Today 25June2023

I am just home at 10:20PM and tired, so this will be more of a briefing than a blog.

As I usually try, I spent the afternoon with Susie at the hummingbird house in Portland (Tigard) at Allegiance Senior Care LLC, 9925 SW 82nd. Ave. Portland (Tigard), OR 97223; phone (503) 246-4116. The traffic was light, but Hall Boulevard had closed again, and I spaced that until I was too close to try another route. I spend an extra ten minutes in a lovely industrial park again–I am beginning to recognize the buildings now. Susie was happy to see me; Anassa had put her in bed as Susie was tired and sad today. Susie managed to eat breakfast but soon fell asleep in her recliner in the shared living room. Anassa thought Susie would be more comfortable in her bed. Susie still looked sad and tired when I got there but was delighted to have a visitor.

We changed this around a bit so that Susie could see the TV in her room better and I could be closer to her. Anassa brought one of the coffee drinks I got for Susie. I poured it into a cup, and Susie liked it and drank half of it. I finished the other half, drinking from the bottle. We both could use some mocha coffee. We watched the fourth Indiana Jones movie, The Crystal Skull, and I liked it better this time. Susie stayed awake for the whole film. We paused it once, called Leta, Susie’s mother, and chatted for a while.

I started Elton John’s recorded live concert after the movie was completed and stayed until after 4:15. Susie loves this version. I kissed her goodbye once it was going, and Susie looked comfortable. She was also a bit happier, so the longish visit, the movie, the coffee drink, and now Elton John must have helped Susie find herself.

The pizza protectors we retain and then use for flying figures. My paladin of death is before the creature wearing a metal helmet and wielding a sword.

After I left Susie’s place, I headed to the Oak Hills McMenamins, and there I had soup, Lentil Curry, and an iced tea for dinner. It is on the way to Cory’s house, so it is an excellent place to get a quick bite before going to Cory’s to play Dungeons and Dragons, 5E, for the evening. After my quick lunch, I drove to Cory’s place and was just a few minutes early for 5:30 D&D. It was a busy game to 9PM with us role-playing arena combat and a fait accompli that means the next time we play, we will need to rescue one of our player characters! It was a good night of gaming, and my character, a paladin of death, nearly experienced death.

You can see the arena with us fighters up against a hulking creature.

I had cereal with milk (plus liberal coffee) for breakfast. I reheated some spicy Popeye chicken for lunch and had that with a pickle and potato salad (finishing both).

Well, I am getting exhausted. I will not retrace starting the morning (I was awake too early), the Zoom meetings (just one), and getting ready–it was the same as most days.

Sorry for the brief blog! Thanks for reading!