July
1 July 2009 Wednesday
Mark Andersen came over again
this morning because UPS had no work for him.
We went to the Blue Plate Dinner over in Sugar House for breakfast and
he ordered a Hollandaise Omelet that he said was really tasty.
I went up to Washington
Elementary about 11 a.m. to work in my new classroom but first stopped at Chase
Bank and got a credit card for emergencies. You never know. Have a $8000 line
of credit with them.
After working in
the class room I took the Cruiser up to a dealership in
Mark came up to
take me to Wal-Mart to get some dog food for Priscilla but my car was done and
ready when we got back so came home and Mike Romero took off early.
By the time I
put things away, Mark was already naked laying in Mike Romeros arms and
watching Lesbian porn…he loves his Lesbian porn while being played with…after
about an hour of Lesbian porn I suggested that Mark get off by fucking Mike
Romero…it was a new step for him.
He’s fucked Mike
Romero twice this week now so I know he’s liking it but had not, with me
watching. So I let him think about it
while I went to feed the dogs and when I came back, Mark had already mounted Mike
Romero.
He had Mike
Romero on his belly so he could fuck him while watching his porn. I knew he was ready to toss a load and it was
for me beautiful to see Mark making love to Mike Romero…two people I have deep
affection for.
If we are a
family and I do believe we are, we should be able to be with one another without
doors closed. Anyway after they were
done and showered Mark wanted to go out to eat and I suggested Golden Corral
because he’s mentioned it so many times even though it’s a drive from our
place.
So that’s where
we went and our bi-sexual compadre flirted with all the waitresses there. The
food was really good and a change from Chuck A Rama because the Corral had
steak and that’s what Mark wanted.
He had to leave
for
3 July 2009 Friday
Mike Romero took off early this
morning for Cheyenne and Mark Andersen is spending the weekend with Tiffany up
at Park City so I will have the house to myself the whole weekend.
4 July 2009 Saturday
I spent a very quiet 4th
of July by myself and the dogs. It
looked like it might have rained some in the mountains. I don’t know if it was because of the
recession or what but very few fireworks went off tonight and for Priscilla’s
sake I am really grateful.
5 July 2009 Sunday
Mike Romero got in about 5 pm
from his trip to
6 July 2009 Monday
I called in my prescription for
my pills today and the pharmacy said I couldn’t have them unless I made a
doctor’s appointment so I guess I will see Dr. Stoneburner on the 29th
of this month at 9 a.m.
When I drove
down to pick up the prescriptions a truck threw a rock up at me and put a big
chip in my PT Cruiser.
Mike Romero and
I were shocked to see Mark Andersen pull up about 7 this evening. He and
Tiffany had gotten into a major fight and he took off. I guess they got in a fight over their
Mike Romero was
thrilled but I felt bad. It’s no fun to be fighting. He spent the night.
I wrote my Uncle
JW Johnson today:
“Dear JW, hope
this is still a good address and that you are doing okay. Mom says
I used to have a
small vegetable garden in the back yard but my trees have grown up so much over
the years that most of the back yard is in shade all though I did plant some
tomatoes in half wooden barrels and they seem to be doing okay but they won't
have any worth eating until early August.
We are 4500 feet
up in the air here.
I have four
schnauzers too that didn't help my garden any either, for two of them were pups
and would run through and tear up things. I Didn't mind...they are much more
company then squash.
I do have an
apricot tree, peach tree, and nectarine tree so I will get some fruit. Apricots
come in at the end of July, Peaches and Nectarines in early September.
I am still
teaching school but am ready to get out of it. This coming year it will be 22
years and they change requirements so much that it's a young person's game
anymore...
Kids are getting
rougher too with little respect for anyone anymore. Well at least it seems to
me and I am the only man teacher at my school so kids think I am just a mean
old man when I try to get them to behave. ha-ha.
Mom is in a
transition state again. She is wanting to get out of Las Vegas but dreading the
move. I guess she will fly down to
Well it won't be
as hard as it was when we moved her to Vegas.
Then she had no place to stay and had to look for a coach in that heat
and stay at this old joint for about two weeks until her money from the sale of
the house in Palmdale came through. I tell you that was a rough patch.
If Mom could get
around better I think she would have enjoyed herself more in Vegas but her
arthritis in her hands and knees really prevents her from getting about. I know she renewed her driver’s license but
she said she isn't going to drive anymore.
She is happy to
be moving to a place where there's some farming and ranching going on. She
wants to see cotton fields again instead of just tall buildings and asphalt.
The rest of the
family I guess is doing okay. Donna is going to be a grandma again. Her son Ken
and wife Jehill are expecting a boy in the fall sometime. They have a daughter
already. Donna's husband has been in and
out of the hospital this year with something. I guess it's not nice but I don't
care.
Charline and
Dennis are close to retirement and collecting their social security. Dennis
will be glad to get out of Vegas. He's already been "prospecting"
down there in
My Aunt Marie
Williams, Milton's wife, isn't well. Has cancer and the doctors only give her
less than a year before she succumbs to it. Her church and daughter has been
helping out.
I called my
Uncle RL Williams on his birthday last June. He turned 86. He had to have a
ball joint replaced in his hip after he fell in his garden but says he can get
around fine now.
Mom says your
grandson and his wife are heading to
I am thinking
about refinancing my house since interest rates are low now. I am still at 6.25
and I think they are down to 5.25 here. Might get some money to put in new
carpets and paint the place. I tried
painting inside last year and did a room or two but I have vaulted ceilings and
just can't climb up and down those ladders with paint buckets like I use to do.
The mind thinks you can but the body tells you different.
My diabetes is
always something I am taking a fist full of pills for each day. Not too concern about it but would hate to
lose a foot or feet over it.
Didn't your
grandma Johnson die of diabetes in
I will probably
go down to see Mom sometime this month although I haven't made up my mind to
drive or fly.
JW you sent me
an invite to be on Facebook but I'd rather just email you. I promise to write a
long letter at least once a month.
Facebook is great but lots and lots of chatter, and silliness, and
really don't get to say much and then everyone else reads it too.
I know you were
in the Navy and not much can shock you but sometimes I jokingly get a little
raunchy...being honest here... and rather you not know about it since you are
still my uncle and value your opinion of me.
In that way I guess we never grow up... Our aunts and uncles and parents
are always our aunts and uncles and parents and want them to always have a good
opinion of us!
So expect a long
email from me each month and I will keep in touch with Kay also through
Facebook...she already knows what kind of bounder I am...Hahahaha. Hope you had
a nice 4th of July. Love always your nephew
Jr.
7 July 2009 Tuesday
There was no work for Mark Andersen
today so he just played on his play station 2 and killed Germans in a WWII game.
I know he was using it as an escape but sometimes you just got to do that.
We met Mike
Romero for lunch today and went to China Delight. Maybe because we are all a
bit edgy we didn’t enjoy the meal as much.
Mark tried riding the Hummer bike that Mike Romero gave to him and he
broke the chain. I guess Mark has no intention of going back down to
8 July 2009 Wednesday
Mike Romero bought a new bike at
Pedersen’s Bicycle Shop in
Mark Andersen was
bored today after killing off the Germans and wanted to work on the Sprinkler
system so we went to Sutherlands and bought stuff we needed for him to connect
up my timer in the house. So after about 10 years I finally have a sprinkler
system again. Yea.
Mike Romero’s
mom called while at Sutherlands to make sure Mike Romero had gotten his
birthday card. I said he did. I guess Bill had to go to the emergency room
because he had a bloody nose that just wouldn’t stop bleeding. He’s good now.
Mark met Mike
Romero about 4 to get my windshield repaired for free. After that we went out to eat at Applebee’s. There
Mark made me laugh about Vegetarians and
Catholics. Can Catholics truly be Vegetarians if they are eating literally the
body of Christ through transubstantiation? Just wondering.
9 July 2009 Thursday
Mark Andersen was called into
work today so I was by myself for most of the day and I worked on the Gay
Archives. What I am trying to do or at least attempting to do is put everything
by dates in a calendar of 12 months so when someone searches the archives you
only have to do a search in 12 places instead many, many more. I fixed Mark and I a hamburger for
supper. Mike Romero didn’t want
anything. I watched four episodes of True
Blood an HBO series on Vampires in Louisiana. It’s pretty good.
10 July 2009 Friday
Mark Andersen didn’t work today
so hung around the house some while I worked on my archives.
We went to Sam’s
Club where he picked up a membership he left at
The place was
located in the old Jeff’s Gym bathhouse that was closed in 1986. If the walls could talk.
Mark picked up
the Hummer Bike Mike Romero gave him from Pedersen’s Bike in Bountiful, where
he had it tuned up after break the bike chain.
When Mike Romero
came home he went up there to pick up his Bike he bought Wednesday. Mark gave
me his old bike and we went riding up to the North Star elementary school and my
butt and legs were sore but I still can ride.
Mike Romero and Mark went for a long ride
along the Jordan River Bike Trail to North Temple and back and when they came home
they wanted to go out for dinner.
We ended going
back to Golden Corral again because Mark wanted a steak and it was fish night
so everything was tasty.
I had called mom
today because she had lost my phone number again and wanted to talk to me. She said my cousin Marilyn’s husband Danny
Stephens died last week in Kingsman Arizona of a heart attack. No one bothered
to call mom she just learned it from my uncle RL. I told her that I’d probably
not come down until after the move to Arizona when I’d fly down. Can’t face being cooped up in that coach with
Charline, Dennis and the dog Winston.
Grandma Johnson
died this day about 15 years ago.
11 July 2009 Saturday
Mike Romero, Mark Andersen, and
Tom Folks are upstairs all above my head, drunk, dancing and listening to Gay
dance music. My life is really different because of Mark Andersen.
This morning I
got up about 6:30 and heard the dogs scratching in the garage, only to find Mike
Romero up and packing the bikes. I laid
down a little more and then because I didn’t hear Mark Andersen, I went out to
the garage and asked where was Mark. I could tell that Mike Romero was in one
of his piss off moods. He said that Mark had stayed up to 3 in the morning
texting this girl named Marian and if he is not up when Mike was ready to leave
he was sending him packing.
So I went upstairs
and saw that Mark was sound asleep on Mike Romero’s bed and got him up. I said
you better get ready and don’t tell Mike Romero I woke you up.
Mike Romero had
taken off without Mark, but Mark called him and got him to come back. Mark took him up to the bathroom and pissed
on him in the shower and that calmed Mike Romero down. Weird.
Anyway they
took off to go bike riding in
Anyway Mike
Romero and Mark came home around 5:30 from their bike ride and I guess they had
made up and had a good time. Mark bought me a new wallet up in Park City that
has a key ring on it and I guess they even went up to Evanston, Wyoming. Tom
Folks had gone with them and when he came over, we all went out for pizza at The
Pie up by the university.
Back at the
house Mark started doing shots of Jägermeister and fixed the rest of us an
Amaretto Sour Cocktail. So ends this beautiful July day.
I learned that
last Thursday a Gay couple walking through the Temple Plaza (Main Street) on
their way home from the Twilight Concert Series was arrested because one gave
the other a peck on the cheek and church security hassled them for
inappropriate public display of affection and when they objected they were
zipped tied and the SLC police was called and they were arrested for
trespassing on what use to be a public thoroughfare.
If Mormon
leaders had any decency at all they would reprimand the Plaza Security, send
them to diversity training, instruct them on what public display of affection
truly is and offer an apology to the couple. I hope the ACLU gets involved and
that the PR nightmare two homophobic brain-washed troglodytes that pass as
Church security makes National News.
Ben completed
the quiz "What kind of old person will you be?" with the result The
Ancient Hippie. When people walk by and yell, "It's not the 60's
anymore!" they ARE talking about you. You don't care, though, you're
retired and determined. “I plan on wearing floppy hats and lots of lavender
when I retire.”
12 July 2009 Sunday
I was up early about 7 this
morning and wanted to go to the Kiss-In at Temple Square and take the dogs for
a ride but Mark Andersen’s car was blocking me, and I knew Mike Romero and him
would still be asleep. But by 9:30 I checked in on them and they were just
watching Lesbian porn, Mark’s favorite.
Everyone was
just lounging around feeling comfy, so I waited until they were satisfied then
they wanted to go out for breakfast. We
went to Jim’s on 39th South because the Jim’s on
After eating, Mike
Romero and Mark wanted to get some padded biking shorts because their butts and
thighs were sore from riding yesterday.
In the afternoon we had a thunderstorm roll
through with a fierce summer storm. I
bet a ½ inch poured in just 15 minutes. It lightened and thundered but
afterwards got hot and muggy.
Tiffany came up
to the house while they were working on their bikes and brought Mark’s clothes
up so I guess they are really separating this time. I just saw her briefly while Mark and she
were quarreling. I know it’s a tough
thing to be going through.
After the rained
stop Mike Romero and Mark went for another long ride down to
13 July 2009 Monday
Made Spaghetti for dinner. Mark Andersen’s been fighting with Tiffany. I
guess they are really going to get a divorce this time.
14 July 2009 Tuesday
I took Mark Andersen out for breakfast today. He wanted to go to
the Blue Plate Diner in Sugar House. He likes the Omelet’s there but I ordered
Biscuits and gravy and it was awful. Very dry.
Mike Romero took
off from work to be with Mark and they went off shopping and running around.
They are looking at some camping trailers but can’t agree on whether a tent
trailer or hard shell trailer is the best.
I fixed tacos
tonight. I’ve been out riding Marks bike
just down to the school and back while Mark and Mike Romero have been going on
much longer bike rides.
15 July 2009 Wednesday
I took Buddy and Daisy down to
the groomer but because their Bordetella shots were due I had to get that done
also, so it ended costing $180 ouch. But
they need their hair cuts. Smokey needs
one but I can’t afford his yet.
Mark Andersen wanted
a steak tonight so I fried him up one and we ate left over Spaghetti with it. Mike
Romero went out and bought Mark another smaller iPod for bike riding.
16 July 2009 Thursday
When I went out to get some meat
for the dogs, I saw that Norma and Lynn Chaffins house was up for sale! That
was a shock.
I went and got a
haircut. My barber went up to $11 and I only had ten on me so I will owe him I
guess.
Mark Andersen came
home really hot and tired but at least he worked today. I fixed a ham dinner
tonight for the boys. I finished watching all of True Blood season 1 tonight .
It was pretty good. Mark and Mike Romero
were in bed by 9:30. That’s a
shocker.
17 July 2009 Friday
This morning I got Mark Andersen up
and fixed him breakfast before sending him off to work. Checking my Horizon checking
account I saw that I was over drawn by $250.
So I pulled $300 out of the American First and $100 out of Chase and put
in that account but I have to be really careful now.
It’s just barely
pass the middle of the month and I am already broke…too much eating out and
buying everyone’s dinner. I still have
to register my car this month and that’s another $200. I am starting to feel overwhelmed again. Alone Again Naturally.
Mark Andersen and Mike Romero got into a really big fight
this evening. I guess Mark said his Blackberry lost its charged so he didn’t
call Mike Romero to tell him he was going to go out and have a beer with some
of his work buddies.
Well Mike Romero
was really pissed off saying that Mark was inconsiderate and Mark said he’s going
to find his own place. Mike Romero went off to get something to eat and he took
Marks blackberry with him which really pissed Mark off…so I don’t know what is
going on.
Mark off
handedly said to me that he’s not staying at Mike Romero’s house. I asked if Mike
Romero had gotten the townhouse and he said he thinks he did. So I don’t know how I feel about that.
18 July 2009 Saturday
Mark Andersen didn’t spend the
night here, so in the morning I texted him if he was going to come home. He
said he spent the night in his car in the UPS parking lot. He said he didn’t want to come home because
he didn’t want to deal with Mike Romero. I said he wouldn’t have to deal with Mike
Romero and just come home at least to take a shower and talk. So he did after Mike Romero had left this
morning so he wasn’t here when Mark came home.
We talked about him
being honest with us and that he never has to lie to us but he said he feels
like he does with Mike when he treats him like Tiffany does, snooping through
his stuff.
When Mike Romero
came home he says to Mark “Was the fuck worth it?” which made Mark explode and
start yelling at Mike Romero and said he’s out of here and he slams the sliding
door yelling fuck you.
I went down and
got in Mark’s car before he could take off and he throws the iPod and stuff Mike
Romero had gotten him out of the car. I
was barefoot and told Mark to just drive around the block so we could talk but
since I wasn’t sure where he was going I asked him to let me out because I
can’t walk very far back home.
Instead he came
back to the house where then Mike Romero got into the back seat of his car and
they both calmed down and apologized and made up and then Mike Romero tells me
that he’s been approved to buy a townhouse over on about 5th West
and 4th North. My heart just
sunk hearing the words from his month. When
he said that Mark agreed to move in with him, my heat went numb.
They wanted to
show me the place but I really didn’t want to see it but Mark took me there
anyway. I tried not to cry but my eyes betrayed me. I don’t know what I am going to do. I feel so alone.
The years spent
with Mike Romero had denuded me of any friends I use to have, or of people I
could count on to help me. I am mainly worried about my dogs. I’ve got to keep it all together for
them. I made a life for them and I am
not about to abandon them now.
Mike Romero said
if he took Smokey he would probably put him down in a few months. I said Smokey should stay with Buddy in the
only home he’s ever knew. So I put my
feelings on autopilot for the rest of the day.
Mark wanted to
go out for breakfast so we went to Ambers. Very few people were eating out so
maybe the economy is finally hurting people.
I just had a plate of biscuits and gravy.
Later Mike and
Mark went off bike riding in the mountains while I escaped into my thoughts by
delving into the past working on my archives.
The past is safe and familiar.
I called Mom
today and we and a long talk but not about me. She was worried about Aunt Marie
because she had a spell and was taken to the
She also said
she’s kind of depressed because the trailer is in disarray because of all the
packing and clutter that goes along with that.
She said Nathan Ferguson, Charline’s grandson is there visiting
them.
Well my well has
run dry. I thought Mark coming here we all could become like a family but Mike
Romero has no interest living in this house anymore. He never planted the trees, painted the
place, tried to keep it up and I just can’t do it alone. May be this change
will be a good thing.
I will go next
week and see about refinancing the house to get the lowest payment I can get even
if it means mortgaging the place for another 30 years. I’m not going to be able
to pay it off anyway. And if I change
jobs next summer who knows the situation I will be in and may have to sell the
house anyway.
I doubt whether
Smoky will be alive by next summer and maybe not even Priscilla. She’s 13 years
old now and her health isn’t what it used to be. Well neither is mine I
suppose.
On Facebook this
young kid [David Alter] posted an article I wrote for Michael Aaron a couple of
years ago on the Mormon Law of Adoption or sealing men to men. He said that it made such an impact on him
that the very next day after reading it he came out of the closet and left the
religion he was raised in.
I knew I had
made a difference in the lives on Gay people in
This evening
Mark was antsy to get out of the house so he wanted us to go with him driving
around
Newsman Walter Cronkite
died today. He truly was an American icon on what was right about America.
19 July 2009 Sunday
My cousin Stephanie Williams called
and said her mother Aunt Marie is in the Cottonwood Hospital and the doctors
said she could pass anytime even today.
So I may be attending a funeral in
I Went to Jim’s in West Valley for breakfast this morning and
in the afternoon Mark Andersen went out to visit with Marian.
In the evening
Tiffany came up and they went out for dinner but when they returned to the
house they were fighting with Mark screaming at her. I am not comfortable with
all the racket they were making. But it can’t be easy for either of them.
Mike Romero and
I drove around the Marmalade area and then he showed me the townhouse he wants
to move into. It’s a good deal but I wonder if he will be happy there but I
wonder if he can he be happy anywhere?
20 July 2009 Monday
Forty years ago we landed on the
Moon. I Watched it with mom, dad, Charline , Donna and James on the front room
television in our house on Dale Street in Garden Grove.
Mark Andersen worked
today so I fixed him some breakfast before he left. Spent most of the day on
Facebook or reorganizing my archives. Did meet up with my former student
teacher Deborah Borseth at Washington Elementary today. She wanted some advice
and I gave her some posters and stuff. I think she has the jitters being a
teacher on her own finally.
Mike Romero and
I went to Leatherbys for some ice cream before Mark came in. He really doesn’t
like sweets very much. I fixed tacos for
dinner tonight.
Ben took the
Hogwarts Sorting Hat quiz and the result is Hufflepuff!
21 July 2009 Tuesday
I went to First American Credit
Union today to see what their rates are for refinancing the house. I looked at
3 scenarios one refinancing $98,000 at 15 and 30 years, and one refinancing
$118,000 at 30 years to get $20,000 out to fix up the place. The lowest interest was 4.75 for the 15 years
but my payment would still be up around $950, the 30 year rate was 5.25 and was
about $700 a month and the last was also about $900. I told the loan officer that I would
definitely be refinancing but want to take these figures home and look at
them.
I was thinking
that if Mike Romero wanted security he could pay me back the $10,000 and then I
would put his name back on the title and we would split the equity when we sold
the place in a year or two.
When Mike Romero
came home he said he had put $500 deposit down on the townhouse and had a key
and wanted me to see the place. He was
excited about it and I made sure I didn’t say anything negative although I hate
the location and think he’s paying too much.
After showing me
around I laid out the options that I had after seeing a loan officer. I told
him my offer to have him put back on the title and we would split the mortgage
payment…but he didn’t want to. He said he thought this was a great opportunity
to have something of his own for his retirement security. So I guess that’s
that.
22 July 2009 Wednesday
I gathered up the items that the
loan officer needed to process my application and went to America First. I
decided that if I am going to be living alone I need to have the smallest
payment possible so decided to go with the 30 year mortgage. I will sell this
house long before 30 years or drop dead in it so what does it matter.
They ran a
credit check on me and my average score was 725 so not too bad. 850 is the
highest and no one hardly ever gets perfect credit. Anyway I locked into an interest rate of
5.125, an 1/8 percent cheaper then yesterday. It’s such a game…up and down…I am
not going to lose sleep if it drops even more.
I am having the
closing costs rolled into the refinancing so I am refinancing the house at
about $103,000 with a payment of $735 a month.
I’d have to pay at least that if I went into an apartment and now I can
keep a home for my dogs.
I had to run
around to put $400 in my America First account since they needed that as a
deposit before they could begin the process.
I feel really good about the refinancing although it puts me back about
where I was 3 years ago but at least I am not paying $1200 a month now. I won’t need a roommate to help pay the
mortgage any more. I will be able to do it on my own as long as I have a
job. I spend so much money of food for Mike
Romero and Mark. That expense should diminish next month when they are gone. For dinner they finished off the lasagna I
fixed yesterday.
23 July 2009 Thursday
About the only time I got out of
the house today was to go to The People With AIDS thrift store on 3rd
East and 4th south. I wanted to see where I’d have to go to make
donations and what they will take. There
was the blue haired guy working out front who was had the typical “what do you
want” attitude instead of the “can I help you?” Didn’t bother being friendly.
God did he think I was there to hit on him?
Well now that I
know where it is I can start packing things up and bringing them down. I don’t want a lot of clutter and stuff to
remind me of sharing a household with someone for 16 years.
Gas prices are going
down again. Dropped a dime to $2.49. Health care reform is in all the news but
until they have a single payer system I am not too interested in all their
folderol.
Stephanie Williams called and said her mother
rallied a little and is the Kachina Point Nursing home there in Sedona. She is
alert and conscience but will not get better. Stephanie, her girlfriend, and
son David are there at the house in Sedona, Arizona
When Mark Andersen
came home, he felt like having hamburgers so I fixed that for dinner. Mark is
becoming more and more straight acting. He belches constantly during dinner which
puts me right off eating. Don’t need an appetite suppressant with that going
on. I asked him what did your mother say when you were belching out loud like
that and he said nothing she could say because he ate alone in his room most of
the time. I think he had a screwed up upbringing.
I gave Smokey a haircut
today with the dog clippers I had at the house. He really needed one for a pick
me up. He gets kind of down in the dumps when his hair gets too shaggy. But the
clippers died before I could totally finish him but got the majority of him
cleaned up and butt washed.
I Drove around
the city with my hounds in the Ruby Red PT Cruiser this evening...still hot and
people are lined up with tents and chairs and blankets to get a good spot for
the Mormon Pride Parade tomorrow...Seems like it was more packed when they were
camped out on Main Street...It was fun to walk up and down city blocks and
cruise. Gone are those days...like gravity hill and cruising up and down
I wrote Kimberlee
Gile an email: Hope all is going well with you. Tomorrow is Pioneer Day so
whoop pee doo. Thought you might like to know that Norma and Lynn Chaffin have
their house up for sale. Noticed the sign up last week. Leonard and his family
moved out about 2 weeks ago and the Pink house people are gone. All that is
left are the Halls and Nate Carter across the street.
I got Elyse
package about two weeks ago and been meaning to tell her thanks...unfortunately
the frame and glass was all busted up and some of the picture was scratch by
the broken glass. So much for stamping fragile! But it was a very sweet
gesture. Kids sure have grown haven't they?
My mom and
sister are moving to
Charline's mom
is letting go for 10 grand and her coach she is only asking 20 grand for it.
Have you gotten into your new place? I know you love your dad but sometimes
it's good to have your own place.
Mike Romero is
trying to get into a townhouse closer to the city. He qualifies and has put
money down on the place so he will know around August 15 whether he will have
his own place.
I have come to
terms with him leaving [kind of] but after 16 years of living with someone it
will be different living by myself again.
I refinanced the
house and got my payments down to $700 a month so should be okay even if I quit
teaching.
How are your
hounds? Smokey is still kicking but is fading and Priscilla is getting
dementia. I told Michael to leave Smokey here because it's the only home he
ever knew and he and Buddy are such pals. I said take Smokey for rides and
visits but let him finish his days at the house.
Smokey has
changed too he no longer sleeps with Michael but with me and has attached
himself to me for some reason...maybe he's letting Michael separate from him.
Mike Romero and
Mark Andersen bought mountain bikes and helmets and have been tooling around up
in the mountains. Good for Mike Romero to be doing something besides staring at
movies and the computer screen. Mark has left his wife [though he's not really
Gay] and I guess will move in with Mike Romero.
Mike Romero will
eventually get his heart broken because Mark likes the ladies more than he does
guys.
It's hot today,
100 degrees but it's been a pleasant summer.
Mark got my
sprinkler system up and running again so don't have to hand water anything
again. He also helped me cut down the maple tree that was in front of the
house. It was dying and not getting any
iron so I chopped it down. I was sentimental over that old tree though. It was
the first I had planted in the yard.
Well I hope this
email address is a good one. I miss you
and Randy and the kids but hope you are enjoying sunny
24 July 2009 Friday
Today is Mark Andersen’s 29th
Birthday. I fixed him a breakfast of steak and eggs before he left for work and
then he had a very busy day and didn’t get home until 8:30. I guess the
Outdoors Retail Show at the Salt Palace kept him super busy.
About the only
thing I did today was mowing the front yard and taking the dogs for a ride and
working on the computer.
I did talk to
Norma and Lynn Chaffin when I was outside. I guess they are trying to move down
south because
It was hot today
but not over 100.
After Mike
Romero came home he said that Mark was running really late so we went to
Leatherby’s for a big banana split. From
there we were driving around and went by the Trapp where this man was sitting
in front decked out totally in a Pink suit with a pink fedora. I waved to him
and he waved back. Now that takes guts.
We were going to
see the crowds at
Bobby was lover
with Paul owner of the Rusty Bell a Gay back in the day. He told me some
stories about the lesbian Billie Hayes who he was friends with.
While we were in the 9th and 9th area,
Mark called and said he was home so we left and went back to the house. He had
a brutal day loading and unloading packages for UPS pickups. He wanted a steak for his birthday so we went
to
Mike Romero and
Mark went out drinking afterwards but I came home and went to bed. My feelings are changing knowing that Mark is
moving in with Mike Romero at the Townhouse. Kind of trying to distance myself.
Mark said when
he came home to an empty house he was depressed and I said well the dogs were
there to greet you and he said it wasn’t the same. I just thought to myself how
do you think I am going to feel?
25 July 2009 Saturday
Mark Andersen got his rifle out
of hock today and afterwards we pick up his daughter Audrey to go out to
breakfast. We ate at the Jim’s way down in
After breakfast,
Audrey’s mother said Mark could have her for the day so we drove up to Eccles
Dinosaur Park in Ogden. It was a very nice day for it even if very warm; a nice
summer time day, the kind you look back on and think ahhh summer.
Audrey liked the
museum and walking around looking at all the dinosaurs. If I was a kid I’d
think it’s pretty cool too. Mike Romero was getting tired and so was Audrey so
we left and found a McDonalds to get some chicken nuggets for her.
She’ll be going into 4th grade at the end of summer. After taking her back home to Sandy Mark
wanted to go to Wendover but I didn’t so
I said just take me home so I can feed the dogs.
I guess Tom Folk
wanted to see the Townhouse that Mike Romero is wanting to get into so they met
him there and went to Wendover from there.
I spent a quiet evening with the dogs after straightening up the
house. Again I am kind of trying to keep
my space.
26 July 2009 Sunday
Mike Romero and Mark Andersen slept
in until noon. I guess they didn’t go to Wendover but was just tooling around
Salt Lake going to different bars. When
they got up, we went out to breakfast at Chuck-A-Rama…they don’t serve
breakfast but do have fruit and muffins and yogurt and granola and then of
course everything else. I didn’t offer to pay this time.
After eating Mike
and Mark wanted to go down to Cabela’s in Lehi to get some good work boots. I
went with them and bought Mark some $100 steel toed work boots for his
birthday.
We went to the
South Towne Mall after that because Mark wanted to look for movies for his game
boy but the store was closed. They still wanted to run around with Tom Folks so
I said take me home so I could feed the dogs.
Again I wanted
to disassociate myself from them so when they are gone it won’t be so traumatic
being alone.
I talked to
Chuck Whyte some and he’s weighing the pros and cons of running for Emperor of
the Royal Court next year…he’s not sure if he wants the drama without Chevy
Stephen Bolinger being his empress.
He also wants to
move from his place off of 21st South and Highland so I said next Friday I’d drive him around
looking at neighborhoods.
Then I called
Stephanie Williams but couldn’t get a hold of her so left a message saying I
was thinking of her and then called Mom and we talked for a while. I finally
told her that Mike Romero may be moving out if he gets approved for this
Townhouse and that I had refinanced the house.
She is getting
anxious now for the move to
Mom said she did
speak with Marie and she’s real incoherent from all the drugs and pain medicine
they have her own. Stephanie said the Kachina staff has gotten Marie out of bed
and walking but she will never leave the nursing home. So that’s about what my day has been.
27 July 2009 Monday
Mark Andersen had to work today
but Mike Romero had taken today off. He spent the morning cleaning the movie
room and taking up the rug that the dogs had peed on.
I spent most of the day cleaning out from
underneath the stairwell getting rid of stuff to take to the AIDS Thrift Store
like most of my videos, pots and pans and dishes I don’t use any more.
I made
hamburgers for dinner as that when Mark came home, he said he wanted a greasy
hamburger. He was hot and tired and had
worked nearly 10 hours. I called Stephanie Williams and she said actually Marie
made a recovery but probably will never leave the Kachina Nursing home.
28 July 2009 Tuesday
Mark Andersen called and asked if
I wanted to meet him at Apollo burgers about 1 this afternoon and I said sure
because I needed to get out of the house since I’d been researching the old
Deseret News online archives relentlessly.
Mike Romero showed up for lunch too.
I really had
already eaten so just sat with them until they both had to go back to
work. Since I was seeing Dr. Stoneburner
tomorrow as I was out, I decided to go in and get some blood work done but the
Lab technician said that since I hadn’t fasted that they wouldn’t draw blood
until I fasted for at least 12 hours. She said for me just to come back
tomorrow.
I spent much of
the rest of the time watching Season 4 of Dr. Who. I fixed a spaghetti
casserole dish for supper with a nice salad and garlic bread.
29 July 2009 Wednesday
I am so depressed today I just
want to cry if it would do any good. I went to my Doctor’s appointment at 9 this
morning and of course it was 45 minutes before I saw my doctor. When I told him
that I tried to have my lab work done yesterday he was furious with the lab and
told them never ever send his patients away for lack of fasting.
So then his
nurse assistant went to draw blood from my right arm…couldn’t get a good vein.
So she went to my left arm still no use. They she did one from my right hand
and still couldn’t get any blood so they called in a technician and she was
able to get some blood out of my left hand… then to find out she only took one
sample when Dr. Stoneburner needed two.
So I was poked 5
times just to get a blood sample for lab work. I was not having a good time.
Then my doctor wanted me to stick around for the lab results so it was nearly
11:30 by the time I saw him again and then he gave me the news I didn’t want to
hear. My blood sugar levels were above ten and he wants me to go on insulin. My
worst fears since I hate needles.
He ordered me a
prescription of needles and insulin but since no one was available to show me
how to use them I said I’d pick them up tomorrow. I was still in stress and
anxious that I have to go on insulin.
I had texted
Mark Andersen from the doctor’s because he had wanted to go out to lunch but I
said I was still there and I was until about 12:30 in the afternoon.
After coming
home still in a bit of a shock I started thinking about how I’m now going to
have to give myself an injection for the rest of my life and I got really
depressed. I stayed downstairs for the
rest of the day only coming up to feed the pups.
30 July 2009 Thursday
Didn’t want anything to do with
Mark Andersen or Mike Romero today. They are only interested in themselves.
31 July 2009 Friday
So ends the month of July. It won’t
be but a little while I will be back in school again. I am thinking that maybe it won’t be the end
of the world if I stop teaching. It’s a very demanding job and I think I might just
be getting too old for it.
I went to the
Pride Center on Third West at one and met with David Alder and Jeremy Yamashiro
about their Oral History Project.
August
1 August 2009 Saturday
Chuck Whyte is thinking about
moving so we drove around different areas of the city so he could look at
neighborhoods. I told him how I have to
be on insulin now and how hurt I was that neither Mark Andersen nor Mike Romero
cared enough to ask me how I felt about it.
Mike Romero took
off somewhere and Mark is in Evanston Wyoming with his daughter Audrey for a
family reunion so I am by myself this weekend and it’s kind of nice.
I am testing my
blood when I first get up and at 9 at night right before I give myself a shot
in the belly. The needles are super fine and actually the finger pricking hurts
more than the shots but it’s the phobia I have about needles that is what’s
making me anxious.
2 August 2009 Sunday
Talked to mom today and told her
about how I have to be on insulin now.
She said they are about all packed up down there in Vegas.
3 August 2009 Monday
Went to the optometrist this
morning and he said that my vision had changed just slightly but there wasn’t
any sign of damage from my diabetes.
Mark Andersen took today off to go to Salem and get his things but his
father-in-law wouldn’t let him inside without Tiffany being there so he said
that was a wasted trip.
Ben took the
What's your Native American Indian name? quiz and the result is Strong Heart Ben
Williams I believe this is true one of my faerie names was Fearnaught You have
been through many storms which made you very compassionate and wise. You love
to take care of others, family and friends come first.
4 August 2009 Tuesday
I went to my pharmacist for a
follow up on taking insulin and reading my blood sugar meter. There was this guy this time and he was so
much better than the gal I had last week. He put me on a varying schedule for
testing my blood so he could see what it’s like at different times. I made an
appointment to see him again next Tuesday and to see Dr. Stoneburner at the end
of the month.
Mark Andersen was
home again so in the afternoon I asked if he wanted to go see a movie. Nothing big was player but Harry Potter and
he doesn’t like the series so I suggested The Hangover which was just a fun
summer type movie about a romp in
Mike Romero and Mark played with his remote
control toys he brought up from
5 August 2009 Wednesday
Elyse Gile called at 11 this
morning to say that their plane had come in so I went and picked them up at the
airport. Kayla is going into 7th grade this year so she’s a pre-teen
now. They looked good just tired.
Mark Andersen didn’t
have to work today so he called Mike Romero and we all met at Applebee’s for
lunch.
The girls told
how their folks were doing. Randy got a job today finally so everyone was
excited. I let Elyse take the Cruiser for
transportation while she’s here. While Kayla was visiting friends in the
neighborhood, Elyse took a nap because she said she had been up almost all
night.
In the evening Mike
Romero shocked me by asking me to go with Mark and him looking for remote toy cars.
They are on a new toy kick. So I did and
we ate at Virg’s in Taylorville. Mike Romero and I both had cod fish while Mark
had ham breakfast and the biggest piece of ham I’ve seen in a long time.
At Wal-Mart
they found some toys and I bought myself a new answering machine.
Ben completed
the quiz "What is your trailer trash name?" with the result Fayleene.
You are Fayleen, the Queen of the trailer park. Trailer trash children want to
be just like you. You know how to get what you want, just by flirting. You are
the envy of all the trailer park wives. The wives hate you because as hard as
they try, they will never live up to your standards. You are the best at what
you do. You can hold a baby on your hip, have a cigarette in your mouth, talk
on the phone, all while making the best Frito Pie any man has ever tasted..
6 August 2009 Thursday
Mark Andersen didn’t have to work
today so I took Elyse Gile and him out to breakfast at Ambers. I guess Kayla is
still over at her girlfriends. Afterwards, Elyse took the Cruiser and headed
for parts unknown.
Mark and Mike Romero bought another couple of
remote cars during Mike Romero’s lunch break. I didn’t do much except work on
files.
The weather
turned nasty as warm winds blew in from the south whipping up everything and
filling the air with dust and smoke from grass fires in the valley.
Mark wanted me
to go with him while he looked for UPS drop off points for tomorrow but that’s
about the only time I got out.
I fixed pork
chops for dinner and afterwards I said that the dogs were dying for a ride
since Elyse has my Cruiser so Mike Romero took his SUV and we all drove around
even out to Erda in Tooele County.
The winds were
wicked and a fire was just south of I-80 by the airport. Later I heard it
jumped the freeway. We saw two horse trailers blown over and people were trying
to help get the poor horses out. That was awful to see but the horses were
standing so hopefully they weren’t hurt.
7 August 2009 Friday
Mark Andersen had a long day today
and didn’t get off work until 9 o’clock at night. Mike Romero wasn’t feeling well and when he came
home he took a nap.
The weather was
completely different from yesterday. It was in the 70’s. The only time I got out of the house was to
go and get a copy of the QSL. I haven’t been able to read it on line because
Google says the site is infected when Michael Aaron has spent about a month
making sure it is clean. He’s fit to be tied.
I connected Bob Waldrop and Bruce Barton up
with each other. Two old Salt Lake MCC Pastors via Facebook. Other than that I
spent the day chronicling. I made Chili
Verde for supper.
8 August 2009 Saturday
Mike Romero isn’t feeling good.
He’s been downing cranberry juice because his kidneys are hurting instead of
going to the doctors for some anti-biotics. He bought a small lap top computer
and gave his big Acer to Mark Andersen.
They have been playing around with remote control cars…their new toys.
Mark had a date
with his new girlfriend Marian this evening and Mike Romero and I took the dogs
for a ride looking at the new Gay bars. Next to Try-Angles there’s a Gay coffee
shop called Traxx Stop owned by Gene Gieber owner of Try-angles. There’s Club
Edge now over on 4th west and 6th North below the
overpass as well as Club Jam on 3rd West and about 9th
North.
It rained last
night and cleared all the junk out of the air and it’s considerably cooler.
Down in the 70’s. The rain is nice. Cleaned the air of smoke and dust.
Going to bed now,
happy to reconnect with a blast from my past a very talented good hearted soul,
Michael Anderson. We were like sisters in the late 80’s but we began to drift
apart as he became more and more involved with his acting crowd and I think he
was dabbling in drugs. He moved away to Seattle in 1991 and I had lost all
track of him.
9 August 2009 Sunday
Charline called this morning and
said that mom was in the hospital. She overdosed on some new pain medicine she
just got on Friday for the pain in her legs.
She took six pills instead of 3 and it caused her to hallucinate and
forget where she was. She couldn’t speak except to call Charline “mom” and she
had to be restrained at the hospital because she was so agitated and not
knowing what was happening to her. I asked if I needed to come down and
Charline said no.
They were going
to do a cat-scan and some other tests to make sure she didn’t have a
stroke. So that was very upsetting.
Mike Romero and
Mark Andersen didn’t get up until nearly eleven. Then we went to Virg’s for
breakfast down in Taylorville. We also took the dogs for a ride in the
afternoon and Mark got pulled over by a Bountiful Cop for speeding but
fortunately he let him off with a warning.
In the evening
we went back out and I bought a very small lap top computer for $300 at
Target. It’s only about 10 inches and
perfect to use as note book and for typing. It’s also small enough to take on a
plane.
It was 40 years
ago that Sharon Tate and her friends were brutally murdered by the Manson
family. I will never forget the event. It was chilling.
10 August 2009 Monday
Charline said that Mom is doing
better but they are keeping her for a couple of days in a convalescent home
before bringing her back home so that’s good news.
Mike Romero has
been hurting in his lower back. He thought it was his kidneys and had been
swilling Cranberry juice but he finally brought down and went to the doctors
today and she ran a bunch of tests and his kidneys are fine but he may have
pulled a muscle in his lower back so she gave him a prescription for Lortab and
a muscle relaxant.
I went with him
to Smiths to get his prescription filled, and his having no insurance it was
cheaper then what I pay with insurance.
11 August 2009 Tuesday
I went to see the pharmacist that
is dealing with my diabetes and he upped my insulin to 18 mm. He wants me to
exercise for 20 minutes three times a week. So I rode my bike for a little
while but the tire is low and needs air.
I talked to mom today because Charline brought
her home. She said except for all the black and blue bruises all over from her
wild escapades she feels pretty good.
In the evening Mike Romero, Mark Andersen and
I went to Target where I bought a small lap top like Mike Romero’s. It’s an
Acer 10 inch monitor with built in wi-fi and web camera. Perfect size for
traveling and taking to school back and forth. However Mike Romero deleted my
word processor when cleaning off things from the hard drive and I thought I’d
be able to install my Word Perfect 2003 on it but it wouldn’t take the code.
So I will have
to go buy a Word Perfect Program.
Ten Years ago a
tornado hit Salt Lake City destroying the legendary Gay Bar, the Sun
12 August 2009 Wednesday-
This is my last week of summer
vacation. I go back officially on the 19th. I got my welcoming back
letter from Liz Beck today. I also got a
copy of the appraisal report today and he appraised my house at being worth
$180,000 even though the tax assessor said it’s only worth $155,000.
In the evening
we went to Costco and I bought Microsoft Student 2007 word program and Mike
Romero loaded it on after having to crash my computer first.
I think it's
pretty cool that Stan Penfold director the Utah AIDS Foundation is a Candidate
for Salt Lake City Council District 3. That's the Avenues. He needs help
canvassing in that area of town. He's been director of Utah AIDS Foundation for
many years now.
I am so odd...
why do I enjoy watching a documentary called Nietzsche and Nazism? But I do...
watch out for those who espouse nationalism, socialism and collective ethnic or
racial superiority and who are anti-western liberal Republican individualists.
I love my Netflix instant watch
13 August 2009 Thursday
Mark Andersen told me today that Mike
Romero’s approval came through today and that he had to pay $5000 for closing
costs so I guess that’s that. By the end of the month I should be living alone
again.
Earlier America
First called me and said my refinancing was approved and to come in on Monday
at 1 to sign the papers and meet with the Title Officer. My monthly payment
will be slightly less than I expected $690 instead of $735. So that is a relief
that I will be able to afford to live here without a roommate if I want to or
if I lose my job next year.
The news of Mike
Romero’s moving out, still made me sad and wanted to tear up…I don’t know why,
I guess after 16 years of living with someone there is still a sense of loss.
I called Bill
and Fay Romero this evening to visit because I hadn’t heard from them all
summer and still want to stay in touch with them. I wanted them to know that whatever
Michael does they can still come and stay here when they are visiting SLC.
14 August 2009 Friday
I went shopping today and bought
a computer case for my little Acer 10” laptop, some dog shears to groom the
dogs between visits to the groomers, and some clothes and a pair of gym shoes.
I took 15 shirts into the dry cleaners so I
really don’t need school clothes and I am almost down to a size 42 pants from
44… not quite but probably will as I continue to watch what I eat.
Steve Merrill
and Richard Packer dropped by the house to pick up some ice and buckets that Mike
Romero brought home from Questar that he said he would. I guess Richard’s
family has a big reunion planned for tomorrow.
Mike Romero and
Mark Andersen wanted to go out to eat but it was nearly nine by the time we
left the house. The place they wanted to try out closed at 9 so we ended going
to the Desert Pub where Tom Folk joined us.
The weather had
cooled off and it was nice and breezy just a wonderful evening to be outside.
Felt like a touch of fall was in the air.
Mark said that
he was assaulted today while on his deliveries by some Mexican in Glendale that
was mad that he didn’t have a package for him and hit him in the back with a
steel bar but Mark said he decked him and the police put the guy in jail for
assault…not sure how much is exactly true Mark does let his male chauvinism
expand on fine points.
Anyway, I just
had onion soup and a salad and a diet cola while Mark and Mike Romero had two
pitchers or beer and whisky shots. Tom
didn’t order anything but just ate off of the chips and salsa and the bread I
had given him.
The bill was $66 more than half was from the
booze. Our service was just okay but
Mark left a $9 tip, but he paid for dinner. I think he regretted insisting he
pay after seeing the bill.
This cute guy
kept coming over to our table looking for a light so Michael flirted with him.
Mark was pretty shit face when we left and got home about midnight.
15 August 2009 Saturday
I went to our National Kiss-In at
I only saw Toni Palmer;
from people I knew, except for ones that had to be there.
Mike Romero went
to his homeownership meeting for most of the day and Mark Andersen took Audrey
to Tiffany for the weekend. He wanted me to put him on my Costco Card so we did
that too.
We ate at
Applebee’s and he paid but even though I had a low carb meal it spiked my blood
sugar.
In the evening they took off somewhere and I
watched TV. I am really trying to
separate from them so when they are gone at the end of the month my heart
doesn’t break.
16 August 2009 Sunday
Toni Palmer said that South
Valley Unitarian Universalists’ transgendered pastor Sean Dennison is moving
back to California so I went to hear his last sermon. I also needed to be
around some of my old friends.
I saw Debbie
Rosenberg and went and sat with her during the service. Also saw Luci Malin.
Dennison gave
his goodbye sermon and after it was over, I came back home, mowed the lawn, and
watch some Torchwood series. Mike Romero
and Mark Andersen went out and bought a huge flat screen television. Toys,
toys, toys.
17 August 2009 Monday
Straightened up the house this
morning doing dishes, vacuuming and even gave Daisy a haircut before going to
school.
I worked a
couple of hours when Liz called me into the office and said that I don’t have
to teach a split anymore because she took some stimulus money to hire a new 4th
grade teacher. The news sounded like a huge weight had been lifted off of my
shoulders, but I also said I’d move into the middle room rather than have the
music room between Jeny and I, so guess what I will be doing all day tomorrow.
I tried to give
Dave Alder some pictures but they didn’t burn on a CD. I guess so will try
again.
Then I rushed to
American First to sign my refinance papers… My new monthly payment is $695 a
month another weight off my shoulders.
The Title Loan
officer I got to talking and she said that if I ever wanted a job searching
titles give her a call. I just might next year.
18 August 2009 Tuesday
I met with my pharmacist this
morning and he upped my dose of insulin to 24mm. Then I headed off to school
where I worked my butt off switching rooms…
I put in a full
8 day of hard labor and still there’s more to be done tomorrow.
I met the new 4th
grade teacher Ms. Padgett. I think that is her name. When I came home fed the
dogs and fixed fajitas for dinner for Mark Andersen and Mike Romero. Won’t be
very long until I won’t be cooking dinners anymore and they won’t have home
cooked meals either because neither one of them can cook.
Mike Romero is buying all new things for his
place and I don’t blame him although I told him he could take whatever he
wanted. When he’s got all his stuff out
of here I am going through everything and donating everything I don’t need or
want any more to the People With AIDS Thrift Store.
I need to decide
what to do with the huge heavy analog television downstairs. It really is too
heavy for me to lug around by myself.
I heard from Michael Aaron that the
19 August 2009 Wednesday
First official day for the school
year 2009-2010. Principal Liz Beck had us meet at Paradise Bakery for breakfast
before our faculty meeting.
I spent much of
the day still putting things up in the classroom. Finally went down and got my
Computer and put it all back together so I could look at my class list. So far
I have 21 students. I sure hope I can
stay under 24 this year.
I was really
beat when I left at 4 but stopped and got roasted chicken for the hounds and
then got ready for Equality Utah’s Allies Dinner. Michael Aaron comped me the
$100 ticket because I write for his paper. I asked Mark Andersen to take me down to the Salt Palace because I
didn’t want to have to find parking so Mike Romero and he dropped me off right
out front.
It was a very
swanky affair…lots of cocktail dresses, suits and ties…I saw Todd Bennett and
Ron Hunt there, all dressed in kilts. They looked good. Talked to Alan Anderson
and his kind of boyfriend, Kyle Daniels, who wanted my phone number to talk
later about history but I really think he just like chubby older guys. Finally found our table and four of the
people sitting there were people I had no idea who they were, but after
introducing myself learned one was sales manager and the other was a
photographer…they had no idea who I was so I wonder if they even read the
paper.
I sat next to Michael Aaron when he came and
on the other side sat Donald Steward so we three visited. Dinner consisted on a
salad, cordon bleu chicken, wild rice, and this squash medley. It was good, and
I was good and didn’t eat any bread or had desert or any wine. Just drunk water
since a fruity punch was the only thing to drink outside of wine.
Bishop Gene
Robinson was the keynote speaker, and Carol Gnade and her partner Loraine
Miller, Jenny Wilson, and South Valley Unitarians were given awards for their
work in the Gay community.
20 August 2009 Thursday
I called mom as I was heading for
work. Today is the day she’s leaving
I worked on
putting my bulletin boards together and just going through things. I have 22
students now. Room got a little warm
today. I stayed until about 5:30 and
then went and got some food for the dogs at Smith’s.
When I got home
Mark Andersen came in just a little bit after I did, and he said he was taking
Audrey out for dinner even though I had planned on cooking a meal here. He asked,
didn’t Mike Romero tell me? And I just rolled my eyes.
Well I am done
cooking dinner any more for them. They are on their own. I have so much food in the frig that’s going to
go to waste. I’d be better off eating out myself for all the money I spend.
I tried calling
Charline to see how Mom was but she didn’t answer.
21 August 2009 Friday
Worked all day getting my room
situated for Monday. Dorothy Pratt was wandering the halls looking for some
lost keys and driving me crazy every time she’d drop in and visit some more. I just wanted to lock my
door.
I have 24
students now so there’s no way I have to do a split now. When I came home Mike
Romero said that he turned the utilities off that were in his name so we called
Questar Gas and got that turned over into my name but the Water department was
closed so will have to do that Monday.
I fed the dogs then took off to go to Ruby
Ridge’s [Donald Stewart] Gay Bingo Night. I just need to get out into the
community again and see people. I sat with Mark Swonson and Dan Fahndrich.
Courtney Moser
[Petunia Papsmear] was all decked out in this billowy luminescent white gown that would but Glenda the Good Witch to Shame… It
was fun being out but by 8:00 I was getting tired and ready to go home. Heard
they raised $1000 for the Salt Lake Men’s Choir.
22 August 2009 Saturday
I got up around 7 this morning and
cleaned the kitchen and vacuumed before I realized that Mike Romero and Mark Andersen
did not spend the night here. I heard them last night going in and out so they
must have spent the night at Mike Romero’s new place so I spent my first night
alone and I didn’t even know it.
I mowed the
front and back yards. Mark said he was going to do it but I doubt that he will.
I took the disk of pictures of community people over to the Tower Theater but
David Alder wasn’t there like he said he’s be so I just left the disk there
since some of the people there said they knew who he was.
After eating lunch I went up to school and
worked more in my classroom to get ready for Monday. I worked until 6 and then
thought I better get home to feed the hounds.
If Mike Romero had been over at all today
there were no evidence of it.
I did pick up a copy of the QSL while
out.
Tried calling
Charline again but still no answer. I guess Mom is doing okay or I’d heard
something.
Ate some dinner
myself and picked some apricots and nectarines off the trees. They are just
falling off now.
I was commenting
on Facebook when my computer started acting funny and locking up. It wouldn’t let me log off or anything so I
did a hard boot and it must have done something to it because it lost a drive
and kept going into a loop.
So today is the
day that my Acer Tower computer died. I
guess it is only fitting because it was one that Michael had given me. Fortunately my external hard drive was safe and is operating
now on this little Acer laptop that I bought a week ago.
Well I am alone
in the house again…well I mean without human company. I still have my babies
but I am on my own again naturally.
I wrote a
tribute to Ken Francis on the Affirmation Book of Remembrance Page with his
picture. He needed something written for
people to remember Sugar Tush.
23 August 2009 Sunday
I called mom his morning and she
said she was happy to be in Arizona although she is a little tired. We had a
good long visit.
As I was on my
way to Best Buy to get another computer Mark Andersen called and said he’d meet
me there. He had spent the night at some
girl’s house all night fucking.
I guess Mike Romero’s niece Christine Taylor and
her friends came in last night and spent the night over at Mike Romero’s
place.
I bought myself
another Acer computer. Spent most of the
day with Mark, who was frantic because Mike Romero wouldn’t return his calls
even though we saw him on Redwood when we were out driving.
I wanted to go
to Radio City for the last time because they are closing the bar tonight so I
asked Mark if he wanted to go to and he did.
I brought my camera
and took about 14 pictures of the place. It really had faded from Its glory
days. We didn’t stay long just enough for me to snap some pictures.
I went to bed by
10 because tomorrow will be the 1st day of school with the kids and
I had Mark come lay with me so I could hug him while he was furiously texting
someone. Probably Mike Romero.
He finally got him
to answer and he left the house to go over there and I fell asleep.
24 August 2009 Monday
Mark Andersen and Mike Romero
both came over when I was getting ready for work. I know Mark called in sick
and he looked sick and was running a fever. I don’t know if Mike Romero just
took off or what.
They fooled
around with my computer and I was finally post my pictures of the Radio City. It’s
time for me to retire and find something else to do. I find no joy in teaching anymore.
I have a class
of 24 students although 4 didn’t show today.
I have a few boys that I think will be a challenge but no real mean kids
like last year or kids that were plain insane. It was warm in the classroom but
we got through the early out day okay.
The school is a lot more quiet then it was
with so many of the Foxboro kids gone. I
still have no idea of how this literacy group thing is going to work for me.
Came home to
just feed the dogs…both Mike Romero and Mark were gone.
25 August 2009 Tuesday
Today was a little better because
I got some prep time so I felt like I had a breather. One of my students was officially taken off
my rolls so I am down to 23 students but 3 didn’t show up so actually I have a
class of 19 and it is so wonderful to have 10 less kids then I had last
year.
I am still
thinking this may be my last year teaching. My license is up for renewal at the
end of June and if I have to be finger printed by “criminal past” will come up
and I don’t know if I’d get my license renewed anyway.
26 August 2009 Wednesday
Mrs. Petersen and I swopped a
student today who wanted to be in my class. I said I didn’t care. This class
has some really nice kids compared to the awful kids I had last year.
After work went
to Costco to get some doggy treats and some treats for me that I can eat
without causing my blood sugars to go high.
As I was fixing
dinner, Darren Solomon dropped by unannounced and I was not in a mood to really
have company. I was tired from school,
had just fed the dogs, and was cleaning up some puke from Buddy.
Mark Andersen dropped by about the same time
and said he was off to see Marian but he was here long enough for me to use him
as an excuse to let Darren know I had work to do and visiting or sex was not a
very good idea right now.
After taking the
dogs for a ride I tried to write something for Q Salt Lake and nothing would come. So ended up watching Big Brother
on Instant Watch…mindless blather but I need that right now.
27 August 2009 Thursday
I am getting into the ritual
again of giving the dogs their treats, changing their water, fixing some
breakfast and something to take for lunch before heading out of the house. It’s
all on me.
This morning
while at school Mark Andersen texted me to ask to use the truck since he didn’t
have to work today. I asked since when did you feel like you need to ask?
I am finally
getting to know my students and I think one may not show up so I might only
have 22 this year.
It was hot today near 100 degrees so of course
the room heated up and I was drained by the end of the day.
I came home soon
as I could to start writing something for the Q Salt Lake but I’ve got writers
block…my mind is so numbed by this first week of school that I just can’t get
it together.
I wanted to
write something about Radio City but couldn’t come up with anything so I fixed
the hounds their supper and began to fix me something too when I heard the doorbell
ring.
It was Mike
Romero and I thought how odd that he just didn’t come in so I guess this
doesn’t feel like his home anymore.
He said he’d
come over this weekend in and get some stuff but he was saying how he wasn’t
sure whether he wanted Mark to be his roommate.
He’s mad at Mark again for spending so much time with his girlfriends
and not being considerate to Mike Romero.
Anyway Mark
called, and he and Mike Romero get into a fight. I just stay out of it. I am
through being the in-between. Mark came to the house and since I was fixing
some supper I fed them and that calmed them down.
Mark apologized
for being inconsiderate and he carried Mike Romero’s bed down to the truck to
take over to the Townhouse. I’m not sure why but I began to tear up when I saw
the bed going down the stairs and out of the house.
The hounds were
all happy to see Mike Romero but I think they are weaning themselves off of him
because he doesn’t really spend any time with them and I feed and water them,
sleep with them and take them for their rides.
Anyway they being here shot any change of me
concentrating on writing so I gave up. It won’t be the end of the world if I
don’t have a column. I am tired.
The only thing
in the news is the funeral for Senator Ted Kennedy who died yesterday of brain
cancer at 77 years.
28 August 2009 Friday
Glad it was a short day because
it was hot in the classroom and 90 degrees outside. Tried taking the class
outside while it was cool to play kick ball but kids were getting stung by bees
so we had to come in.
Dorothy Pratt came
in and asked if I had any days for her this year to sub for me. This year will
be much harder for me to find ways to fit her in. I said I would take next Friday off for a
long Labor Day Weekend and October 23rd.
I left after the
kids did because I had to go to the water department and get the water changed
into my name and I had a doctor appointment at 3:20 although it was nearly 4:30
before I saw Stoneburner.
He’s upping my
insulin to 30 units but I am going to start giving myself shots in the morning
instead of at night. I made an appointment for the 23rd to meet with
Dr. Stoneburner again and I asked him to write me prescriptions that I could
use at Smith’s rather than driving all the way to 21st all the time.
Fed the dogs but
they weren’t eating so don’t know what’s up with them.
I went to the
Queer Oral History Project tonight at the Pride Center. There were about 8 people there. David Alder
and Jeremy Yamashiro had us
pair up to listen to a partner tell an important event in his life. I listened
with this 18 year old U of U student named Jacob Lewis who is a drama student.
He came out at 14 and that was just 4 years ago wow but a lifetime of changes
for him.
The next guy was
closer to my age named John. He was really fun to talk to. I really had a good time interacting face to
face with people tonight and getting out of the house.
29 August 2009 Saturday
I was really busy today. Decided
to get up early and change the house around now that I am living by myself. First
I checked my blood and I was 203 but I didn’t take insulin last night because I
wanted to start taking it in the morning.
After that I
moved the dining room table and the red hutch and scrubbed the kitchen floor
getting rid of the floor rug that was in there. Then I took apart the twin bed in the front
room and put the box springs out on the deck and hosed it down and scrubbed it
to get some of the dog pee off the corners where Smokey and Buddy would
mark.
I put the twin
bed temporarily in Mike Romero’s room and moved the chairs around in the front
room. I moved the Television against the south wall and put the lounge chairs
against the railings.
The two orange
chairs I have positioned on the north wall. They will do until I can get new
furniture. I vacuumed really well the front room when Mike Romero and Mark Andersen
came by to get the truck. They are going to get Mark’s washer and dryer and his
couches from his storage unit.
Mark asked me to
go but I didn’t want to stop cleaning while I was in the mood. I did, however, take a break to go up to Washington
Elementary to get my teacher’s manuals do I can make plans for next week. This
keyless entry is really handy.
I also stopped
at Smiths and got some groceries for the week.
About 2:30 Tom Folks, Mark, and Mike Romero came to the house to bring
more stuff over to Mike Romero’s Townhouse. I didn’t help.
I helped Mike
Romero move in from Wyoming in 1994 but I wasn’t going to help him move
out. Someone scraped the hall wall and
took off some paint but thank goodness I still have some of that paint left
over for that very reason.
They were going
out to Olive Gardens but I didn’t want to go with them. I have food in the
house but I don’t feel much like eating.
I know that I am single again but it doesn’t quite feel like it. It probably won’t until Mike Romero is
completely gone.
Mike Romero took
Smokey with him today so Smokey got some alone time with him.
This year is going to be the end of one era
and the beginning of another but if Chuck Whyte can live alone and without
transportation I certainly can.
I wonder if this will be my last year teaching.
It will be if they make me fingerprint after all these years and they hold what
happened 19 years ago against me. I
would be glad to move on from teaching as long as I can find a job with good
insurance that would cover my diabetes.
30 August 2009 Sunday
I tested my blood sugars 184 and
gave myself an insulin shot this morning and then started straightening up
things. Mike Romero and Mark Andersen wanted to go to breakfast before going to
Ikea so I mowed the front yard and it was already getting warm and it turned in
to a scorcher of a day.
We went to Jim’s
in Sandy and I had two eggs, 2 slices of rye toast 3 pieces of bacon and some
cottage cheese for breakfast. I left a
$5 tip but Mark offered to buy breakfast for us.
We then went to
Ikea and I bought a few kitchen things and a lamp. I wanted to get some rugs
but they didn’t have any decorative ones like last time. Spent two hours
walking around that place.
Then we went to
Sam’s Club where we looked at flat screen televisions. I need to get rid of the behemoth down
stairs. I saw a 37 inch screen for about $550 so I will probably get that
eventually.
Tom Folks was
with us at Ikea but then he went to Bed Bath And Beyond and we came back to my
house where they worked moving everything out of Mike Romero’s room. Most of it
they just moved into the big Television room where they could come and get
stuff a little at a time.
Mark looked really tired. I fed them a Sunday
dinner of pot roast, mashed potatoes, broccoli and cauliflower, and a salad. We
sat at the dining room table for the first time.
I packed up my glasses I didn’t want and some
flat ware and they took them.
After they left
I went into Mike Romero’s old room and I broke into tears. I think it finally
hit me that he’s gone. I started to bawl so I decided to clean the room to keep
from being so depressed.
I vacuumed it
and the dust was thick in the carpet behind where he had his chest of drawers
and other things. I got some spic and span and washed the base boards and the
walls. The room needs painting but I
don’t know if I have the energy and the carpet really needs cleaning. I am
still undecided which room I will move into upstairs. Mike Romero left his
computer desk in his old room so may move into that one.
I have lived down stairs for nearly 10 years
so it will feel funny being upstairs. I
called my niece Denise Wachs and she said all her friends got together and
helped Mom and Charline unload the truck and get the house set up so Mom is now
in Arizona again.
I think she and dad were happy in Cottonwood
and Prescott Arizona where they once lived.
So it’s been a busy day and I am pooped. Kind of an emotional day for
me.
31 August 2009 Monday
A frustrating day because the
flash drive I had put my schedule on didn’t work on the school computer so I
was scrambling to get something ran off for the kids. So it was one of those
days. I don’t have any prep time until the afternoon so Mondays are hard if I
am not prepared.
I went to Wal-Mart
right after school and bought a few things for the house and some clothes for
the fall. It’s hot now though in the mid 90’s and air still Smoky from the
fires in California.
I was tired
today so after feeding the dogs I just went to bed and watched a little
television.
I did get mom’s
new phone number and everyone seemed to be happy to be out of Las Vegas and in
Arizona.
So this is the
end of August. Mom and Charline are gone
from Las Vegas so there’s no reason to go there anymore. Mike Romero and Mark
have moved to their Townhouse on Hodges Lane and I am living alone again after
16 years. August sure brought some major
changes.
SEPTEMBER
1 September 2009 Tuesday
Today was a much better day at
work. Starting to get back into the routine. I went to my Credit Union during
my prep time to pick up forms to have my mortgage taken out and sent to American
First.
Mark Andersen called me at work and wanted me
to come over to their place for hamburgers. I suppose I should. They want to
show off the place. They are going to
keep the lazy boys since they found a way to make it work for them. We watched “Were the World Mine” then I went
home to take the dogs for their little ride.
Another really warm day.
2 September 2009 Wednesday
Long day because it’s back to
school night. I left at 3:45 to go home to feed the dogs and then went back at
5:30 to get ready for the parents. About half the parents showed which is
typical. I didn’t get back home until nearly 8:30 after stopping at Food Savers
to get some groceries.
Really think I
should paint Mike Romero’s old room so to get the memories out of there and
then move into it. Another very hot day
3 September 2009 Thursday
Hot day again. In the 90’s. I
made lesson plans for Dorothy Pratt who is subbing for me tomorrow and after
school went and bought some plastic binders for the kids to keep their Literacy
papers in.
I was frustrated
trying to take off this tv wall mount that Mike Romero had left up because one
of the screw heads was stripped and I couldn’t get it to come out.
So I called Mark
Andersen and asked if he’d come over with some tools to help me take it down
but he said he was on the way to meet Marian… I said fine and hung up.
I never ask Mark
for help and when I did, he wasn’t there for me. So I just ripped the thing off
the wall and bought putty to mend the damage.
I went to Sutherlands
and bought some paint. I wanted a more cheery color so the paint is kind of an
apricot yellow. It was called “Dreamsicle”.
I dread painting but I want the room to be mine without any memories of Mike
Romero there. I really feel abandoned
here.
Mark said he’d
drop by to check on me but he never does and no one calls. Well they didn’t
look after me when they lived here so why should I expect that they would now
that they are gone. Mike Romero could have been coming over here to get his
stuff out of the former tv room. It’s filled with his crap.
Got a thing in
the mail that our neighborhood cleanup is scheduled for September 21.
4 September 2009 Friday
Busy day. I went to America First
CU and got my mortgage payment taken care of with them taking it out of Horizon
CU.
Then I went to
RC Wiley’s and bought some furniture for the first time in years. I bought a full size captain bed, three lazy
boy chairs, and a 19 inch flat screen television. Then in the afternoon I started to paint Mike
Romero’s old room. The power roller was
a joke and used more paint and made a mess but I got most of it painted but had
to go get more paint. I will finish
tomorrow.
5 September 2009 Saturday
Finished painting the room today.
It was a two day job. I also went and bought some East Indian Print curtains at
Walking Crane and curtain rods and a valence at Lowes so the room is looking
pretty good but I am super tired.
Went into the
old TV room and straightened it a bit so Mike Romero and Mark can get the rest
of their stuff. They never called this
morning to take them to the train station.
It was a Saturday on Labor Day Weekend a year
ago that I made love to Mark for the first time but that’s all over now. The
bathroom scale says I’m about 251 buck naked. That is down from 274 that I was.
Hopefully this
diabetes change of eating will help me lose weight too. I talked to Bill and Faye Romero today. Faye
is sending me some books on diabetes. I told them that Mike Romero had moved
out. He hadn’t told his mother. Cooler
day today.
6 September 2009 Sunday
My whole day was spent painting
the upstairs Bathroom. I thought it
needed a makeover. So I painted it a bright yellow orange color and bought a
new shower curtain, towels, and bathroom accessories. Truly it took all day.
7 September 2009 Monday Labor Day
Ben Anderson emailed me that
Mattias Lumaca and he are coming back in January and wants to know if they
could rent from me. Hmmm. My blood sugar
was 103 this morning. The lowest ever.
8 September 2009 Tuesday
Back to school today and
President Obama gave his address to the nation’s school children that the
radical right tried to derail. I didn’t get to listen to it however because I
had to stay with the four children whose parents did not give their children
permission to listen to the President of
the United States. Fucking idiots.
About 6:00 my furniture was delivered and put
together. My Captain Bed is tall! Really tall. I have to climb into and it’s
really hard for the dogs to get on so I will have to figure something for them.
I asked Mark Andersen
to come over to see my new furniture and I sent him home with some enchiladas
that I made for dinner, for him and Mike Romero to have for supper. It seems really strange to be upstairs.
Mark said to
call him if I get scared living alone but I said I lived on my own for many
years and I guess I can do it again…still it feels like Mike Romero’s just away
on a trip rather than really gone from the house.
9 September 2009 Wednesday
Today is the 9th day
of the ninth month of ’09 so its 090909. About 3:30 this morning I heard this
explosion that woke me from my sleep and notice that there weren’t any lights
on in the house because the power had gone off.
So I got up and
found some candles to have near my bed because I had faculty meeting this
morning and didn’t want to over sleep. Fat chance of that because I kept waking
up about every 40 minute.
About 6:30 the
power came back on but I was really tired from lack of sleep. I was a little cranky at work because I was
feeling so low. I even got a nose bleed during lunch for some reason and I
rarely get nose bleeds.
After work
picked up my prescriptions from Smith’s and fix the dogs and myself some
supper.
I fixed myself some Spaghetti with Italian
Sausage and then I moved my computer upstairs and put that all back together so
now I don’t have to go down stairs anymore except to do laundry.
Will have to
clean up down there so that will take a little time but The upstairs bedroom
and bathroom is painted, bed delivered, and computer set up. The house is really starting to feel like
mine instead of Michael’s. I listened to Obama’s speech to the joint houses of
Congress on Health Care reformed. I think he gave a great speech and laid out a
sensible plan.
10 September 2009 Thursday
Read on Facebook that David Alder
and Jeremy Yamashiro of the Oral History Project are thinking about leaving the
state.
11 September 2009 Friday.
It’s been 8 years since that
awful day. Didn’t get all we needed to
get done for Literacy Groups next week, so Mrs. Peterson and I said we’d come
in tomorrow for a little bit.
12 September 2009 Saturday
I cleaned the house really well
this morning before heading up to Bountiful to meet with Mrs. Petersen and Mrs.
Pulley about our Literacy Groups. I was there for about an hour then headed to
Centerville to go shopping.
I found the
little ottomans I wanted for the bedroom at Target and then I bought some rugs
at Kohls and a table runner at Pier One Import. I think I’ve shopped more this
month then I have in a year!
Mark Andersen and
Mike Romero were at Audrey’s soccer game for some of the afternoon and then
they came over and filled the truck up with more of Mike Romero’s things out of
the entertainment room.
It was a
beautiful day today with so much going on. The Greek Festival, Farmer’s Market,
the Avenue’s Street Fair and the State Fair.
Mark said he was
taking Audrey to the state fair and asked if I’d go. I thought I needed a break from the house so
I went to the Utah State Fair with Mark, his daughter Audrey, and Mike Romero. We looked at the cows, goats, sheep, pigs,
rabbits, and chickens. Saw the Butter Cow Sculpture but didn’t see the veggies
this year.
I took my
walking stick and it really helped because we were at the fair for about 4
hours. Audrey wanted to ride the ponies, have her picture taken with an
alligator, bought a bracelet and a little cat furry figure, and I bought myself
a mood ring for $5.
Mark had two free tickets for he and Mike
Romero went in on them and I paid for Audrey and myself and I also gave Mark
$20 to buy ride tickets on the Midway.
Mark and Audrey went on the Ghost Pirate Ride, Audrey went by herself
through the fun house but rode with Mark on the bumper Cars.
Mayor Pete
Carroon was there with his son on the ride and Mark kept ramming him but I
don’t think Mark knew who he was until I told him.
The Midway was
packed and later learned it was celebration Mexican Heritage day as well so
that was why there were so many Mexicans there.
Mark, Mike
Romero, and Audrey went on the Ferris Wheel and I just found a park bench on
which to sit. I was getting really tired and my feet were hurting. Really felt my age today seeing all the young
people at the fair. I got home around
11. The last time I went to the fair two
years ago it was with Ben Anderson and Mike Romero.
13 September 2009 Sunday
Bought a lot of stuff today. I wanted to go back to Kohl’s to get more
rugs to replace the old stuff in the house and then I went over to Wal-Mart in Centerville.
It’s so much nicer than the one in Salt Lake
that’s so full of trashy people. There I bought some dog food and bought a pad
for the bench so Smokey can jump easier up on the bed. Also bought a lamp for the front room and
some more sheets that were on sale.
Over the
internet I bought four posters of Bette Davis, Jean Harlow, Joan Crawford, and
one with Cary Grant and Randolph Scott together. That was about $125 right
there.
At Food savers I
bought the dog their food for the week and when I came home Mike Romero, Mark,
and Audrey were over with Mike Romero getting some more of his things.
I fixed Audrey some fruit and they went to see
“UP” at the movies. They asked if I wanted to go but I said no I had too much
around the house to do.
It rained some today even thundering and
lightning. Autumn should be coming right
on time.
I later texted
Mark if they wanted to come over for Sunday dinner after the movie since I had
baked a Pork Loin. They did and I had
Spanish rice, corn, squash, a salad, cantaloupe, Cauliflower and broccoli as
well.
I set up the movie room again and they
adjusted it and got my television working in my room also. Spent the rest of the evening getting ready
for school
14 September 2009 Monday
Actor Patrick Swayzy died today
of pancreatic cancer. I enjoyed him in
Ghost and To Foo Young.
I was out of
sorts for most of the day…not sure why… feeling kind of over whelmed at school
I think. It rained and thundered pretty
hard today.
In the mail my $1400 check from Washington
Elementary Mutual came. Did a little
house cleaning when I came home. Someone pooped in the kitchen… probably was
afraid to go outside in the thunder and rain.
15 September 2009 Tuesday
Deposited my check into Chase
Bank because will probably pay off the credit card and then put it away. It
kind of rained a little in the afternoon.
Mark Andersen was
going to come over and help do some yard work but it was too wet.
I made a tuna
casserole for dinner but Mark said he’s already made something over there at
Mike Romero’s place.
Darren Solomon
dropped by this evening wanting to cuddle some but I wasn’t in the mood to do
much else. He said that he’d help paint
the house. I said I would just as soon pay him as a stranger.
16 September 2009 Wednesday
Not feeling really perky…not
really sick but just out of sorts. Mark Andersen
texted that he was not feeling well and was just going to stay home, which is
just as well because the outside refrigerator circuit shut off and defrosted
and water poured into the casserole I had made and put there.
I just watched a
little television and then went to bed.
Henry Gibson
from Laugh-In died. Seems like a lot of celebrities are passing away lately.
I made some granola tonight because I ran out
this morning. Gave the dogs a bath wash butts when I saw some dirty marks on my
new rugs.
17 September 2009 Thursday
I had a restless night and my
nose bled a little. What’s up with that? I also had a very lonesome dream about
having an empty house to sell.
At work still
kind of sluggish. So is Mrs. Petersen. I asked if there were any more plastic lunch
trays around today and I got two to add to the one I have at the house.
Came home and
cleaned downstairs. Made up the bed and scrubbed the bathroom. I was doing that when Mark Andersen came
over. He said Mike Romero was out on a date so I fixed him some supper.
I cooked him a
steak and we ate left-overs from the frig. He said he’s come by tomorrow and
cut down some branches since Mike Romero and he are going to Bryce Canyon this
weekend. Weather is still warm.
Tim Keller is
coming down tomorrow from Logan to go to Bingo and to also bring me some files
saved from my old computer.
Mary Travers of Peter Paul and Mary
died. Really enjoyed their music
18 September 2009 Friday
I came down with a head cold
today when my nose started running like a faucet and started to feel achy. I really had planned on going out tonight but
with this cold I thought I better stay home rather than be in crowds and spread
it.
Mark Andersen
worked late today and never pruned the trees. He called later and apologized.
Oh well… no big deal I suppose.
Tim Keller and
his friend Paul Janssen came over about 5 and down loaded the files that Tim
managed to save and then they left to go get some supper.
They invited me
but I said I better just stay home. He
wanted a copy of my music so I said just start down loading and drop back
before you head back to Logan.
So I watched on
Netflix the 2 hour finale of Big Brother that was live last Tuesday. I was happy the way it ended.
When they guys came
back over at 10 they wanted to visit and we talked for about 2 hours about
politics and life. First company I had
over with the new furniture and it was great. I forgot how much I enjoyed
company.
They left about
midnight but told them if they ever need to spend the night they are more than
welcome to crash here.
19 September 2009 Saturday
Stayed in bed much of the day. Called
mom and we talked awhile about how things were going in Arizona. Today is
Grandpa Johnson’s 108th birthday if he’d still be with us.
20 September 2009 Sunday
I slept in until 9:30 this
morning. I don’t know how long it’s been since I’ve done that. Just stayed in
bed most of the day. I wanted to get some yard work done for the city clean up
tomorrow but that didn’t happen.
Ain't gonna get dressed today but curl up in a
blanket and watch 8 episodes of Torchwood and eat barley soup. I watched some
of Torchwood and stayed in bed resting until about 4:30. The dogs wanted to go
out for a ride so went driving around downtown to see the changes.
Ate a grilled
chicken burrito from Betos. First time I’ve eaten out in a while.
21 September 2009 Monday
Could have stay home and slept
some more. Cousin Stephanie Williams wrote
that she’s going into surgery tomorrow for skin cancer on her nose.
I tried calling
my dentist to schedule a cleaning but their hours were ridiculous so that gave
me a reason to find somebody not across town.
I fixed a
hamburger for dinner but went to bed by 8:30.
First day of
summer so Summer 2009 is a memory. Forty
years ago I was registered at Cypress College starting my great adventure into
adulthood.
22 September 2009 Tuesday
I felt a little better today and
am getting a cold sore so my cold must be breaking up. I wanted to stay in bed all day but alas duty
calls... teachers are the thin white chalk line between civilization and
anarchy.
Another fun day
at work… one of my students puked all over himself during our Iowa Standardized
testing. A study showed that teachers are more likely to get sick then doctors
because per square inch children carry more germs then adults. First time that
has happened I along time. Lots of my kids are getting sick.
My pictures I
ordered on line were delivered today. I
need to get them Framed now. I am going
to give the one of Cary Grant and Randolph Scott to Michael as a house warming
gift.
I made an
appointment with a Dr. McKay in Bountiful for a dental cleaning on October 1 at
8:15 a.m. I also asked Dorothy Pratt to
come in this Friday for me. I need a
rest.
Is it a tad bit
too Gay that I am putting a framed black and white glamour shot of Jean Harlow
in my bathroom and two of Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in my bedroom? I
thought of getting one of Norma Desmond but really that's TOO Gay.
It’s been a
month now since Michael and Mark moved out and I have been on my own…how
quickly the days flow now compared to when I was young.
23 September 2009 Wednesday
I had a fitful sleep last night
and work up about 1:30 and couldn’t get back to sleep until nearly 3:30. So I was tired most of the day and still
coughing from my cold.
Michael Aaron offered
me tickets for Chorus Line at the Pioneer Memorial Theater. Now who to go with? Went to Ruel’s Frames
after work and spent $140 on four frames and mats for the photographs I ordered
that came this week. I am giving Mike
Romero a housewarming present of one of them.
24 September 2009 Thursday
I made arrangement to have
Dorothy Pratt work for me tomorrow and I am just tired from this head cold. After work drove across town to Sugar House
to pick two tickets to see Chorus Line.
At home I asked
Jacob Lewis, my Facebook friend, who is a Theater Major if he’d like to go with
me but by bed time he hadn’t responded.
I finished Mike
Romero’s picture and wrapped it up and brought it over to him today. I could tell he really liked it. I would too.
The picture is great of course but I also did a nice job picking out the frame
and mat for it. I spent the rest of the
evening just watching “Lost” on Netflix.
25 September 2009 Friday
I took the day off to rest and
get over my cold. Well I really didn’t
rest much because I cleaned the movie room by bringing Michaels things down to
the garage or put up in the closet.
I wanted to
start using that room again. So I
cleaned it and also scrubbed the bathroom. That took much of the morning.
I never heard a response from Jacob Lewis
about going with me to Chorus Line so I asked Mark Swonson but he was heading
out to Pinecliff for the Retreat that Donald Stewart and Dick Dotson do every
year for AIDS people and their families.
I hated to waste
the ticket and even texted Michael Romero that if he and Mark Andersen wanted
to go I’d babysit Audrey but I never heard back from him.
On Facebook I
saw that Dominque Storni was wanting to go so I emailed her and said that I had
an extra ticket and I’d be up at the theater by 7:30 and waiting in the lobby
and I waited from 7 to 7:50 before giving up and taking my seat….later I read
an email saying she would be there but I never saw her so I hope she didn’t
make a trip for nothing.
Anyway I did see
Courtney Moser and Tim Keller there and we visited for a while and agreed to
meet up afterwards to go out for some coffee.
Chorus Line was
incredible even though I did get a little sleepy because it was a 180 minute
show without an intermission. I had an aisle seat and not one was next to me
and no one was sitting in front of me so I had a great view.
After the performance hooked up with Courtney
and Tim and we went to Village Inn, which I hadn’t been to in ages. I think the last time I was at Village Inn
was with David Sharpton so that’s at least 16 years.
There were a
couple of knock down gorgeous men there and I had forgotten how beautiful many
of the men in Salt Lake City are up by the University. We had a good time visiting and I picked up
the tab and it was nearly midnight when I got in between the sheets. I am glad I took the day off.
Great news, David Bell the Gay guy who was
accused by Tongans of kidnapping their children was found not guilty. They had beaten the crap out of him and his
boyfriend because the Tongans were having a wild drunken all night party and
the two small children had come next door to David’s house to sleep.
26 September 2009 Saturday
I got an email from my sister Charline
today that Jehil had her baby yesterday, a boy
Charline thinks they named Ken Edgar Andrew Jones. I haven’t heard any more.
Only slept in
until about 7:30 because the dogs wanted me to get up so took them with me to
go get some coffee. Then I decided to head to Deseret Industries at Welfare
Square to look for a bureau to put up against the wall in the movie room. Their
pine ones were expensive over $350 but looking around I saw a five foot teak
wooden console with four drawers and a sliding door compartment for $25! I took
it immediately and hoped it would fit.
It’s really pretty and looks like it’s from
the late 1950’s or early 1960’s. They
loaded it into my truck for me but I called Mark Andersen and asked if he’d
come over to help me carry it into the house. He was at Audrey’s soccer game
but said he would after it was over around 1 so I spent the rest of the morning
finishing cleaning the house I started yesterday.
They came over
while I was finishing up the dishes and Mark and I carried it into the house.
It was solid wood so it was heavy but I had taken out all the drawers and the
legs off. I am pretty proud of it. It fits neatly under the big wall screen and
when that is gone, I will be able to set any type of big flat screen on it.
Audrey wanted to go to Applebee’s so I said
I’d take them and Michael Romero joined
us so we had a nice dinner together like before they moved out.
Michael took
Smokey with him over to the Townhouse because Smokey was missing him. He brought him back for me to feed him and we
talked a little.
I guess Mark hasn’t been working much and
Tiffany lost her job. Mark went out with
Marian tonight and took Audrey with him so Mike Romero I guess didn’t want to
be by himself because he stayed and I fixed him some pie and we watched several
episodes of AB FAB.
It was a
beautiful day not too warm and yet not really cool either.
27 September 2009 Sunday
I went shopping this morning at Wal-Mart
and Saver’s Thrift Store to buy pillows, scarves, lamp shades and other items
to dress up the television room. I think I will be spending a lot of time in
there…more than I thought.
Mark Andersen called
about 12:30 and asked if I wanted to go to Chuck A Rama for lunch and I said I
would. It was a beautiful day and I really needed to get out. I stayed away from the carbs there and ate
mostly salads, fruit, and veggies with some chicken wings. It was nice. I paid
for the three of us and Audrey.
Afterwards we
went to Gilgal Gardens to have Audrey run off some energy and then I had them
take me home.
I was kind of tired still and wanted to rest
before starting up again tomorrow.
I pulled out an
old VCR tape on which I had recorded Something For Everyone an old movie from
1969 with Michael York and Angela Lansbury…it was a poor copy even then but had
really deteriorated but the sound track was still good. It was the first movie I ever saw a guy kiss
a guy on the mouth romantically so the movie was thrilling to me at the
time.
Didn’t do much
else this evening but rest and watch the Simpson’s. They have been on
television now for 20 years. I think Mark and Mike Romero are going to see
Chorus Line on October 10th and I will babysit Audrey.
28 September 2009 Monday
I don't think there's enough
coffee in the world to get me going this morning... oh well had a wonderful
weekend--Chorus Line, finding bargains, Sunday dinner at Chuck- A -Rama with my
little friend Audrey, her dad, and Mike Romero. And surrounded by pounds of
hounds. We share mutual love and affection and naps. I am rich in puppy love.
PS happy
birthday Billy Bikowski where ever you may be. Today is Billy Bikowski’s 48th
birthday. I have not seen in him in probably 15 years. It was 90 degrees today.
Yummy cornbread in a glass of milk and I'm ready for bed
29 September 2009 Tuesday
I went to the Horizon Credit
Union because they rejected my automatic withdrawal for my Mortgage. I guess American First left off a
number. So I have to do that all over
again. I just paid October mortgage out
of my America First checking
account. It rained and stormed off day
and temps dropped down to 60 degrees.
30 September 2009
Wednesday
Kids were very antsy today. Only
one student didn’t bring in his volcano. The weather has dropped to 40 ....the
autumn wind is blowing...it's snuggling time
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