Little Doubter...

Yes little brother, my cyclometer has a temperature function. Dad asked me the same question. It is the Schwinn 17-Function Bike Computer...and one of its 17 functions to tell me the temperature (between -10 and 50 C...and they aren't joking about that-after 122 degrees Fahrenheit the thing gives up...but comes back when you park him in the shade). It also doubles as a pedometer, though I never use it for that. Jealous? I found it on clearance for $13 at Target. But apparently now you can have one for only $9.99 on Amazon. Steal of a deal I'd say.

A Little Bit of Nothing

Dear Blog,

I miss you. Good news-haven't seen a scorpion in 4 days. (Forgot to tell you that we found #'s 26 (he escaped and is living under the downstairs toilet as far as we know) and #27-found alive in the space between the screen and the window in Natalie's room-presumed dead as of last night considering he's all dried up and in the same place). So that's happy.

Not a lot to report. My work schedule is changing and I'm glad about that. Only took me one year to make that happen. Lol. Today it was mentioned that maybe we should have a strike to protest...and it might have been me that mentioned it.

Speaking of angry people-today a man threatened to do a little bit of harm to one of our psychiatrists as well as the director. He got to spend some quality time with about 7 members of the Mesa Police Department. The people in the lobby quit whining about the Dr. being behind schedule when they saw all 7 police officers walk in. I think then they knew we weren't joking.

That is all for today.

Sincerely,
Your Boss

Simply Limeaid

I'm getting addicted to blogging. Mom, Rand, Suz, Sher, Bonnie...where are your next posts? Someone tell me the rules of good blogging...in terms of frequency? I would like each of you to post something new every day. Is that fair?

What else? Two important things:

1. The cyclometer on my bike does not work when it is hotter than 122 degrees. During my last bike ride (at noon last Saturday), it read 122 and I thought "This could possibly be the reason I am the ONLY person out here today." Turns out it was only 107. Apparently the sensor on the wheel picks up a little heat from being in motion or something. I don't know. Ask my dad. Regardless, I think I've decided to only ride when it's 105 and cooler. (Which means before 9 am.) For the sake of my cyclometer...and maybe my health.

2. Simply Limeaid is perhaps the best new beverage of the season. I highly recommend you go out and buy a bottle. You won't be disappointed.

Number 25.

Ulcers and Goodbyes

So. My new roommate (new as of today) found a scorpion in her room. A little welcoming present. I'm trying to remember if we told her about the little scorpion problem. Small oversight. I think it was either the 23 or 24th we've found. Don't know why we really bother to keep track.

Just came home from 6 hours of fun with my friend Kat...it was so good to see her. She is the first friend I made in Arizona...lucky to have her.

Said goodbye to my favorite co-worker Tere today. Hated it. She's moving back east Sunday. She gave me the furniture she doesn't want to take with her...so nice to finally have a kitchen table. The novelty of eating on a TV tray lasted for about 2 days...still, I'd rather eat off a TV tray and keep her at SBH with me...sad. :(

P.S. The ulcer on my cornea has healed. The dr. assures me the "scar tissue" is no big deal. Probably not to him it isn't.

The Haircut

There's a reason their website tries to get you to relax. Unfortunately by the time I realized this, I was already strapped in the chair.

Shevon began by saying "Yeah, when I moved out here they told me to watch out for Indians and Mormons." While she told me about her fears about Mormons and Indians, she began the haircut by putting curl.life contouring cream in my hair. This both perplexed and worried me greatly. I have this very product in my bathroom, but I could not figure out how it would be essential to be putting GEL in my hair prior to cutting it. I tried to calm my worries by reminding myself that "it's just hair, it'll grow back." When Shevon dropped the comb she was using I grew more concerned. I tried to remember if Cheryl Bailey ever dropped a comb.

I let Shevon go on for about 9 of the 11 minutes of my haircut, when I asked her "Well, so what do you think about the Mormons now?" She said "Oh, they just people, you know? They not so bad." I said "Well, good because you're cutting a Mormon's hair right now." She laughed nervously and said "Okay, okay...that's cool, that's cool."

I'll let you know after I attempt to do it today if I tipped her too much.

Cheating Death

So the scorpion almost got me. Almost. While trying to figure out how to fix the sprinkler timer with only the aid of a dim flashlight on my roommate's Nokia...the little guy came out fighting. Luckily my cat-like reflexes allowed me to drop the box right on the sucker and squish him dead. Phew.

Beyond that...no real victories today. Other than I surviving a day in the world with glasses. Pray that the curse of this eye infection goes away quickly so that I'll soon be back to contacts and not tempted to curse my mother for passing on the "legally blind" genes. :)