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7/5/09
After a long night at work, I slept most of the morning, and then went over to Lori's to jump in the pool. It was actually a nice weekend with NO RAIN, surprise surprise. After coming home to change and read for a bit, I went back by her house so we could walk down to Lake Lefferts for the fireworks. We walked to Julia's house, but she wasn't able to come with us. So we walked down to my house, got some beach chairs, and went to the lake. The cops and first aid squad blocked off all of Ravine Drive, and they set up food stands and a DJ and souvenir stands with those glow sticks etc. We set up our chairs - along with four or five hundred other people, and really enjoyed it. It was nice to get out and enjoy the warm NOT RAINING weather for a bit.

7/4/09
Happy Independence Day. Maybe that's the movie I should watch later.

It's also the 70th anniversary of Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day, where he made his famous "luckiest man on the face of the earth" speech. And it's George Steinbrenner's birthday. And John Sterling's.

I am surprisingly un-hungover today. My plans are to go get a footlong sub from QuickChek and watch the game, and then see how warm it is, maybe go back to Lori's for some pool time.

later on 7/3/09
Oddly enough, it was drizzing when I got out of the subway. My coworker Kristin was at the game, too, and when I went over to say hi, she asked if I was there at 11.15 since that's when the rain started. Of course. I bring the rain. But it was a great game, Cervelli was catching which made me happy.

When I got home, I went to hang out with coworkers Lori and Julia at Lori's house. It was too cold to go in the pool, probably because we wasted a few hours drinking beer on the porch. Had a great time anyways. They were funny, when I called Lori, she said, "we just drove by your house and your car was gone!" They must have driven past while Mom was out to pick me up at the train station, since I called her as soon as I got home. Hopefully tomorrow will be nice weather, and I can go over and hang out in the pool before I head to work for the overnight shift.

7/3/09
In case the weather doesn't improve, learn how to build an ark. It's actually (knock on wood) sunny right now, but that could change at any moment. Probably right before the first pitch.

Off to the train.

7/2/09
No! I don't want to hear that Jose Molina is ready to come back to the Yankees. But if he must, and they must send Cervelli down, please let him come back to Trenton.

Back still hurts. I can't take the flexeril before work, because it makes me loopy, but trust me, it was the first time I did when I got home.

Yankees tomorrow - taking the train because I can't fathom driving home after the game (Friday night? Holiday weekend?) on the Turkpike or Parkway. Weather.com shows 74 and sunny for noon. And scattered thunderstorms for 1pm. Did I do something to piss off the weather gods? Ugh.

later on 7/1/09
Ooh! It's better already: Ragtime is being revived!! Can't wait! Now I don't feel so bad about not getting down to DC to see it.

Cousin Dennis is putting in a new bathtub whatever-the-fiberglass-piece-that-gets-wet is, it looks terrific. Can't use it until Friday, so don't get too close to me tomorrow.

7/1/09
Back to work today, which is good because I'm bored. My back feels better, the naproxyn and flexeril helped, and I have one of those icy-hot patches on my back (let's see if they're really good for eight hours). So just no lifting over 20 pounds and we'll see how it goes. There's still an achy spot on the left side that I can't get the knots stretched out of, but it's a lot better than it was on Saturday.

July has to be a better month than June was.

-catherine