Last week,
while waiting for the last few minutes to tick by before we could clock out
from work, one of the nurses challenged anybody to do a wall squat for one
minute. He said he would give $100 to the person who could do it. I accepted
the challenge and positioned my back against the wall then lowered myself down.
The nurse wanted me to go lower so I obliged him. I checked my watch and
watched the seconds go by. When I hit one minute, I stayed down until I reached
two minutes and 15 seconds before standing up. I told the nurse to ''show me
the money!''. I didn't really expect him to pay me but it would be good to rib
him about it in the next few months. I bet he didn't expect a skinny looking
older man to be able to meet his challenge. All that stationary cycling must
have strengthened my quads. Frankly, I wasn't sure if I could last a whole
minute because it's an exercise that I never do. It was purely mind over
matter, I guess.
I was
checking my cupboards last week for expiration dates of canned goods, then moved
the canned jalapeno peppers to a separate shelf. I was surprised to see that by
buying a few here and there when there was a sale, I had already accumulated 18
cans of peppers! Seriously, how many cans of peppers do I really need?! Time to
stop buying them for a few months.
Well, on one
of my days off last week, I was able to do my federal and state taxes using
Taxactonline.com's software which I have been using the last three years.
Within about 30 minutes of e-filing, I received email notification that both
federal and state returns were approved. Now, that was fast!
What are the
chances of getting a George Washington and Susan B. Anthony dollar coin as
change in the same transaction? That's exactly what happened at 99 cent store
last week. All that was missing was a Sacajawea dollar.
Upon further
review, I can now claim that I have watched all the best picture nominees for
the Oscar's other than Hugo. This is the list of what I've watched: The Artist,
The Descendants, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Help, Midnight in
Paris, Moneyball, The Tree of Life, and War Horse. Looks like I have nothing
else to do on my days off except watch movies. Well that, taxes, and counting
cans of peppers.
On a final
note, I thought I lost my keys at work Monday night. It turns out I lost my
marbles temporarily instead. Misplacing keys = forgetfulness, not knowing the
keys existed in the first place = Alzheimer’s disease.
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