Monday, August 22: Great Weather Mellow at Work and Dog Walking

Cool Morning on 24th Street

Well I got up around 7:05 AM this morning. That seems to be a good time to get up and take care the dogs and then be able to get to work on time.

West Philly in the AM

Doing sunrise semester and the pets in the morning

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it's going to be too much. It's a really nice pleasant summer day. The humidity is the lowest it's been all month! I I walk the puppies and then on the way to the bus I went to coffee market formally Sam's

Funky Ole West Philly

Another Dog Walker

place and I saw Jeff Strong from the days of yore. Yes down "Gregory" was doing and that was that. I continued

The Mini Pins

on to work and made it with about six minutes of spare. Next I I made it to work and started doing some cleanup today.. That he needed to be done after all the people I saw very tempted to see last Thursday. So I'm working a little slow but I don't feel completely exhausted so

Yesterday's Rain

Jeff

that's a good thing.

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It's warm but it has a breeze and it's not that humid. Well the rest of the day I had to yogurt,

On the 21 Bus

 bananas and some talk drink to get through the day. I went through my sanction with an organized

Work Break

it so hopefully Wednesday when the class office is closed I can do work in the other district. We are

Fresh Grocer

going to Liberty District on Wednesday cause they're shutting the office down to the PECO problems like they did last month doing the Democratic convention. Well I left work and headed straight down to Center City. I first went to coffee Joe and decided that I would take big steps and catching up with my blog posts. I went to the Monday night beginners meeting about 15 minutes late. It was a

57th and Market

City Street

good meeting even though I missed part of it. I  hung out a little bit afterwords and took the 21 bus to

Blogging at Coffee Joe

49th and Chestnut. I want ahead and walk the dogs. They left our own huge mess in the back.

Entering Coffee Joe

I had to spend about 20 minutes to pick up poop and drying piss that was in there. Fortunately she

Funky T-Shirt

has a lot of deodorizing cleaner. I also had the windows open so it wasn't really that bad smelling. I

Outside Coffee Joe

talked on the phone for a while with mag and headed on down to catch the 21 bus if I could down

Meeting Break at 19th and Walnut

to 42nd St. to get something to eat and visit Pat. Find it up walking the entire way because the bus didn't

233 S 49th

show up. I got myself a Samosa and then I got myself a treat at three, beach. I was really hungry. I ended

The Croyden Apts

up eating and  going to sleep and Pat made a sketch of me sleeping. He put it up on Facebook. At least

Dana Mandi Store

I wasn't mouth breathing during my sleep that would've been bad. I ended up sleeping overnight I

Pat's Sketch of Me 

was very tired. It was a nice Monday

A Sketch or Two of May.

Friday, May 24 and it started off muggy and the temperature must have dropped 20° outside. Its cool

Just Waiting.

and windy. Work was okay and not as busy as I thought. I did make the meeting on time. I'll have very tired at the end now I'm going to be shoppers meeting and I plan to eat dinner at a pretty goal today and I'm going to stick around this weekend.

A Sketch by Pat

A Daydream.

Its now Saturday and I did keep my promise to stay local and chill. I got up early to go to a meeting then  got caught up in finishing 2 blog entries that I had started. I wanted to make them decent especially the write-up about the opening I attended in New York. I would have an audience that might be in the double-digits and it was

important to ensure that it was done in a manner fitting of what I saw.
Today I did some stuff such as laundry and dry cleaning. I even got rid of all the plastic bags by going to the Fresh Grocer and getting them recycled. I had a ton of them.

Dakota. Pat's Dog.

I am now on Facebook just doodling around and looking for something to inspire me. Well, I am a dreamer.

Dreaming in Pen

A dreamer, you ask?? Yes! Under my sarcasm and media criticism, I want patience while I dream of love and contentment. See, I am a dreamer since am now listening to Crosby Stills, Nash, and Young.

sometimes I do not work for what I want. Other times I am inching closer as in the past 14 months of my life. I listened to this senior year in HS over and Over. Helped me out of a deep depression. I am ok Once they get you, they will mess with you.and I want to walk home and sleep.

Then I want to awake to a sunny day to head down to the Bar None.

Sleepy Monday

49th and Walnut

Photo Shoot.

Good afternoon today May 13th. I was just tired. i got up at 6 am and and went back to sleep. Peter and I were the only people at work today in our unit. I saw few people but not too many. I faxed something to jury duty thing that I am not good to be able to make it and I got my greyhound tickets to Maine printed out I am going to see chart my rabbits today at five and have a coffee and go maybe it's in AA meeting. I think it's at seven tonight it was sunny with big puffy clouds. A bit cool for mid-May.

Pat's Sketch

like young girl did the meeting but it's chilly out here but sun is still out so it's not too bad. I'm gonna go Pats and get Sorts  for him and mom I'll be crashes place and go to sleep very usual today yet so really nothing to say because I really really very blog last night so much

Up...Up... and Away

Yes today's the day you don't roughnecks think.  I do think vainglorious and you will see it on my blog tonight later on when Larry calls me to remind me to go to bed and me trying out to get up at 3 AM like it did yesterday.

Artist at Work

Its now Tuesday morning and I slept in and will go to a later meeting. I will see my Dr tomorrow at 9:30pm. Its a sunny morning and I am listening to the Velvet Underground w/ Nico. I can not believe I did not download this before.  Well I am just made myself late for work again by reading Robert Christgau's reviews. I am thinking of getting Blondie

4-17: Sunrise and Fluoride

Sketching

Wednesday, April 17 and I woke up had a fantastic sunrise on overcast day then I had to go to a teeth cleaning in which was 15 minutes late and wanted to give my teeth only took a half hour. She recommended an electric toothbrush to improve my

Today. Look! Squirrel!!!

gums. She is very charming and needs to be cloned as soon as possible, Alas, she is married. Next caught the 21 very quickly. It's PACKED with its crowded bunch of students, which always empties out of 38th St. with the young students all disembark! i be going to work to do the welfare wakka. I missed my stop and ended  at 63rd and Walnut. No problem I just caught the 21 back to  58th and Chestnut where I started my work day.
At work I saw a lot of clients today but it went pretty well. Late in the

Today's Sketch by Pat

afternoon I was in touch with the social worker who got my papers I just figured out solutions my phone for the time being I will get a Bluetooth and be able to your my calls the Bluetooth I don't like the Bluetooth because it makes it feel like I'm on Star Trek and I am Dr. Spock lookin like a geek. I have an appointment at the Apple Store to have them look at it after the meeting with Charlie. I will see what my options are about what to do about the coffee damage I did to my  phone speaker.

Dinner! 

I then went home and took a nap. On the way to Pat's, I got a call from B Arth.  She knew some of the folks from high school and she went to Ardmore Jr. High back in the day. She told me about her adventures hanging with the popular jock kids in Ardmore. She understands recovery  and  about "spacial relations" problems as a kid just like

The Place to get Stirring Straws

me. One day we may meet for coffee. Very interesting conversation better then the one with the overseas woman who wants to fly to the US and stay with me.
Well Congress laid a BIoG FAT goosegg today. The US Senate failed  to approve expanding background checks It passed by a vote of 54-46 BUT all votes have to have 60 votes to pass this expansion of gun background checks.

Monday :terrorism, Taxes, Tired

Tired

Good morning peeps it is Monday and we have very tiny raindrops is about 7:15 AM had a good time with you last night and have me meet somebody that ought to be interesting but I'm running a little way to the meeting Chris I just missed the 21 and I have a project that's due today that's going to be interesting. I had help and I may be able to get this project mostly done.It was really a difficult day to work being really tired.

My Desk

I still  worked till about 7pm.  I did catch a break, my Supervisor left early and the due date is tomorrow, Tues April 16th first thing in the AM.
There is talk again of changing my employer's name Pa Department of Public Welfare by removing WELFARE from its name. Did you know that Pennsylvania and Idaho are the ONLY 2 states that still have the "welfare" in their human services departments. The reason it has not

been done already is that it will cost MONEY!! Well, ain't that convenient? Other states have managed to survive the name changes, why can't Pennsylvania??

Artists At Work

I was a Pat's eating dinner and napping while he was creating a

Talk to the Hand!!

sketch of his hand. When he was done, it was 11:45pm! I had take photos and split! It ended up that Pat did not find his sketch to his satisfaction.I was just going to have to  file my state income tax  late and pay the

Before my 7:30 Nap

 penalty. Well, when I sat down with my W-2 at 12:05am, I got a message that the deadline was EXTENDED 24 hours!! WOW, now that is my God looking out for my tired butt! I found out that the State of Pa Revenue Department was having problems with their server  and this is the reason for the extension.  I managed to file but later when I checked out the E-File page I got this:

IMPORTANT: Due to technical issues that prohibited residents from accessing commonwealth websites including the Department of Revenue website and tax filing resources for a few hours on April 15, the department will not impose penalties or interest on personal income tax returns filed on or before Tuesday, April 16.

As you can see this was true!  I owed $ 1.00 so I did not have to write a check since I owed a dollar or less!! Boy that was quite the break that I needed!

Coffee Anyone?

PHS Garden at 19th & Walnut

Today will most noted as the day that a terrorist attacked the Boston Marathon! I just saw video of the explosion as it happened! There were 2 explosions 15 seconds apart!! Here is the latest as reported by the BBC as of 1:45am April 16th. This is sure to be the biggest story for the next month for sure. They are pretty damned sure that THIS was a terrorist attack. Rumor has it that they have a Saudi man under guard at a Boston hospital. As of this writing, this is NOT confirmed

Don't understand life. I want a frisbee.

Chicken freak that hammer

Sunday: Day of Rest

Hi there folks. I am OK. Just feeling human. What a trip At my friends place in Millville after a 20 hr car ride from Sarasota Fla. Need to catch bus. At my friends place having coffee and yogurt at this time.

Here is a summation of my 20 hour ride from Sarasota Florida to Millville NJ.
It was quite a trip and it ended smoothly. Thanks to Ned and Linda for their hospitality while I was in Sarasota.
While in Millville, I saw a large group of wild Turkeys. I mean they were a brood for sure. I was able to get close enough to get in some pretty cool shots. I did put one on Facebook but did not get that many responses. Um. I think I got one, maybe two "likes." I think it was a good photo.

In Chinatown

After Ned and Linda drove me home to Philly we went to Chinese that was very good.

At Pizza Place

 While walking to the restaurant,  my battery died.  They drove me back to my place. I unpacked  and took a 2 hour nap. I  got a text and then took the 21 to Saxby's and  met Larry before the meeting. After the meeting, Drew and I went to a pizza place.

Pat's Sketch

Drew had a slice but I was way too full to eat. Drew was talking to this nice odd woman and I watched Aliens with a dude who works at the pizza place. I next went to  pats place o hang out and take a photo of one of his most recent sketches. I like it and it does look like the photo of the woman. Well, got to get back to sleep and start the new week.