Wednesday, May 28: Rain, Acupuncture, Choir

This morning I got up with a little bit of pain, of course, and I did get some sleep and I felt a drowsy feeling that I get when I have slept so that was 

good!! I then had breakfast which consists of cereal and banana. Mary is off to get her haircut and she told me to catch the 12 Bus which  showed up just as I was coming out that really saved me 

some time and time out in this gross wet, rainy weather. I showed up to the acupuncture and she took her sweet time. She only put the needles in the left side and she’s convinced it’s the first rib in pining in some sort

 of way on some nerve somewhere. That was pretty intense today. She’s very nice about it 

and she asked that I call back in a couple days. She suggested getting chiropractic

 maybe to straighten out the ribs possibly. Right after that I got contacted

 by my new doctor and he ordered an MRI. I had to schedule at 8 AM 

tomorrow because of my busy schedule. Found out even if it gets
preapproved which I’m still waiting on by the way, it’s still gonna be a $400 deductible. It’s now 1:34 PM. I’m gonna try to eat this gear and


make it on time to my 2 o’clock appointment which is coming around the corner. Anyhow, I got back to Mike’s picked up my super coffees


that were delivered a lot cooking. I thought they were and then eat my gear. It was very tasty. It’s definitely hit the so-called spot for sure. It’s 204 and I’m gonna be over 5️⃣ minutes late to my appointment again., 

Well at the appointment all I talked about is my shoulder and and it hurts all the time and all the money I’m spending on it. I told him I made a little progress with. It’s hard 
to tell cause I just don’t feel that great. Anyhow, after that, I called Mike ask him to call his Medicaid representative. I couldn’t at first but eventually got through to Mike and then went back to his place. I missed an order from Amazon they called

 but they barely speak English so I had no idea what they were talking about And they’re going to try to come back tomorrow and bring the stuff which tomorrow I’ll 

be spending most of my time hanging out with Allison stuff and doing a tour so I’m hoping they can deliver it in the morning but this could be a friggin boondoggle. 

Maybe I should just cancel the order That might be the best idea anyhow it’s now 5:15 PM and I left Mike so I’m heading to Mary’s. 


I think I’m gonna take a shower before choir practice cause I’m feeling like musty and wet. Mary is probably at Yoga right now. She’ll be home around 6 o’clock or so. I have rehearsal

 at seven 7 PM. Well, Mary and I decided to order Indian and I am showing up about 13 minutes late to help setting up the risers. I just had to eat

 something delicious and it’s still a little drizzle now. But it’s supposed to rain throughout the night so that’s what’s going on right now setting up risers. It’s quite a complex 

operation setting up the risers because you have to fit them just and make them fit on this stage. Since 7:29 PM we’re gonna be called up probably in about 15 minutes. Well, well, well it’s 7:31 PM and people are already getting up on the riser so that means I have to as well. This rehearsal will go till about 10:00 PM. We’re going to do the second half of the Matthew Shepherd piece.

 We have the instrumentalist playing along with us. Well big news just come out! A ruling from the United States Court of International Trade found Trump can't use a 1977 law to impose tariffs. I 
have a feeling that Trump will appeal it somewhere. What’s 9:30 PM we just finished our break and we established our numbers for lining up for the concert. We had rehearsal till 1030. We ended the piece and then restarted it 2/3 away through again time to go to bed. Again, I hope I can get a good nights sleep. I’ve been hoping for this for ages.

Wednesday, May 21: Acupuncture, Rain, Choir

Well, boys and girls I slept on the easy chair AND I actually fell asleep. I appreciated that for sure, but you know it took a trazodone, ibuprofen, and a muscle relax, plus a nice filling dinner

 to take care of that business. I got up, not knowing how much real sleep I got And got dressed with the help of Mary. Had breakfast a banana and headed to Mike’s. Once I got to Mike’s 



did a couple things and then decided I needed coffee because I was really sleepy. I got coughing and got Mike an ice cream at the CVS since basically today I’m busy with my doctors appointments. Mary assist 

in getting me a doctors appointment with her doctor tomorrow at 9:20 AM also half hour Reiki appointmenttomorrow at 1 PM. I’m being as aggressive as I can to take care 

of this shoulder problem which is a real bitch! Anyhow, it’s now 152. I’m due to my regular. I’m Wednesday 
afternoon appointment. It’s a good thing.



 I work in Center City. This would not be possible otherwise. Well, I made it to my appointment and we just talked about
my shoulder because that’s my life at 
this point all about my shoulder. You know I have doctor appointment at 9:20 AM and then a 30 minute Reiki session for my shoulder and then choir concert, etc. anyway it was rainy and cold and kind of nasty.

 I should’ve worn my sweatshirt but anyway I got a scam call today they called I hung up. They called me back on FaceTime and Mike was waving add me to hang


up so I called TD bank and they assured for me to hang up good. The guy was really excellent. The NFL failed to ban the tush push that the Eagles effectively used for 

the last 3️⃣ years. 22 teams voted to ban it with only two NFC teams voting to keep it obviously the rest the NFC team can’t handle it. Well, I left Mike’s around five after four 4:05 PM 

and headed to Mary’s. I got there very slowly but I made it. I got to see Mary before she left for 5:30 PM Yoga
 and Yin class afterwards. Meanwhile, 

I watched TikTok about the tush push that was fun. I just had fun sitting there and yukking it up. I then walked to the choir practice, which was Not fun because it was drizzly raining

 and low 50s. The rehearsal was at the Kimmel center. That made it a little closer

 not much but a little bit closer. We went over the four songs were singing at the pride concert on Wednesday, June 4. That’s the same day I go to physical therapy for the first time for this shoulder bullshit. I kept in touch with Mary and she got the Indian food for me and we’re gonna watch endeavor and May law and order it is so cool and damp. I feel like I’m doing my bones. Anyhow, the lady, the woman conductor that trained us was pretty chill and a practice went OK we ended at 9 PM which was a glorious thing for sure. Because it’s 9:48 PM that’s when we ended rehearsal yesterday. Weather‘s gonna be nasty tomorrow as well