2020 Diary: So Much DQ8

11/17/2020: Awake 7 AM. Prayers. Bible. D[ragon]Q[uest]8. Breakfast at 9 AM. DQ8. John called this morning to get picture of Mom and Pop for Morgandy. Get Kam’s lunch 12:30 PM. DQ8. Start supper at 3:30 PM. Finish at 4:45 PM (sausage and fry-up with carrots/taters/onions/cabbage/mushrooms). DQ8. Went and washed up at 8 PM. Green Acres. Rosary at 9 PM. Also read some TCM(?) today. Feeling a little iffy all day. Wrote a few paragraphs of L[ady]W[illow]. DQ8 till almost midnight.

 

11/18/2020: Up about 6:30 AM, after a night of backache. Prayers, Bible. Posted on both N[iche]O[f]T[ime] and P[ower]O[f]B[abel] and left a note on FB. Went in at 9 AM and got ramen and eggs.

DQ8 much of the day thereafter and some TCM. Made Kameron toast at 12:30 PM. Ramen for lunch, and a cheese and pickle sandwich. At 2 PM checked the lasagna instructions and started it at 3:30 PM. Fed pets at 4:15 PM, made garlic rolls at 5 PM, Susan home at 5:15, finished cooking and went in. At 8:15 PM went in and got my share of lasagna and rolls and salad (bag). Watched Green Acres. Rosary, then conked out at 9 PM.

 

11/19/2020: Awake at 6 AM, after a dream about a car accident, then showing Scott Bate my Peanuts books and Gold Key Digests at the house on Loop Drive. He seemed less than impressed.

Prayers and Bible. Showered and dressed. Caught up diary, and now it’s 6:40 AM. Feel the urge to settle this bank business with SocSec, while at the same time not wanting to. Thanksgiving is almost upon us.

Well. Breakfast at 9 AM, eggs, ramen, and bread. DQ8. At lunch Susan came in and told me we were to bring mashed potatoes, pea salad, and deviled eggs, and asked me to make a grocery list, which I promptly did. I rearranged the room a bit. Made Kam grilled cheese. Afternoon wore away with much DQ8, Daily Wire, GGACP. Went in at 3:30 PM to start supper, as I had to shuck the corn (the past 2 weeks they’d got frozen). Rotini, chili. Ate my supper at 5 PM, then more DQ8. Went in at 8 PM to wash up. Finished off the chili by adding shrimp ramen. Played DQ8 up to Cash and Carrie. Took break at 10:30 PM, said rosary, and now it’s a little after 11 PM. Probably play a bit more, then hit the hay. Played until 2 AM, as it turned out.

 

11/20/2020: Up at 6 AM. Prayers, Bible. 58 degrees, but high humidity, so doesn’t feel as cool as I’d like. Must order medicine today and make church reservation.

The minute I went in at 9 AM Kameron told me I would be assisting him with his pinecone turkey project. Had my breakfast, and about 10 AM out he came, and we set up. Painted the pinecone feathers fine, but when we came to the head (including the wattle, which they called the ‘waddle’ – teachers!) they had not sent the pom-pom the instructions called for. We agonized over that for a while, then Kam sent his teachers a message. Meanwhile we watched the Rankin/Bass Hobbit, and then “The Mouse on the Mayflower” – which, on a side note, we watched on a visit to Nanny’s sometimes in the 1968-1971 era. Lunch about 2 PM (cheese sandwich); remembered it was Pop’s 92^nd birthday and posted. Started frying taters at 2:30 PM, and the usual routine followed until I went in a little before 5 PM and found Andy home, to meet a fellow who would inspect the ‘garage’; there are termites! And Andy said that the old great-grampa who is living at the Loth’s (he is 90) fell and broke his neck 9not fatally). The immediate effect on us is that it puts Thanksgiving plans up in the air, until the situation resolves itself. Watched new Duck Tales at 6 PM (with Kam); went in and washed up a little after 8 PM and heard that Kam’s teacher had finally got back to him and said that the bottle cap in the kit was to be the substitute for the pom-pom – which wasn’t very obvious! Played DQ8 until 9:30 PM (having got past Marta’s -Martyr? - death again) then prayed a rosary with intentions for the poor old man’s broken neck and for Pop, then fell asleep. Not a very lucky day.

 

11/21/2020: Up about 7:30 AM after the usual 2-hour intervals to go to the restroom. Prayers, Bible. Caught up diary. Now 8:15 AM, and on with the goddam circus.

A little after 9 AM I headed over to F[amily]D[ollar], and Andy gave me a lift. Besides getting me some Spam, popcorn, and raviolis, I got S&A some chocolate covered cherries and an eggnog for Andy, although Susan told me on the return that she didn’t think Andy liked eggnog. Had the Spam for breakfast. Played DQ8 and finished Pirate’s Cove. On to Empycchu, after I make a Sage’s Stone and cleanse the Hades Helm. It’s now 11:42 AM. A little humid, and a spitting of rain. 

Helped Kam finish his pinecone turkey. About 1 PM Susan brought in another SSI check for me. She wanted me to go deposit it as soon as Andy got back (his father wanting him to do some work today), but he only got home a little before 4 PM, when the bank closes. About 6 PM Kenny called, and we talked about 20 minutes till he said his phone was dying. Prayed rosary. (From lunchtime on I was eating ravioli, four cans stretched over time.) Watched Svengooli (Abbot&Costello Meet Frankenstein), played DQ8 (up to Dark Empycchu), posted, then looked for a Lambie cib-cib [crib]. Rempel Lambies, by the way, are going for about $20. Bed about 11 PM.

 

11/22/2020: Anniversary of Pop’s passing. Woke up about 3:40 AM and thought it was 5:40 AM, so got up, prayed, starting to get ready. When I got to the phone saw the real time. Read Bible, caught up diary, and now I’ll try to lay down a while again (it’s almost 4:30 AM).

Up at 6 AM, showered, dressed, ready to go out the door at 7 AM. Made it. Rosary. Christ the King today, and also the last day of Father Greg and Father Dennis. Walked home and back by about 9:30 AM.

DQ8 much of the day. Leftover boiled eggs, egg salad, bananas, and later Andy brought me a little sample box from Panda Express. Got a ramen for lunch, and at supper Andy brought me the leftover salad and mushrooms; I made a mushroom and chicken ramen with half of them. In between things watched bits of “Hannah and Her Sisters”, the Sunday animations, and “Duck Soup”. Spent much of the evening on alchemy mixes, and now ready to face Evil Sir Leopold tomorrow. 

 

11/23/2020: Up, prayers and Bible. At 9 AM started the wash, boiled eggs, made egg salad, had ramen and a peanut butter sandwich. The morning went on with DQ8, changing the wash, making Kameron toasted cheese, and making broccoli salad. Got a little miffed with Kameron as he tested my patience and I yelled at him, but we made it up and it was okay. Played DQ8 past Purgatory Island, releasing the Dark Castle, and through the Troll’s Maze. Went in again at 4 PM, grassed Ginger, fed animals, made supper, and went in at 5 PM. Came back at 8 PM and washed up, then watched Green Acres. After that I settled down and wrote 8 pages of “Lady Willow”, finishing it up and sent it to John about 11:40 PM. Said rosary and hit the hay with a feeling of accomplishment, having finally told the story in some form after many years.