Notes on life 2009

     Snow. Right now, at 2:30.  I'm on my way over to A's.  Where I got stuck three hours last year in DEEP snow. It ain't piled up yet. Good thing I charged the camera batteries up, isn't it? What's this stuff about global warming?   *****       ...

     For the first time this year I took a night off delivering the newspapers.  I distribute the Sunday Oregonian twice on the weekends; the First Edition on Saturday and the Final on Sunday.  Out of 52 weekends in the year, I have taken one half of one weekend off. The ...

     For the first time since 1994, I am spending Christmas with family.  (I was married then, and living in Japan.  Christmas is way different there.) In years past, I latched onto my friend's Christmas celebrations; this year, I am spending with my own family.  Not...

     I think I can safely say that this has been the best Christmas in years for me. It's nice to be "the long-lost family member".  "Nice" in that most everyone is glad to see me and listens to the story. Got a few nice gifts too, in particular, a nice win...

     Losing my school bus job driving in September lost me 70 -80% of my income.  I live in Public Housing, so with the loss of income, my rent went to nothing.  I work on the weekends with the newspapers, so I had/have $ coming in.  My former wife helped me wit...

     So, these were conditions a year ago.  This year, I'm not fretting a drive to SoCal through snow and high water - to meet a long-lost cousin,  but it IS raining this year, a more typical Portland Christmas season, and I'm not entirely unhappy with that.  Fo...

     At times, the situation feels so bleak that I want to reach out and share my anger with anyone in the way. I'm tired of waking up pissed off, so, there are things to be very thankful for, which I need to remember all the time. I have a place to live, a pretty ni...

     The news last night was harrowing; a winter weather apocalypse was predicted.  Winter Weather would move in by 11 pm on Friday night and we'd be looking at skating rinks instead of roads. It didn't happen. In Portland, anyway.  The rain didn't really get started unti...

     25 years ago today I was Honorably Discharged from the US Navy. 25 years ago in January I married a Japanese woman, the friend of a friend.  We got divorced 14 years ago, but are still friends.  It might or might not help that we live in separate countries....

     Today's theme is "Emotions". Hmm.  More than 7700 pics on Photobucket and well over 12,000 here...boxes of 'em over there...  I must have some pictures that spark emotions. I'll take a look and see what I can find. So,,,, it it me that the emotion is suppos...