Saturday, February 15th

Saturday and it wasn't that cold out. The weather was rather crappy. Instead of light pretty snow, we got sleet and rain to start the day. Got breakfast started organizing my place and was little late to the men's.

I came out

Stratford Station in the Freezing Rain.

at 9:30 instead of the one green snow were getting combination of sleep freezing rain and just rain. It's pretty gross! I talked and walked with Mike and the 42 bus to third and met up with Larry at Starbucks.

The Weather Just Sucked

 meeting was good I am found out that I left my backpack at Starbucks and got it. Then I find  out Drew was unavailable to go to Chinatown. I decided that I would just get out of town and take the train out to the Main Line 

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figuring it was going to be selling but was still stuck with the sleet freezing rain mess. After getting a free hat from a friend in Old City, I went to return a book to a friend in this 

THIS is how I found out that we beat the Russians!!

wet weather out here in Stratford. I was invited to a Meet-Up of Unconventional Thinkers. I had almost 2 hrs to kill. At that point my feet were wet so I decided to

shopping at the Kmart nearby to get a pair of sneakers and socks. Well I got some really good deals on pants and shirts! I am now I'm chilling

at a place

called Spizzico Pizza

I will be home at 9:30.

I Am at a lecture about Jung. Interesting

The Lecture After the Meeting

He is making a YouTube video now.

He discussed Jungian Psych

During the lecture I had tomato bisque soup with a guava smoothie. It was pretty good. After the lecture

One of the Charts at the Lecture

, we want to pizza place and  and S4 had a nice time waiting for the train. The 9:40 PM train was 20 minutes late. I got on the train and then and about the head towards Overbrook and then 30th St. I'm at 30 Street  with my bags of clothes from Kmart.

Yummy food for a lecture

Valentine's Day: The Day After

Sansom Street

Good morning snowbound explorers of life in 2014 it's Friday Valentine's Day time to go to work.

The back into the storm wasn't as bad as they predicted but it's still you know slushy and icy

Waiting at Melrose Park

all around. Have to meeting I had to go back home and get my backpack which had my lunch and my Valentines gift. I'm now going

Mimsey

to catch the elephant 46 and will market and hopefully only be about 15 minutes late to work.

Well work was ok. I I didn't interview very many people at all. Got some paperwork done but wasn't really into it at all. Managed to leave

Catching the Trolley

work get my haircut and get my valentine stuff together all the most part. Unfortunate for me the trains are all goofed up and running really late so what I have to do is go to Elkins Park to get to Melrose Park on this train. This means a 20 min walk.

Walking from Elkins Park to Melrose Park

What a walk wasn't too bad most people several other walks and it was a kind of pretty. I got Deneys we had some crab-cakes and vegetables and delicious sweet potato Yum Yum. Next we talked and then watch always TV. We watched love American-style

A Quiet,  Restfull Evening

and the Dick Van Dyke show. The character Dick Van Dyke and Mary Taylor-Moore are in that show. In this scene the recount how they met at a US O show. He came onto her so hard it was just mind blowing

Mimsey and Tahoe

. Units are they don't get along he is a crush on her and says I'm marrying her and basically that same day we started going out.

Anyhow I got a nice watercolor from Amy of one of my photographs is very cool. And the card you gave was really nice as well.

Winter leaves its Mark

Unfortunately the last train out of Melrose Park was 1138. Time really sped by. It must be Saturday night that the trains run past 12 and that's bogus!!

At Melrose Park Station

Took me a while to get home. The  was late but I got home around 1 AM. I attempted for  the second time to file my taxes but I have Carolyn's name wrong but I think I found what the IRS has for her name

February 13th: Snow Day with Puddles the Clown!!

I woke up at 7 AM got dressed. To change shoes walked outside and help freezing rain not snow. I was really like I walked out on the corner

Good fortune

and here comes to 21 boxes coming on down. What a great break. It is now we are now on 34th St. I will be about half hour late for meeting.

19th and Walnut

I got myself a pair of shoes in my backpack and ready to go signing out 7:32 AM.

Hello it's now 10:45 AM I just went to my meeting and hung out at La Columbe for coffee. I was w folks after the meeting. The buses have stopped

La Columbe

running but the EL and the trolleys are running. I am at 30th St. station waiting for the EL. I'd like to pay a visit and hang out with you. what's up what you all

The EL was Running

doing in this "wintry mix"? I myself am going to go to pats after I go home and pick up my computer and my Ira stuff. I might just hunker down at Pats eat Indian food and let the day pass by. it's almost 11 AM in right now is spitting rain or sleet I can't tell right now.

Lunch

Well I went to Patrick's house after getting my computer and we chilled out and had lunch at the place across the street from

4:30 PM

Cobby bash. It was a good lunch we mellowed out. It has been basically just raining for the past few hours is now about 7 o'clock it's just a dreary cold rain. They're supposed to be a 2nd of this Nor'easter tonight and into tomorrow morning. They're

Snow Stopped and It was Just Rain

saying as of 4 o'clock we officially 9 inches on the ground. Frankly it's hard to tell that 9 inches fell on the ground because the rain has just soft everything up. We could be getting about 3 to 6 more inches. I swear I saw this article in the Philly Inquirer said that all nonessential state employees would be off tomorrow Friday. That would be a five day weekend. As of 11:40 PM, there is nothing on the state website nor any texts from my fellow employees. I am thinking a 2 hr late for tomorrow

Well I heard something that will blow your mind. Imagine this if you will, A 7 foot tall man dressed up in a clown singing with two Asian women to his right a black guy playing drums in the background piano player in the bowtie dude playing the bass with a bowtie. They are singing a song by a top 40 hit maker from New Zealand called Lorde just think of that and watch this. This man calls himself Puddles the Clown.He sings a song by a top 40 pop artist from New Zealand called Lorde just think of that and watch this

.

Well it's 11:36 PM the snow was started no definite word on the day off or not from the state I filed my taxes and I'm ready to leave Pats and get somebody eat go to bed

Winter Keeps on Coming!!

Here we go again! Looks like 6-8 inches of heavy wet snow with rain. This is Weds night into Thursday.

 Let's just stick to today Tuesday, February 11 2014

Doing what I LOVE

Today I'm 23 months. I am now in the Intergroup rep for 2 groups I feel pretty good about that! They might even send me to Cape May in April but they haven't decided. I think I'm to go to La Columbe and hang out.

Well after that, I got to work and it wasn't too bad. Then Amy for lunch went out and got some things at the fresh grocer. I knew I didn't have enough sleep because I had to take what I had 2  nap around 330. Then after that

La Columbe

I decided I'm going home and not going to any other meetings. hey man I snoozed man I just got
up from a nap

Where Do I see Myself in 1 Year??

and I got myself some kind be incurred and cheated due to some of that Chinese lemonade. I was

Fresh Grocier at 57th

to do my taxes but I talked on the phone and then just lied down and met Mr Sandman! ZZZZzzzz....

February12th: Prelude to a storm

Yes it is the date Wednesday the day before the expected nor Easter that is going up the coast that will affect Georgia to Maine.

I got up this morning at home again and almost overslept

La Columbe

for the meeting but I got their little only little bit late. I found out about the Cape May Convention. I  think they're not going to pay for me to go there but I will go to the group on April for the day on Saturday.

Work was pretty busy probably because

Its Warm where I Work!

anticipation of nothing being open tomorrow. In fact, the city will be calling a state of emergency at 8 o'clock TONIGHT!'This probably means there's a good chance with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

will also be closed. Then tomorrow I will hunker down. Meanwhile I probably should get some goods at the grocery store later tonight.

Free Ticket to Auto Show

It's 5:12 PM am planning to go to the Philadelphia Auto Show with Larry. Planning to meet him at the Marriott at 11 the market at 5:30.

Vrroom!

Well I'm at the car show it's about 7 o'clock. I saw Lamborghinis,  old mustangs and then looked at the more practical cars made by Nissan, Mazda Subaru's and Jeeps.

We ate at Empress Garden at 10th and Arch. I had a delicious egg drop soup and very nice service I had a strawberry smoothie as

Classic Ford Truck

well. At  8:55 the snow has started to fall the ground. I went  home then went to go to the supermarket and get some grub. I arrived and hooked up my computer. I ate leftovers and talked on the phone. I then rested.

Monday, February 10: A Day File Separatly

View from the West Philly EL

Greetings seekers of spring who don't have a lot of bling. It's Monday in in the city. Went to meeting and then got breakfast treated to breakfast at Rachel's Diner at 19th St. that was yummy yummy omelette. Work got kind

View from EL at Spring Garden

of busy often on and then I am going down to this Intergroup. But first I had some roasted chicken noodle soup at silk city lounge on fifth and Spring Garden. It was quite yummy

Sunset from the EL

that's for sure. I'm watching the news they're talking about the power outage in the future storm that's coming Wednesday night and Thursday. Looks like it'll snow change

Committment

to rain Philly in the suburbs get whacked again.

Well, I went to my first INTERGROUP meeting. I was late because I had the wrong address given. I got a

The EL Going Home

commitment for Susquehanna Monday, March 24 for Sunrise one-woman one-man I was lucky to get that !

Monday night , I got the week after on March 31st. Both commitments are Monday nights at 7 PM. 2 people co-ed.

I'm at the Spring garden station of the EL. It's very cold, especially when you just missed a train:(

Meet

 I'm going to Overbrook to give the keys back to the owner of Emily and get my juicer then I get back home. Well I got everything picked up from the house and get the key back. Getting back was a little more problematic buses wouldn't show up timely so I

Boy Was it COLD!!

went Overbrook Pizza to  warm-up and I ordered a chicken cheese steak. I waited till 10:10 till the 65 bus showed as  the pizza place was closing.

I cannot wait to get home and then I'm thinking of my apartment and

Overbrook Pizza

eat! My feet are cold and I'm very hungry!

Sunday Feb 9th: A Good Mission

Today is Sunday did my usual thing the bar none to the bar none, I want to Larry's to pick up something I'd left mainly my earphones, and found that he was going to Macy's. I decided this was an opportunity to get what I really needed pants and shirt and a Valentines gift.

View from the Bar None

It was hard to find pants for decent price. I found 4 shirts one of them was even a paisley shirt! I found a Valentines gift. I'm really relieved to get the Valentines gift done with early. Everyone off to the smoke shop and I went with his wife who place called Pay-Half. At this place I found pants that were under 20 bucks. I got three of them for lesson 45 bucks. I was quite pleased!

Old John Wannamaker Mosaic

I dropped my purchases off at home and then caught  the train at 3:30 to get the Melrose Park. Well I overslept passed Melrose Park and I waited 5 to 10 minutes for the Warminster

Melrose Park

train finally came at 4:03 PM. Oh by the way the snow has started.

A soft snow has fallen. Unlike the other snows it was not wicked and windy. Nor was it heavy and foreboding. It was nice soft and I can just be.

Macy's

I got to Pat 's late and he is now napping while I listen to "A Hard Day's Night"