2021 Diary: Past Amusements

4/7/2021 Evening to 4/9/2021: Things went along as usual, except in a haze of leg pain and warm weather.

 

4/10/2021: Up about 5 AM. At 6 AM cartoons started. Laid around hazily then started getting ready about 8:30 AM. Left at 9 AM for FD; got soda, chips, etc. When I got home at 9:40 AM Andy had a couple of tacos and a soda ready for me. I ate, then spent time cleaning up house. I think the walking (with properly bound knee) actually helped. A bit cooler outside. Prayers, Bible, and rosary. About 11:30 went out, swept the porch, and got a jug of water. Now almost 1 PM.

Broke my can opener trying to open a can of peaches. Watched a couple of hours of DQ8. About 5 PM started making cheeseburger macaroni and ate it about 6:30 PM. About 7:30 PM as I was closing up, I noticed that pane of glass in the bathroom window was hanging open again, so I tried to patch it up with tape and cardboard before it got dark. That made me a little panicky. Finished 2^nd rosary, so I’m caught up at last. Now 8:15 PM.

 

4/11/2021: April a third over already. Up at 5:50 AM. Showered, dressed, prayers and Bible. Out the door at 6:55 AM. A nice cool morning. Divine Mercy Sunday, so prayed the Divine Mercy Chaplet rather than the rosary. Many people there, with the pews opened up to regular seating but with social space along the rows. Got home, and Andy brought me the weekly stuff that’s about to expire. Made macaroni with little tomatoes and Italian salad dressing for breakfast/lunch. Settled down for a nap about 11 AM.

During the afternoon I watched some DQ8, cleaned up some, and looked at dwarf action figures. It’s now 3:30 PM. The evening passed as usual with animated shows, then bed.

4/12/2021: Prayers and Bible at 5:30 AM, then cartoons at 6 AM. Started wash at 7:35 AM, then switched it at 9 AM. Got my groceries about 9:10 AM. Didn’t listen to GGACP today; looked dull. Wash in at 10 AM.

Took a nap and woke up at 1:20 PM, confused. I had not turned up my telephone after church! Kam had called me 3 times, then afraid had stayed on the bus. They dropped him off at 2 PM, though, after a trip out to Hickory Forest. Meanwhile I made cucumber salad. At 4 PM I came in and made the fish cakes and couscous. About 6 PM I took a soak in the pool till about 7 PM. Rosary. At 8 PM I went in and cleaned up. They gave me a huge bag of honey-lemon cough drops they got for free. Now nearly 10 PM and ready to hit the hay.

 

4/13/2021: Woke up a little after 4 AM and found myself awake. Prayers and Bible. Some Dragnet and My 3 Sons, then cartoons. Started one paragraph of the next chapter of Goldfire. Took cans out to the recycling bin, then peeled boiled eggs for the dogs. Waiting to wait with Kam for the bus at 8 PM. I’ve already drank too much diet soda.  

Read a lot of Samuel Johnson’s “Life of Milton” today. Lot of good stuff there. All the usual Tuesday stuff for supper. About 7:30 PM washed up. Cleaned up the guest house, putting all the cans of soda in the fridge. Dogs barking and S&A off doing something still at 9 PM. Rosary.

Notes

Wow, now I miss even the dullest new episode of GGACP. At the time I was trying to write new material on Goldfire, the first in over 40 years. I was also missing DQ8 so much I was even watching videos of other people playing it.