83 = Degrees in Fahrenheit. That was the high temperature today. I suppose this is considered an improvement over the anticipated high that was forecasted, which had today's high predicted to be in the low 90's. Either way, this temperature is way too high for Southern California for this time of year.
1.52 = Amount of money in dollars. This would be the recent increase in my hourly wage at work. I am not a salaried employee. Apparently, I just got a raise, effective my paycheck that's coming next week. The department is notorious for not advising its employees of when they receive raises. The raises happen, but nobody (at least, not me) ever knows when they're coming. I guess sometimes there's grumbling around the office that a raise might be coming, but I've always been the type to think, "I'll believe it when I see it". Don't tell me a raise is coming. Let me see it reflected on my pay stub. Yesterday afternoon, I confirmed it. It is definitely reflected on my upcoming pay stub.
5.95 = Amount of money in dollars. The old Honda needed gas yesterday, as does happen from time to time. I paid nearly $6.00 a gallon at the local Chevron for regular unleaded gasoline. That led to my paying just over $75 to fill the tank. Living in Southern California. It's fantastic. Not only is it unseasonably hot here in mid-March, but a gallon of unleaded gasoline costs damn near an arm, leg, lung, and kidney. It would appear that that recent raise is going to come in handy.
5.5 = As a percentage. That would be my latest A1C level, as of two weeks ago. That would be down from 5.7, which was my last A1C reading, dating all the way back to June 2025. I'm still on my current regimen of prescription medications, with no decrease in any of those dosages. I'm told, at least based on my recent blood work, that I am healthy...for a type II diabetic. As dumb as this sounds, when I learned of my latest A1C reading, I "celebrated" with a large Mountain Dew from that same Chevron. I will be the first to admit that I'm not the best diabetic. Clearly.
1991 = This was the year that Richard Marx released his hit song, "Keep Coming Back", off the album, "Rush Street". Throughout the course of my travels today on YouTube, I just happened to stumble across this song. I may have listened to it a few times, maybe as if it were on "repeat". I don't want to analyze the lyrics, but I find it to be an excellent song, both lyrically and musically. Sadly, they don't make music like this anymore.
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