7/1/2021: First day of July.
Up at 5:30 AM. Prayers and Bible. Cartoons. Made an order to HEB. Called in
some stuff for the pharmacy there. Saw Kelsey and Ryan about 3 PM; gave Kelsey
$50 as a welcoming present to buy themselves supper. Made chili, corn, noodles.
E-mailed John with a gentle hint about my appointment with Dan on the 6th.
7/2/2021: Up about 5:30 AM
after a restless night. Prayers and Bible. The cartoons today were all related
to the Fourth of July in some way, including the old Porky learns the Pledge of
Allegiance. Must stay till the groceries get delivered then get to HEB for my
glucometer stuff. Somehow. Bus? As it turned out, my shopper was way late with
the groceries, and it was very hot by then. (I was not well pleased with
sitting on the bench, which was still wet after two days). I called Kelsey and
she came and got me and we went to the pharmacy. I bought us some Whataburger
afterward (a grilled chicken salad for me and a mushroom burger for her) and I
sampled a peaches and cream milkshake.
Didn’t have to make supper as everyone was going to Freedom Fiesta food
trucks in the park, including S&A&Co, J&A&Co., and Kelsey. But
I made myself turkey soup with celery and onions. They came back about 9:30 PM
and went swimming and John and I visited and yakked about our various aches and
pains and philosophy and life. John gave me some tips about people he listened
to on YouTube. Everybody left about 11:45 PM. I played DQ8 a while and then to
bed.
7/3/2021: Grampa Alfred’s
memorial service today (I’m not going but thought I should mention it). Up at 6
AM and started watching cartoons. Washed dishes, showered, dressed. Prayers,
Bible. Not much doing as the family went to the parade and fireworks in the
evening.
7/4/2021: The actual
Independence Day. I think, but am not sure, the Shanafelts went to the
Shanafelt get-together. Despite my fears of predicted thunderstorms and initial
reluctance, I went to church and made it home without any mishaps; in fact, it
scarcely dripped all day. In the evening I watched “1776” and the new Rick
and Morty, which seems to address the dilemma of saving the environment vs.
serving the needs of humanity. To bed without seeing or hearing from any of the
family. Some desultory fireworks in the evening, but the city display was
yesterday. Despite sticking to my diet, my numbers were in the 200s.
7/5/2021: Up at 6 AM.
Cartoons (today’s batch were Warner’s made in the Eighties, so not good). So,
prayers and Bible. No laundry today as it is a holiday and S&A are doing
all their Sunday stuff today. Had eggs for breakfast; BS still in the 200’s.
Washed dishes, made bed, and finally went through that pile of mail in the
pencil drawer. Found a check for about $30! Straightened up the rest of the
drawer. It’s now 11 AM, and I’ve arranged for Andy to take me to FamMedCen
tomorrow (he’s doing a little mowing). The three cardinal eggs in the nest on
the potted plant on the kitchen porch have hatched. It rained off and on
afterwards through the day. Didn’t have to make supper but went in at 6:30 PM
to boil eggs and make egg salad. Ordered stuff from HEB Pharmacy. Listened to
Shippey on Tolkien and Beowulf. Got an e-mail from Kris Jerome saying he wasn’t
going to publish me anymore because of his own limitations, and he wants to
send me the files.
7/6/2021: Well. I got up at
6 AM and was halfways dressed at 7 AM when I thought to check my appointment
card and found I wasn’t due till the 9th! That pulled the rug out
from under me especially as I didn’t sleep well last night in anticipation.
Slumped down and just slept till almost 1 PM, when I went out and did a load of
clothes and made cucumber salad. Rainy on and off. Rest of the day as usual,
except I started reading Tolkien’s Beowulf again.
7/7/2021: Up at 6 AM, got
ready, and caught the bus at 7 AM. Went to HEB, did a little shopping (folders,
Underwood Deviled Liverwurst, paper towels, a stiff spatula), then at 8 AM got
my pharmacy stuff, including insulin. Caught bus and back home a little after 9
AM. At 10 AM went out and waited for grocery delivery which I then brought in.
Turned the AC on only at 1 PM, as it had been a very moderate morning. Went in
at 3:30 PM and started supper (the displaced sausage and cabbage usually had on
Tuesday). Wrote a respectful and grateful e-mail back to Kris Jerome. Now it’s
7:20 and I’m making one of my big burger patties for supper.
Notes
"Nothing puzzles me more than time and space; and yet nothing troubles me less, as I never think about them." - Charles Lamb. Wish I could be as care-free as old Charlie, but I'm always unclear about what happened when and I do think about it. Many things that happened five years ago seem to have happened 'just now,' at most three years ago; most things are 'just a while ago.'
HELEN: Is that the time?
MIKE: No, time is an abstract concept. This is a wristwatch.
- The Young Ones.
Ubi sunt and Carpe diem and all that rot, kiddies.
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