Yesterday was a productive day. I spent much of it hunched over my computer filling out online applications for employment with several banks and credit unions. Although I have an updated resume, it seems most employers want to gather the information in their own format. Now to wait . . . and apply to some more today.
I took a walk to the mail box which is two blocks south of my apartment to mail one application (filled out in Adobe pdf and printed). On the way I noticed a patch between the sidewalk and the street, filled with aloe plants! My first thought: Wow! Growing like that right outside! My second thought: Now I know where to go when I get a burn!
I decided to relax last night and flipped on the TV. One channel was playing Pirates of the Caribbean, The Curse of the Black Pearl. So, as I was eating my dinner, I got sucked into watching it. I have it on DVD so decided to watch it in widescreen with surround sound, so popped in the DVD and went to the scene that I had watched up to. After watching it for about 15 minutes, there was this loud sound as if a generator had shut down, and then tried to power up again, but then shut down with a lound grind again. Poof! Total darkness. I thought I had blacked out all of St. Petersburg! I heard thunder rumbling around but didn't see any lightning. Weird.
I found my candles and lit a bunch. Not much to do, so I opened Harry Potter, book 7 and continued with my reading. I felt like Abe Lincoln....only I don't think he read Harry Potter. In a little while I began to hear a lot of voices outside and then saw flashing lights and heard trucks. I went out the back door and up to the landing where my laundry room is and there were 4 or 5 big power company trucks with cherry pickers in the street.
I came back in and continued reading. After about three and a half hours, the power came back on. I figured, OK, time to shut the lights and go to bed.
Christmas Day...
My walk led me to the Muvico theaters at Bay Walk. Went to see Sweeney Todd. Loved it. Gotta love Tim Burton and Johnny Depp. Violent. Bloody. All throats slit in full view.
My walk led me to the Muvico theaters at Bay Walk. Went to see Sweeney Todd. Loved it. Gotta love Tim Burton and Johnny Depp. Violent. Bloody. All throats slit in full view.
