Wednesday's Attic

Wednesday's Attic  www.wednesdaysattic.com This post may not be very exciting. I decided in honor of my 50th Birthday, which fell on a weekday so of course I was working, to document my average workday. As you will see I have a very long commute, so most of it is Southern California freeway driving. So without further ado- here it  is! I awoke to these lovely red roses from my sweet husband I started taking pics on the 210 while heading to work. I drive 4 freeways every day. The first part of the 210 is the pretty part of my drive. The 210 where it turns up to go through Pasadena. I call this part 'the first 210' and the part after the tunnel 'the second 210' Yes, its bumper to bumper on the other side. Glad I am not headed that way! And yes, you get to see all this through my dirty windshield just like I do. The Miller Brewery. I pass this stinky place everyday. This is the 57 freeway heading south toward the dreaded 10 freeway. Ahhh the interchange....

I had my very first legal drink ever here in April of 1982. I am pretty sure it was a Pina Colada.  That was before 'West' Hollywood was a city. The Rainbow Bar and Grill is a bar and restaurant on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California, United States adjacent to the border of Beverly Hills, California. Its address is 9015 Sunset Boulevard. The bottom level of the Rainbow is the restaurant, The Rainbow Bar and Grill. Upstairs is an exclusive club called "Over the Rainbow". The Over the Rainbow consists of a full bar, dance floor, and a DJ booth. The restaurant is next to The Roxy Theatre and The Key Club. The restaurant was founded in early 1972 by Elmer Valentine, Lou Adler, Mario Maglieri and others, opening on April 16, 1972 with a party for Elton John. At the time, the word "rainbow" signified peace and freedom. It quickly became known as a hangout for celebrities of all types. John Belushi ate his last meal(lentil soup) at table #16. Fo...

Every year at this time, you are sure to hear someone ask- What does 'Daylight Savings time' save? It is a good question. It loses you an hour at least it feels that way the first day or so.  As someone who leaves for work very early, it means that I may have to start my drive in the dark again like I do in December.  WIKI Says: Although not punctual in the modern sense, ancient civilizations adjusted daily schedules to the sun more flexibly than modern DST does, often dividing daylight into twelve hours regardless of day length, so that each daylight hour was longer during summer. For example, Roman water clocks had different scales for different months of the year: at Rome's latitude the third hour from sunrise, hora tertia, started by modern standards at 09:02 solar time and lasted 44 minutes at the winter solstice, but at the summer solstice it started at 06:58 and lasted 75 minutes. After ancient times, equal-length civil hours eventually supplanted unequal, sociv...

I have not posted in quite a while I realized. Mostly because I have been so busy and with the overtime hours plus commute I am on line for maybe 10 minutes after work and then I am asleep. It is really true that saying about all work and no play.  This is my newest doll. I thought I deserve her since I have been doin nothing but workin. So lets see what is new. Well 5 people retiring from my office,  I am fairly sure the building I am in is haunted, My new car had to be in the shop and get a brand new transmission, cost Toyota almost $4000. I took a rock to my windshield on Monday, we have a kit on it now, so hopefully I can make use of this slightly used windshield a while longer. I have some Queen Mary photos to process and post on the November Obscura blog. And I am still behind on most of the things I NEED to do, let alone want to do. I will be reopening the Etsy shops for the season soon. I really need to be able to stay up late to get stuff done.

Had my big major dental appointment this evening. My dentist is awesome I had a 7pm appointment! Really helpful to the working masses. I am now all clean and polished. I have only ever had 1 cavity in my entire life. I have good dental genes!

I consider myself a pretty strong person, but sometimes, with certain people and situations I just do not know what to do, or say or suggest anymore. This situation lays heavy on my heart and mind.  I can not keep doing this for you, it is taking a big toll on me.  You are going to have to step up and take charge of your own circumstances. It has been going on for far too long and I just don't think that you are quite the victim of circumstance that you portray yourself to be. You are very intelligent and very capable and I think that you need to put every bit of effort that you can muster into improving the situation. You are so much more than this and there IS a solution and you CAN succeed! I don't think you have really pushed for a resolution, because it has been too easy for you not to. My resources have limits and I am going to have to make some changes. I hope I  have not been taken advantage of, because I have acted out of love and kindness.