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Cold, drizzly weather convinced me that it would be wiser to stay home and attend to household chores than to walk over to Ralph's Funeral Mass this morning. Given my age and general physical condition, it would not be wise to risk getting sick. And after all, I did attend his Wake last night and expressed condolences to his wife and son.
Monday, Dec 12, 2022 at 11:49 AM
posted by Roscoe
Will I EVER learn?! I ate WAY too much food WAY too late from last night's pitch-in buffet at the KofC Council Christmas party. Consequently I had an uncomfortable 2-hour insomnia break during last night's sleep. Had to take Antacid tablets to get back to sleep, and eventually woke too late and too zombiefied to even THINK about making it to Mass this morning. I hate missing Sunday Mass and this is the 3rd or 4th Sunday in a row I've had to miss due to health reasons, either mine or the wife's. Man!
Sunday, Dec 11, 2022 at 10:21 AM
posted by Roscoe
My busy Saturday has started well, but it started much earlier than I'd planned. Removed broken aerator from kitchen faucet and ordered a new one all before 06:00. New unit will be delivered tomorrow and I'll install it then. But now, at least, the water flows freely and isn't spraying wildly like it did last night. Hope the rest of my day goes as well. Lots to do.
Saturday, Dec 10, 2022 at 9:37 AM
posted by Roscoe
Pacing and time management are going to be very important over the next week. Next Tuesday and next Friday are the only quiet days on my agenda for the next week. All other days are filled with time-consuming events from morning to night.
Friday, Dec 9, 2022 at 11:58 AM
posted by Roscoe
Running out of free space on my smart phone. Again. Thought I had an app that would automatically take care of that for me. Darn. Ready to go out for lunch now. Will look into the phone issue later.
Thursday, Dec 8, 2022 at 10:55 AM
posted by Roscoe
Wow! A solid 7.5 hour sleep! And I woke naturally, 10 minutes before my first alarm of the day. Can't remember how long it's been since I've had such a good, restful sleep. If the day ahead can be as good as the night behind me, that will be awesome.
Wednesday, Dec 7, 2022 at 5:20 AM
posted by Roscoe
Today found me stressed much more than I'd prefer. Had to deal with too many people who really had no clue what they were doing. And I do NOT suffer fools gladly!
Tuesday, Dec 6, 2022 at 8:39 PM
posted by Roscoe
Late night news of a personal nature. And now I find out I have two different Rosary Services and two different Funeral Masses to attend next week. Huh.
Monday, Dec 5, 2022 at 10:00 PM
posted by Roscoe
A very restful Sunday. Stayed home from Mass again this Sunday, wife is still recovering from her leg injury of last weekend and my right foot is increasingly a problem. Watched plenty of good football, lit our Advent candles and prayed, read the Bible, etc., but a Sunday without Mass still feels emptier than it should. I'll call my doctor tomorrow about that darned foot.
Sunday, Dec 4, 2022 at 8:16 PM
posted by Roscoe
Playing wounded? I can do that pretty well.
Early morning concerns abouit how I would or wouldn't be able to handle the complications of tomorrow's big Mass, etc. due to my situation, my age and physical condition were dispelled by my late morning chess work. In what appeared to be weaker positions in many of my correspondence chess games, I found moves which not only pulled me out of danger but presented strong attacks on my opponents' forces.
Life can imitate chess. I'm now more confident about tomorrow.
Saturday, Dec 3, 2022 at 11:55 AM
posted by Roscoe