Today 17Sept2023

This Sunday morning, getting started was hard as I slept poorly. I was finally up and moving at 9ish and writing. I again passed by the Immobile Schwinn and got to writing with an NYC bagel; the poppies bags fell out of the freezer when I opened the door–obviously, a sign that I should have a bagel. I grabbed an apple to go with it (store-bought). While eating, I wrote the blog; it was not finished until noon!

My sister, Linda Frankovich (nee Wild), sent me a text about having dinner in Newport tonight, but I had already moved this Dungeons and Dragons game and would like to keep my commitments. So I declined. We did trade a few texts, and Jesse and Linda are enjoying the Pacific Northwest.

I took a shower in the main bathroom, but I ordered, and it was delivered today, a new shower head on a handle. I had lunch, more of the boring veggies and chicken, and then headed out in Air Volvo.

I had no traffic or issues when traveling to Susie’s place at Allegiance Senior Care LLC, 9925 SW 82nd. Ave. Portland (Tigard), OR 97223; phone (503) 246-4116. I was there a bit late, almost 2PM, and I found Susie resting in bed. She was delighted to have me visit, and we soon called Leta, Susie’s mother, on my iPhone using FaceTime–we like to see each other. We had a quick phone visit. After that, Susie signed a birthday card for Barb (Susie’s sister) and Barb’s husband, Gordon.

Next, we watched the newish movie version of Murder on the Orient Express for about two hours. I laugh a lot, and I do like these murder mystery movies. Susie liked it, too. I plan to watch the next one, Murder on the Nile, one of the darkest polite British murder stories. And maybe then take Susie to the new one in the theaters next weekend, A Haunting in Venice.

With the movie’s completion, I was out of time, and Susie looked comfy, so I just left with a kiss after setting up her gate and crash pad. Susie can unexpectedly sleepwalk and get hurt; the gate and place are needed. I left after 4PM and headed to Oak Hill Pub for a quick dinner. The highway travel was without incident, but I saw a car nearly change lanes into another car with only defensive driving stopping a two-car or more pile up–yikes!

I had my usual soup and iced tea at the pub. I then took out my Dungeons and Dragons 5E Player’s Guide and my character sheet and got prepared for my game tonight while eating clam chowder. I was able to read the spell description and was ready to play a ninth-level cleric in our fantasy campaign–a Spell Jammer setting. I had only played this replacement character once before (my original character died when a sun exploded around him–a most spectacular ending worth a song, at least, I think). I was playing a war and evil but lawful character. This requires appropriate role-playing; when the pirate captain offered to surrender–I, staying in character, offered him a quick death, and he fought on (hitting my cleric with two critical hits) but fell to our wizard’s fireball. I think my offer was better.

In the current version of the game, we are mid-powered characters in a spacefaring fantasy setting and hunting space pirates. Yes, we are chasing the bad guys. This is a combat-centric adventure, and tonight, we faced a lot of combat, and my character was knocked out once. A fire giant landed a rock on the cleric as a critical hit–ouch. It was a fun night.

I returned home after that, and I am tired tonight. I unboxed the shower head and installed it. It works, but I am afraid it looks much like the last one–sixteen months and counting!

So, let’s stop there–thanks for reading!