Monday's Story

I decided to stop at Meijer's for a few items on the way home. That was a big mistake! The place was packed with people fighting over turkey's, yams, pineapple and the fixin's for green bean casserole. Then, I was in the aisle getting laundry soap when a guy approached me, saying he'd just moved here from Oak Park, lost his job and had no money to feed his kids. He asked if I could spare some cash. I looked at his basket and he had cans of beans, cereal and milk. I mentally added up his basket items and gave him $20. Then I went and stood in line for forever and got home just before 6:00 PM.

While I was there, I was thinking about an easy dinner for me, because I want to get the rest of the door knobs installed tonight. So, I grabbed a can of Manwich, some hamburger buns and some chips. When I got home, I took out a pound of hamburger to thaw, changed clothes, put on the Paul Simon's Graceland CD I found last week, cranked it up and got to work!

I got the bathroom closet done and cleaned up the sawdust from filing the two grooves in the door and then moved on to the front entry coat closet. Took off the old knob, used the round file to make the grooves, assembled the handles and the backing plates, put in the new screws and... PROBLEM! The screws are too long! I checked and all the other doors are 1 5/8 inches thick. This coat closet one is 1 1/4 inches. But, it's too late and too cold to cut down the screws tonight. So, I swept up the sawdust and left it for tomorrow.

Since I had the electric sweeper out anyway, I did my bedroom and the office and then emptied it before putting it away.

Browned the hamburger and added the Manwich sauce. When it was ready, I ate two of them and some chips. Tasted so good I had one more. I talked with my brother Jim and my brother Carl (Mom's having some problems) and then watched some TV. Got bored and went back to reading until I went to sleep around 10:00 PM.

I wok up around 3:00 AM with a terrible stomach ache and gas. I just can't handle tomato-based sauces like I used to. Finally took some baking soda and water so I could get back to sleep.