Book Light Cure

Barb and I were waking up early in the morning and couldn’t get back to sleep.  We were very annoyed and very tired.  Then I got the idea that Barb should get out her book light and read if she wakes up because she always goes to sleep when she reads in bed.  I thought that would be good for me too.  So we put our book light on our bed table beside us. That was all we needed.  When I woke up the next day, I said to myself, “I could just get my book light and my book and read if I wanted to”.  Then I said to myself, “Or I could just go back to sleep”.  So then I just went back to sleep without using the book light.

Lousy Canadian Dollar

Barb was trying to withdraw money from our Canadian bank account to deposit in our American bank account.  She wanted to get out $800 but the machine wouldn’t let her take it out.  It said that she had exceeded her daily limit.  Barb was confused because she hadn’t taken out any money and she should have a $1000 daily limit in the Canadian bank account.  Then the next day she realized that the Canadian dollar was so bad that $800 US was more than $1000 Canadian.  So she took out $600 and had no problem.

Crying Over Book

I finishing reading a good book called “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk”.  It was a black comedy about a troop of Iraq War heroes.  The author did a really good job of getting inside the head of a soldier and how crazy the ultra-patriotic Americans are.  It also had a lot to say about how crazy football fans and football games are in the United States.

The book had a funny ending where the troop was about to get screwed out of a movie deal by the owner of the Dallas Cowboys.  They had turned down his offer.  So he went over their heads to their General to get the General to order them to take the bad deal.  The Dallas Cowboys owner handed the phone with the General on the line to the sergeant.  It turned out that the General grew up near Pittsburgh and was a Steelers fan.  So he told the sergeant that the Dallas Cowboys owner could go screw himself.

I was telling Barb this story and I couldn’t hold back my tears of happiness for the fictional soldiers.  Barb thought that I cry over the strangest things.

Barb’s Library Problem

Barb is reading a series of murder mysteries by James Patterson.  They are quick reads and Barb is really enjoying them.  Unfortunately, she always finishes her current book on a Saturday night.  Then the library is closed on Sunday and Monday.  So she has to wait until Tuesday to get the next book in the series out of the library.

New Roof

We had a leak in our roof in the kitchen.  So we needed a new roof.  We booked roofers almost as soon as we arrived in Florida.  They finally got around to us in January.  They started the job one day when Barb was out.  I heard a lot of noise on the roof in the morning when I was trying to sleep.  There was a knock on the door one of the roofers asked me if we used our satellite dish.  I said no.  So he threw it out.  Later I was sitting in my chair working on the computer and a screw fell out the vent in the ceiling onto my head.  Then later I saw the lamp shade from the bathroom ceiling on the top of the toilet seat.  I left it there for Barb to see when she got home.  They really shook up the house.

Dillon’s Phone Call

Julia said Dillon wanted our email addresses to say “Hi” to us.  We sent our email addresses to him.  He emailed us to tell us he would like to phone that night.  We thought it was a little strange but had no problem with it.  When Dillon called, he asked for Julia’s hand in marriage.  He is a very formal fellow but we were very happy for him.  He said he was going to surprise Julia on Valentine’s Day.  They were going to rent an apartment together in March in the Glebe.  We talked for a long time.  It must have cost him quite a lot of money on his cell phone.

Barb’s Bank Card

We had to replace the roof on the house here in Florida.  So at the end of the month, we were a little short on money in our American bank account.  We were told we could take money out of the Canadian bank and deposit in the American account.  Unfortunately, neither Barb nor I had our bank cards for our Canadian account.  So Barb asked Julia to mail her bank card here.  Julia decided to send it Express Mail.  Julia said lady at the post office was in a bad mood when she went there.  Julia said we were not going to believe the size of the envelope the lady used.  Barb asked her how much it cost Julia.  Julia didn’t want to tell her at first.  She finally told Barb it cost $28 but she said Barb was worth it.