starting over

                    SUNDAY 7/31/22 4:19PM-to cut to the chase, the roomie GAVE me $1500 with which to cancel most of my credit card debt.           I still wonder if I’m dreaming. I believe I’ve wiped out the Chevy Chase charge card and the Victor Litz charge card. Which leaves the Best Buy charge card. And I believe the idea is to put a big dent in it. On top of that, I think the SSA money is coming in overnight tonight. By the way, I THINK the big dent (Approximately $500 ) is about  1/3 of the current balance. Which I think leaves a balance of approximately $1000. Dianne now suggests that I pretend that the Cap One credit card and the Litz credit card no longer exist. And I’m OK with that. I think I can do it. 4:38PM-In fact, I have $50 credit at Litz, so I’m going to have BUTTERSCOTCH worked on. I THINK it will cost $35 to put Butterscotch  back in playable shape. I might (possibly) put Blackie in...

           THURSDAY 7/28/22 5:41PM--My guess is the roomie is addicted to shopping/spending...I imagine if *I* had that much money (however much it is) to play with every two weeks, maybe I'd go crazy; but not as crazy as she is going...And of course, I have to keep my mouth shut--that's not easy.            I admit I went a little crazy when I got the $40K as my inheritance. I don't wanna discuss it. If I could do it all over again, I would do it way differently. As in I probably WOULDN'T. 10:46PM--gonna be in bed in about 20 minutes if not sooner...         FRIDAY 7/29/22 8:35AM--Can't wait to get home from the Dr's. appointment...not that it's gonna be a fun day when I get back. The living room and kitchen are such a mess that Dianne admits she is partly to blame. 1:01PM--the bulk of the house straightening will be happening tomorrow, I think. 3:45PM--In a surprise move, I cleaned out my bedroom closet....

            TUESDAY 7/26/22 7:07PM--It's been IMO an insanely busy day...It was not fun. I hope I can make it to (at least) 10PM; if I don't, I'll probably be awake by 4AM more or less. 10PM--just took both Trazodones; I won't make it past 11PM for sure. I might not make it past 10:30PM either. WEDNESDAY  7/27/22 10:40PM--Not that I HAVE been, but I don't think I'd join Elle and Tom's group if they DID ask me. IMO she's not a very good guitar player; I thought *I* was the lead guitarist. Apparently I'm not...so I'm only valuable because of my vocal ability and /or harmonies... THURSDAY 7/28/22 9AM--She is absolutely no fun to work for. For one thing, *I* don't think Art should be considered work and nothing else. Maybe I'M wrong. 12:22PM--As I kinda predicted, Litz gave me $100 by check and $50 in store credit.*I* think that's pathetic. But the economy is (allegedly) in bad shape, so I should be happy I got the $100 bucks. I get $20 ...

            MONDAY 7/2522 7:04PM--  somebody is still fucking with me and I dunno why. I'm in the process of returning to Googleland, using the password Dianne created. But I've lost the TV buttons. I guess this means my pathetic Life is back to normal. 7:53PM--we found BOTH the missing fan buttons AND the TV buttons.     8:40PM-My new bed is put together; even if I didn’t have a new bed I’d be anxious to go to sleep, somewhere around 11 o’clock or so. 10: 06PM--All things considered it's been, at best, an OK day.

          WEDNESDAY 7/13/22--I lost what I thought was paperwork to be sent to NY Life insurance, worth $4000 dollars. On the way to the Post Office the envelope vanished. I nearly hit a cyclist (twice) and a car. And the icing on the cake--there is blood in my urine.  11:33AM--it turns out it was NOT money, just normal paperwork. and as of a few minutes ago, there was less blood in my urine. I don't wanna do anything, even eat--but I will anyway. I was gonna skip the vocal rehearsal, but MUSIC is all I've got left.     5:26PM--the day hasn't gotten better...if it's the last thing I'll ever do, I'm going to band practice.

           MONDAY 7/11/22 3:05PM-I finally started the ball rolling on eventually getting diabetic shoes!!! AND I'm working on getting an appointment with Dr. Gold to discuss the possibility that I have a urinary tract infection. So I've done my bit; the ball is in their court. 3:29PM--now the acoustic is giving me major tuning problems...I hope Lou can bring a spare. 9:28PM-the L&S open mic appearance  tonight was one of our worst. I didn't feel at all good when I left, and still don't. The blame lands on me, absolutely. If I thought I would sleep until 7 AM, I would go to bed right NOW, I won't though...I'm gonna aim for Eleven PM. TUESDAY 7/12/22 9:42AM--well, today's appointment was changed somewhat for insurance purposes...I don't know for sure if I was notified or not. But I'm free for the rest of the Day...I need to get started working on the band song list. I wish I felt a little better. 12:14PM--I wanna go downstairs after my nap and che...

        FRIDAY 7/8/22 11;29 PM--just got home from my first practice (audition?) with Elle and Tom...Most of the harmonies were amazing. What really surprised me was the fact that my "in the car" voices showed themselves in Elle's living room. They seemed to be blown away by my singing.       I thought I was replacing the third member of the trio for one (non-paying) gig; but I think it's possible that I will replace him permanently. Elle made a book of songs for me to learn; I'm gonna need to work pretty hard for a change. And PETE was giving me tuning problems. I don't have the money to get ONE guitar fine-tuned, much less three. Blackie        I told them I was likely gonna have trouble sleeping tonight. I meant it but I hope I'm wrong.  S ATURDAY  7/9/22   12:12 AM-Belatedly, it occurs to me that I should have recorded the practice,         8:22AM--Turns out I didn't have trouble sleeping. But...

         THURSDAY 7/7/22 8:46AM--Gonna be working on the basement for weeks before I can call it done. I also have to finish prepping for Jorge's arrival; and I have no idea when they're coming. I don't like not knowing that. I guess maybe I'll take the LPs to Litz while they're here. It turns out I DO have to go to Lowe's to get a mini flathead==that FITS. 12:19PM--so I got a set of minis for about $7 dollars....went to Litz and got rid of my albums, for about $50 bucks and bought three .010s. for Pete. They acquired somebody's collection of (mostly) electric guitars- a few dozen or so. Didn't look too closely...I barely have room for the collection of mine.    The cleaners could be here any minute now; they should be gone by roughly 3:30 more or less. When they get here I'll go to work on the guitars, etc. 2:30PM--Blackie needs an intonation check, PETE is in IMO great shape and a strong contender for #1 guitar. Triplets ? I wanna revert back to ...

          MONDAY 7/4/22 1:07PM--So I loaded up the trunk of my car with LPs and went to Litz, who are closed for the 4th of July--dammit.     I've decided to keep Blackie just the way she is. The neck is thicker than PETE, but not as thick as the Bass Bob gave me. I hope he'll take that back. UPDATE--Bob says he can switch necks  on it. I hope he can.        I guess the Gov't Project isn't nearly as done as I thought it was. Oh well. After my nap I'm going out to buy Dianne a present-WHAT I don't even know. I hope Artisans is open, but I wouldn't be surprised if they're not. 5:15PM--whether I'm ready or not, I'm going to Wolfe's Blues Jam. I'm taking my amp; I have a feeling I'll need it. And I'm taking my tuner. Probably leaving in about 25 minutes or so. I had enough time to have Dinner at home; there's almost $10 I saved by not going to McDonald's. 11:00PM--Went to Wolf's Blues Jam and (as a gtr. player,) sucked sin...

      SATURDAY 7/2/22 11:32PM-I think tomorrow could be a hectic day. I hope I’m wrong. As I already said, Bob seems to be open to the idea of meeting sometime tomorrow . We’ll see. SUNDAY  7/3/22 8:42AM- leaving for Riderwood in about an hour...and so the longest day begins... 9:52AM--did some more work in the basement...I'm not as close to being finished as I thought I was. Maybe tomorrow I can wrap it up.     I think we're leaving for Riderwood in about an hour. If I'm doing anything else today, I don't yet know what it is. Dunno what's happening tomorrow either.          Apparently I have two different Twitter accounts; Less than thrilled about that...I'll likely cling more to the iPhone account. 10:25AM--we might not be going to Riderwood after all...maybe that's good news, maybe not, I dunno. 11:19AM--I'm not up to working in the basement yet; after my nap I will be, maybe. 12:04PM--gonna be a long day I think. 1:20PM--I gues...

  FRIDAY 7/1/22 8:11PM-For the second (?) time I’ve been kicked off of Fakebook.. I don’t care too much…I guess I’ll have to dumb down my future posts. SATURDAY 7/2/22  9:34AM-work on the basement continues...I got rid of my VHS tapes and some miscellaneous bits of stuff. Found a couple of framed photos I wanna hang in my room...Turns out I  got LOTSA CDs ; hopefully Litz will buy them--perhaps I should count them but that feels like too much work. For the same reason, I won't count the LPs either. I think the store will be too busy today and tomorrow to go over there, so I have to wait until Tuesday. Dunno what Bob and I are doing this weekend, if anything...Today works for me, Sunday does not. I think he  suggested Monday, but he hasn't mentioned it since. 12;18PM--The Basement Clean-up continues. Maybe I'm about 75% finished cleaning/organizing.  1:09PM--I might go see the Acme Band Co. tonight in  G-burg; it's just something to do... 5:42PM--and that'...