starting over

        THURSDAY 6/30/22 10:42PM--had a pretty good time at Hershey's this evening. I accidently broke one Craig's cables, so I gave him twenty bucks. I'm gonna have a f**kin bad month in terms of budget. I plan to sell my vinyl albums to Litz--I need however much I ger.     Bob doesn't feel so good; we might have to reschedule our Lunch,  FRIDAY 7/1/22 8:35AM--I think Lunch with the Capt. has been postponed; neither one of us feels all that good. Oh well. All of Life is a patience test. 7/1/22 9:17AM--I'm gonna have a HORRIBLE month financially; it might help a little to sell my vinyl albums to Victor Litz. And I'm gonna have to sell Butterscotch II, either on eBay or Reverb. I just have to learn how they work. 9:37AM--OR I can sell Butterscotch II on consignment at Victor Litz ; I just dunno how much to ask for. They want $480 for a new one. I'd rather keep the case if possible, in case I get a new neck for Blackie. If for whatever reason, my meeting...

       SUNDAY  6/26/22 4:42pm--Just got back from visiting Bob, the bandleader. He GAVE me TWO electric guitars!!! That only leaves him with 100+ more- some assembled, most not yet. To say I was flabbergasted is a HUGE understatement...          Bob's gifts have inspired me to clean/straighten MY side of the basement, stating with that huge tarp that we have for some reason. I hope to start on it tomorrow--at 9AM. What exactly I will do and for how long is unknown to me at this time. I DO intend to take one of the new guitars-the one I call, for an obvious reason, Pete-- to what is now Dietle's Monday BLUES Jam. I hope SueEl can go too, but I don't yet know if she can. UPDATE-SueEl is a maybe. 10:36PM--I just took the Trazodone and I'll be in bed possibly by 11:30; But suddenly I really wanna try out my guitars thru an amp. My main amp is in the trunk but the Blues Jr. is in the basement. I hope I can get some sleep tonight. MONDAY 6/27/...

  SATURDAY  6/25/22 10:49AM--I predict that some right-wing Chump following "Christian" will bring their gun to DC and use it on the Roe v Wade supporters. I really hope I'm wrong. 5:20PM-now even having dinner is a government project. 6:22PM-so rather belatedly, on the way to Unique, Dianne comments that where we’re going to have dinner is at least a little nicer than a mere T-shirt place, so I reluctantly bought a polo shirt-I picked it out myself FWIW. I believe it costs about $9 before any discounts. That’ll leave me with $33 to last until the SSA check arrives. whenever that will be. So I will have to survive on the groceries I have now-NO trips to the grocery store for me. Can’t make too many trips by car…unless they’re really close, no open mics in the near future. 7:47PM-Dinner at Eight…bedtime by Midnight…but I have dessert to look forward to.

                TUESDAY 6/21/22 4:06PM--made an appointment with Dr. Gold--for this Thursday!!! Got three pairs of electric guitar strings for the price of one...   9:35PM--Maybe the roomie is going thru "the change", except she probably went thru it roughly ten years ago... In any case, I'm walking on eggshells around the house. 10:30PM--I hope to be in bed within the hour; and sleep until 8:30AM. WEDNESDAY 6/22/22 8:52AM--I feel as though I've got a LOT to do today; at least one thing is NOT gonna get done. That's the trip to the dump... Maybe tomorrow, after my Doctor's appointment. If I'm gonna take Butterscotch to Bippy's, I must change the strings, preferably today. Or cross my fingers and take Butterscotch II instead. 10:34AM--still working on Laundry...should be finished before One o'clock. 5:14PM--doing what I think is the last laundry I need to do for awhile... 5:40PM--slowly but surely prepping for the cleaners to come tomorrow....

  SUNDAY 6/19/22 12:05PM-I really really really should’ve stayed in bed… It’s been a crummy day so far; the roommate has a bug up her butt and I don’t know why. I guess I put it there, but who knows?              12:38 PM-yesterday I had lunch for breakfast, today I had breakfast for lunch I guess… It’s on its way to 1 o’clock and I’m thinking in terms of lunch. We are still out and about with one more stop to make before we can go to the grocery store. And I have work to do when we DO get back home, although most of the stuff on the dining room table  is hers not mine.          1:01PM -so our next stop is the grocery store… I need some groceries and a bunch of cash. I’m hoping $100 will get me through until my SSA check comes.            2:43PM-We might not be home until 4 o’clock. I’ve been given permission to complete my tasks tomorrow. I am REALLY hoping to catch a little bit of a nap...

       SATURDAY 6/18/22 10:38AM--when Dianne gets back from getting her haircut, we're gonna go do stuff, specifically that flea market near Baltimore. I just finished having Lunch for breakfast. This will be the official debut of my cane. I hope we're  back by three-thirty. 7:42PM--HAHAHAHAHA...we got home at 5:30!!! Because after the [flea market] we went to the Honey Bee diner in Glen Burnie, after passing thru Pleasantville--it was kinda on the way to the diner. Then we went further into GB to go to Friendly's for ice cream. So much has changed in the 35 or so years since I left there. Some of what I saw today existed when I lived there. Evergreen Gene's Garden Center is still there; it's been there since I was a baby. 8:30PM-Every time I go anywhere near my old neighborhood, I see people and I think, did they know me? Did I know them? Did we go to school together? And that leads me to wonder, by any chance, did Debbie Haines end up in this neck of the woo...

      TUESDAY 6/14/55 9:26PM--I dunno why but I'm just really sleepy or tired or something...I don't feel like doing much of anything, except sleeping. But it's WAY too early to go to bed. Tomorrow I really wanna buy acoustic guitar strings from somewhere and put 'em on tomorrow if at all possible. I'll try Pritchard's first. They open at 1PM on Wednesday. WEDNESDAY 6/15/22 1:21PM--the plan is to go to Prichard's later today. Dianne is leaving at around 2PM to (among other things) take her Father to his Dr,'s appointment. I think she's also having dinner with her parents. Ahh, freedom! 6:16PM--went to Pritchard's, got new acoustic guitar strings...put 'em on, in about 45 minutes. Lou and I are going out tomorrow night as far as I know. 9:11PM--Heard from Bob...the Project is still (slowly but surely) happening. with who exactly, I don't know. THURSDAY 6/16/22 1:02PM--Lou wants to shake things up a little, get out of the rut we're in...

         MONDAY 6/13/222 11:11AM--just killing time until I go to the Nephrologist's Office...I have no idea whatsoever what's gonna happen once I get there. I hope to be home by 4:00, but who knows?  I'm not nervous--I'm scared. 6:58PM--ultimately, there was nothing to be scared of...I AM in stage three of being on my way to kidney failure, but apparently they haven't failed yet.

        SATURDAY 6/11/22 12:07PM-so here I am at Unique thrift store… I bought a pair of shorts, but no books and no CDs. I think we’re going to IHOP to have Lunch after we leave here, whenever that’s going to be.  I’m hoping we’ll be home by 2:30, but I don’t know for sure if we will be.            As far as I know, we have no plans for this evening, and no plans for tomorrow. We went to the Poolesville rummage sale early this morning, at about 9:30 or so. Dianne got some stuff; I did not get anything. Unless you count the bottle of Diet Pepsi, the Milky Way bar and a bag of cheese doodads.           Dianne is just now headed for the clothing, I think. Other than a pair of shorts, *I* don’t need any clothing. I wonder if Unique has any canes. SUNDAY 6/12/22 10:50AM--just got back from the grocery store...Other than getting the wrong type of sweet tea, I got everything I wanted to get--I think. We're going...

      WEDNESDAY 6/8/22 11:50AM-Using a credit card, I paid/closed all three of my Doctor's bills. I fear the next VISA bill will have a very scary "Minimum Payment"--the last one was $94 dollars. I'm afraid to guess what the next one will be. But still, I'm kinda relieved, almost happy. 4:10PM-I think I'm gonna be doing laundry from now until bedtime. I need to get the house ready for the cleaners to come tomorrow. 8:58PM--I think I'm done with laundry for tonight. I'm OK with that. FRIDAY 6/10/22 11:17AM-with a fair amount of apprehension, I took my Bass with me to the Hershey's jam. I brought SueEl with me. I played Bass; it went well enough. But somewhat suddenly I found my self doing LEAD vocals on a few songs--Midnight Rider, I Shot the Sherriff, All Along the Watchtower, and Evil Ways --that's four;  there may have been more, but I doubt it. Still, that's more than I ever sang at the Hershey's Jam before.I'd give myself an 8...

      SUNDAY 6/5/22 11:35AM--yet another sucky day, and I've only been outta bed not even an hour...I'm really tired of my head hitting the various kitchen cabinet doors.    Obviously my participation in today's Lock jam has been called off. I'm afraid that just carrying the acoustic will throw me off balance. And (I think) the jam takes place at the bottom of a hill. Even if I'm empty-handed, that could lead to disaster. I'm so fucking tired of falling down in public.      Besides there's LOTSA cleaning up to do. 12:56PM-just now having Lunch...I intend to get a little nap, if not a medium sized one. 6:35PM--it was at least a medium...now I'm trying to have mac&cheese for Dinner. I intend to eat half of it, and save the rest. 7:25PM--and that's what I did. I'm in contact with Lou. I think/hope we're going to an open mic tomorrow evening. SueEl is planning to go with me. 10:25PM--I MIGHT have lost one of Dianne's credit cards...my Lif...