Monday, December 7: Pearl Harbor day. A mild day

Well, boys and girls today was a pretty average day. I slept in because I didn't want to be exhausted to start the week. I got to work about 10 to15 minutes

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late. I had to do for gobbled up two thirds of

The 48 Comes

the morning. I ordered Chinese food now I'm going to be home pretty late.

The day at work wasn't too bad. It easily could have been worse. I got my report send I realized I

At 20th Street

don't 125 rejections terminations I officially put 12to

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 be sanctioned. So it's a little less than 10% of the folks. Hopefully they won't look into it too much.

Staff Meeting

It's pretty mild out here I'm gonna go to Monday night beginner since I haven't been to a since Saturday Tonight's meets at 6:56 45 so me do my usual go to coffee Joe do some blogging etc.

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In the big world OUTSIDE my bubble. The drama is building towards Christmas to

Coffee Please :)

negotiate the state budget for fiscal year 2016. That actually started July 1. Republican subject to

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increase spending on education and the tax increases. Well Donald Trump is really rotating the extreme rhetoric that his followers love.

He wants Muslims to be denied entry to the US. I i'm always
amazed of how simplistic draconian government measures are favored by people who are scared of Muslims terrorists

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At Coffee Joe's

or anyone else. These are the same people that don't just trust the government to do

to protect them.

Well Ted Cruz is leading in Iowa in the latest poll. Looks like a three-way breaks between Cruz Rubio and Trump.

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Well the Monday night was about "willingness". It was pretty good and powerful. Drew then

Dinner with Drew

contacted me and I'm eating at the Almands café splitting a large dinner with him. He's talking about

Almez Cafe

running a small business with the business owner of this place. 

It appears there are two different versions of the budget

Drew and Split this

It looks like we'll have to going to some kind of "conference committee".

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The Bus

House Republicans are stuck on doing what they want to do even though the Senate and the Governor agree on the budget plan. Well, after our dinner I was pretty stuffed and looked up at Google maps and realized I could To seven right away without waiting. I did that and it was a good thing I ate a lot of food. So come home and try to relax.

Sunday remember 15: leaving Lancaster and Resuming Philly

I Well I slept pretty well and I got up around 7:30 AM this morning. I had some French toast and coffee. After that, people got to speak on what  inspired you this entire weekend in Lancaster. I was feeling

Delicious French Toast

Eating Breakfast

a little under the weather in the beginning but by the end I thought a lot better. There's some good

Entrance to Host Resort

comments made. I got my stuff packed up and ready to leave since I did get a ride back to Philadelphia.

DCM 

That was really cool. Next we listen to folks make five minute presentations till about 1130. Some are

Cool Effect

very very very good. After that, we did our final paying off the hotel and packing our stuff in this woman's

Volkswagen and we headed out.  The drive was really pleasant. All three of us talked and hung out.

High Tech

The sun was out and we got to look at cool looking farms and smell  horse manure. I knew I was not in Philadelphia

A Good Weekend!

anymore but in Lancaster County Pennsylvania. I'm definitely considering going to another one of these on December 13. The good thing about this one it's only a day trip and doesn't

cost money.

Cruising along the Schuylkill

Plus they serve you lunch so I'm there. I was then dropped off and just wasn't in the mood to do anything

Nice Drive along Kelly Drive

except sit and watch Sharon cut hair for this woman with some of the nicest hair and longest hair I've seen.

Butters

She dry she drove from suburban Washington DC to get her hair done. I can see why cause

Another Satisfied Customer

she has really long hair. I was told most people would bleach it till it turned orange. Anyhow later

A Friend Visits

on I'd lie down for a bit but only got a half-baked nap. We then decided we need to get some things.

Sharon and Lindsey

 Sharon and I went shopping for necessities at the a.m./ p.m. We then went 2 Bridget's.  I hung

out with her & Lindsay for a little bit and then I had a go Coke and I'm waiting for the 48 bus to come.

Getting 7Pm Coffee

Oh my God it's here. Yes it came right on time at the normal bus stop. I got off a block late but that's OK.

New England Beats Giants :)

I hopefully have time to sort out my things I'm gonna talk about real quick at the meeting. Larry said

Just Very Funny

to be there by 715 I should be there by seven. Well the meeting was pretty raw and

decent. I took care of some business. got to turn in my receipt. It was an eventful conference for sure. so hopefully I will get reimbursed soon. I'm on my catch 

How to Get Downtown

the route 7 or 48 bus trek. It'9:44 PM I just caught 48 bus heading home. I found out the Eagles choked against the Dolphins. Dallas and the NY Giants also lost so the Eagles had a chance to TIE for 1st Place. Well some are pissed off at Coach Chip Kelly. The Eagles are like the state budget man! They are a mess! Well I cooked some pasta and stayed up too late. Gonna pay for this one.

Saturday, November 14: A Day in Lancaster

View from Hotel Room

Well I got up at 7:30 in the comfortable yet plane hotel room in Lancaster. I got a nice breakfast with all the fixings. I ran into some people I've seen

A Bogus Dear Governor!! :(

around. Not many but a few.

Breakfast

This is the official part of the day from 845 to 12 noon. That was quite a meeting there.

New footings to take place but the motion on the floor that ended up being defeated but it was semantics

Funny Question LOL

really. It was handled all right. I'm gonna go out to lunch with some guys and then if there's time left take a

Texas Road House

short little mini nap. Did not have time to take the nap but I did go to three workshops and they were all

Lancaster Host Resort.

pretty good. After the last when I came back to the hotel room and took a nap and blues that need

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it. I then went to the buffet dinner which was pretty nice hung out with my hotel mate and couple other

Dinner

people I know from Center City Philadelphia. I met up with someone I used to see and they

Me

recognize me as well who's nice to see them. After dinner and peach pie two guys are talking about Samuel

The "27" Balloon

Beckett and I sat there like a dump so I decided to take a nap. I overslept a bit for the meeting so I'm going to try to get the 830

Paris Terror Attacks Dominate the News

meting.  There were two speakers both of them are trustee. After that, which was approximately 1030, I

Ummm. Pie!

headed towards bed or my hotel meet with already here. Watched a little bit about the Paris terrorist

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attacks and then I crashed to have a crash. Geez was I tired. So far so good this weekend.