Showing posts with label cold weather. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cold weather. Show all posts

Friday, April 24, 2015

Friday, April 24: it's 39° and Weekend

Woke Up to THIS!
Good morning. Old man winter decided to make it on corporate form it. It's 39° as of 7:04 AM.
Fairmount Ave Looking North this Morning
I got up on time but I whistle while holding a bit and of course I'm going to be late to the sunrise again.
ANOTHER Detour
Well I took a cab so I wouldn't be late and grabbed a quick lock alarm coffee. As I was saying this I realized
Took the Cab
I haven't eaten anything. I just got a good morning text from my new friend. Looking forward to
La Colombe
the weekend.
Well it's Friday so weird things. Sunrises little off today. But I want to lock Paloma got my 2nd cup of coffee
Coffee w Dead Cow Milk

and a Danish. I then attempted to use the Diebold ATM machine at the TD Bank and it took me three
Approaching Fresh Grocer this AM
transactions to deposit a check! Yes, I'm going to blame the touch screen on the machines that TD Bank has.
Near the Parking Lot at Work
I kept touching cash by mistake and sent a check. Is now a 8:45 AM and the one time not to use might get me for being late well I last I was not
57th Street at 1:30pm
calculated work today. I took a late lunch and and went to the Rite Aid. I also got some yogurt nice day. On
Leaving Work
Facebook that is very critical of my choice to put milk in my "fancy coffee" he says I'm hurting and
Walking to the EL
contributing to the raping of cows. 
It is now 1:43 PM it is
Just Missed this EL Train
a breezy chilly 52° outside. I'm gonna take my lunch break for real and then schedule people for the
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rest of that of the day. Not sure what I'm doing right after work but it's nice to take a breeze outside.
Locust Street at 5:45pm
La Columbe @ 15th Street
In the world outside my bubble, it appears were back in the doldrums of Philly sports again after a brief hiatus into respectability and playoff runs. I specifically talk about the Phillies right now because they really
Nice Late Afternoon Today

15th Street
stink. But we can talk about the Sixers and the fliers weapon done squat in the last few years.
Struggling
People in their 20s and early 30s really have an experience the
Friday
really ugly losing that can happen in Philadelphia. You have been forewarned. Well I got as much work
Near Coffee Joe
as I could done but I got about 12 to 15 more names added to my list to look at for  Monday plus the mass calling. Decided
At Coffee Joe
to hit St. Mark's even though I'm gonna be 15 to 20 minutes late it's not too bad out. It's now 7:19 PM & I have been at Coffee Job for 25 minutes. Updating my blog etc. I'm not going to see Amy this weekend I'm not going up to my moms. This much I  know. It is a pretty night
Chromebook I got at Amazon
outside I must say in you old Center City. I'm texting Amy and going to text Sharon to see what she's doing.
Blogging at Coffee Joe
I'm definitely leave probably be no later than 8 o'clock. I'm sure that's about window close. Most of the coffee shop to do close at eight. That seems to be the witching hour.


Friday, February 20, 2015

Friday, February 20: COLDEST Day

I The Good morning. It is a frosty frigid arctic cold this morning. As of 7 o'clock this morning it was 3°F. I am not
Waling in 3 Degree Weather
sure how cold it is in Celsius but it's cold. Apparently the field of your archdiocese solid to close their schools
This Bus Came First
today. No word on the Philadelphia school district. I know when they close my clients don't do anything.
La Colombe
Anyhow I'm to go to La Colombe get some hot coffee. It was so cold that when I got here at 7:10 AM, the
Setup
chairs were NOT set up for the       sunrise. Well afterwords I went to the La Colombe & got a
Went Over my Limit
second cuppa coffee and a croissant. That warned me up a little bit. While I was munching and drinking
After Sunrise
my coffee, I read this article about how bogus cable is. They're speeding up the TV shows to squeeze more
2nd Breakfast
Ads in!!😡 what a major bunch of sleazeballs! I decided to go to the TD bank and get some
Rent
cash and get a check for Sharon. I know I'm going to be really late. It's 901 and I haven't even stepped
out of Center City as of yet! Well it's now 9:13 AM I'm at 40th St. I'll probably get to work at 9:30. I was
7am Temp!!

30th Street
hoping to have time to edit this blog while I'm on the train but I think I'm a little bit too close. I'm gonna should take a break and do it at work. I don't know what the school district policy
Kicking the Ice Down the Pavement
on closing is but the public schools are OPEN, but the archdiocese is closed.
Well I'm almost at work now it is   9:25 AM. It's now 9:40 AM at
Editing at 9:45am
submitting on the blog in a private place. Well work was okay in the generic cents today. A few of my coworkers and I split a pizza and

wings and that was nice. Then at 3 PM we had a meeting where our assignments were changed. Well
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my sign it was changed along with three other people. I won't have a caseload I will be on the sanction
unit as the one additional person. This is effective March 2, 2015. Well I took the train home andPat invited me over
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to watch airplane crash videos. Going to split some Indian and hang out. I don't get to see the man too
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much. This weather is cold and I generally don't want to go out to West Philly just to come back
30th Street
east and north back home when it's 12° like it is now. Waiting for my order of food, I read that major-league
The Day Ends Cold
baseball under the new commissioner has changed some of it's playing rules.
The caption in the article
Yumm
said it was done to shorten the length of games. The average length of time for a baseball game was slightly

over three hours. Pat and I watched airplane disaster movies. One was about JFK Jr when he crashed
Reenactment of JFK Jr. Planr Crash
his Piper Saratoga in the Atlantic. He had spacial disorientation since he could only use visual cues.  We then crashed. for the evening

Thursday, January 08, 2015

Thursday, January 8: COLD!! World of Wonder.

I
COLD!! at 7am
Good morning winter warriors. It is a nice 10° outside with a 5 mile an hour breeze. You know the weather
The Moon in the Morn.
forecasters are giving you the "real" temperature. Well all I knows it feels cold dammit! At the meeting this morning about acceptance it
Crispy Cold Center City
went fairly smoothly. And then I went to La Colombe and I hung out for a bit. So I'm going to be a little
late to work but I really needed to warm up real bad. It was  so cold out. I got to work and my alternate
Leading this Morning
Peter was out  I was very busy because I had to see extra people. I saw, my people as well. Well it's
19th Street
3:13 PM I left early from work to meet a friend at Elixir Coffee just off Walnut St. downtown Philly. I'm meeting
Lunchtime!
for coffee and then I'm gonna go to group at 6 PM. Larry is going to a movie. Well Elixir  was full so I met
3:15Pm
at Capitol One café  @ 1636 Walnut. I've been here before can get coffee or half-price or use my capital
3:30 Downtown

one card. 
Well that went okay.  I got the hint that it will be the last meeting. Next!!

I got something to talk about it with my group tonight!!! So I returned back to the capital one 360 café
At Capitol One 360 Cafe
to have some strawberry banana smoothie in and edit my blog. It's now 5:42 PM.
 Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio our nation turns its lonely eyes to you...Hey Hey Hey!!
Well Simon & Garfunkel is
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fitting on a day like today. I am getting a clearer picture of where I am. I am different and thats ok. When I put myself out to the world its
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melancholy but at least I am feeling. I think its what I need to do even though its mentally/emotionally
exhausting. Well I went to group and it was a really good session today. Really enjoyed it. I've been up for 48 waiting forever in the freezing cold!
Still Cold
 Now I'm going to bed I made it to today good. Good night.