Dr Copa Scrip for Success

I never used to watch television other than the weather channel.  I would get up early in the morning and put on the weather channel to see what the forecast was and then head out to work.  I’d leave the house by 4:30 in the morning and wouldn’t get back until around 7:00 or 8:00 at night.  I’d check the weather channel again, and then hit the sack.  In between time I’d be busy plowing and sanding roads and driveways and parking lots in the wintertime, and doing groundskeeping in the summertime.  I was even the town cemetery sexton for a few years and took care of the cemeteries, mowing the grounds and digging the graves. 

So it really wasn’t until after my accident back in 2007 that I started to watch a lot of television.  I really don’t like the fact that I can’t go out and do the things that I love to do, but the pain from my injuries prevents me from doing much of anything.  If it wasn’t for all of the specials on television, I’d go absolutely insane!  I’d love to upgrade our television service to get more of the cable specials, but my wife keeps telling me that we can’t afford the extra monthly rates for the premium channels.  She’s working two jobs now, trying to pay the bills, and it is difficult for me to argue with her about what we can or cannot afford.

I do find it difficult not to envy my brother-in-law, who has satellite television and is always talking about how he divos the dish specials to watch later on.  But my wife is right; money is just too tight now for those kinds of luxuries.

Ever since we moved here, my wife has been telling me that she wants to try out a Boston Market restaurant.  She says that her sisters keep telling her that they really like the food.  I’ve been very reluctant to try it – I just don’t like trying different restaurants.  Once I find one that I like, I try to stick to it.  I hate the thought of going to a restaurant and then not liking the food!

Well, finally she dragged me into a Boston Market yesterday.  It was suppertime and we weren’t home.  We were in Fairfax, and she saw a Boston Market and she pulled in.  I grumbled a bit, but we got out of the car and went inside.  She was quite upset when we got inside and realized that it was a fast food restaurant!  No one had told her that!  She thought it was going to be like an Applebee’s or Ruby Tuesday.  She looked at me and declared “I was expecting a different kind of restaurant; I don’t want to eat here.”  So we left!  That was a close call!

I’ve never been much of one to visit art museums to walk around and appreciate the art.  My “art” has been working on my cars, trucks, and bikes.  So I wouldn’t know the difference between a couple of shepard fairey prints and a couple of Andy Warhol prints.

But I did notice when we were walking around looking at the different apartments this past weekend with our son that many of the rooms we were looking at did have at least one obey giant poster hanging on the wall! To be honest I thought that was rather odd, that so many young people seemed to be gravitating towards this type of graphic art.

And I’ve noticed that there seem to be a large number of T-shirts being worn by folks that also have obey giant art pictures on the fronts of them. I guess this artist has captured the imaginations of the youth!

Many of our friends have been raving about the new Mandarin Japanese buffet and sushi bar restaurant that opened in town recently. So I decided to take the family there for dinner last Sunday evening. The atmosphere was nice enough, but the buffet was smaller than I would have liked. Our sons enjoyed the sushi bar (no raw fish for me thank you very much!) and my wife and I found plenty of food that we liked. But when the bill came for about $20 each, I was not impressed. I’ve had better meals at other buffets for much less money. I don’t know if this restaurant is going to be able to compete with the others if they keep their prices so high!

My sister was asking me yesterday where she could find a local digital camera repair shop. She says she has been having problems with her camera and wants to get it fixed. She told me that she lent her camera to a friend and she thinks it was dropped.

To be honest, the whole concept of having to need camera repair was a little bit of a surprise to me.

I have had about eight different cameras in my lifetime and none of them have ever broken! I even have my old Polaroid “Swinger” camera and it works just fine! The problem I have with that is finding the film, if I were inclined to want to use it! So I’ve never had to worry about where to take one for camera repair! I usually only buy a new camera when new technological advances inspire me! I guess I’ve been lucky in that department!