Sunday, August 11: Mom and Gallery Opening

Today I woke up around 8:15 AM. Do you get ready to go visit mom 

at the Riddle Village. What I decided to do was to catch the media train out to Elwin and then take Uber straight to Riddle Village. The Uber guy took about three

 minutes to show up in five minutes to get there. This gave me an extra 40 minutes time which I really need. Actually cheaper than Lyft at this point so it’s not automatically cheaper to ride Lyft. I’m 

finding out. Show me to mom’s place and I took her for a walk and we did some 

puzzle solving on her weekly newsletter that Riddle village gives out. We hung 

out for a while and then I dropped mom off back where she is and was fortunate that the bus was coming right about the same time so I jumped on the 111 bus which got me to 

Upper Darby. And then I walked to 10 minutes from the station. 

Didn’t have time tonap or anything, but I did get changed to look a little more

 formal for the gallery opening. Got two photos accepted there

 and she wants me there by 12:30 for the 1 o’clock start. Right now it’s 12 noon and

 it’s gotten a lot since this morning, but it’s still pretty comfortable outside. 

Well, it’s 1224. I’m almost at the Dorchester now just updating this blog 

on the way. I also grab the super coffee and left my backpack at 

home cause I’m gonna go home early and do my laundries as customary on Sunday. 

Hopefully it won’t rain, but it’s not supposed to rain it at 12:30 and I just

 arrived at the Dorchester. Mary and I went to a walk to sketch club and it was

 a nice event. Her friend Kim was there and her friend Cindy Drue 

was there as well. She showed up later. Ran couple people I knew from being in the gallery before. There was really no rhyme or reason or how the guy picked the

 photos that he chose. He is a street photographer from what I heard.I got very very tired. My leg felt like rock. The award ceremony was pretty good and each of 

the people gave speeches. We did run to people we knew Gary and some other folks when I used to go to the gallery more often. The crab was pretty good actually. Anyhow, 
it went all very well. We went back to Mary’s place and I took a glorious nap which was really nice. That was a nice 45 minute nap that I really needed. 

I woke up from that and felt really great and I then went home. Did a big 

thing of laundry, including my sheets and put it around the house and stuff

. I’ll tell you I have to clean sheets just really great. I also ordered about 200 bucks worth of food and supplies from 

Amazon. They still don’t have any 20 ounce Gatorade I ordered the 12 ounce 

Gatorade just because they had them available. Sometime I have to go to CVS and buy that four pack of 20s for $7.50. I think it is. 
Anyhow, it was an interesting Sunday and enjoyable Sunday. Always good to get a nap or a big day like today. I got interesting phone call around 10:30. Good night.

Monday, December 25: Christmas @ Mom’s and Pet Sitting

Well after not really sleeping that well from about 1 AM to 5 AM I crashed 
 retty hard and slept until about 1 PM today. I had three bowls of oatmeal since I 
 as really hungry overnight. That’s one thing this cold has done really increased my appetite. Well I had some waffles and decline the coffee since the milk was expired. My brother David came

 over with my mom‘s new coffee maker. Dave donated his old  coffeemaker to 
 e. It was in better shape than Mom’s. They said that one was too gross. Anyhow I saw the nutcracker suite 
TV. It is charming ballet that’s for sure. It only became popular in 1960s. And for showed in the United States in the 1940s. After Dave gave 
 instructions or my mom’s new coffee maker he drove me to the Media train. I met a nice woman named Kim but alas did not pursue. I thought I might ask out or get a phone number. Alas, I decided to

i I just leave it alone for Christmas. She does live at 17th and Lombard somewhere so maybe I’ll run into her. Anyhow 
  got 
 back and after I got off 49th St. station. I was really fortunate
 and caught the 64 bus so I don’t have to walk so far. I get off at 49th and Baltimore 
 went to Hazel Street and then walk the 2 dogs.   It’s really cold with a nice little wind. I need to find my long johns or get a heavier sweater
 especially with this cold which is making my throat sore like
 a horse or frog.  I walked the dogs and fed them. I  hung out the house
 to warm up. I also updated the last 2 days of my blogging. It is now 4:32 PM I need to 
 et going because it’s only going to get colder as the night wears on.
 Well I got very lucky and I walked out towards Baltimore Avenue a trolley came about a
 minute later. A cop probably came home. It felt good to be back in warmth. I then 
 ad my leftover pasta. Larry invited me to come over to his place around 8 PM. At that point I felt 
  need to just stay home. The Eagles game started at 8:30. And didn’t finish till 1130. The Eagles squeaked it out against the Raiders. It was a sloppy affair. Eagles have
 home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. I definitely need the rest since it’s cold concentrated on the throat so I’m able to breathe through my nose.