Sunday, June 4, 2023

Sunday, June 4, 2023   

 

     I weighed 146 lbs and had eaten 20 Hershey's milk chocolate nuggets yesterday. Among other problems, this is getting to be an expensive indulgence. The price for a 10 oz bag was under five dollars; now, it's close to $10. How's that for a price increase?

   As I always do, I sat on the south lanai for mass today. I enjoy it. I prefer the folding chairs over the slated wooden ones. They're harder on my tush. 

   I found my tutoring ad in the church bulletin. I always check the ads, but I don't know if anyone else does. I'm not counting on it, but I figured I'd be contributing to the church, at least.

   Sandor was the deacon of the mass. I went to say hello to him afterward. He said he had my lemon-flavored cod liver oil bottle in his car. Judy came to say hello. She told him Paulette had been in hospital. Sandor asked, "Why didn't anyone tell me?" When we told him the problem, he told us his story. He had had a huge boil or cyst, too. He was bitten by a spider on an airplane. He said the infected area blew up to the size of a CD and went through to the bone. His was lanced and drained as Paulette's has been. She already said she thought it was from a bite. Sandor's story supports her theory. Her infected area was also huge. Sandor said it took him two months to recover completely. Wow! 

  I stopped at the transfer station to drop off another load of glass bottles. A woman dumping her load said, "You know you can get money back for those Coke bottles." No, I didn't. Hmm! When I got home, I picked all the Coke bottles out of the trash barrel filled with glass bottles. I couldn't fit all of them into my small kitchen trash container. The next load will be the non-Coke bottles.

  I stopped at Costco before I headed home. It was crowded. It was a day when they put flats of popular items in the aisles. The employees were running around clearing the shelves of emptied boxes as quickly as they could. When I went into the produce room, I noticed they reconfigured it. It was wider. Walking up and down the aisles, I only saw one sample table with food, a salad dressing. I love the samples; it is just enough to slake my hunger. The wait at the checkout counter was all right. 

  When I got home, I noticed several baskets of tools sitting on the front walk. Huh? Were these Scott's? I assumed so; I hoped so. Yes, he was going to a friend's to help repair something.

  I plugged in my car the moment I got home. The weather forecast this morning said no rain for the day. They were wrong. Around two pm, it started to pour. It was raining too hard to run out and unplug the car. I don't like charging it unless the solar output exceeds the house usage. Why waste money when you don't have to?

  I found a wet spot on the lanai carpet. This peeing on the lanai is new. It started when Elsa started using the doggie door in the morning. We had a love fest before, and I hugged and kissed her as I checked for lesions. She could easily use the doggie door when she needed to. She was used to using it. I'd even heard her using it on her own. So what's this about? Everyone's saying she's doing it because she's angry at me. Does she think she has me by the short hairs since it's clear I love her?   Damn!

  I got a Yoga-Go session in today. They're perfect for me. I get a full range of motion quickly without too much strain. It's not that it wouldn't be better for me to strain; I avoid doing it- except when  I walk.

   I participated in a Gokhale free seminar the other day. I love everything about this woman's work. I love her perspective. Don't exercise; modify your daily movements so you're healthier. She challenges several concepts of what people can accomplish with their bodies. She thinks anything is possible. She is modest in her presentation, and she loves doing the work. She learns as she teaches. Just participating in a workshop makes me feel good. I must have heard everything she has to say already. I read her book and have taken several of her free online workshops. They're like AA meetings. Each time you hear the story, you hear something else. You get a boost of enthusiasm to help you start again. It's a wonderful community because of her leadership. She provides the model I would love to duplicate in promoting my methods for teaching reading.