November 27, 2011
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What To Do With Myself?
Man, what can be better than long holiday weekends? Oh, right, long holiday weekends that have vacations attached to them! Wednesday I spent pretty much the entire day cleaning the house for Thursday. With all of the remodeling we did, the house was a total mess. My brother was also kind enough to agree to come over after work and help put up some more trim and move the furniture back into the house. I didn’t have the whole night to work on the house though, as I was meeting friends for pizza for dinner and then went out to a bar afterwards.
So the big day was finally here. The house was not 100% done by Thanksgiving, but it was pretty damn close. In fact, it was not just presentable, but about as close as we could get to being done. We had trim that needed to go around a few doors but the most important part, the front room was done…………except for the trim around the door. Thanksgiving went down without a hitch; we had a great time, great food and no major hangover the next day.
Last night I went to a benefit show for the family of a friend of a friend. See, I’ve got this friend who plays in bands and whatnot and a friend of his who he used to play with died recently. So there was a benefit to raise money for his wife and kids. The story of his death is downright sad and a lesson to those of us still fortunate enough to still be here. He was only 42 years old and about a month ago he thought he was having a heart attack so his wife drove him to the hospital. On the way, he unrolled the window to get some fresh air and started to feel better. So they turned around and went back home. He went upstairs to splash water on his face and that is when he dropped dead of a heart attack. As tragic as the situation is, there are lessons to be learned here mainly to pay attention to your body and know the warning signs of a heart attack. Had he just continued onto the hospital there is a good chance he would have lived.
Onto a happier subject, I have this week off work and am looking for things to do mainly on Monday and Tuesday of this week. Wednesday afternoon I have a dentist appointment and Thursday I’m going to the World of Chocolate AIDS benefit in Chicago, but before then I have two wide open days with nothing or nobody to do. Any suggestions?
Comments (4)
Chocolate benefit??? Dude… that sounds like heaven.
That is so tragic about the friend. Scary!
its pretty damn cool, we go every year. They have chocolate covered EVERYTHING. Including chocolate covered bacon and chocolate covered mashed potatoes among many other things.
When are you going to post pics of the reno?!?
well casey it turns out that i’m a total idiot. honestly, I should have been taking video since the start of this whole ordeal as it would have made for a great story. but as it stands, i have not taken a single pic or video, in spite of the fact that everybody has been asking me to.