Things to Catch Up On

I'm not sure how the days have passed so quickly and how exactly I got so behind in my blogging. Yeah, I know. I haven’t written anything lately. I haven’t had that much to talk about. But here are a few highlights.

1. Iditarod. Lance Mackey won his third consecutive Iditarod at 11:38 March 18th. Congratulations to Mr. Mackey. What a feat. My gal Rachael ended up number 45th. Since she had been running around 50th place for most of the race, that’s pretty darned good. I always enjoy the two weeks of following the Iditarod. I have to say that I was REALLY annoyed that none of the online news groups that I check had anything to say about the race one way or another. That just sucks. They talked about how one of the stupid reality shows is actually fixed. Are there people out there that really didn’t know that already?

2. Car. Cars suck. Mine started shimmying and bucking on Saturday and I had to take it in for service. Turns out the COP coil had failed. I don’t know what a COP coil is or where it is or what it does, but I can tell you it costs about $350 to fix. Then they told me the wrong spark plugs were put in by the other dealer I usually go to because it's close to work and they have a free shuttle so I had to take it over there and have them look at it only to tell me they were fine. Whatever. It was a pain.

3. Taxes. Taxes are done! Got ‘em in on March 14th. You’ll note that is one day prior to my deadline, so if I ever get over to updating my 101 in 1001 page again, there is something I can cross off! I’m getting a refund, too. Woo hoo! Well, woo hoo briefly, because I just had to give it to the stupid Ford place, but woo hoo a little, anyway.

4. Letterboxing. I took my co-worker Miss Marple to her first gathering on the Ides of March. Coincidentally, the name of the gathering was Beware the Ides of March. I think she thinks we are all a bunch of loons and we totally overwhelmed her. Man, she is quick on solving puzzles and great to have around if you need to have roman numerals translated! She will be a great addition to the northwest letterboxing teams. Oh, and I have some pictures I need to post, too.

Aside from introducing a newbie to the insanity, we got boxes, too! Woo hoo! And Maiden passed on this amazing box to us. We are 4/5ths of the way to having it solved and still have a week to go. Keep your fingers crossed. I’ll have to email the owner and ask if I can post pictures here of it because it is an amazing box.

5. Floor. Stupid floor. How long have I been talking about getting it fixed? Too long. Anyway, it was almost a year ago that The Big Flood happened and we are just now getting the floor ready to tear out the old stuff and put down the new stuff. We don’t like to rush into anything, you know.

6. Plays. My theater buddy, Julie, and I went to see A Flea in Her Ear at Lakewood Theater. The play was very good, but was completely overshadowed by the fact that my favorite restaurant was gone! Whenever we have a play in Lake Oswego Julie and I go to Speedy Linguini’s for their spicy chicken. There is nothing better than spicy chicken, let me tell you. It’s this nummy spicy alfredo sauce served over tri-colored linguini noodles. Anyway, we ALWAYS go there before our plays because we love it. Greg & I used to go there for lunch back when I worked at Rainbow Travel. But when I drove up there last time, the place was EMPTY! No sign, no furniture, no nothing. It was heartbreaking. I LOVED that place. I feel totally betrayed that I wasn’t personally informed that they were going to close. Sigh.

7. Grey hair. How the heck did I get so many grey hairs? I had one or two at my temples a couple of months ago and now they are everywhere! It’s like they come in fully formed, too. I find these long ones and could swear they weren’t there yesterday. I don’t think grey hair grows in, I think the hair actually turns colors.

8. Stress. I just have too much going on. Work is starting to get crazy with budget stuff, things at home are about to get crazy with the financial stuff and the floors and everything else. My latest fantasy is that I get a hotel room all to my self for a week where I can do whatever I want: sleep, do puzzles, organize my letterboxing stuff, do crafts, watch tv…whatever strikes my fancy.

So there you have it. An update on my life. Pretty boring, huh?