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My room-mate’s sister visited last week – she was there for a few days and helped him plant some flowers while he was off work.   I think they had a nice visit.  She was also around and was able to help when the new floor was put in.   Apparently, it was a much bigger, louder, and dirtier project than anticipated.   The appliances and the island in the kitchen needed to be moved – as well as the toilet in the bathroom and the contents of the hall closet.   Fortunately for me – I was at work and missed the entire event – including the smoke detector going off for half and hour.     Yea me!

The season finale for Lost was this past week – as expected, extreeeeem cliffhanger.   It was pretty good and I enjoyed it, but I’m hoping they don’t negate the entire season via time-travel.

For the past week, there has been a giant cardboard in the kitchen/breakroom here in the building with a garbage bag as a liner.   There are no labels or signs anywhere near the box to indicate i’s purpose and rumors abound.    Today, I contacted the building coordinator and he gave me the facts.

When I’m helping build a webform, there’s always a testing period.   For at least the first test, I put in real information so that if it ends up not going were expected, it will be easier to track down.  I always use a made up name – the more ridiculous the better – and the word Test if there’s a comment area.  

Yesterday morning, I had a dream I was back in college and had missed an English class.  The assignment was to write an essay on the topic “If you knew you were dying, who would you tell and why?”

I was heading up the stairs from the basement this afternoon when the “incident” occured.   My flip-flops – which, since they have the UA logo on them are really zip-flops – betrayed me and I stumbled.  This instantly turned my zip-flops into trip-flops and I went down hard.   My left big toe got cut and the nail was painfully torn.   I made it to the top of the stairs and stood there for a moment – then verifed that yes, I was bleeding.   

With the natitorium pool closing next week, I decided to get a membership at the rec center pool.  Both are on campus and within easy walking distance of my work building – the nat has a nice pool, but the rec center is a nicer facility over all.    The biggest difference for me, though, is the price.   As a staff member, I can use the nat for free – the rec center membership for the summer costs $100.  Seeing as how I really want to keep swimming this summer, I don’t have much of a choice.

The other day, my room-mate and I tried to watch 1408 on DVD – but the DVD picture wasn’t working.  The sound was okay though.   So, after a bit of testing, I determined it was the HDMI cable that was the problem.   Which ticked me off cause those things are expensive.   In the short term, I swapped the cable with that for the cable box – and we were in business.  

I talked to my sister late last evening – she gave me an update on my grandmother.   Grandma isn’t really doing better and although the doctors had said at one point that it might take 15 -20 weeks before she shows marked improvement, some decisions are already being made.   There’s been discussion about her moving in with my aunt and uncle and then renting out her house and selling her car.

Friday afternoon, while still at work, my right eye started to swell shut.   I used to get this when I was a kid and even had allergy tests done that were inconclusive.  The remedy back then was Benedryl and sleep – and I didn’t have much choice on the sleep part after taking the Benedryl.