Today 5Aug2023

I will forgo the narrative and cover the interesting items from Saturday.

The morning was uneventful, with me having an NYC bagel and liberal coffee while I wrote the blog and read the news. Legal maneuvers, in Trump’s case, were most of the news. Once I had the blog written, I showered, dressed, and cleaned dishes; I boarded Air Volvo but put the Nike laptop in the cargo hold in case I needed to cover something. Facing light traffic without witnessing any unique application of physics and law in vehicles, I soon arrived at Susie’s place at the hummingbird house in Portland (Tigard) at Allegiance Senior Care LLC, 9925 SW 82nd. Ave. Portland (Tigard), OR 97223; phone (503) 246-4116.

Susie was already waiting in her wheelchair for me. It was a warm morning with overcast skies and some night lights still on due to the grey skies. More like are usual winter-spring weather; the forecast was wrong again. Susie, in a sweater, headed out with me into Mezger Park, which was still lightly peopled, but each moment more cars and families were coming to enjoy the facilities. There was the usual large count of dogs walking their humans; some dogs even shared a human. We found a bench, and Evan joined us.

Using FaceTime, we called Leta, Susie’s mother, and Barb, Susie’s sister, on my iPhone so everyone could be seen. Leta was in her chair in her living room, and Barb was preparing for her dog to walk her after a short drive to a dog-friendly park. Susie was delighted to see everyone. Barb and Leta were happy to hear that Susie ate her breakfast and seemed in good spirits on Saturday.

After the call, I pushed Susie in her wheelchair to the rest of the circle to reach the hummingbird house again. I was sticky as it was a humid morning, unusual in Oregon. Anassa, the weekend nursing aide, moved Susie into her bed, and then we put on Snow White, the original animated Disney movie, at Evan’s request. He had never seen it before. I managed to stay awake, and Susie drank a small glass of water while we watched the movie. It is a new record that I stayed awake for the whole film–Evan was surprised by how slow-paced the movie was. Susie loved it and sang along to all the songs.

I left with a kiss for lunch and gaming. Susie decided she, too, should have lunch, and I arranged for Anassa to arrange that.

Next, Evan and I met at the 649 Taphouse in Aloha, Oregon, and there I had a salad (I changed locations at the last minute to allow us more time to learn a new game) and a small red ale. I set up and taught the board game Expeditions, which I learned from a play later in the evening that I missed two things. We then played, and it took two hours with me winning, but it was just a learning game, and I still had some rules wrong. I enjoyed the game again, it being my second play, while Evan was unsure about it.

After heading out and arriving at Richard’s place without incident or traffic, we played a four-person Expedition. I learned my mistakes on the rules quickly, but still could not quite get my groove and scored third, with Kathleen finding more of her groove as the game went on. Richard crushed us with a strategy to keep to the base hexes and build up groups of cards and workers into a card-based engine. Kathleen could have caught him, so I am unsure if it is an effective plan. We agreed we want to play again next Saturday!

After the game, we all headed out, and I had a salad for a late dinner and went to bed. I watched the last episode of Good Omens 2 and was surprised by the show’s direction. After that, I went to bed and slept without waking up.

Thanks for reading.