The Middle of June

Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, vol 1 p. 599

66,3 miles

HOT

 

354 recordings of 72 types, 14 old CPD (one was mislabeled and I had to order the right one from Netflix, and I accidentally let two get deleted). 21% clear.

 

On June 10 I went on a WPAC tour to see Frankie Avalon! We took a bus down to Modesto and then went to Surla's Restaurant  where we had a fantastic brunch buffet. I tried to get as few carbs as possible, but I certainly overate!

 

Thence to the Gallo Center (and there's a virtual cache right outside but I hadn't even bothered to check!) Frankie has aged well. He's gorgeous. It was a fun show.

 

I had planned to sit with Gary T., Darlene's friend, but he was in the hospital having cancer surgery. So my seatmate was Bobbie, and we got along well. She's from Connecticut and couldn't believe that I knew the name of the Peabody museum. So I told her about the Bone Wars.

I also found out that the other lady from the Tuesday breakfasts who I want to be when I grow up had died (at 93).

 

Coming home from the WPAC office I passed a two car accident with a demolished car on each side of 4-lane and a divider El Camino, and they'd knocked out a power pole, so the lights were flashing red.

 

On Monday, while I was digging and setting up the watering, I found a dead rat partly under the cedar tree. Must be Monday!

 

Tristan, the neighbor's baby, has arrived. I decided to wait a few days before I go admire him.

 

Tuesday I realized my little food chopper, which does work, is missing the metal spindle to put the blade on. So I ordered a new one.

 

Vince called. The Saturday Bernadette was there they had family game night. My sister came so she got to see Bernadette and Padreic. P. and AJ got along pretty well. Padreic thinks the construction toys should only look like the box.

My computer uploaded itself again. After a couple of hours the day before. Annoying.

 

June 13th. 17 years since I found David's body.

 

I am SO TIRED of Cryin' Chuck!! The "resist at all costs, no matter who gets hurt" is old, and I sure hope it backfires. But he was funny today complaining about the North Korea summit.. "all cattle, no hat."

 

I went to the Commissary, as I was low on kitty litter, and of course had a list of other stuff to get. (Cayenne pepper and nutmeg, for instance.)  I forgot the TP but made a quick trip the next day after Mass at the Retreat House, in and out in 5 minutes with a huge pack of toilet paper.

 

I also got dishwasher cleaner. When I used it, I almost forgot to take the lid off. In any case, the dishwasher got so clean I didn't want to put dirty dishes into it.

 

I got a palm frond off the roof using a rake and my stepstool.

 

My scratchoff map fell, so I guess I'll have to countersink screws to hang it.

 

June 14, Father Giltus is back! I listed Charles in the prayers.

 

I ordered a hose tap adapter for the front, which will be a lot easier than the current plastic one.

I also ordered a Great Courses on Japan.

 

I went to dinner at Appleby's. That's quite early, and the chicken won ton tacos, which are delicious and cheap, aren't quite as filling as I would like, so later I just splurged on ice cream and cookies. My blood test is going to be a disaster.

 

June 15 I was sweeping up oleander blossoms with a really tired broom, turns out i do have a better one in the carport (which is the 4th best broom, there are three in the house)

 

The microwave door was acting up a little but is now back to normal.

 

I took 3-rail track electric train set, which the original owner of this house left, so it's at least 50 years old and probably worth a bit if I felt like taking the trouble, and the oven pan, and the Instant Pot yogurt cups, to St, Vincent de Paul. Then, oh so exciting, I had the car washed!

 

I signed up for Lifeline screening at the Retreat House for the next Monday.

 

I took two days to catch up with the Union Bank checkbook (since September) I had a number of little math mistakes, but the biggie was that I deleted $400 twice, so I have more money in that account than I'd realized. In total, I was $400.10 off.

 

On Saturday, playing Mirrors of Albion, I got a note "dropping you" and got all paranoid. Wait, it's a game, nobody knows who I am, and I didn't do anything.

 

I ordered tulips, at last.

 

The gardeners put he cut roots and wood stakes into the green bin so I had to get those out, the county won't take them. I can possibly use the stakes, and the other stuff the hauler can take, but not just yet.

 

I'm thinking about a Mississippi cruise next April. I called Jean to begin to talk about Iceland.

 

I was sad on Father's Day. I got a phone call, "Is Richard there?" A bit odd, that.

 

I finally made it to my normal Mass, and Gerrie was disappointed with the Bertie books. I'm going to try her on Miss Read.

 

On June 18 I spent 90 minutes or so on Fishdom and got the Fairy Tale aquarium finished and I'm really happy with it.

 

I went to the retreat house for the Lifeline screening. While on my 4 hour fast I got the hypoglycemic sweats, so I ate a piece of candy. Tsk. The screening was quick and they said there are no life-threatening issues.

 

Afterwards, I dropped off a brass joint or whatever at America's Plumbing.

 

The lady at the corner, Mary, 97, died. She never spent a night alone in the house since her husband died. And when I went to Newcomer's I found out another guy died.