Take My Money, Please
Saturday,
November 02, 2002
A cool November Saturday and time to catch up on the home chores. Thursday
was payday so today’s bill day. I pay my bills electronically over the
internet but I still haven’t figured out a way to make it fun. Doesn’t
everyone enjoy paying bills? Since I work for the state, we get paid once
a month. I’m told that is quite unusual and most normal people get paid
every two week. Whatever the case, at the end of every month, payroll
automatically deposits my salary to my checking account. I’ve been trying
for years to have my bills paid automatically as well though I’ve only had
partial success. I’m talking automatic payroll deduction so I don’t have
to set aside 2 hours every month to manually go through the ad filled
envelopes. It puts me in a bad mood so what the heck people, just take my
money and please don’t torment me while you’re doing it.
When I came home
yesterday I created a cat bed without even trying. Most cat owners know
the routine. You spend a lot of time creating the perfect cat bed only to
have the critter make a nest on your pile of unpaid bills. When I get home
from work, my highest priority is food. Clothes fly everywhere as I head
for the refrigerator. Yesterday, the jackets that I had been collecting at
work ended up in a heap on the floor and – voilà - instant cat bed. If I
pick up the jackets and replace them with a more permanent bed, he’ll
never come near the spot again.
Clancy's New Bed
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May 14, 1966
– Saturday continued
Today I finally got to La Jolla to do some skin diving and I was
overjoyed. Comparing La Jolla with Coronado is like comparing a tropical
island with the Sahara desert. If you can remember me telling about my
skin-diving in Coronado you know it was terrible. Well at La Jolla it’s
just the opposite. No sooner do you step in the water and you find you’re
in another world. There are rocks and fish all over the place. The water
was so clear it was miraculous. I could actually float on top and see the
bottom 15 feet below me. The water was rather calm so there wasn’t the
usual fight to get out past the breakers. The colors were magnificent,
green, blue red, purple. There were starfish and all sorts of marine life
everywhere.
After diving in Coronado I was pretty discouraged. I was beginning to
wonder what people saw in skin diving but now I realize. If only La Jolla
wasn’t so far away. Oh well. I’m moving anyway and father says some houses
are available right next to the beach. I hope we can get one.
I hadn’t told you but I’ve been interested in marine biology and
oceanography all my life and now after La Jolla my interest is steadily
growing.
Before we leave I’ll have to give all my fish away but I’ll be able to
take my 25 gallon tank with me. If you can buy as much in Japan as they
say I’ll soon have another good collection of aquariums and fish.
I was just thinking if skin diving’s so good in California I can hardly
wait to try it in Hawaii and Samoa this summer.
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