Eleven Days Around the New Year

Monday: Some fussing about. Unpacking. Affixed the toll transponder to my windshield. Down basement for morning practices and drums. Decided to leave asap. Stopped at the donut shop for an egg sandwich, but they were out. Picked one up near work instead. Some brush-fires to put out at work. Good rapport with B today. He was sick also. Back home, and watched the last episode of Six Feet Under. Quite emotional. Guitar, running through most of the GCNE material for our gig. Now to complete the day.

Sunday: A breakfast of odds and ends. Took a cab to the bus, and made the 1pm. Back to my house by 6. An evening of Six Feet Under, the final three, save one.

Saturday: Feeling better, but not 100%. Did a little shopping in the afternoon, and had lunch at a fun Middle Eastern place (Nanoosh). "On Her Majesty's Secret Service." A dinner of odds and ends.

Friday: Woke feverish and sweaty. Canceled the trip we'd been going to take. Spent the day watching videos.

Thursday: Had the last of the mashed potatoes and mushroom soup for breakfast. Packing. Feeling a little off. Headed to work. Realized I'd left my ear-buds at home. Took at cab back to the house, and told him to wait. Arrived at South Station just after 4. Next bus wasn't until 5. Donut. Dozed on the way to NYC. We made it there, without stopping, in 3 hours and 40 minutes. Very cold out. Rejected from one Chinese restaurant, found another and took refuge. Buddhist Delight. Feeling pretty sick. Ann called and I took a cab to meet her.

Wednesday: Back to work. Depositing money. Going to the druggist. (Long lines one place, so to the other location). After work, picked up Shawn. We edited video for several hours in the basement. Tried to find a place to have dinner, but it was almost midnight. Dropped him off and had some leftovers back home.

Tuesday (NY Day): After breakfast, put Ann on a bus back to NYC. She managed to slip on just as one was leaving. Spent the rest of the day watching HBO shows on DVD.

Monday (NY Eve): A lazy morning, then headed off to do some errands with Ann. Stopped at the Circuit City store and looked at TVs. In Boston, wandered around downtown. Stopped at the Whole Foods near Fresh Pond and bought more delicious things. Back home Ann did some more cooking. A late supper, and marking the new year.

Sunday: Ann was feeling ill, so we just hung around and watched movies most of the day.

Saturday: In the morning Ann and I went shopping at the Whole Foods near the Charles. She spent the day in the kitchen working on a recipe she's thinking of making for her family, while Shawn and I were in the basement. A break for lunch, leading to a minor calamity in the kitchen. Filming. Also ran most of our material. Shawn left around 6. Yummy soup and tempeh. Went to a party at Cath's, but didn't stay too long. Peter B chatted with Ann.

Friday: Stopped in Boston to make an important purchase. A day at work. Ate a "taco salad" late in the day. Picked up Ann at the bus stop. Back home, and a discussion about the meaning of gift giving.