Another Monday
I really mean to post daily! Really I do!
Ah well..the Road to Hell, etc.
Monday is laundry day, so off I went to the laundromat
on yet another cold windy day. I stopped for a cup of coffee
and sat in the car awhile after loading up the washers inside.
Trips to the laundromat for a middle aged bachelor are a
boring necessity, and I pass the time with a book. I took one of
George R.R. Martin's excellent Game of Thrones with
me and the time passed quickly. I have long desired to be able
to write as well as Ellison and DeLint, but I've added Martin to
my list now. His characters are so real, and Tyrion Lannister,
a dwarf fighting to keep his place in medieval nobility, is great.
Several times this afternoon, I found my self laughing at a line
Tyrion throws out at another character.
Good thing I was sitting in the car. I might have gotten a
few stares otherwise.
After a stop at the supermarket to buy food, I returned home
to be greeted by a loud thumping noise as I opened my door
After reassuring myself the building was not alive and
about to swallow me whole, I realized it was coming from the
apartment next door, the last one in the building. Apparently
The Phantom's sons were either running in place, bouncing
a basketball, or bouncing each other. A half hour later it
mercifully came to an end.

Of books and burners
No, it's not what you think.
The gas heat in the back stockroom has been
out of order since Friday, and I told one of the AM's
about it as soon as I realized the fan was not blowing
hot air out into the room. Given it was late Friday
afternoon, I was not overly amazed it was still unfixed
Saturday. But I returned to work after my days off today
and found it still unrepaired, and the room felt like
I was working outside.
I worked a good part of the day with my jacket, hat,
and hooded sweatshirt on.
Point about books: they get cold in transit during the
Winter.My fingers were cold all afternoon.
Ah well. I never liked the cold, and it's gotten more
so the fact with age.
I hope they fix it tomorrow