Sunday, January 13th to Saturday, January 19th: 30.7 miles
Sunday: 8 miles, 40F, calm, no stops, 8:14 pace
Tuesday: 7.7 miles, 32F, calm, snowy, no stops, 8:25 pace
Thursday: 7 miles, 36F, a little windy, no stops, 8:11 pace
Saturday: 8 miles, 25F, pretty calm, no stops, 8:14 pace
I am still unemployed. I got flushed by Ultralife. It is really amazing that you can do Desktop Support for six years, meet all the qualifications for the job and not get either of the two positions open. Ultralife is 1.6 miles away from my house. I had an interview down at Cornell University in Ithaca on Monday and at Xerox in Webster on Thursday.
I am almost done with David's room. This week I finished scrapping the wallpaper, painted the ceiling twice, the walls twice, and pulled the rug. I just have to clean and then paint the baseboard and the inside of his door. Then I can get all the stuff that was in that room out of my bedroom. On to the bathroom and kitchen next.
I took Michael back to Ithaca College on Saturday. I did have a little fun meeting up with a MK at a house in Henrietta for a little party. I learned how to play euchre. An interesting game that I haven't played in a very long time. Then we went up to Six Pockets up in Irondequoit for a little dancing to the Time Bandits. A link to the lead guitarist's page is here. They sounded pretty good! I haven't danced in a while ... it was fun!
I got my first unemployment check last week ... minus the FULL amount that I pay for child support. So basically, I got 44.4% or $180 and child support got the rest. I have a court date next week to hopefully change my child support payment to more closely match my current income ... which isn't much. I could rant on this for a while but ... I will pass for today.
I really need to get this house done. I figure two more weeks. But, I really need to get a job. Where this job is will determine whether I move or not. If I don't get a job out of the area, then what do I do with the house? My ideas are: sell it, rent it out or get a roommate to help with expenses. If I sell or rent it out I will have to move but where? If I move, I either have to get a roommate or be a roommate. Decisions, decisions.
I gave blood today for the 62nd time at the Newark American Legion. My BP was 122/76, pulse was 48. I was in and out in 73 minutes. If you want to donate and you are in the New York / Pennsylvania region, please go to www.donatebloodnow.org. You can get swag ... I got a certificate for a free pound of coffee from Dunkin Donuts and a free ticket to the January 26th Knighthawks game versus the Minnesota Swarm.
Yes, I am still continuing to convert my VHS tapes to DVD with my Samsung DVD-VR330 DVD Recorder
. I am deep in a box of ST-TNG, ST-DS9 and ST-Voyager tapes. I can convert a VHS tape of six one hour episodes to one DVD. I do about three a day.I watched The Kingdom from the Redbox at Wegmans.
Keep running, Doug
