Monday, January 5, 2009

Still don't have a voice

What a frustration! No Voice! It does not work well when you need to answer the phone and talk over a radio as part of your job. Poor Dave had to take all the calls today. The calls that came in while he was out to lunch were a challenge, I did manage to take care of things and the guys enjoyed it. I've also developed a cough which really sucks. I'm taking it easy tonight in hopes of getting rid of this damn cold. Lash doesn't mind if I don't talk to him as long as I continue to pet him all night and let him sit on my lap. He even thinks that he should have my undivided attention at all times because I left him alone all weekend.

My new fun word is "hitherto" (up to this or that time). I can't say as I have ever used the word hitherto in my life, I know I've read it before and I just read it again in the book I started yesterday. I like it; hitherto.

Speaking of the new book, I cracked open "Dianetics" by L. Ron Hubbard and started reading it last night. Back in the late 80's I was really into L. Ron Hubbard's science fiction books. I had heard of "Dianetics" which was first published in 1950 but really had no interest in reading it. His science fiction books always had this dark sexual undertone, at least the ones I read. In the books I read there was always a dominatrix type character and some wimpy guy, the wimpy guy actually had all the power but enjoyed getting his ass kicked. Now of course this was not what the books were about they were like little side stories within the story. Maybe that's why I liked them, who knows. So anyway, I had been researching something else and I somehow found myself cross referenced with Scientology which in turn brought me to L. Ron Hubbard. Then last week I was at the half price book store and what do ya know, there right in front of me was "Dianetics," you know I had to pick it up and at $1.98 it was a steal.

One of my favorite things is checking out peoples belief systems, call it religion if you like but I think religion is too confining. To me religion is like Lutheran or Catholic or something. A belief system is bigger than a religion, for example Christianity, that in my book is a belief. So this book "Dianetics" is right up my alley, I'm also going to look closer at The Church of Scientology, now that should be fun.

This looks like it will be an interesting book to read, Hubbard explains how to read the book and has footnotes and definitions. I've learned almost 10 new words and I'm only 35 pages into the book. This will by no means be an easy read; it's over 600 pages of small print. If the theories of his book hold true then I should be able to heal all that ails me. YAY, I can't wait to get rid of this headache.

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Weekend curling

Whew, what a weekend. Saturday I spent nearly the entire day at the club. First game at 0900 against the Goodspeed team, we lost but it was fun. Those ladies are a hoot, I love it when Jane cusses. Our next game was not until 1330 so we had plenty of time to eat lunch and watch the other games. 

Funny, the only team we beat this weekend and I can't remember the name. I think it was Dahlen or something. It was a really fun game, close score. Winning this game allowed us to come back Sunday morning to play. 

After our game I cruised home, fed Lash, grabbed a quick shower and put on my "costume" for the banquet. The theme this year was Las Vegas and my team went as the guys on the street who hand out the girly cards. Nice, simple costume. I got back to the club around 1845, just in time for the raffle. I dint win anything but it sure was fun to see Margeaux win her prizes. Amy put tickets with Margeaux's name on them in all of the empty bags (things nobody wanted) hee hee hee. 

After the raffle we all headed upstairs for the banquet, good food, good conversations and fun dancing. Once again I stayed out later than I planned, I was hoping to be home by midnight and before I noticed it it was 2345. Not bad though I was home and in bed by 0030. 

This morning I thought I would finally take something for this cold I'm battling, bad idea. I was really congested and had developed a cough so I thought it would be good to take an antihistamine but it made me really dizzy and that's not good when you're on ice. Our game was at 0930; I got to the club around 0845 and grabbed some breakfast. 

We played the Matthews team, three out of the four players are deaf so it was fun for me to chat when them. Because I have pretty much lost my voice with this cold it was much easier for me to communicate with them than it was with my own team. Unfortunately we lost which ended our playing for the weekend. 

I stayed at the club and watched the final 4 games, we had money on team Busse who was playing in the third event, they won so we won!!! Our total winnings from the weekend was $56, giving each of us $14, not bad. 

Over all I had a really fun weekend, it was a little dampened with this cold but I met a lot of new people. At the banquet we sat with the team we played against Friday night and they were a fun bunch. 

As a side note I think there should be an unwritten rule that if people are inviting you to their house for a party or something they should tell you whether or not there will be children present. I went to a party last weekend and there were children there, nearly everyone at the party caught the same cold as I have. Apparently one of those kids was sick and we all know kids are just teaming with germs especially during the school year when they are playing with each other.  I'll have to remember next time I'm invited to ask whether there will be kids or not :)

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Women's Cold Hard Cash Bonspiel

OK, I don't know who's bright idea it was to pit our team against a team that hopes to go to the Olympics??? Hello, our team hopes to get rocks in the house and this is our first draw? It wasn't even fun. The first few ends were not bad, they scored three, we scored two, they scored one but then things just went to hell. When I talked with other people about this the answer was "well they (the person (s) doing the draw) set it up that way so that the competitive teams are sure to advance. Fuck that, what about teams like ours who want to play well and have a good time. There are more teams like ours than there are the highly competitive teams. Let those teams play against each other, I'm sure it would be much more fun for them as well. I can't imagine that the team we played against enjoyed kicking our ass. OK, 'nough said, but it will make me think twice about playing in this bonspiel next year. 

Maybe it's 'cause I feel so crappy, I'm still battling this cold. My plan to get home early last night did not work out. Outside of having a bad game I did enjoy the evening. I was able to chit chat with a lot of people. I did not get home until about 0100 and then I could not sleep. My head is so stuffed that I'm unable to breathe through my nose so my mouth kept getting dried out, which would wake me up. I would wake up drink some water, doze off, wake up drink more water go pee doze off, wake up drink water doze off, wake up drink water go pee doze off...
Finally around 0600 I gave up. My voice is pretty much gone this morning so today should be fun. 

Our first game today is at 0900, I'm going to get to the club a bit early so I can grab something to eat. Not sure when our next game will be I guess it depend on whether we win or not. We'll be playing the Goodspeed team, it should be a fun game, I know all of their players. 

It's nearly 7 o'clock so I should be motivated. I'm hoping a hot steamy shower will break up some of this congestion and I can start to breathe again.  

Friday, January 2, 2009

New Years Resolution

I finally thought of my resolution, this is going to be a tough one. 

I resolve to post something on this blog everyday! 

So far so good, I posted yesterday and here I am again posting today.

I suppose I should write a little more. Let's see I was up at 0500 exchanging text messages with Margeaux. Power lounged a little longer in bed then moved to the couch to finish my book, finished reading about 0900, yay, it's due back to the library on Monday. Had a little snack then received a text from Amy asking if I wanted to meet at Hell's Kitchen for breakfast.  

Met Amy, Loafy, Hannah and Margeaux at 11:30 had a wonderful, leisurely breakfast. Got back home around 1430. Fed Lash, let him run around the back yard, now it's time to get ready for the Cold Hard Cash bonspiel. We have a 1800 draw time which I am happy about. My big breakfast should last until after the game at which time we get dinner. I plan to make it an early night as I'm still battling the cold I caught. I'm much better today but still tired and have a stuffy head. I'll try to rest up tonight so I can party hardy tomorrow night. 

That's all folks...

Thursday, January 1, 2009

My horoscope for today

January 01, 2009
Capricorn (12/22-1/19)
Today will give you a wonderful chance to discover some new details about a person you have been trying to get to know better! They are even more interesting than you thought they were, and the two of you are going to find a whole new common ground. Your ability to connect with others has always been strong, but right now you have the right attitude and the right amount of energy required to really cement a growing relationship -- whether it's romantic or not.

I thought this was rather funny as I've been home all day by myself struggling with a nasty cold. I don't get sick very often but when I do it usually kicks my butt. What a way to start the first day of 2009. It did however allow me to spend the day reading, gotta love that! 

I still haven't come up with a New Years Resolution. Maybe I will just skip it, all the good ones seem to be taken. Ok, time to head back to the couch with my box of tissues, this better be gone by tomorrow I have a bonspiel to play in.