Lazy Summary

I've been in my lazy summer mode. I'll try to recollect the past couple of days:

Monday
After sleeping most of the morning away. I decided to go for a walk downtown. I took the Metro-North express train into Grand Central Station (42nd. Street). I walked to 14th Street and Union Square. I went to see the movie "Despicable Me". Although I paid for the ticket, I did use points on my movie card to order a small popcorn($6) and a small box of candy($3). Yep, those two items combined would have cost $9.00. A single hot dog would have cost $6. Normally, I don't buy food at the theater.

Back to the movie. I really liked that movie. It was very entertaining. I liked how they threw in the occasional adult humor. Adults were laughing just as much as the kids.

After the movie, I walked back to 42nd Street, and went to visit my foster father.

**I forgot to mention the drunks who rode the trains. The subway had a single drunk who talked to himself and other passsengers, and cursed God. Asking passengers if they wanted to fight him. Finally, he decided that he didn't want the train to move, so he stood between the doors so that the train doors wouldn't close. Finally, the guy got off the train expecting to be arrested, because he told the the train conductor (who came to see why the guy wouldn't move), "You're gonna arrest me". The good news was the train went express to make up for lost time. From the subway, I got on the Metro-North train, and....I got on the train that had a group of drunk guys coming from a baseball game. One guy kept getting up to check what station he was at. Another guy kept going on about how he was going to fight the conductor if he (the conductor) asked for a ticket. Both guys were very loud.
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Tuesday
Another lazy morning. Today I have a social networking event that I planned. Only one person signed up for the panel discussion at the Museum of the City of New York. The panel discussion was nice. Not great, but nice. It lasted about 2 hours. One of the panelist seem to have some interesting stories to share, but it was difficult to hear him. Near the end, the audience had to remind the guy to speak up. Overall, the event was okay. At 2 hours, I was expecting something a bit more substantial. It seemed to just be a presentation of a group of individuals who seemed to be sharing a bit of past recollections. Although the stories were nice, there wasn't much substance to them. Sorry, I didn't take any pictures.

Finished!!!

Another lazy day. Today was my FedEx wait day. I was waiting for my stationary exercise box. While I was waiting, I spent the day watching various court shows on TV. Is it me, or are the signals for the converter box getting worst. Sorry, I got sidetrack.

My new bike arrived about 4:30PM EST. Some assembly required. While waiting for my bike, I also FINALLY started to do some cleaning of my dirty apartment. I also finished the jigsaw puzzle "Comic Relief - The Great Escape". Yep, it was much easier on a flat surface. However, I would've had more difficulty if I didn't have the picture on the box to help.


Post Date - Tuesday, July 20, 2010 11:59PM

Lazy Day

The title says it all.

Oh, I was surprised to get an email from Amazon saying that my exercise bike would be delivered tomorrow -- not a moment too soon. I was surprised because I qualified for the free shipping which gave the shipping time between 5 and 9 business days (and delivery date a few days afterwards). I placed the order around Saturday around midnight (Sunday morning). If the email was correct, then I'll receive my bike in two business days. Great!

Lazy Day

Boxing lessons are on hold for the time being. After skipping my boxing lesson last Thursday, it got easier to skip. Yesterday, I called in to let them know that I would not be coming. Today, I just wasn't in the mood. I will call them again. The owner(or she is the wife of the owner) had told me when I signed up that she would be calling if I missed a couple of days, I guess that wasn't true.

I didn't do much of anything today (or yesterday), I got out of bed about 12:30pm, had a bowl of cereal, and spent the rest of the day online. Today I spent about $400 at Staples online. School has not even started yet and I've already spent about $700 on my classroom(including the book order I did a couple of weeks ago). One of the items I ordered today were a couple of wheel trays for file cabinets. The trays are metal frames with wheels; just put your 2-draw file cabinet on it and you will have a mobile file cabinet. I brought one for home and one for my classroom. It will be especially useful at home. I will be able to clean the floor much easier with it. I need to get a grip on my classroom spending, I haven't even been to the teacher's store yet to buy bulletin board paper and other basic supplies for this school year. I will try to stay within a $200 budget when I go to the teacher's store...as if I really knew what "budget" meant.

Post Date - Tuesday, September 30, 2008 11:22AM