This thing has been working as advertised.
A week?
I must have been busy. Or lazy. Both?
I spent part of my weekend cleaning stuff around the house, like the upstairs bathroom, among other locations.
I’ve been hitting my elliptical for about 10-20 minutes for the past week. I hope to make it back up to 30+ minutes, if not more.
I caught up with my TV watching, the CW DC shows are surprisingly keeping me interested. Black Lightning is good, so far.
I used my instant pot TWICE in one weekend, making some chicken in salsa thing, and pork ribs. Both turned out pretty good.
More games that I’ll (maybe) eventually play came in.
More porgs were acquired. And dice.
And it’s almost February. Yikes.
Popcorn
I bought a microwave popcorn popper bowl.
It works fairly well.
You fill a small amount of popping corn in the bottom of the bowl, up to one of the lines (oil optional), put it into the microwave, and then either pop for 2-4 minutes, depending on the wattage, or press the ‘popcorn’ setting on your microwave.
The first time I did it for 2 minutes 15 seconds, and there was a lot of unpopped kernels in the bowl, so I put those back in and hit the ‘popcorn’ setting, and they all popped, but I should have turned it off manually because it then burned some of the popped kernels.
Available here.
Lunch
Today a bunch of us trekked up Larkin Street and had lunch at Little Henry’s.
The last time I ate at a Little Henry’s was probably 30-odd years ago, at the one on Balboa St. This one near work looked more or less the same as the one I’d been to many years ago.
The menu looked about the same, and this time I decided to have breakfast instead of lunch or dinner.
Steak and Eggs. Medium and over hard.
It was about as tasty as any other time that I’ve had that meal, though the portion (i.e. the steak) seemed a bit small.
Others had onion soup, a pasta dish, a meatball sandwich, and a Joe’s Special.
All-in-all, it was satisfying and a bit nostalgic.
Happy Thanksgiving
Midweek Mutterings
I feel… 80% better after this Election Day than I did a year ago.
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Why are vanilla-flavored Tootsie Rolls a ‘limited edition’?
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My dream Marvel film would be a team up with Korg, Groot, and Luis.
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While I enjoy watching basketball now, I really wish my Broncos or the 49ers were doing better in football.
Or maybe baseball should just start already.
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November 17th is gonna be a busy day.
Sunday Blatherings
Dunkin’ Donut run in the morning. I have yet to invoke my AARP card ‘free donut with large coffee’ thing.
Started watching the Broncos-Eagles game, but decided to go out and run errands instead.
Didn’t pick up anything from Barnes & Noble.
Picked up some grey paint from Gator Games.
Didn’t pick up anything from Toys R Us.
Didn’t pick up anything from Tanforan Shopping Center.
I stopped by McDonalds because I wanted a milkshake. I ordered a Mighty Kids meal, and when I asked for a chocolate shake, the cashier said that they were out of shakes. What?
I stopped by Best Buy to support my niece and her Girl Scout troop, who were selling chocolate and nuts in front of the store. I went inside to find an ATM, and ended up picking up Call of Duty WWII.
I went home and used my new paint to finally start painting up my Militarum Tempestus Scions again. I also watched the end of the 49ers game.
And now I’m watching Marvel films on TV.
Dad’s 80th Birthday
Post-Procedure
So, that was that.
Dad dropped me off at the hospital and I wandered around until I found the endoscopy department. I checked in and filled out some paperwork.
A few minutes later a nurse brought me over to the changing room, where I stripped down to two hospital gowns and a pair of hospital socks.
I made one last trip to the bathroom and was led to the pre-procedure area and laid in bed as my vitals were taken and had an IV attached to my hand. The doctor stopped by to talk and have me sign the consent form.
I laid there for a little over an hour, because the guy ahead of me came in late, so they were taking care of him first.
Another nurse appeared, and two of them wheeled me into the procedure room. I answered a few more questions as they hooked me up to some monitors to track my vitals.
As the nurse attached and injected a couple of meds into my IV, I then woke up in the post-procedure area, feeling light headed but not nauseated.
I was out like a light during the entire procedure, which lasted about 20 minutes. I think I was out for almost an hour.
I was given some apple juice and then given my clothes to change. The nurse walked me back out to the check in/waiting room, where I waited for Dad to pick me up.
Dad dropped me off at home (he had to go out and get his meds) and I ate a pack of saltine crackers.
I then took a nap.
Now I’m hungry, so I ordered a cheeseburger.