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Rainy days and Monday

I've had a couple of days off so I probably should have written sooner but I was doin' stuff. Generally speaking, I've been getting my house in order. Figuratively, I've been "getting my house in order".

I took a good hard look at my finances and I was really surprised at what I found. I waste a lot of money. I also spend a lot of money on things that don't stick around -- like food. Good, bad or indifferent I've kept records that I should have thrown away long ago. I have every pay stub from every job I've ever had. It's too bad that some of them don't have more information on them. Sometimes it's funny to see the mistakes on the weeks that they cover. I swear I must have found 5 of them that go something like this: "This check is for dates 10/15 to 10/30" and then the next check says "This check is for dates 10/20 to 10/30". It's very strange but at least I got the money deposited correctly.

I was doing some web surfing just now, listening to some music when I heard this pervasive noise. I thought it was my air conditioning but it sounded louder. It was raining -- rather hard.

It's going to take too long to get my house the way I want it but I've made a pretty good dent in the past few days. I'm just glad I had the energy to tackle it... I was afraid I might not. A lot of times I will talk myself into doing something and then not have the energy to see it through. I don't know what's up with that.

(wow, it's really coming down out there!)

The approach. She's just standing there. She's cute. Really cute. Dark hair, petite. Her arms are folded -- is she wearing a wedding ring? She turns. Nice hair. No wedding ring. Flat-chested but I don't really care about that. Nice ass? Decent ass. She's holding her keys in her hand, doesn't plan on staying long. She's wearing all black. Do I talk to her or just let her wander? I'm in the middle of something here. I haven't shaved in the past few days so I have quite the growth. I'm not feeling overly confident about my appearance. She doesn't come any closer. She picks up something that makes some noise. Most of us at the table look at her. A few minutes later, she's gone. As she's leaving I say "come back any time". Crap! What did I do wrong? I didn't get up. But, did she want to be approached? Of course she did, she's shopping at 9:00 on a Friday night. Does she think I'm a loser because I'm playing a game at 9:00 on a Friday night? I don't know. I'll probably never know. I can't get her out of my head. Is she thinking about me? What was she looking for? She didn't really care what we were doing.

If you've ever seen "Tommy Boy" then you know where I'm coming from. When Tommy is talking to the waitress about making a sale, that's sort of where I 'net out'. It's so stupid. I know it's stupid and that's why I'm telling you.

I'm a big fat flaming idiot, that's all I can say.

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