A little carry-over from yesterday... I had to go to the bathroom at work, and I went out of the back door into a public hallway. When I went out the door, the fire alarms went off. This is a not uncommon occurrence to employees, but it impresses visitors. And there was one in the hallway, a young lady about 30 in a business suit with a trolly, obviously a vendor. She looked at me wide-eyed and cried, "What should I do?" I bit my lip... I so much wanted to say, "Run! Hide! RunRunRun!" but I didn't, dammit. Most of the time you think of these things later, but I thought it right then and restrained myself. I told her not to worry and directed her to SPD. I got a good night's sleep last night, but I had probably the weirdest dream that I've ever had. I was somewhere fishing, but my fishing rod had an M-14 built into it, and so I could also take pot shots at soldiers on a far hill while I was fishing. I didn't hit any soldiers, and I didn't catch any fish either. I haven't really thought about an M-14 since I got out of the army. The M-14 is the rifle that I went through boot camp with, and I really loved mine at the time. Of course, they wouldn't let me keep it. I'm not really a gun-hater, but I'm not a gun-lover either. I do know quite a few gun nuts, and I understand the allure. Besides being used to kill stuff, guns are neat, neat to handle, and I love target shooting, I was a damned good marksman when I was in the army. I also love knives and sharp tools of almost any kind. O'yeah, and power tools, yeah, power tools. I did get up right on time today, mostly 'cause I got to bed before 21:00 last night. I'm going in at 07:00 for the next two weeks, and by the first of October I should be gone from there. Weird, thinking about it. Anyway, today wasn't nearly as bad as Friday or yesterday, it was pretty leisurely comparatively. Which just means that we didn't set a record.... I left work on time, and noticed that it was nice Anyway, I came home and packaged up Tyler's electric razor that he'd left here in July, I re-found it a few days ago, man I feel guilty about that. Anyway, I also got some pics taken at the Mailbox, one for my application for the CT registry, one for my badge at the new job, where ever that is going to be. And I've been thinking, maybe I wanna stay somewhat close to home, like maybe OK or TX or Nebraska or Colorado, somewhere within a day's drive. Where ever I go, it'll be a 13-week stay... and, like Karen pointed out, we have free long distance. And like I pointed out, we have e-mail, too. She did mention today that she would miss her computer at work when she retires... I pointed out that I have several at home that she can play with. OK, some serious stuff. Just so you know... I feel left out when I hear, "one nation under god". I feel left out when I hear, "In god we trust". religion is all about exclusion, and I'm quite happy to be excluded from religion. But please, please, don't exclude me from the country that I love. Like I said earlier, I think, I got a good night's sleep last night, and I realized that I feel *so* much better when that happens... I wish that it could happen more regularly. Going to bed early is part of it, I know. And with that thought in mind, I shall put this entry to bed.
and cool, comparatively, high today was in the min-80s, a welcome relief. Temperatures are going to start moderating, fall is coming! Fall is coming! I love hallowe'en... candy. I love thanxgiving... candy. And x-mas... candy. Karen bought some candy corn, and I found the sack. I wish that she wouldn't do things like that. Or that I could maybe restrain myself when I find them.