This has been a long, hard year, and it's nearing an end.  November was not as bad as many of the month's this year.  And now, on to the update.

 

Friday, November 1, I received a text as I was leaving Pasadena that they wanted me to pick up a special delivery and take it to some address by 10:45am.  Some people don't understand the language, because they'll say something but they will mean a completely different thing.  I say this, because the text message said "by" not at or after.  I shouldn't have been surprised when I rushed over to the location after picking up what turned out to be a huge banner and found no one there to greet me.  I didn't want to be late, so I rushed over and arrived at the location at 10:25am.  Course I rush over and there's no one there.  It wasn't until just about 10:43am that someone familiar came by.  It wasn't the person I was supposed to meet, but it was someone I knew.  Course, I then come to find out that they don't have the key to the storefront where I was waiting.  The person I was waiting for was, "Running late."  ARGH!  Everyone sucks!  I was able to escape after the other lady showed up.  It pushed back my entire route.  Fucking bullshit!  I hate being late to anything.  I doubly hate when others are late.

Kvon scheduled me to come back and be on the reference desk from 3pm to 6pm.  I'm not sure why, because we were not short on staff.  But, whatever, it means more money in my pocket for not doing much.  Also, I didn't kill myself in order to get back by 3pm exactly.  I returned at 3:30pm and that's just too bad.  I was tired.  I took a short nap when I went to Montrose.  I needed the rest in order to work until 6pm.  At the end of the night some idiot was still in the bathroom at just past 6pm.  I told him he had to move it, and then thought to myself to take that same advice.  I told the supervisor in charge that I was off the clock and left.  Fuck this shit!  They don't pay me enough to care.

Saturday, November 2, Since I won't have a day off for two weeks I jumped at the chance to go with Emma to Disneyland today.  But, I foolishly mentioned "rope drop" to her and she asked what it was.  I told her that it was when the park opened.  In the old days they used to have a big rope that kept everyone out of the park, and basically corralled them on Main Street.  But, these days they don't have the rope drop at the end of Main Street, they have it in the middle of the central plaza.  Hmmm.  It was meh.  They didn't even use a nice big golden colored rope.  They used some run o the mill white rope.  Boo!

Spending any time with Emma is nice.  I love that she wants to do this Disneyland project, because it allows me to go to the park more often, and hang out with her.  I didn't try to think of where I might kiss her today.  I kinda just chilled today and enjoyed her company.

The time came where Emma and I wanted to get a drink.  We went to the hotel to a new bar that they have by the pool.  It was nice, but the Manhattan I ordered was just meh.  But, the Japanese whiskey I had neat was damn good.  The new bar at the hotel is poolside, and because of that it's rather nice.

On the way home there was a moment where Emma took off her jacket a little and her natural scent came right into my nose.  At first I was wondering what I was smelling, but then I could not get enough of her scent.  Natural scents are often covered up, because yes they should be.  But those scents are natural, and naturally attractive.  Like, I remember how much I loved the way TheDesire smelled.  The same goes for Emma.

Sunday, November 3, On my way to work there was some traffic, because of course some idiot decided it was a good idea to text instead of driving.  I was in the slowdown when I received a text from the boss at San Marino saying that T wasn't going to show up, because her son was sick.  My first thought was "Fuck this shit."  My second thought was, "Fucking bullshit!"  I'm not mad at her, but it just seems that the Universe loves to shit on me on all the time.  Especially on the days that T works on Sundays.  Because she's unreliable.  She can't help her son being sick, but man it sure does seem that the timing is just about fucking me over.  And I can't blame T, but I can blame the Universe.

I don't get paid enough to care about this shit.  But even if they game me a raise it's not enough to fucking deal with this.  Only if they made me full time.  Then I'd be more amenable to shit like this.

Not only couldn't I get the fucking safe open, but we had an Opera Talk to day.  Oh, and I didn't get any cookies for the event.  Fuck me!  Somehow I made it through the day.  But really I can't wait for the day when I don't have to work on Sundays.  I bust my ass during days like this when we end up short staffed.  But do I get anything in return?  Nope.  Just grief.  Bullshit!

Astrology is not real... no duh.  But, I am a little saddened by the passing of Water Mercado.  My Grandmother would often be watching the show he was on and would comment about "El Water's" outfits.  They were flamboyant, to say the least.  We had fun talking about the horoscope that was always positive even when they were a little negative.  Gotta hand it to the guy, he was a character.  RIP.

Monday, November 4, Today was a long day at the library.  I didn't work the desk, since I don't work the desk on Mondays any more.  But, I did work on the upcoming Fundraiser.  The entire day, and even late into the night.  I usually leave at 5pm, get some food and visit TheGirl and Cheyenne.  Tonight I didn't leave until 6:30pm.  I didn't even eat in order to get to TheGirl's place faster.  I didn't want to not play with Cheyenne.

It's getting to be go time, in that there is less than two weeks until this thing.  I'll be glad when it's done. 

Tuesday, November 5, The "weather girl" in the morning show I watch is so amazing looking.

Emma posted a picture of us from a couple of weeks ago, when we first went to Disneyland together, on our "shared" social media page.  As you can see, I'm clearly in the picture.  If I wanted to hide this from everyone at the library well, that's not going to happen.  The "secret" is definitely out.  Well, might as well go full force on this thing with Emma.  I do like her, and hey, I'm single and she's single.  It's no one's business what we do, be it romantic or platonic.

My family has just about a week and a half before they go back home to Mexico, so they want to maximize their time here.  Today they went with me to work, but not really to work.  They wanted to explore Glendale.  And whatever that city is, they do have a concentration of stores that they would like to visit.  So I took them in tow this morning and basically said, "I'll meet you back here at 4pm."  That meant they could explore the town on their own.  Course at the end of my working day we would all go back home.  And that's what we did.  I saw them on the phone that I use to track my aunt.  She gave it to them.  She didn't come along, because she had to pick up the girls from school.  It was fine, they got around well without her.

As predicted, DrDeath hired one of his "buddies" for the "technology director" position.  This particular position was vacant since just before the library reopened from the renovation.  That's now going on three years.  Clearly the position wasn't that pressing that it needed to be filled immediately.  I know that AD was responsible since that time.  So of course DrDeath gets someone almost the instant that she leaves.  He's filling up the roster with his people/buddies.  Next will be someone loyal to him at the assistant direction position.  Just great.

Wednesday, November 6, I really needed a good meal and some wine tonight.  That's exactly what I got.  Tonight's dinner with the ladies was just nice.  Not much to report, just that Wednesdays are a good day.

A woman came up to Cheyenne and started to pet her.  As TheGirl pointed out, in the past Cheyenne would not be OK dealing with people, especially men.  But tonight was another good example of just how far Cheyenne has come since those days.  Because she was not just OK with the lady, but with her boyfriend as well.  TheGirl pointed out that I'm very much responsible for a lot of that trust that Cheyenne now shows to people, but specially men.  I'm glad, she's a great dog.

Thursday, November 7, When I got outside in order to head out to work I saw that there was fog.  I can't remember the last time there was fog in the morning.  I love it.  I love that the cooler weather is coming soon.

Last night I went to the fridge and noticed that there was the same old thing to eat that I've been eating for lunch this entire week.  I didn't want to repeat for a forth day in a row.  So I just packed up a can of Coke and figured I would get something while I was out and about.  I decided on Tommy's today.  It really hit the spot.

And yet another fail to report on the "technology" side.  These idiots didn't know that the late notices weren't going out for the patrons.  Also, these dopes didn't realize that the due date for the holiday weekend would not be December 1st, since that falls under the days that the library plans to close.  So there were books that were going to be due on a day that we're closed.  What a bunch of dopes.  I question what these idiots do all day.

Friday, November 8, Not much to report from the route today.  My coworker in administration took a picture of the union rep and myself.  She didn't want her face in the picture, just in case it went up on social media.  I didn't care.  The terrible shirts are terrible.  Everyone knows how I feel about the shirt.

Once again I didn't have anything that I wanted to eat for lunch from home.  At least my aunt didn't make a mountain of bad spaghetti this week.  Still, I gotta figure out what I can take with me on these days where I don't have much that's appealing in the fridge.  I don't mind eating out, but it can really start to add up.  Lunch yesterday and today was about $10 each time.  I know I started brining my much when I would go to the marketplace next to work and drop $15 or more on lunch.  No thanks.  It would be one thing if I was having better food, but it's not.  It's not bad, the burrito today would have been better if I ordered chicken instead of steak, I believe.  Because the steak chunks I had today had a lot of fat on them.  Still, it was better than the alternative, which was nothing.

Now that AD is gone we don't get a stupid email chronicling her "busy" work week.  I certainly don't miss it, but I'm surprised that DrDeath didn't pick up that idea and start his own "what happened this week" email.  I would think he's wouldn't be full of personal life information, like AD.  But, he obviously don't do that, which is fine by me.  But I would like to get some insight into what he's thinking of doing to the library.

Saturday, November 9, I couldn't print using the big printer the other day because the printer's maintenance tank was "full" and the person who used it last didn't order the tank until I said something on Wednesday.  ARGH!  But, now I have the tank and it's time to print.  I could have been one up by now.  Thanks for nothing, dopes.

TheWish had a birthday party tonight.  She's nice.  How did I fuck things up with her?  Oh yeah, I felt that I didn't want a whole relationship with her, so I walked away.  I feel like a cad thinking that I could ask her out again.  But, I still text her here and there.  She actually texted me today to say that she was driving by work, and that she egged my car.  How nice.

Monday, November 11, I spent the day printing stuff for the fundraiser this weekend.  The photo above is a large printout of my photo from Big Sur.  I wish they would let me keep it, but then were would I keep such a large printout?  Also, it's not like it's my favorite picture of Big Sur.

Cheyenne was super tired today.  TheGirl said that she and her walked a lot today.  Puppy was pooped after the long walk.  I was also tired, so the both of us matched.

Tuesday, November 12, It wasn't foggy in my neighborhood this morning, but when I got to Glendale it was quite foggy.  This I love.  But when is this going to be the norm?  I woke up early again this morning, at 4am to be exact.  Then I went back to sleep and woke up feeling like I was dragged through the streets.  I felt like that for most of the day.  But it's strange, because when I woke up at 4am I felt fine.  What gives?  I need to see a doctor some time soon, because feeling like this can't be normal.  Nor is it pleasant.

Once again I had to figure out something for my lunch, rather than bring something from home.  Since my family is here my aunt has not had the inclination to make me anything to eat for my lunch.  Hence, I have ended up buying my lunch most days.  Today I decided to just take a can of chili and have that for lunch.  I mean, it's not great.  It's not my ideal.  But it fills my belly.  Whatever!

When I got home my aunt asked me what I wanted for dinner.  She mentioned sopes or enchiladas.  I wasn't too enthusiastic about either.  I mean that's all she never makes me these days.  I'm pretty tired of enchiladas, especially since I would rather they be red sauce.  But of course I say one little thing once and it's gospel.  She once asked me if I liked to try some enchiladas with the green sauce.  I said yes, and now it's my default.  Even though I would rather have them be red.  ARGH!  I can never win with this lady.  I've had enough green sauce enchiladas for a lifetime.

Wednesday, November 13, As the time gets closer to the end of this whole fundraising endeavor, the more the pressure is on.  And the more I need the dinner with TheGirl.  We went to the Italian place that has just OK food.  I ordered a plane old spaghetti and meatball dinner and was pleasantly surprised.  I can't say it was so amazing, but it hit the spot.  It's nice, because TheGirl and I are in a nice little groove when it comes to Wednesdays.  I was in the car when she was talking to her son about her plans for Thanksgiving.  Of course I'll be out of town.  I have to figure out how to keep it from my aunt being alone the entire Thanksgiving weekend, since I hope to be in San Francisco then.  I still worry about her, and don't want anything to happen to her.

Thursday, November 14, Emma sent me the above picture via text.  It's of a check in on social media from four years ago.  I remember this night because Emma drank a lot, and I had to hold her hair in the bathroom as she threw up.  And then I too her to my house while she waited for a ride share to how up and pick her up.  Before the whole throwing up thing I wanted to kiss her.  I'm not a cad, so after that and the falling asleep on my couch I didn't go ahead and try to take advantage of her.  That's just not right, and it's dishonest.  If she's going to be with me let her choose that.  Still, it's funny that she brought this up, because here it is four years later and I still want to kiss her.  And I've still YET to kiss her.  She looked super nice today at work.  She wore some really nice ear rings.  Now I almost never notice anything like that, but I did today.  We're to hang out next Saturday.

There were a bunch of dopes in the parking lot behind city hall installing the temporary ice rink.  This thing is such a waste of money, but as others have pointed out, it's necessary because Burbank has one.  This city sure does have aires about it.  They are literally in a budget deficit and they're spending $500,000 on this thing.  What a bunch of dopes.  Priorities.

I checked the cameras at San Marino tonight, and sure enough at around 7pm, when I took the screen shot above, they were still working on getting ready for the fundraiser on Saturday.

There was an interesting email tonight from San Marino (shown above).  It mentions that the part time librarian is leaving, which I knew.  The addendum to that being that they will have to talk about the reference desk schedule.  I already told the boss that I don't want to work on Sundays any more.

Friday, November 15, I spent most of the day printing and basically getting ready for tomorrow's fundraiser.  It's been a journey, to say the least.  I'm pretty tired, and I'm super glad that this thing is nearly over and done with.

I had to leave work early in order to rush to a memorial service for my aunt.  The maps app had me drive on the 210 to the 118 to the Valley.  I arrived around 7:20pm, which turns out to be just right.  My cousin read a few poems that my aunt had in one of her many notebooks.  My aunt liked poems and would often find them in books and save them in her notebook.  After my cousin spoke there was food to eat and enjoy.  There was music playing, but I didn't like the classical music that was playing.  So I went to the people that work there and asked if we could play some Elvis.  They allowed me to connect my iPad to the TV and was able to play some Elvis.  I think she would have liked that.

I haven't been feeling well for a while now.  I've written about it here, and in short I'm not well.  It's probably from all the drinking that I do.  I admit to myself that I overdo it on a way too regular basis.  I've cut down, to be sure, but the effects of that cumulative drinking over the last couple of years has definitely manifested itself in my current health status.  Tonight my right jaw hurt a bit, and I felt something like a lump on the inside of my jaw.  Like a lymph node or something.  It feels bigger, and when I feel down like tonight I feel like someone has hit me in the back of the head with a frying pan.  I'm out and I feel awful.

Saturday, November 16, There were still some last minute things to do, as always, but for the most part I was ahead of the curve the entire time with this assignment.  I didn't want to fall back on anything this time.  I made a commitment to keep ahead of all these assignments.  Like the giant banners shown above.

The fundraiser itself went well, and pretty much without a hitch.  I tried taking a lot of pictures of the event, but honestly I was just tired that all I wanted to do was drink and hope that nothing major happened.  Thankfully the night went super well.

There was a point at the ned of the night that we had to check people out for their purchases of auction items.  That was a bit of a cluster, since the three people, including me, had zero training on how to check out the items.  And then Pseudo supervisor was getting agitated and I wanted to say, "We weren't shown how to do this."  But then she calmed down.

It looked very much like this fundraiser made much more money than the last fundraiser three years ago.  I'm so glad that this is over.  This thing took too much of my personal time.  I need a break.

Sunday, November 17, I have been sleeping all day.  As I write this it's just past 4pm, and I just remember that I had breakfast at around 10am and soon after that I went to bed.  I almost wish I had taken tomorrow off as well, because I could just sleep right through until Tuesday.

My family arrived for my Godmother's funeral and to take some things home with them.  Hence them staying for about a month's time.  Well, as always, all good things had to come to an end, and so did their visit today.  Sad, because it would have been nice for them to stay for my aunt's sake.  I love them too, and it would have been nice for them to go to Disneyland with me.  But, it wasn't meant to be.  They didn't think they would be going to another funeral, but then my aunt died.  The good thing is they were here to help out my cousin with that.

Tuesday, November 19, I was on my way up to the administration office when I noticed that the inside bookdrops were turned around, basically turning into a table.  Basically rendering it useless.  What a bunch of dopes.  I was told by one of the pages that empty the bookdrops that he often found more trash than books in the boxes.  I love how nothing these idiots do is ever correct.  I know they were saying that they were going to make some signs for the inside bookdrops, but really they just need to quit being dopes.

The weather people said for the last couple of days that there would be rain tomorrow.  Well, it looks like the cooler weather moved in today.  There was a point in which I actually felt some rain drops.  Nothing major, and nothing that didn't almost instantly evaporate.  It was nice to have the cooler weather, especially since the day started out sunny.

When I got home tonight my aunt asked me if I wanted to get dinner.  Of course.  I shouldn't have been surprised that she said there was chicken.  Just great.  I'm pretty tired of this food.  Also, it hardly had any taste, which sucks.  I should have bought a burger before coming home.  I'm pretty tired of chicken.

I knew this last week, but since I was busy I didn't think to mention it until today.  It turns out that the city's yearly employee luncheon is going to be on a Thursday rather than the old traditional Wednesday.  Which means I'm going to miss it for the first time since I started working there.  Just great.  The one time I get a free lunch from the city and I get to miss it.  Bullshit!

Wednesday, November 20, It actually rained today.  I don't know when it last rained here, but I can check.  An online check says that it last rained in May.  MAY!  Six fucking months!  Oh that ain't right.

I'm back on the reference desk after my little "vacation" due to the big fundraiser.  Did I miss it?  I can't honestly say I did.  But, I'm here now.  It all started with me noticing that Becks didn't have anyone giving her a break.  My phone went off to a set alarm that reminds me to give her her break.  While at the desk she asked me to be on the desk at 1pm instead of 1pm.  Good enough.  And like that, I'm back on the reference desk. I haven't been feeling well, so because of that I am wondering if I should take my trip up to San Francisco next week.  I have really wanted to go, but if you asked me earlier this week I would have said that I'll pass.  Right now I feel good though, because I didn't have my nightly nightcap.  I'm trying to be "good" and not drink like a fish every night.  My eyes are still dry and itchy, and as I type this they are having some trouble focusing on the screen.

After finally having the fundraiser in the rearview I REALLY needed tonight's dinner with TheGirl.  It was cold tonight, so she thought we best leave Cheyenne at home.  We went to get a burger, since I was craving one, big time.  I haven't had a good burger in a long time, I feel.  The wine was flowing and the burger hit the spot tonight.

Thursday, November 21, I got wind yesterday that the other driver was showing the new guy the ropes on the route.  At first I thought how silly that was, but then I remembered that I don't give a shit.  No one told me if the new guy was going to drive with me, but I assumed he would.  Mainly, because I was told that the other driver, Tony, had taken Monday and Wednesday of next week off.  That meant that the new driver would need to get some training in a hurry.  Well, sure enough the new guy showed up and I showed him the route.

Nothing major, because there wasn't enough time.  I hate that everything has to be rushed.  But, oh well.  That couldn't be helped.The positive of all this is that the new guy seems to be a good worker.  I've gotten reports from the Monitor at Central that he's a good "kid."  I have to say, he was a good listener today.  One thing that kept reoccurring was people on the route telling him stories of the last guy, LunaTick.  One person even said, "Just don't be THAT GUY."  NICE!  He needed to hear that.

The rest of the route was pretty standard.  When we got back to Central Kvon asked to see both of us, separately.  He wanted to give us our evaluations.  I got a really good evaluation, and also my pay raise.  Woo hoo!  I hope this new guy turns out to be a good delivery driver.  If all goes well he will take over one of my days, probably Tuesdays, and I will go back to the circulation desk.  Not bad.

Friday, November 22, I heard from someone that attended DrDeath's "Coffee with the Director" thingie that happened the other day.  I had intended to attend, but after seeing what was going on that morning I knew that it wasn't a good idea to attend.  And right on target, I knew it wasn't a good idea to attend.  This person told me that DrDeath just yapped and yapped, as expected.  I'm super glad I didn't go, because it would have been a clusterfuck.

Saturday, November 23, I went to Disneyland with Emma today!  Woo!  You know, even if I don't get a chance to be intimate with Emma, I'm loving being able to go to Disneyland more often.  I didn't get to go that often last year, but this year looks good for a visit on average of once every two weeks.  Emma wants to do this blog thing, and I'm good with that.  I'm just in it for the fun.  If we somehow become intimate, good.  If not, oh well.

It's funny that every time I go to Disneyland with Emma we end up doing more drinking than anything else.  Today we went to the bar that we went to last time and had some drinks there.  And then we entered DCA and went to get a frozen Coke with Jack Daniels.  It wasn't that good.  Mainly because it didn't pack an alcohol punch.  I would rather it have much more booze.  Oh well.

We ended up going to Carthay Circle after taking some photos and drinking some sort of sangria drink.  Another drink that didn't pack a good alcohol punch.  But, then the booze at Carthay did pack a punch.  We ordered some food, and had a good time.

After leaving the Carthay Circle lounge we went over to Disneyland to get Emma a Frito pie, named "Firefly chips" at the Disneyland refreshment corner on Main Street.  Emma took to the snack big time, and was saying how yummy it tasted.  I had a bite, and yes, you can't go wrong with Fritos and chili.  But later Emma was saying she was feeling sick from eating so much.

When I got home from Disneyland tonight I went to the computer and cancelled my hotel reservation for San Francisco this weekend.  I just wasn't "feeling it," if that makes any sense.  The thought of the long drive up, the time alone up in the city, just wasn't fun.  I want to go up and have fun, but this traveling alone stuff just isn't fun now.  Last year I went up to Carmel and it was just not fun going there alone.  I felt like I was forcing myself to do things.  I saw the same happening in SF.  In short, I didn't feel like going.  I don't have the energy.  I want to hit the reset button and figure some things out between now and the end of the year.

Sunday, November 24, I bought a Polaroid camera.  It arrives tomorrow, but the film for it doesn't arrive until Tuesday.

Monday, November 25, I certainly don't tell my aunt that she has to wake up early to make my breakfast.  I can certainly do it, but she's been kind enough to feed me every morning.  But today she overslept and didn't.  Which was fine.  I heard her snoring in her room and there was no way I was going to wake her up from that sound sleep just to make me something to eat.  It was also cold last night, so no way I want her to bounce out of a warm bed.  In addition to all that I heard her coughing last night.  I THINK she told me she had a cold, but she is so soft spoken that I couldn't hear what she said to me yesterday.  It's fine, I don't mind.

Wednesday, November 27, Pseudo supervisor didn't come into the office today, because she was getting ready for Thanksgiving tomorrow.  That was OK by me, I actually got a lot done today without her around.  I tend to work better without her around.  Case in point, I updated the Foundation website to have the bookmark contest details.  I also updated the library's website with the same details and the contest form.  I then went to the basement and cleaned out all the trash that was down there from several weeks of printing.  Then I did some other random work.  I actually ran out of time to clean my desk a bit.  Oh well.

The library had planned on taking our holiday photo last week, but it was scheduled to rain.  Well, of course right on time it was schedule to rain this week as well.  But, we tried taking the picture in the community room.  I noticed that it wasn't raining and suggested we just go outside.  But my original suggestion was taken and we went to the community room.  That didn't quite work, but then I said we should try outside again since it wasn't raining.  Job done!

awww... Cheyenne

In years past the dinner with TheGirl before Thanksgiving is a moment where she wishes me a good time on my trip.  Tonight I finally told her that I wasn't going on a trip this Thanksgiving.  I told her I was pooped, which is true.  I hope to sleep most of the weekend, and catch up on some rest.  We went and had Mexican.  I wish I was able to drink more than one margarita.  Still, I had a nice buzz going since I had my whiskey in tow.  As always, a good time.  When we got back to her place, I played with Cheyenne.  TheGirl kept her home because of the rain and the cold.  I feel real bad when we leave her at home alone.  Poor thing.  Still, we had fun playing.

A picture of the Silmarillion came up on my feed the other day, because I was over her house just before Thanksgiving back in 2007.  I bring her up not only because the above phone of her came up on my feed, but because of something that Emma said the other day when we were at Disneyland.  She said that she wanted a man to take care of her.  It's probably not the most politically correct thing to say, but it's an honest statement.  And certainly I understand why she would think that way.  Which reminds me of one thing TheGirl once said to me when she broke up with me, basically that I didn't have money.  It's true, I was pretty broke back then.  And if we go WAY back to 2007, if I ever had a chance with the Silmarillion it would only be I could bring something to the table that went above and beyond what any man would bring to the table.  But, I'm a poor slob.  I was in the kitchen today and the thought of how everything I have is shabby and old... including the house.  I don't have enough to fix it or remodel it, to a better state.  A state in which I have central heating and air.  Where Im not freezing in the Winter and sweltering in the Summer.  Alas, I was never one to pursue money.  With my interest in Emma I feel that I need to change that position and make a lot more money than I am now.  And in general I wish I wasn't so in debt.  I sorely need to pay off my house faster than fast.  I don't know what I can do to fix this.

In short, and I know I've strayed off the main point a bit, if that I know that I don't have much to offer these women that I was interested in, and am interested in now.  I loved the Silmarillion.  She was so nice.  I loved TheGirl.  I'm interested in Emma, and would like to know her better, but Im a penniless dope that cant take care of her in the manner in which she has become accustomed.  And so I have no chance with her.  Story of my life.

Thursday, November 28, Earlier this week I went to the market and bought some frozen waffles, some canned whipped cream, some hash browns and sausage links in anticipation of this morning.  Since I wasn't going on my trip I new my aunt was going to ask me what I wanted to eat, and I would be ready with some yummy food.  The waffles and whipped cream were an idea to have something I used to have when I was way younger.  Years ago, when the Sherman Oaks galleria was in its heyday, there used to be a waffle place on the third floor where they would make waffles fresh to order.  They would cook them up and then place fruit on top.  I always liked the apple toppings, but especially liked the peaches.  They would then add some whipped cream on the sides and top the waffles with a dusting of cinnamon.  I wanted to recreate that this morning.  My mom would make me breakfast like that, when she was still alive.

In the past few years today would have been travel day for me.  This year I had planned on going to San Francisco, but decided against it.  It's probably a good thing since it's raining, and is going to continue to rain nearly the entire weekend.  What fun would that have been up in SF?

The family came over to celebrate Thanksgiving.  It's the first Thanksgiving without my aunt, who passed away.  As we sat down I couldn't help but think about how we needed one chair less this year.

Friday, November 29, The ice rink in Glendale made the news, and it's funny that the mayor made a point of saying that there were naysayers in the city who are saying that the city is throwing away money because of this thing.  $500,000 or more.  I'm sure after is is all said and done the actual cost will be a significant more than $500,000.  The running joke among we city employees is that this ice rink isn't worth half a million dollars, but that the extra cost is going into someone's pocket.  It's so sad that that sort of thinking has become the default thought in the city, because of the history of terribleness.  I guess the criticism has been vocal enough that the mayor had to say something.

I love these Overheard LA posts.  And yes, I mean anal.  Ha!  I'm not even close to just regular old sex with a partner, so anal isn't even a thought.

TheRose doesn't work at the library any more.  I'm not sure if she out and out quit, but I know she's going to school out in Pomona.  I still follow her on social media.  Yet another one that was so nice and has left the library.  I have wanted to text her, but I don't want to come off as a creep.  I did see a patron that we would often talk about on the route this week, but I'm not sure if I should text her.  Maybe on Tuesday.

The lady above is a patron that used to come into San Marino fairly often.  I last saw her about two years ago, and that's when I was able to find her on social media.  I don't follow her religiously, but for some reason her face popped up on my feed.  I had to see if she was still around, and sure enough she is still posting.  She's so gorgeous.

I went online just now to see if she was on IMDB and sure enough she's an actress.

Last night I stumbled upon a webpage that had me in stitches.  The post above is so funny.  I love it.

I found this on one of my social media feeds.  It's just so funny, I had to share it.

Saturday, November 30, Emma invited me to "lunch" with her and Dole today.  I nearly tried to find an excuse not to go, but part of me really just wanted to go and have some fun.  Even for a little bit.  I had some booze, some food, and had a good time.

We didn't stay long at drinks, but the ladies went home.  I went down the street to take a look at the Christmas lights.  They're so pretty.