Saturday, December 13: Late breakfast and yoga

Good day! Today I got to sleep and boy I needed it. I was so tired. I was so tired last night I was dreaming before I could settle down to sleep. But 

I got up and I needed a haircut so I’m gonna go get coffee and then run back to Mary’s place and then run off and get a haircut that have breakfast. That’s the 

great plan of today. Well, I got my haircut pretty soon after I walked in. Gave the guy nice tip. He was happy. It’s not that bad. It’s very nice out. Wes is telling me it’s supposed to be snowing, but I don’t believe
that for five minutes. Anyhow he’s still on to drive me from Millbourne tomorrow at 10:30 AM. Now it’s time to have some breakfast in Chez Dorchester. It’s 2:54 PM. We just literally finished breakfast

Can you believe it? We gotta live in about a little more than a half hour for 4 o’clock yoga class with Mia. That breakfast was absolutely 

delicious. She really knows how to cook up some bacon eggs, and toast. Time flies when you sleep in till 11:45 AM that’s for sure. It feels good to get a good long sleep. I think I definitely had a sleep deficit

going on. Now I’m going to shave. shave went well. Anyway, we went off to Mia class and it was pretty packed. I must say. It was warm, but not too warm. I enjoyed the 

class even though I couldn’t balance on my left foot in tree/toe in the first round. I did get complimented on one of my poses today, which was nice to hear. Afterwards, Mary and I hung out at the studio

and cooled off. Talk to Mia for a minute minute or two and then headed back. It was very festive with the lights down walnut Street today. Then we made some Tamarack shots. We had a little minor accident



 with the blender, but we ended up making it without the blender. They came out really good. Mary did 90% of the work. It was delicious and we have extras waiting for us, which is great to know.

Thursday, December 26: Mike’s, Yoga, CODA

Good dayto everybody it’s the day after Christmas and I got up very tired but made it to Mike’s only about 15 minutes late. I almost signed

out instead of signing so I had to turn off my phone and re-sign in. I tell you I’m glad I turned off the computer cause I really messed me up. I talked to Marcus the guy from the new place

. Actually I didn’t talk to my text messaged him. Apparently they haven’t gotten the results of my TB test yet and he told me to chill out, but he’s the guy

 who said he could put me on board by December 27 so I’m just going to let them screw up as long as I get paid by Citadel. I don’t care how long they take really.Anyhow, you
know sales men are. Anyway, it was fairly quiet here in the world. Mike went 

out and did a couple errands. A bag broke on me while walking 

home and I’m ready to go to yoga in about 5 to 10 minutes. It’s pretty cold outside

 but then again it is late December. Oh Nurse came today and she 

was about an hour and 45 minutes late but that’s OK. Anyhow, 

it’s 3:45 PM. I’m heading into my yoga class today. Chris Fleck is teaching tonight at 75 minute class. Mary has her Reiki session tonight at 6:30. Well, Chris’s class is good in 

my balance was improved from yesterday. Which is good if the room got hotter and hotter 

as the class went on. I thought about doing Pilates, but I was too goddamn tired to do that. Mary 

 and I were trying to plan out how we should break up our evening so we ended up catching a 

33 together up in Fairmount and we went to the decrepit Rite Aid and she 

got a snack and she got snack. She went straight to Kaitlyn’s and then

 I went to get a slice. I’m going to go to an AA meeting down here. I have not been to a meeting at the clubhouse

 in ages. The meeting went well and I 
haven’t been to an AA meeting in a while at that location. I stayed through the meeting and then went upstairs and lie down. Did some scrolling on the web while waiting for the people from CODA to show up. They did and we had a very small but decent meeting. I think caught the 49 bus to 30th St. and I’m now at 30th St. as of 9:38 PM waiting for the market Frankfurt line back home. I don’t think I’ve been home since last Sunday. 

Wednesday, December 25th: Yoga and Dinner

Merry Christmas, everyone out there in blog world and world 

outside this blog. Today I started my day at the Dorchester had breakfast with Mary and then I ran off to sign 

in at Mike’s. After I settle in with Mike, I went off to my 9 AM yoga class with Miah. This is the first time I’ve done consecutive early morning classes since 2019. Things were a lot different in 2019 as anyone who follows my blog will ascertain. 
Don’t you love that word I love using big words. Anyhow at one point, Miah split up the class for a pose and happened to be that Mary and I were directly next to each other and she mentioned the class. Oh this is so 

Mark and look at Mary and a couple hoots of laughter came out from the class. So we are an item and everybody knows about it that it’s cute but very odd as well.😊😏. Anyhow, the class was fine. It was a 90 minute class. After

 class, Mary and I went to the local Starbucks at 21st and Spruce. It was the only Starbucks open the one at 16th and Walnut was closed. I believe those workers

 went on strike, so I don’t know whether Starbucks is gonna pull a corporate maneuver and just close the store down rather than honor the strike.Anyhow, this

 store seem to be run just like any other day. They are closing at 2 o’clock. Anyhow, I went to Mike’s Mike took care of some business. Oh anyhow, I signed out from work officially and I’m gonna call up 

an Uber. It looks like they’ll be here within five minutes and it’ll probably

 take about another five minutes to get to the Dorchester from 

here. I just mostly relaxed with Mike as he took care of his business. Well, we got to Mary’s and we’re doing a little bit of last-minute updates before the other 2️⃣ guests come over. Well, Mary, Mike and I had 

a good conversation while the food was cooking up. Beth and Steve showed up and it was time to 

get the salad together and cook up the rice. That’s what we did. Sound 4:57 PM 

and Mike is talking with Beth and Steve. They seem to be getting along very well. Anyhow, 

dinner was ready and it was definitely ready to be eaten. It was very tasty. The

 rice was just fluffy and the meat was very tender. We talked about all kinds of topics. Steve

 has been a Santa Claus for the last nine years. He has a natural beard for it And they both work with Medicare

 insurance and helping people get plans or enroll them in plans. It’s kind of very complicated

 for sure. Best said he had to get the going so we got going and I called LIFT for Mike 

and there are plenty of Lyft drivers roaming around on Christmas Day. 

This lift ride was seven dollars plus tip, which isn’t bad considering it’s 

Christmas Day and it’s pretty cold outside not super frigid but much 

colder than with the sun out. I rode with Mike with the LIFT since he didn’t have his keys

 and I left my backpack at Mike’s. We got the Mike’s and it’s clear 

that Mike needs to exercise more because he got pretty exhausted pretty quickly. It’s 

now 8:35 PM and I’m walking up Locust Street towards 

Rittenhouse Square. Believe it or not tomorrow’s a normal old day can you believe 

that shit it’s the 26th anyhow I’m just arriving at the Dorchester. I’m going 

to help Mary clean up afterwards. I’ll tell you having people over is 

a big job now. I can see why people feel burdened when they have to do it all the time. I have a clearer

 picture of it now. The weather is moderating right now, which is a good thing. It was still pretty nippy outside, but it’s not that 20° weather that we had a couple days ago.