Sunday Busy

The morning started with me rising with my alarm at 7:30 and trying to find my way on a Sunday. I find Sundays are often busy for me. I wrote until about 10 and published the story on Friday. I drank liberal coffee on this inaugural weekend and later charged my EV car, the first peaceful transition of power in the USA since people died on the last one. While along with the grounds, I find Hope in my cup, the bitterness reminds me of how much work liberals have yet to do.

I am running out of time this morning, as I have a visitor at 10, so this will be a bit rushed.

Moving forward, Air VW the Gray was plugged into charging near the church. In a dress shirt, blue sweater vest, Pride tie, and black shoes, I sat through church but was not listening. I was looking at the refresh area and the sanctuary and noticed a connection I need to consider in this work. Michael R gave a good sermon on the story of Joseph (of the coat of many colors) and how cities are both something we should help, but we can become involved in the interworkings of a city, and as a church, we need to remember who we serve. It was an interesting connection.

Jack and I had lunch at the local Thai place in Beaverton. It was overpriced but good. I was shocked to see that the lamb was not $39. I ordered a veggie dish (I had only a banana for breakfast, but I have been sneaking snacks at the house). It was with rice; I should have ordered bread instead. Rice turns to sugar too fast, and for a diabetic, it was a questionable choice. It is OK for an occasional food. After lunch, we got the EV, which was now charged 91% for about $3, and I dropped Jack at home.

I returned home, removed the tie and sweater, switched to a floppy sweater, and returned to cleaning the garage. M@ is coming over on Monday to help, but I wanted to finish some things. I work for a few hours. I spotted only a mouse spider (they grow huge) and thought it was the brown recluse, but no. They are not aggressive, and the smaller ones are not likely to break your skin. I will sweep the garage when we clean it up, which is the best way to get rid of them, and then spray insecticide to keep them away. I usually see a few substantial brown fuzzy mouse spiders that are freaky when three or more inches wide (including the legs). They make me jump when they run away, and you see that running in the corner of your eye. I try to chase them out of the garage instead of killing them. They are a wonder when that size.

I head to M@ for Dungeons and Dragons, 5E version (though we are reading some of the 2024-5 new version). Today is our first time playing in a month. We are now headed to the D&D version of Hell, published for Dungeons and Dragons without Dante. I don’t want to share too much as this is published, but my cleric character was hammered repeatedly. Luckily, my character has many hit points and magical armor. My character survived a pummeling, and we escaped. It was a close thing, and I had to use some of my best spells, and we ran. Tiamat, another D&D version, was about to rise as we left the area.

We had a new player, and everyone was well for our first game at the 18th level and our first time in 2025. I forgot my hat. Matt made us burgers for dinner. I was home at about 9:45 and watched some Classic Doctor Who until I headed to dress for bed. I soon showered, was in bed, and slept.

I woke at 3 and could not sleep. I got emails about church stuff and was very unhappy about it. It kept me awake for about an hour, and I finally fell back to sleep. I am not sure church committees were a good fit for me. Hmmm.

Thanks for reading.