It seems strange that the first month of 2013 has made it to the crapper already.  Not sure if time is flying in spite of or because of all the shit that’s happened in our lives in January, but flying by it is.

There’s a stark difference between Vida Encantada and Resurrection Health Care in the care and fixing of ML.  IL called us every time she farted, burped, or complained, but NM has been dead silent.  No calls, no emails. NADA.  Nice.

Erin left while I was in Santa Fe and Nina ran into Belle, Will & Erin at WalMart and Erin was all over Nina and dragged her to the restroom.  I’m thinking that she is getting tired of bouncing back and forth between homes.  She tells me, in whispers, that she doesn’t want to leave, but last time we picked her up from Dilia, she fought the transfer to us.

Poker, or Texas Hold-Em, last night was interesting.  Curt, our host, called for the no limit night of Texas Hold-Em because he gets a tiny woody playing that game.  While I lost a few buck, I managed to win most of the memorable hands.  I brought $40 and came home with most of that still intact.  Attending was Curt, Joe, Dan, Gregory, and myself.  A couple of the regulars chose not to attend because they felt the game and the no limit nature of betting would remove the friendly feeling of the game.  They were wrong.  The usual banter and insults toward Gregory (a.k.a. Jiminy) were still in place.  All in all, a good evening.

I keep seeing ads for Viking River Cruises and they are striking me as an interesting way to travel.  Not now, but after we get rid of this place I may take Nina on an extended river cruise somewhere.

My sense of days is screwed up.  I know it’s Friday, but I’m feeling Saturday today.  I really hate this feeling.  It shouldn’t matter because we have a 7 day business, but it still sucks.

I think teachers should be allowed to manhandle students when they act up in class. In Alb. they suspended a teacher for physically seating a student that was disrupting the class.  I don’t think hitting should be allowed though, definitely no punching, especially in the face.  Maybe some shaking, but I’ll have to study up on that and get back to you.

Have a great day.

• It’s Thursday, so Erin leaves us.  Poor me, I miss her when she’s gone.
• Day 2 of peace on earth.  No word from the east.  Yay!
• May head to Chicago again late February.  Not sure yet.
• I ordered 2 Fitbits, 1 for me & 1 for Nina.  Got to get fit ya know.
• If you don’t know what a fitbit is, Google it.
• Poker tonight.  Gonna be a different game tonight.  Curt wants a no limit Texas Hold-Em tourney for some reason.  I’m bringing $40 and nothing else.  I wouldn’t be surprised if the evening lasts less than an hour.  All it takes is one or two of us to go all in to wipe out the others.
• I managed to post here daily for the entire month.  I hope it was worth the read.

I know I’ve said many and sundry bad things about FB in the past, but I’ve been invited to a group of people that I’ve known forever online.  I’m having a great time reconnecting with old friends and playing with them online.  I still hate their format, but I’m having fun there.

We sat in the dark last night for about an hour and a half.  We probably would have gone crazy if it weren’t for Nina starting to sing kumbaya to us and then all of us joining in.  The big surprise was when Marylou and Shirley both joined us in perfect harmony.  Those two old broads can sing!

OK, now that you all have had your morning laugh, yes we did have a power outage last night.  It was short compared to some we’ve experienced out here, but it’s still a pain in the ass.  Once the power returns, we have to run and check all the electronics and make sure they came back clean.  We lost the lottery terminal only and since we don’t own that, who cares.  Lottery will have someone here before lunch to fix it and bring us up.

I still have no idea why or where that power outage occurred and I suppose that my knowing isn’t necessary, but I’m just a nosey git and I want to know.  We’re actually pretty lucky when it comes to power.  Our power is reliable and clean and not that expensive.  I get the cost is subsidized somewhat as part of the rural electrification act, but I’m not sure of how much or even if it’s still subsidized.  I know it’s a co-op and we are part owners, but we never  see  any  checks  like  we do for the phone co-op.  The phone checks every December are nice little bumps for our business and we enjoy seeing checks for our 4 telephone lines.

Everyone have a great week!

OK, ML was complaining that her back was even worse than normal.  I gave her half a Percocet that I had laying around for some reason.  Didn’t help.  She demanded to go to the hospital, I called 911.  She is now on the way to the hospital.  Nina is following her.

The ambulance people were asking her questions and she’s screaming at them telling them she’s 85, which she isn’t, and complaining that they should just take her NOW.  Where does she get this entitled attitude?

Oh well.  Check back here for updates.