2021 Diary: Spring Fever

3/10/2021: Up before 6 AM; prayers and Bible. Cartoons (which I didn’t pay much attention to) with straightening while I listened. Shower. Took Kameron to bus, then about 9 AM ordered stuff from HEB, after checking my balance. About noon checked with Susan about supper. A little after 1 PM, while waiting for Kam, my order came, then while I was putting it away Kam did come. Found I had egg rolls in the freezer I had forgotten! A bit later he was picked up for his dentist appointment, and by 3 PM he was home when I began starting supper (chicken, broccoli, and rice). Finished cooking at 4:45 PM. Watched South Park Vaccination Special. Went in at 8 PM and washed up. Rosary, then caught up diary. Sent John this e-mail today:

 It's always seemed to me that March has been a kind of weary month, not quite winter but not quite spring, with its wind blowing our emotional weather every which way. After a particularly hard winter, complicated with Covid, it seems even more filled with longing for sunlight and the spring.  Of course, the clover seems especially green against the withered gold of the falling oak leaves, and that is refreshing, but something of a mixed message. Still, encouraging.

Perhaps that's part of the reason I'm finding it hard to proceed with GF, because it takes place in fall, and that's not the prevailing mood surrounding me. My body is feeling that ol' "spring fever", more of it feverish than springy, I must say. How much of it is reaction to my vaccine, I cannot say. If I do manage to finish this chapter, I'm taking the rest of the month off from writing, I think.

I don't know if you've heard, but Kelsey and Ryan are planning to move back to Seguin in June, first with some friends of theirs, then hopefully into their own home. Kelsey has her eyes on a job, so that will give them more resources. And Ryan is planning on getting a trucker certificate and becoming a trucker! Ah, the strange parallels that play themselves out!

 

3/11/2021: Up about 5:30 AM. Prayers and Bible. Watched cartoons and began writing. Chicken noodle soup for breakfast. Sent John a few pages a little after 7:40 AM. He wrote me at 8:40 AM:

Ah, the bittersweet moment before the plunge! Your food writing passed the test- made me hungry for all of it, even the apple!

On the strength of that compliment I wrote another page and sent it at 11:20 AM.

Through the day listened to more LOTRO TP, and finally reached the end of Book One (the first half of FotR). At 1 AM let Kam in, had sausage for lunch, then took a nap. At 4 PM started supper (chili, rotini, corn) and finished at 4:30 PM. Watched some programs with Simon Callow on YT (one about Orson Welles with emphasis on his theater career, the other a charity performance with Stephen Fry). Ready to go in at 8 PM to wash up, but first I think I’ll pray the rosary.

Did so, then foodled around until 11 PM when I laid down.

 

3/12/2021: Up about 5:30 AM; prayers and Bible. Cartoons. Went in at 9 AM and started bacon and eggs for Kameron; finished a little after 10 AM. Started frying taters about 2:30 PM; done at 4:40 PM. Rosary. Made extra fish. Washed up at 7:20 PM. Watched “The Maltese Falcon”. It’s now 9:15 PM and “Casablanca” is on, but I don’t think I’ll stay up much longer.

 

3/13/2021: Up about 6 AM. Prayers and Bible. Showered, dressed, cartoon shows. At 11 AM I went out and waited for John; he pulled up and we were on our way. We drove to Half Price in San Marcos, having a good conversation about things, especially about how good it was to get out. Impressed by how much things had changed since I was last there. Half Price was strangely bare; no more chairs to sit on and fewer shelves.

I got the John Adams miniseries, “O Brother Where Art Thou?”, the Flannery O’Connor short stories, “The Ickabog” by J. K. Rowling, and “Charlie Chaplin” by Peter Ackroyd. I offered to buy John’s books and he only chose one. We tried to go to Long John Silvers, but it was closed so we got chili dogs, and they were awesome. We came back to the Seguin Walmart, and I bought some stuff including cane-tips and a new cane.

Came back home and I had to run in to the bathroom, but John bought my stuff around. Started reading Chaplin right away, then conked out. Between us, we arranged for a camp stool delivered over Amazon, supposed to be here by Tuesday.  Up in the evening and reading and so on until bed, ready for the time change tomorrow.

 

3/14/2021: Got up at 6 AM and was starting to get ready to go to church when I heard the rain beginning. So instead, I prayed and read the missalette and fasted until noon. The rain made everything very cool.

At noon I started to make spaghetti, and Andy brought me leftovers from the house, so I was able to add mushrooms. Finished reading CC, then later in the evening began watching John Adams. The day went on with the usual time change displacement, ending in a dramatic evening sky of orange and blue. Andy brought me over some leftover pizza for supper.

Watched more John Adams, ending with him in Paris, then began watching “Family Guy”. Now it’s suddenly 9:34 PM (which means my body thinks it’s 10:34 PM). Should pray Rosary now.

 

3/15/2021: Up about 5:30 AM. Prayers and Bible. March about halfway over already! Cartoons. A cool morning (45 degrees). A routine day spent mostly watching “John Adams”.

 

3/16/2021: Routine day, except Kam still on spring break. Got the stool about 11 AM. Legs really hurting.

 

3/17/2021: Up a little after 5 AM. St. Patrick’s Day. A routine day.

 

3/18/2021: Up at 6 AM, watched cartoons. Prayers, Bible, and rosary. At 10 AM Kameron and I went to the “Funky Monkey” and looked around. He got a couple of Star Wars things, and I got an old Avon Charlie Brown shampoo bottle. Then we ducked into FD, and I bought him some soda and a Word Search book. Then home. Day with a cool wind, but sunny and clear.

Spent the afternoon listening to more LOTRO TP. Then made supper of chili, corn, and rotini. Susan smuggled me in the cake to make for Andy’s birthday Monday. Went in at 9 PM and washed up. The rest of the evening for pootling around, I guess.

  

Notes

By a strange coincidence, we just started watching John Adams for Movie Night. I had no idea. Funky Monkey is a vintage second-hand store not too far away.