Friday, January 2: Cold 🥶Mike’s & Yoga

Greetings to all who read this. Today is Friday, January 2, 2026. I got up at 7:33 AM. Took me a while to get ready. Got to Mike’s after 9 AM again. Met up with Nicole. She came in talked to Mike

about About a salt intake and some of things that are ailing him. The vital signs were taken. After she left, Tony came and he did some exercises and encouraged Mike to do more exercising. Mike then 

decided he wanted a cheesesteak and paid for it with his funding which he doesn’t have a lot of but he’s a grown ass man so there’s that. I mean, I grabbing a quick lunch and then I’m gonna go do some 

Shopping honey bunny fetching of my own. Get a drop off of housing application for For Mike and get thermal underwear for me at Old Navy.

It is very cold outside but I think I’m dressed warm enough for it at least it’s not windy outside which is a good thing. It’s now noon gotta charge my battery up. Well, I’m heading out to go to 22nd St. to deliver

Mike’s thing to the senior place and go to Old Navy. It’s actually 12:31 PM. Well, anyway, I went to Mike’s application place at 22 S. 22nd and then the office is closed. I should’ve called ahead of time. 


OK, this is going They’re celebrating New Year’s Eve today as well even though it’s not New Year’s Day. Anyhow, I went to Old Navy and found some waffle flannel shirts they’re only 12 bucks and then I suddenly 

had to hit the head and both bathrooms are closed in this place. I don’t believe it. I think they just don’t want people using their bathrooms so it’s 1:29 PM now waiting in line. They have two cashiers only because 

it’s not Christmas now. Well, I then went to Men’s Wearhouse to find Levi’s but they had Joseph Abboud plant pants which felt pretty good but for 5999. I just didn’t

want to check take a chance on the stretch jeans and have them all screwed up because I washed them in the dryer. Then I went to Nordstrom rack, which 

is teaming with people. They’re looking for after Christmas sales and they do have a sale on Levi’s and I found out my length is 32 along with my waist so I thought I was a 34 length anyway it’s 2:29 PM. 

I have to fly out of here. Also I had to charge my battery because it was down to one percent when I was making all these videos of me shopping. 

Well, I got back to Mike’s at around 2:55 PM and then proceeded to throw a couple things in the trash and get them some water, etc. Emptied out urine and headed on out to 4 o’clock yoga class. I brought my flannel I mean my thermals with me and we’ll see how that all works out. It is pretty frosty, but the skies did clear up. It’s around 3:42 PM heading to class. We arrived 

to class on time and went to class. I really had struggled to put my arms up in the air and then doing the backend. Mia called me out and was asking me not to bend over as much since I wasn’t bringing 

my arms back because I couldn’t bring my arms back. Mary said I had an injury and Mia said she’s not a doctor. Afterwards we straightened whole situation out I’m not supposed to bend back if 

my arms don’t go back. After that, Mary and I walked to the  The rack, Nordstrom’s rack. And looked around for 

blue jeans that might fit me. That was a bit of a challenge, but the first pair were like euro style. It’s below the waist, which is really somewhat uncomfortable. The second pair was much more my style

and I bought them she also found a cool sweater and I bought that as well. We came back and had dinner which was veggie burgers and split pea soup, which was really good. Then we watched 
Law and order. We have to get up very early to catch a train to New York City tomorrow

Thursday, January 1: New Year’s Day 2026

This morning I ended up sleeping until 9:30 AM because my alarm wasn’t set but that’s fine. I used to sleep well I think. My back didn’t quite hurt as much but I still was not able to sleep on my left 

shoulder at all. I did try to do that once. I decided I would take Lyft to my to Mike’s place because it was cold and I was running super late. I took the wait and save 

and boy they did make me wait. They are charging higher rates because of the traffic closures due to the mummers parade. The guy eventually picked me up and he’s a very nice man driving a Tesla. 

Anyway, he dropped me off a half a block away from Mike’s because the streets are closed at 15th. I got the Mike’s through a few things out and lo and behold. His monitor started to work 

again so that’s really good. It’s almost like a New Year’s miracle. I decided I would leave Mike’s and head over to Mary’s, but I decided to walk down Broad Street and get a quick look at the mummers parade. 

It just started and they’re doing the I think the comics where they wear goofy stuff. So it was fun to listen to that for a little bit my God it’s very cold today. It’s at least sunny and it’s not windy thank God 

for that. It’s now 11:11 AM. I’m gonna go to the Montreal spread bagel and give her a report. how crowded it is. Well, Mary didn’t answer the phone so I went ahead. Got two iced tea and my Pepsi‘s at the 

corner store. I decided that I wouldn’t wake her up cause she obviously needs to sleep. I didn’t know what to do with myself so I looked up an AA meeting. There’s one at the ethical Society at 12:15. I decided 

to go back to Montreal spread bagel at least got a coffee. I also had another banana to keep my stomach happy. It’s now 11:39 AM. Well, it’s not 12:07 PM. Mary woke up and decided she wanted to order a 

bagel so she got a special and I got it egg white they didn’t have any egg whites so regular old eggs. I don’t know what that means but I went with it. So I’m sitting here next to a bunch of young people talking 

about what they’re gonna name their kids it’s really weird. Anyway I guess I’m not going to the meeting because that starts at 12:15  And the people planning for their pregnancies have about 10 people



 ordering stuff right now so I’m just gonna hang out and finish this blog or at least this part of it. Yeah, my shoulder starting to kick it in here but family planning is going on to the left of me and I’m just sipping my coffee. I think the big order next to me is finished so I should be ready in about five minutes or so. Well, due to the sustaining 30 mile an hour gust out there in the cold temperatures for 

safety concerns. The Mummers string band competition was postponed. It’s kind of sucks because who’s gonna go out on January 7 or 14th to go see the string bands after that the New Year’s mood is gone.  

Anyhow, I left Mike’s at 5 PM and walked on over back to Mary’s and we talked and had some tea. We discussed the fact that Cozumel is only two weeks away, which is kind of mind blowing January is going to be 



a very very busy month. I must say. We’re going to watch a movie called the human stain and then watch Law and order. I need some Indian from Royal Indian. It was very tasty and good. We thought about watching a couple movies but we decided against it. We’re trying to get ready for our trip to New York City, which is Saturday. The temperature is going to 

be bone chilling cold. Tomorrow, Nichole and Tony are showing up and I’m mailing off something for For Mike and I need to buy thermal underwear because we’re gonna be outside in New York a lot.