Thursday December 5: A Different Day

This morning I actually slept in. This is because Mike’s in the rehab
and Bob wasn’t ready for me to see him yet till about 1 o’clock so I hung out at home talked to Pat for a bit and then left 
my apartment around 11:45 AM.

 Went to Mike’s rehab place. Deliver him a couple items that he needed and hung out with Mike and talk to him 
for a while. Bob then came over 
at around  1:30 PM. Once Bob picked me up. He was hungry went to a place called Spic-y. It was very good. It was nice and Cherry Street or 10th and Cherry Street one of those. It was very good. I had vegetable fried rice and I’m a definitely take Mary there sometime. It’s very nice  

clean and Service was really quick. After we left there, we went to the storage unit at Allegheny Avenue in North Philadelphia. It 
was a big old place in the middle of the 

hood. Bob has   2️⃣ storage units he shares with Lisa. He wants to clear all the items in one unit to another unit and everything else he’s giving away or bring to a furniture place 


that takes used furniture donations.After we left Northville, I thought I might try to make yoga, but that was impossible since I was getting pop keys and setting them up for the

 evening. He’ll be staying here two or three nights. We decided we would go down to Philadelphia for the evening. It’s now 6:27 PM. It’s now 7:20 PM and Bob and I walked to McGlinchey’s.  

Believe it or not they still allow smoking in there. It didn’t seem too bad 

but after Bob had his one beer and I finished off the diet Pepsi we had 

to leave and I smell like smoke. I haven’t smell like this and well over 12 years 

so I don’t know maybe I’ll go to a store and get some Febreze



 and shit but it was very interesting. I managed to charge my phone at a little mini 

charging station they had there so that was good. We then went 

to Dirty Frank’s went to this writers block rehab place and it was a cocktail bar. 

I’ve never been to a cocktail bar. It was interesting. Bob couldn’t they

 didn’t have any tap beer so Bob and I left and went to dirty Frank’s and no smoking



 in here. It’s still dirty Frank’s, but it’s a little bit cleaner cleaned 

up in herebut the bathroom still the same so there’s that what a trippy day this has been. 

Anyway, we went down Samson Street because Bob wanted 

to stop at a place before freezing his ass on the market Frankford line. It’s 9:24 PM. I’m 



definitely ready to pack it in but it’s been a trippy experience like I said before. I took a 



lot of video and a lot of pictures because today was an extraordinary day for me because it was 

completely different and random. I like it I like doing stuff like that but I also do like my 

routines. It makes me appreciate my routine more when I 

do something completely different and somewhat random. I was just adjusting to The

 situation around me such as Mike being laid up in Rehab and Bob

 visiting and needing some help with furniture, etc. etc. I also forgot to mention 

that it was the coldest day that I’ve experienced since last winter. It might’ve

 been the coldest day in couple years cause the last time it was this cold I was 

in Costa Rica in Januaryso this was a quite a shocker of cold, 🥶 but 

I had 5️⃣ layers on, so I was ready to go. So tomorrow I go to Mike’s pie 
around 8:45 AM. See if we can call the bank and then Bob will stop by between 930 and 10 AM and then loop shit around
 and then I 
intend to go to yoga. It’s gonna be cold as hell tomorrow as well so time march is on. December is really coming on strong for sure. Here’s a five minute video of the whole activity.

Saturday, January 5: Clubhouse, Germantown, and Center City In a Month of Change

Month of change Hi it’s  Mark.   I’m going to see this my new friend I 

 tarted to date up in Germantown. it’s a 52 minute SEPTA ride from Fairmount near 24th to Germantown. 

Anyhow I was killing time and I saw this coffee shop in Jim Thorpe. It looks pretty groovy!

I think that’s where your chalet is near! Maybe you and Wes or you and Wes and I can go there one day before her chalet runs out check it out!I brought it up to Sherna and she’s up for a road trip so after I get my tax refund I’ll have enough money to rent a car for the day and take her up there. Watching in delight as a mixed race couple comes and has coffee. Anyhow, Wes didn’t make it to the meeting.  I didn’t call till 

9:45 AM for the 10:00 AM meeting. I was running late The meeting 
as really deep. The chair of the meeting was talking about willingness to change . This dude was from New York there a little more deep and hip in New York City

 I noticed that whenever a person from New York comes there’s all these people say I lived in Brooklyn too! Anyhow my cynicism had to be rained in. I guess I’m caffeinated cause my thoughts are running right now. ☕️🤪I’m feeling kind of emotionally flat but I’m fortunate to have a
woman who is really laid-back. I do realize that I wouldn’t be able to stay in any kind of relationship otherwise. Apparently SEPTA decided to close the Erie station. I went down the stepsand the gates are locked and there’s nobody working there. I’m waiting for the four or the16 bus to show up to get me to Broad and Girard to 

 road & Erie! Well I was suggested that I not wait for the four or 16 bus
 but to walk to 11th St. and Catch the 23 bus. Note to myself do not move to Germantown because it’s a pain in the ass to get there via SEPTA & I’m not going to take Uber

 and blow 40 bucks a week. Well the 23 bus didn’t make me wait long at all. I’m gonna get off at Mannheim and Wayne Avenue and pick up some food.

 And then I’ll walk another 15 minutes. Burn a lot of calories taking this trip that’s for sure it is now 12:21 PM and I am at Germantown. Good evening boys and girls. 
when
 we hung out and watched a movie called bird something on Netflix. Sandra Bullock was the lead. It was pretty suspenseful I must say
 it had some evil force that causes people to 
 want to kill themselves when they look at it. She and her two children are seeking to escape with other people. It was pretty entertaining. 
 e hung out for a while we had lunch that I bought at the three brothers bodega nearby. Cheesesteak with a chicken cheesesteak was very average 

 ut it was OK. I then left around 5 o’clock to Head homes 



 and pick up a bench in west Philadelphia. It was 20 bucks and I decided I 

 eeded to rent a car to get it so that’s what I did. I ran about 15 minutes 
 ate because I thought food from the Kabbobish We know how their services even when there’s only one guy in front. 

 ell I got my food and proceeded to return the car. I was very please with the bench looks really nice and it will fit somewhere for sure. After I came home I decided
 to go back to Center City and attend the Saturday night meeting. It’s at 

 the same church is sunrise but I hardly ever have gone to that meeting. I thought of going to Fairmount but Wes wasn’t answering the phone and I was going to be late anyway
. I then came home got myself some Indian surprise that I had made  last night. It was good to get back and actually get something done in this 
apartment it’s been a slow slog that’s for sure. The rain stopped which is a really good thing. Meanwhile the Donald Trump 

 overnment shut down grinds on. It may hold up my tax refund if it doesn’t get resolved by the end of this month.

 That would really be a fucking drag for sure. I’m hoping to get my glasses bough to getsome dental work done and paid on the credit card. 

 ’m hoping it doesn’t get held it too long asshole Trump! As you can see I put a bunch of short clips in there. At the end
of this blog there 

 s a 15 minute copulation of all the clips in chronological order from waking up and leaving my place in 

 elbourne to renting the car and going to Saxbys at the end of the night. I found out that YouTube’s max limit is 15 minutes for a video.