blkdragon

grounded
2008-12-13 04:33:31 (UTC)

Set-up

12/11/08– 11:43 am? I’d planned to do ½ mile this morning, I
began pushing myself by lap 22, I was getting more tired by
the moment; by 36 I was finished. I climbed out of the pool
near Nicole, something I never do, she asked what was wrong;
I was chuckling to myself. I told her that I’d been pushing
myself after I finished the 1/8th, if I didn’t exit I’d
probably find myself needing assistance and that wouldn’t be
good, she asked what lap I was on; when I told her she
remarked that I was so close and none of that matters when
you’re tired. I would talk to Nicole with an eye on the
clock, I don’t want to be in the pool when 7 comes, she
would run on and on; I’d attempt to tell her that I was
leaving and she continued talking.
I’d tap her shoulder more than once to interrupt, that
didn’t work, eventually I’d blurt that I need to go; that
I’d see her in an hour. When I returned I told her that she
kept me in the pool on purpose, I left at 7:15; she told me
that Xia didn’t swim this morning. I reiterated the fact
that she tried to keep me in the pool until Xia arrived, she
just smiled, I ain’t mad at her for wanting to watch me
squirm. We’d talk about Xia and Charles, cultural mores and
the reasons I don’t want to have that talk with Charles and
Nikki, we’d talk about how Xia may misconstrue my friendship
with her; how we’ve easily become caring friends.
I’d thought about Nancy today, she’d skate tonight, after
not being at the rink for the month of November; I wanted to
tell her that I’d thought of her today and decided against
it. I’d also thought of Arabian Nights and Lynne’s Daughter
would be required to read just that book, Xia was on my mind
earlier, could that be the reason she didn’t swim this
morning? I went to the dentist this afternoon, the upper
plate is still being worked on, I’m to check in with them
next week; Dr. Winter would show me a picture of his Son
tonight. When I left him, he was the only person left in his
office, I showed myself out; this is the level of dedication
this man displays.
12/12/08– 7:37 pm? I stopped at the 76 Diner after leaving
Dr. Winter, it was still very early and the rink was yet to
open, I’d call Lynne and we’d talk about nothing for a
while. Skating was uneventful, I wondered if I’d actually be
able to skate, not many people skated; Dave would arrive
@8pm. Skip was sending everyone home early, he said he
shouldn’t have opened, Dave was forcing them to stay later
than they wanted because he paid the full attendance fee;
I’d leave him there.
Zen was supposed to have her party tonight, I had planned to
call her today, I woke to no power and would find that it
went out around 2am. I got up after 4, headed out to clear
the sidewalk, saw Paul getting into his car; I began
working. Paula would call and ask that I do the barber
shop’s sidewalk, I’m charging her for a 10 hour day, she
would arrive; we’d talk about the venting system for the
lower apartments. The plumber has suggested replacing the
blower, I suggested disconnecting the venting systems and
allowing the heat to rise to the upper apartments, Paula
liked the idea; this would make it unnecessary to replace
the blower system this year. Paula would then go to DD and
return with a cup of coffee for me, I would get a call from
Devon, tell him that I had no power, he’d return home to
find that he had none either; the power would be out for the
next 18 hours.
I would go to his house because he wasn’t answering my
calls, I wondered if we were getting Davion today, I’d
conclude that Davion should stay home if there was heat at
his Mother’s; that would be the end result. Eventually I’d
return home, Paula had called while I was upstairs with
Colleen and Devon, her Parents had hooked a generator to
their car and it enabled them a modicum of heat. The Parents
would head out for dinner, I’d head home to meet with Paula,
the Utility crew would be in front of my building; Paula and
Brian would leave for the next hour and the power would be
restored.
I called Devon and left word that I had power, I suggested
they come to my place, Colleen is pregnant; they arrived and
we’d play scrabble. They still had no power when they left
to return home, Devon didn’t want to go home, he has a hard
time doing nothing.
I never called Zen, Willie would call, the rink had no
power; I’d considered skating tonight. Nicole, her bf and
Cathy were supposed to meet me at the rink, hopefully she
had other concerns that kept her from venturing out tonight.
I thought about Charlotte today, she e-mailed me at
9something, she obviously hadn’t lost power. Charles came
down today, he woke me actually, he wanted to see if I’d
need help with the ice on the sidewalk; I’d handled that
earlier. I was having a dream, Anthony (an ex-coworker) was
in the dream, that's when Charles knocked on the door. I
would find myself waiting for an ambulance to come because
Paul was having difficulty breathing, he’d never gone back
into his apartment and the medics would take him from his
car at 10am.
While Colleen and Devon were here, I heard someone banging
on the door downstairs, it was the Sheriff’s Dept; someone
was checking on Paul. I informed them that he was in the
hospital, they thanked me and left. My apartment never got
cold, the residual heat would have been enough for me to
make it through the night.




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