Where I live has really well designed drainage, although I must admit that the city has been doing a lot of utility work with big pipes and you know how that can mess things up, but I don't really anticipate problems. The rather good sized creek that is between me and the service road that I use to go to "town" has now had the river bank at the sides where the road meets the dirt enforced with concrete. They have really reinforced that in the year since I've been here. My little neighborhood never has had a flooding problem, and unless the city did something to change the dynamics, I think we'll remain high and dry. It's usually the north side of OKC that gets the flooding, when you hear about it on the news. So if you hear about OKC flooding, I will call home if I have any problems. Most likely it's not me. We've been very fortunate.
There wasn't anything really good on TV tonight, and I did a lot of practicing the past few days in Hard on GH, on one particular song that was what it took to let me get out of one section and into another. It was "Cherub Rock" and I didn't like it in Medium and it took me three days of very dedicated time in the practice section to finally squeak through, but I finally did tonight. Then there was the finale, which was "Pride and Joy," one of my favorites, but boy, did it ramp up in Hard. So, back into practice and I made it through after a bit of work. Which left me in the Japan section, section 7, I think. I didn't like any of these songs in Medium and was barely getting good in them when I started in Hard. But, I've learned to just go into Practice as many times as I need to, pain pills help (cause my hands sure do hurt sometimes), but Icy Hot helps too.
I made an impulsive decision tonight. First of all, I put myself on a budget - no more carrying around my credit card. It's got too much available credit on it, both to spend and to risk losing. So, I'm going to take out a certain amount of cash at the beginning of the month and live on that. That's my budget. I pay certain bills with the credit card and I pay for them out of my checks that are auto deposited. That's the plan.
Well, I got this e-mail from Apple about the new iPod, which Heather already has, as a gift from Bill. She let me play with it a little and it is really nice. I like the action and I like the features. It's a great step forward in technology. I thought about going to Penn Square Mall tomorrow and looking at them and buying one, but if you buy it online they will engrave it for you for free, and the shipping is free also, so I did it. I bought myself one. I used my 80 gig one so much when I was in Phoenix that I was pretty surprised. I really relied on it. This one is only 32 gig, but I don't think I could have afforded any larger. I'll just be more choosy because I want to put videos on also. I have a few DVDs that come with downloadable versions and I'm going to go back and find them and put them on, too. I could have used something like that when my cable when out night before last.
I know it was a semi-impulse.... ok, an impulse buy, but I did it anyway. I've already decided not to buy Rock Band 2 because I'm working so hard on the Hard section of GH, and because I've seen the new guitar that comes with the new Guitar Hero and I really want that, and it comes out in October. I've already started getting together old games and books and videos to take for trade ins to get the price down. But, that's it. I have too much work to do in the Hard level to get the new Rock Band 2. I'm not good enough in Hard yet to pick it up and just have fun, and Medium is just to boring now. So, that's where I am.
I had a couple of calls from Michele lately, and today. She and I have decided that we're going to go to the movies "together" by deciding on a movie and going on the same day, then we can call and talk about the movie, just like if we had gone together. We've done it already, kinda. I say kinda cause I went to see Batman and she saw Mama Mia, cause we had each seen the other. But it still worked out great. I went to the movie excited and not at all lonely, and looking forward to talking to her after I got out. I think it's a great solution. I think our next movie will be "The Women." It was her suggestion today, which kinda surprised me cause we've been talking about so many action movies we haven't seen and this is definitely a chick flick.
Oh, and one more thing. I've been watching "It's Me or The Dog" with Victoria Stillwell, and I'm so hooked on that show. She's the British Cesar Milan, only in black leather and tights, driving a red jaguar convertible. She's got a different style if you only watch one or two episodes, but she's really teaching the same concepts and philosophy. And, it's so much fun to see how the Brits live, to see in their houses and lives, and to see her reaction to their dogs behavior. I recommend it. But then again, a woman in black leather and tights teaching how to show domination - what can I say?
I guess that about covers it for the past few days. Tomorrow, I'm sure, will be another day of get up, practice GH, watch TV and go to bed. I'm trying not to spend money (iPod aside) so I've been laying low and eating out of the cupboard even though I should be eating a high protein Atkins-like diet. I'll eat what I've got for as long as I can, then go to the store. It's all good (can't really say "in the 'hood" - that just feels silly with where I live). More anon.
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