usually closes them when the flash comes.
Then I went back out and managed to get a couple of good pictures before the batteries pooped out on me. I came back in and changed the batteries, then took some pictures of Rusty - I got some good ones of him. So, I gave him a dog biscuit as a treat for cooperating.
I have had to put some of the camera batteries on the charger. I use a camera that takes AA and I use rechargeable batteries in it because of how they eat batteries - I found that out quickly shortly after getting the camera a couple of years ago.
Alright - this is all I have for tonight. Time to go to bed....
- Wings Like Eagles....
- PJ's a native of Louisiana - lovea those LSU Tigers and New Orleans Saints - and Sukiey is the kitty cat that lives with PJ.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Saturday - 2/27
Good afternoon! Sukiey woke me up via "pawing" around 6:45 AM. I finally got up about 7:00 AM. I was actually up until shortly after midnight - you guessed it - working on the computer!
Last night I did some additional work on my Josephus homework assignment and finally came to the conclusion that the "study guide" I put together would not be adequate for the notes it appears that I will be making. So, I pulled up the document, saved it to another filename and then modified it custom for me. Then I proceeded to type the handwritten notes I had made under each question that I've found some answers for. I've still got a long way to go - I'm still in The Life of Flavius Josephus and I still have Book Three and Book Four to even get to. I hope that when the next class meeting rolls around, I'll have all of my homework done and I can just print my version of the "study guide" and take it to class with me.
This morning I was slow to get in motion, but I finally did - took a shower and got dressed after eating breakfast and cleaning up after myself. Then, since it was (and is) a beautiful day outside - a sunny and some what warm day - currently 56 degrees - I went out for a walk. My housemate was out with Rusty at that time too. I passed them - they were en route back to the house when our paths crossed. I was on a phone call with my brother then as well.
I've uploaded some photos that I took - well, in the case of one of them, my housemate took it. I found a site that will allow me to upload photos directly to the web and link them on my blog page without having to go to a site such as PhotoBucket, Flickr or similar sites. Wonder why I never came across it before?!
This is all I have for now....
Last night I did some additional work on my Josephus homework assignment and finally came to the conclusion that the "study guide" I put together would not be adequate for the notes it appears that I will be making. So, I pulled up the document, saved it to another filename and then modified it custom for me. Then I proceeded to type the handwritten notes I had made under each question that I've found some answers for. I've still got a long way to go - I'm still in The Life of Flavius Josephus and I still have Book Three and Book Four to even get to. I hope that when the next class meeting rolls around, I'll have all of my homework done and I can just print my version of the "study guide" and take it to class with me.
This morning I was slow to get in motion, but I finally did - took a shower and got dressed after eating breakfast and cleaning up after myself. Then, since it was (and is) a beautiful day outside - a sunny and some what warm day - currently 56 degrees - I went out for a walk. My housemate was out with Rusty at that time too. I passed them - they were en route back to the house when our paths crossed. I was on a phone call with my brother then as well.
I've uploaded some photos that I took - well, in the case of one of them, my housemate took it. I found a site that will allow me to upload photos directly to the web and link them on my blog page without having to go to a site such as PhotoBucket, Flickr or similar sites. Wonder why I never came across it before?!
This is all I have for now....
Friday, February 26, 2010
Today....
Good afternoon! I finally left to run my errands at a little after 10:00 AM. I made a stop to do some banking, then I called my co-worker (and friend) Vicki and let her know I was headed her way. She was outside waiting for me when I pulled through the parking lot at work so that I didn't have to hassle with finding a parking space, then get out and go inside. I needed to pay her for my Avon order. I took care of that and then - because someone was in the process of leaving that I was blocking - we went our separate ways.
I headed for my next stop - which was the post office - and picked up the mail. All I had was a postcard informing me that my SS class is having a fellowship in March at Primo's Cafe. Good choice - one of my favorite places and, in fact, I suggested we eat there this time around!
While at the post office, I had to purchase money orders to pay a couple of monthly installments. I pay them by money order because I flat out don't trust the people I'm dealing with with my banking information. They have shown me that I can't trust them, in case you're wondering.
Then I headed to Office Depot. I wanted a new lamp for my bedroom that I could put on the table next to my bed and use for a reading lamp. I have a lamp, but it's more of a decorative type - it doesn't do well for reading. I've had good luck with lamps I've purchased from Office Depot, so I decided to go and look for another one.
I found what I wanted - it was on a clearance for something like $7.50, but when I got to the checkout with it, the cashier scanned it and it had been marked down again - and rang up at $2.00! I had to purchase a bulb for it - I got one of those new types - where 10 watts is the equivalent of the old 40 watt regular bulbs. The bulb cost more than the lamp did!
I bought some other things - a new ink pen, since I couldn't find the refills for the ones I had. They were supposed to be out in January; perhaps Office Depot is not stocking those. Anyway, the new pen came with a $3.00 rebate via mail. I also got refills for the particular pen that I chose to purchase.
Then I dropped my purchases in the trunk of the car and went browsing in a nearby bookstore, but didn't purchase anything. I returned to the car, retrieved my package from the trunk, then on the way home, decided I would stop and pick up something for lunch.
I opted for Majestic Burger, whipped in there, parked and went inside. It was lunchtime, so they had a crowd inside eating, but at the moment I walked in, there were no lines waiting to order - which surprised me. I placed my order - to go - and waited for a few minutes for it. During the time I waited, a crowd arrived and lines formed to place orders.
Once I had my food and drink, I headed for home. I had lunch, but couldn't eat all the fries - made from sweet potatoes - so I put them in the refrigerator to enjoy later. I've since charged my cell phone back up, completed one load of laundry and I have another load in the dryer. I've also uploaded some pictures to Photobucket and created links to them here (under Photography).
Additionally, I did call and leave a voice mail for Teresa at church, but I haven't had a call back from her. And, I set up the new lamp - placed it where I wanted it and tried it out. It apparently is going to work fine. I thought I couldn't keep the decorative lamp in my bedroom - I like to leave it on during the day for Sukiey and so that there's a light on when I come in from work. Then, it hit me where I could place it and where I could plug it at. I did that and it's going to work okay too.
I suppose this is all I've got for now....
I headed for my next stop - which was the post office - and picked up the mail. All I had was a postcard informing me that my SS class is having a fellowship in March at Primo's Cafe. Good choice - one of my favorite places and, in fact, I suggested we eat there this time around!
While at the post office, I had to purchase money orders to pay a couple of monthly installments. I pay them by money order because I flat out don't trust the people I'm dealing with with my banking information. They have shown me that I can't trust them, in case you're wondering.
Then I headed to Office Depot. I wanted a new lamp for my bedroom that I could put on the table next to my bed and use for a reading lamp. I have a lamp, but it's more of a decorative type - it doesn't do well for reading. I've had good luck with lamps I've purchased from Office Depot, so I decided to go and look for another one.
I found what I wanted - it was on a clearance for something like $7.50, but when I got to the checkout with it, the cashier scanned it and it had been marked down again - and rang up at $2.00! I had to purchase a bulb for it - I got one of those new types - where 10 watts is the equivalent of the old 40 watt regular bulbs. The bulb cost more than the lamp did!
I bought some other things - a new ink pen, since I couldn't find the refills for the ones I had. They were supposed to be out in January; perhaps Office Depot is not stocking those. Anyway, the new pen came with a $3.00 rebate via mail. I also got refills for the particular pen that I chose to purchase.
Then I dropped my purchases in the trunk of the car and went browsing in a nearby bookstore, but didn't purchase anything. I returned to the car, retrieved my package from the trunk, then on the way home, decided I would stop and pick up something for lunch.
I opted for Majestic Burger, whipped in there, parked and went inside. It was lunchtime, so they had a crowd inside eating, but at the moment I walked in, there were no lines waiting to order - which surprised me. I placed my order - to go - and waited for a few minutes for it. During the time I waited, a crowd arrived and lines formed to place orders.
Once I had my food and drink, I headed for home. I had lunch, but couldn't eat all the fries - made from sweet potatoes - so I put them in the refrigerator to enjoy later. I've since charged my cell phone back up, completed one load of laundry and I have another load in the dryer. I've also uploaded some pictures to Photobucket and created links to them here (under Photography).
Additionally, I did call and leave a voice mail for Teresa at church, but I haven't had a call back from her. And, I set up the new lamp - placed it where I wanted it and tried it out. It apparently is going to work fine. I thought I couldn't keep the decorative lamp in my bedroom - I like to leave it on during the day for Sukiey and so that there's a light on when I come in from work. Then, it hit me where I could place it and where I could plug it at. I did that and it's going to work okay too.
I suppose this is all I've got for now....
Josephus for March 30, 2010
I thought I would share the study guide information for the next class....
Reading assignment:
The Life of Flavius Josephus
From The War of the Jews:
Book Three: From Vespasian's Coming to Subdue the Jews to the Taking of Gamala
Book Four: From the Siege of Gamala to the Coming of Titus to Besiege Jerusalem
Questions to Answer:
Reading assignment:
The Life of Flavius Josephus
From The War of the Jews:
Book Three: From Vespasian's Coming to Subdue the Jews to the Taking of Gamala
Book Four: From the Siege of Gamala to the Coming of Titus to Besiege Jerusalem
Questions to Answer:
- What does Josephus say that helps us to understand the Bible?
- What does Josephus say about the Jewish priests?
- What does Josephus say about the temple?
- What does Josephus say about the laws?
- What does Josephus say about the Sabbath?
- What does Josephus say about the Sabbatical year?
- What does Josephus say about the power of Rome?
- What does Josephus say about stoning?
- What does Josephus say about sects?
- What does Josephus say about the Governors?
- What does Josephus say about the Emperors?
- What does Josephus say about places - cities?
- What does Josephus say about circumcision?
- What does Josephus say about taxes?
- What does Josephus say about why the Jews revolted in 66 AD?
- What are some difficult phrases Josephus uses?
- What people in the Bible does Josephus mention?
A Recap...since Saturday.....
Good morning! It's Friday morning (2/26) and the last business day of the month, so that means it's payday for me! My paycheck is already where it needs to be - in my account - no taking a paper check to deposit!!
Thought I would add an update before I go on to do some other things on my agenda today....
Sunday (2/21) I attended church - both the AM and PM. Actually, in the PM, I was in the WBB class. I don't know how many more meetings we have, but I inquired and was told that there's a possibility of extending the Going Deeper sessions because not all of the classes will be finished on the current schedule.
Monday (2/22) I attended One Great Lunch Break with Chris. He did a recap of his 3 part series on The 5 Love Languages and I took notes on what he said. I was glad he went back over them because he had shared about them the week before and I had forgotten my notebook.
Tuesday (2/23) My housemate and I attended the Josephus class that night. I had my notebook with me and took some 8 pages of notes. I wrote down our reading assignment, plus John gave us a list of questions, that turned out to total to 17, that he wants us to answer as we do the reading. He wants to have a group discussion of what we've read at the next class - at the end of March.
Wednesday (2/24) I typed up a Word document - a "study guide" if you will - for the Josephus assignment. I listed the reading assignment first, then listed the questions John gave us to answer, and I drew lines between each question to allow me to make notes. I brought it home and showed it to my housemate. She liked it and wanted a copy and said that a friend of ours, who had attended the first class, but couldn't make Tuesday night's class, would like a copy too. I did begin working on the homework assignment, but didn't get too far.
Thursday (2/25) I revised the "study guide" to add something in the reading assignment that I had left out and also added a couple more lines to each of the questions - to make sure there was plenty of room to write. I gave my housemate her copy and also set up the 3 ring binder I had gotten for her. I also transferred the notes I had made from my previous copy of the "study guide" to my copy of the new version.
En route home from work, I stopped at the post office and picked up the mail. I was amused by something I got in the mail - I know I'm getting older, but gee whiz - AARP is already soliciting me for membership and I'm not quite yet at that age! Then I stopped at Kroger and did some grocery shopping. I was there for some time, too. By the time I got home, put everything away, had a late lunch, and took care of some other things, it was late in the afternoon. I laid down and nearly took a nap, but decided against it.
In the mail I also received the latest issue of The Baptist Record and I saw the announcement for the Share Your Faith Workshop. That's the revised EE (Evangelism Explosion) Gospel presentation that those of us who are trained in the original EE have been hearing is coming and have been looking forward to. I went to the church website and found a link where I could register online and a link to a document to print and either mail or turn in. I printed copies for my housemate and myself.
Before I register, however, I have some questions that I need answers for. I will have to contact Teresa and pose them to her. Time permitting, I may try to call her this afternoon; if not, I'll send her an e-mail with the questions I have.
Okay, I guess that about sums it up. I'm off to go get ready to run some errands.....
Thought I would add an update before I go on to do some other things on my agenda today....
Sunday (2/21) I attended church - both the AM and PM. Actually, in the PM, I was in the WBB class. I don't know how many more meetings we have, but I inquired and was told that there's a possibility of extending the Going Deeper sessions because not all of the classes will be finished on the current schedule.
Monday (2/22) I attended One Great Lunch Break with Chris. He did a recap of his 3 part series on The 5 Love Languages and I took notes on what he said. I was glad he went back over them because he had shared about them the week before and I had forgotten my notebook.
Tuesday (2/23) My housemate and I attended the Josephus class that night. I had my notebook with me and took some 8 pages of notes. I wrote down our reading assignment, plus John gave us a list of questions, that turned out to total to 17, that he wants us to answer as we do the reading. He wants to have a group discussion of what we've read at the next class - at the end of March.
Wednesday (2/24) I typed up a Word document - a "study guide" if you will - for the Josephus assignment. I listed the reading assignment first, then listed the questions John gave us to answer, and I drew lines between each question to allow me to make notes. I brought it home and showed it to my housemate. She liked it and wanted a copy and said that a friend of ours, who had attended the first class, but couldn't make Tuesday night's class, would like a copy too. I did begin working on the homework assignment, but didn't get too far.
Thursday (2/25) I revised the "study guide" to add something in the reading assignment that I had left out and also added a couple more lines to each of the questions - to make sure there was plenty of room to write. I gave my housemate her copy and also set up the 3 ring binder I had gotten for her. I also transferred the notes I had made from my previous copy of the "study guide" to my copy of the new version.
En route home from work, I stopped at the post office and picked up the mail. I was amused by something I got in the mail - I know I'm getting older, but gee whiz - AARP is already soliciting me for membership and I'm not quite yet at that age! Then I stopped at Kroger and did some grocery shopping. I was there for some time, too. By the time I got home, put everything away, had a late lunch, and took care of some other things, it was late in the afternoon. I laid down and nearly took a nap, but decided against it.
In the mail I also received the latest issue of The Baptist Record and I saw the announcement for the Share Your Faith Workshop. That's the revised EE (Evangelism Explosion) Gospel presentation that those of us who are trained in the original EE have been hearing is coming and have been looking forward to. I went to the church website and found a link where I could register online and a link to a document to print and either mail or turn in. I printed copies for my housemate and myself.
Before I register, however, I have some questions that I need answers for. I will have to contact Teresa and pose them to her. Time permitting, I may try to call her this afternoon; if not, I'll send her an e-mail with the questions I have.
Okay, I guess that about sums it up. I'm off to go get ready to run some errands.....
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Saturday - 2/20
Good afternoon - it's closing in on 5:00 PM. I forgot to share in yesterday's entry that while I was sitting at the table eating breakfast and reading the newspaper, all of a sudden there was a loud boom and then the power failed. I knew from experience that it was a blown transformer! I called Entergy and made an outage report with them. We were pleasantly surprised that a crew man had the outage cleared within an hour!
This morning I got up at 7:15 AM and after having breakfast, I went on to take a shower and get dressed. My housemate was working on some cleaning around her desk when I got finished. She asked me if I wanted to go walking as she needed to take Rusty out - she hadn't taken him yesterday. I said yes and added that I needed to go blow dry my hair. I took care of that, then we were out and off....
I headed out first - while she got Rusty from the backyard and leashed him up. I wanted a "head start" - though they quickly caught up with and passed me. We met up down at the end of the street where it dead ends. She said that they were going a bit farther; I opted to go a little ways with them, then turned around and walked in the opposite direction for a little ways, then made my way back down the street towards the house.
They caught up with me - but I got into the driveway first! As we got into the garage, she said that she had decided we could go to Lowe's and see about purchasing a new mailbox and getting some kind of thing to secure the "dog door" on the back yard side. So, once she put Rusty in the back yard and closed the door and secured it on the garage side, we got in her car and drove to Lowe's.
We found a new mailbox - it's different from what's currently on the house. She is going to get a friend who does this kind of stuff to come and put it up for her, but I don't know when that might be. We also found something that would work to secure the "dog door" with and when we got back, I went out there with a hammer and nail and put the nail into the wood facing of the house so we can hang it on the nail when not in use.
This afternoon I took a nap - after reading some of Josephus - the homework assignment for my monthly Tuesday night class. I was interrupted by Sukiey - who decided she wanted to curl up on my chest. So, I had to put the book down and I turned the TV on to NBC and the Olympics and promptly fell asleep.
When I woke up, I took the book out to the den and worked on reading it - I stopped a couple of times to do a couple of things - but I finally finished reading from The War Of The Jews:
Book One: From Antiochus Epiphanes Taking Jerusalem to the Death of Herod the Great
Before Tuesday night - the next class meeting - I need to read:
Book Two: From the Death of Herod till Vespasian Was Sent to Subdue the Jews by Nero
and
Daniel 8-11
I don't know if I'll manage to get the rest of the homework reading assignment done or not, but I've done at least part of it.
Currently I've got NASCAR's Nationwide Series on ESPN2HD. Danica Patrick is among those competing in the race out in Fontana, California. She's down one lap and running in 35th place and her race car is #7 - the Go Daddy car.
Well - this is all I've got for the present time....
This morning I got up at 7:15 AM and after having breakfast, I went on to take a shower and get dressed. My housemate was working on some cleaning around her desk when I got finished. She asked me if I wanted to go walking as she needed to take Rusty out - she hadn't taken him yesterday. I said yes and added that I needed to go blow dry my hair. I took care of that, then we were out and off....
I headed out first - while she got Rusty from the backyard and leashed him up. I wanted a "head start" - though they quickly caught up with and passed me. We met up down at the end of the street where it dead ends. She said that they were going a bit farther; I opted to go a little ways with them, then turned around and walked in the opposite direction for a little ways, then made my way back down the street towards the house.
They caught up with me - but I got into the driveway first! As we got into the garage, she said that she had decided we could go to Lowe's and see about purchasing a new mailbox and getting some kind of thing to secure the "dog door" on the back yard side. So, once she put Rusty in the back yard and closed the door and secured it on the garage side, we got in her car and drove to Lowe's.
We found a new mailbox - it's different from what's currently on the house. She is going to get a friend who does this kind of stuff to come and put it up for her, but I don't know when that might be. We also found something that would work to secure the "dog door" with and when we got back, I went out there with a hammer and nail and put the nail into the wood facing of the house so we can hang it on the nail when not in use.
This afternoon I took a nap - after reading some of Josephus - the homework assignment for my monthly Tuesday night class. I was interrupted by Sukiey - who decided she wanted to curl up on my chest. So, I had to put the book down and I turned the TV on to NBC and the Olympics and promptly fell asleep.
When I woke up, I took the book out to the den and worked on reading it - I stopped a couple of times to do a couple of things - but I finally finished reading from The War Of The Jews:
Book One: From Antiochus Epiphanes Taking Jerusalem to the Death of Herod the Great
Before Tuesday night - the next class meeting - I need to read:
Book Two: From the Death of Herod till Vespasian Was Sent to Subdue the Jews by Nero
and
Daniel 8-11
I don't know if I'll manage to get the rest of the homework reading assignment done or not, but I've done at least part of it.
Currently I've got NASCAR's Nationwide Series on ESPN2HD. Danica Patrick is among those competing in the race out in Fontana, California. She's down one lap and running in 35th place and her race car is #7 - the Go Daddy car.
Well - this is all I've got for the present time....
Friday, February 19, 2010
An Update....
I haven't added an entry since Tuesday and that was a reference to Monday night's stop at Books-A-Million for the Saints collectibles.
Okay, Tuesday I stopped by the post office after work to get my mail and found a key for the package boxes and went to the one that was noted on the key. I retrieved it and found that it was a package that I had mailed way back on January 9 - I gave it to the route carrier when he came by making his regular delivery. That was a Saturday - the day of the Mississippi Blues Marathon - and he accepted it and my housemate witnessed me give it to him.
Well, the USPS rejected it and put it in the package box on February 12. It had stickers on it indicating "no fly" and that it was rejected because I didn't hand it to a "postal employee" since it was over 13 ounces and had a regular stamp on it. If the route carrier isn't a "postal employee" then I don't know who is!!
I went by the post office on Thursday after work and took the package - which appeared to have been roughed up - to put it mildly! - with me and went to a window clerk. She accepted the package, put some of their tape on it to cover the beating the package had taken, and apologized for the treatment. I asked to add a delivery confirmation so I can go online in a week or so and verify that my friend finally got the package.
By the way, the window clerk told me that since their location isn't open on Saturday for window services, the carrier should have told me that he couldn't take it that day because he is supposed to bring it to them for "processing". She couldn't explain why it took so long for them to return it to me, though.
When I got home, I had to hose off my car, as sometime during the day it became filthy - as if a light load of dirt was dropped on it. I got that done and then took a nap.
This morning I wrote a quick letter to my friend - the one whose package was delayed - to explain to him why the package is going to be nearly 2 months late arriving. Then, I printed it and got it ready to go in a regular envelope; I had some other items that I got ready to mail as well.
I made a stop at the post office and dropped all of these items in the mail; I picked up my incoming mail. Then I made a stop at the grocery store and did some shopping. I returned home and unloaded and put away everything and then went on to begin 2 loads of laundry. I did the 2 loads of laundry and have put them away.
I've also returned to walking for exercise. I took a walk down the street and then came back. When I returned, I found that my housemate had returned. She had left earlier this morning to go and attend the funeral of a close friend.
A little later, after she changed clothes, she took Rusty, her dog, for a walk. I opted to join them on the walk. We went for a lengthy walk, too. I need to regain my aerobic capacity. I'm considering postponing my doctors' appointments in March in order to gain some time to work on getting my aerobic capacity back and lose some weight that I've gained back as a result of not being able to exercise like I was used to after a foot injury sidelined me for a while.
Well, this is about all I have for now....
Okay, Tuesday I stopped by the post office after work to get my mail and found a key for the package boxes and went to the one that was noted on the key. I retrieved it and found that it was a package that I had mailed way back on January 9 - I gave it to the route carrier when he came by making his regular delivery. That was a Saturday - the day of the Mississippi Blues Marathon - and he accepted it and my housemate witnessed me give it to him.
Well, the USPS rejected it and put it in the package box on February 12. It had stickers on it indicating "no fly" and that it was rejected because I didn't hand it to a "postal employee" since it was over 13 ounces and had a regular stamp on it. If the route carrier isn't a "postal employee" then I don't know who is!!
I went by the post office on Thursday after work and took the package - which appeared to have been roughed up - to put it mildly! - with me and went to a window clerk. She accepted the package, put some of their tape on it to cover the beating the package had taken, and apologized for the treatment. I asked to add a delivery confirmation so I can go online in a week or so and verify that my friend finally got the package.
By the way, the window clerk told me that since their location isn't open on Saturday for window services, the carrier should have told me that he couldn't take it that day because he is supposed to bring it to them for "processing". She couldn't explain why it took so long for them to return it to me, though.
When I got home, I had to hose off my car, as sometime during the day it became filthy - as if a light load of dirt was dropped on it. I got that done and then took a nap.
This morning I wrote a quick letter to my friend - the one whose package was delayed - to explain to him why the package is going to be nearly 2 months late arriving. Then, I printed it and got it ready to go in a regular envelope; I had some other items that I got ready to mail as well.
I made a stop at the post office and dropped all of these items in the mail; I picked up my incoming mail. Then I made a stop at the grocery store and did some shopping. I returned home and unloaded and put away everything and then went on to begin 2 loads of laundry. I did the 2 loads of laundry and have put them away.
I've also returned to walking for exercise. I took a walk down the street and then came back. When I returned, I found that my housemate had returned. She had left earlier this morning to go and attend the funeral of a close friend.
A little later, after she changed clothes, she took Rusty, her dog, for a walk. I opted to join them on the walk. We went for a lengthy walk, too. I need to regain my aerobic capacity. I'm considering postponing my doctors' appointments in March in order to gain some time to work on getting my aerobic capacity back and lose some weight that I've gained back as a result of not being able to exercise like I was used to after a foot injury sidelined me for a while.
Well, this is about all I have for now....
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