Wednesday, May 3, 2006
My favorite breakfast at home plus a grape, banana, pineapple smoothie. Telecommute day. Spent the whole day on the Part D video project. Lunch: two sandwiches and a salad with mushrooms. Removed bounced addresses from the Lodestar Quarterly mailing list. Today the sky was overcast and although I wanted to use the heater the last utilities bill frightened me into thinking it's okay to wear my faux fur cap with earflaps inside the house. It reminded me of our apartment on Junipero Serra Boulevard where we had to pay for electricity and the bills then (2000) were enormous too. It's a strange feeling, I think, to have such easy access to comfort which you cannot really afford. I realized in the middle of the afternoon I have a banquet to attend tomorrow night but I don't have any dress pants. The banquet is for the graduating students. I can't not go because Cindy is paying for me to go and I already said yes a long time ago. And I can't go even in my best jeans—it would be too embarrassing. I've been without dress pants for a while because a few months ago I realized I don't have any that fit—somehow I had outgrown the ones I had. I never got around to shopping for new ones—chalk it up to a severe dislike for clothing manufacturers who never make clothes that fit me properly. I want Patrick to go with me to assist with shopping and selections, but he's helping his mom this afternoon and evening, so I go by myself. Sent Robin C a thank you note for a spot award she sent me recently for helping her with a PowerPoint problem. Spent 4 hours shopping at the mall. Got something that I think will work for at least tomorrow night. Late dinner at Taipei Restaurant: Taipei Special Chow Me Fun. My fortune: You have an unusually magnetic personality.