Ramblings of The WeeK Past

     Picked up my mail this week. Nothing that really grabbed me. It's amazing how much junk mail I get. Maybe I should go into the business of selling names and addresses to businesses :-(   I guess that I can't complain too much because I have sent out direct mail in the past and probably will again at some point in the future. It's interesting, I can go a week or so without checking my home mailbox and if there are no magazines there is very little mail. I really do like that.  

UMDNJ Stuff    This morning my breakfast consists of leftovers from yesterday's lunch. Pastrami and chili-type fries, a nice hearty morning meal to get the juices flowing. Yum!!  Speaking of yesterday, I was delighted to see a UMDNJ employee who was lunching with her friend. My goodness, there was a time she and I talked at least once a month concerning her agreements. I do miss the interaction with people like her. She took advice and used it well.  And, I just now received an e-mail from a UMD friend that a former UMD alumni(?) retired recently. I am hopeful that the three of us can get in some healthy girl-time before the end of the year. Most UMDNJ folk will always be family.     

Winter Is On Its Way    I noticed yesterday that the days are getting just a bit shorter. Daylight savings time ends Sunday, October 30 :-(  I have read that things will change in a couple of years. DST will start in March instead of April and won't end until November. How odd, can you imagine that? But I'm not knocking it. I remember how much I hated leaving work at 5p or later and stepping out into darkness. Every year I went through what I always called "my winter of discontent" I wonder how it will be now that I am no longer a 9 to 5'er.  I was always curious about that phrase,  I wonder if  "my winter of discontent"  is the name of a novel or a phrase from a novel?  I keep thinking Steinbeck. Maybe it's just something that people say. Will look it up. 

Old Friends   Received an e-mail from my grammar school chum. She went to our towns annual reunion last Saturday. What started as a small get-together for school buddies years ago has turned into a huge yearly event. I am sooo jealous that I missed this. I know she had great fun. She saw friends from our childhood. Just talking about them brought back nice memories. She saw my first crush and his sister too ;-) If all goes well I will be there with bells on next year.  

I wonder if anyone I know has heard singer Josh Stone. This young  woman (18 years old?) is awesome; she has a big soulful sound. You look at her and wonder where this big voice is coming from. In an interview she said her idle is Aretha Franklin. That may explain her phrasing, but the voice is all her own. Just amazing. Now, if she would just make an album of old standard fav's.

Going to my first Red Hatter's meeting tomorrow  :-)