We slept late this morning, and then had breakfast. mashfanficchick still didn't feel good so we watched some episodes of Will Trent before going over to the house to work.

We put in several hours, and then zer friend Robyn came over and helped. We worked two more hours, and I called Middle Brother, who is fine. Then it was 9:30 and we broke for the night.

mashfanficchick and I came back here and ordered dinner, Thai. They had BOGO deals so we'll have Thai for dinner tomorrow too.

Then we watched more Will Trent. The Kid texted me which was nice.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. The Kid.

3. Middle Brother is good.

4. Good TV.

5. Thai food.

6. Bed soon.

Got up at 8;30 and had breakfast and coffee, showered and dressed. Then mashfanficchick's father picked me up and we went to U-Haul and got the things mashfanficchick had ordered.

Then ze called and said ze felt really awful and was just going to stay in bed for the day, and we should drop the stuff off at zer place, and then zer father should just bring me home.

So that's what we did, and I got back home around 11:30.


And then instead of doing anything useful, I lay down and played solitaire until I fell asleep, and then, with the exception of going to the bathroom a couple of times, I stayed asleep until 4-something.

I finally got up, ate a little something, and puttered on the computer until 5:15 when I left for my meeting in the Bronx.

I went for pizza first, as usual, and found M there. So we sat together and talked a bit.

The meeting was the first one where we have to go to the room upstairs rather than our usual room, which will now happen once monthly. It's not a bad room, but inconvenient carrying our meeting stuff up from the downstairs.

After the meeting K drove me to the bus stop. I had a pleasant interaction with a young black man who asked me if I knew when the 5 bus was coming. I was able to tell him.

I came home and Skyped the FWiB. We talked about 45 minutes, then I fed the pets and started here.

I don't know why I slept so much today. It was really a waste of time when I could have done several different things I need time to do. I am annoyed at myself.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. Day off working at the house.

3. The rain didn't start til after we were in the meeting.

4. And was pretty light by the time we left.

5. Pizza.

6. My meetings and the people there.

I got a phone call at 1:00 am from Oldest Brother's nursing home that they were sending him to the hospital via the ER.

I got a call from the hospital at 9:30, saying he had been admitted, was in ICU, and had pancreatitis and a UTI. But no pneumonia, his breathing is good, no intubation, just room air.

Well that put paid to our potential plans to send me to Ohio on Monday in exchange for Dani's husband John to come work on the house. I called mashfanficchick and told zer the news. But I decided not to go to the hospital today, it is my birthday and I did have plans, and besides, the first day there's usually a lot going on that it's probably better to not interfere with.

So I met mashfanficchick at The Cheesecake Factory and had pasta carbonara, which was delicious. And then we had cheesecake for dessert. We took our time over the meal, and it was pretty late when we finished. We went back to zer place, and then to zer mother's where we did some work.

Then I came home by mass transit, first stopping at Starbucks for my free birthday drink. I got home in time to Skype the FWiB. So we talked til 8:00 and the went to my D&D game.

The game went very well, we got a lot of treasure after battling Faceless Stalkers and a lizard thing that our witch turned into a mouse.

After the game I fed the pets and talked to mashfanficchick. That's pretty much my birthday.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. mashfanficchick

3. Oldest Brother doesn't have pneumonia again.

4. My D&D group.

5. Texted cousin Laurie today.

6. Called the Kid and talked a few minutes.

I got up at 10:00 this morning when the alarm went off, and had breakfast and coffee. I showered and dressed, and killed time until 12:30 when I left for the tax preparer in College Point.

As always getting my taxes done was simple and painless. As I suspected, I don't get as nice a refund as when I was working, but it's still pretty good.

Then I went to Pink Nails and gt my face waxed, as has been my tradition when I get my taxes done. I am happy with the results.

Then I went back home, and put my tax stuff away and had something to eat. Then I packed and headed over to mashfanficchick's.

We hung out for awhile, and then ordered dinner, burrito bowls. Very delicious.

I Skyped the FWiB on my phone and that was nice.

Then we watched Rescue: Hi-surf, and then some episodes of Will Trent.

There may be some changes in our plans for the coming month, not definite yet. Stay tuned.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. My tax return is done.

3. And I'm getting a nice refund.

4. The Kid texted me for nothing important.

5. Good TV.

6. Nice waxed face.

Although my birthday isn't until Wednesday, the Kid said she had to do my birthday this weekend, and how about Akiyama, which isn't open Sunday. So I agreed and we planned for today after my meeting.

SO today I got up at 9:00 when the alarm went off, and had breakfast and coffee, then showered and washed my hair, even though it takes longer, because it needed it. And I didn't want the Kid to see it so dirty.

Even with the extra time I had because of not hitting the snooze button, I ended up missing a bus. Saw it turning the corner onto Northern Blvd as I was trying to cross. But fortunately the next one came pretty quickly.

I got out at my stop, and was just about to cross to 35th when I heard someone call my name. It was someone from the meeting who was also late, and who gave me a ride the blocks that I would have had to have walked to the church. So that saved some time, and we were both just a little late, made it in time to join in the reading of the steps and traditions.

The meeting was good, and afterward I sat on a bench outside and waited for the Kid and her boyfriend. They were pretty much on time, and we went to Akiyama.

The meal was delicious as it always is, I had a sushi deluxe which comes with salad and miso soup, and plum wine, with green tea ice cream for dessert.

Then we made a very brief stop at Target for them to buy masks, and then we went over to mashfanficchick's mother's house. We met mashfanficchick there, and we put in several hours of work before they took me home.

Annoyingly enough, although I brought my necklace that the Kid made that the peacock pendant fell off of, I forgot to give it to her to fix. Grumble.

One good thing though. I told the Kid about the thing in the small memo notebook that I have that my father wrote about her, and she wants it now. When I came back home and looked for it, I couldn't find it. I knew it had been on top of the books in my little bookcase and I looked there. Couldn't ind it. I looked everywhere in my desk, and it wasn't there. I was very upset.

Then it was 7:00 and I Skyped the FWiB. I told him about the missing notebook, and he said I would find it v=because this apartment has limited space for things to go missing.

When we finished, i went back to looking for it. Then I noticed that one of the books in the book case was only partly pushed in. So I pulled out a bunch of the books, and there it was. It had slipped between two of them. So that's very good.

Then I went and lay down and puttered on my phone until almost pet feeding time, when I decided to have some food. So I did, and when I finished it was pet feeding time, so I fed the pets.

And now here I am.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. The Kid.

3. My meetings and the people there.

4. Getting a ride there.

5. Yummy birthday lunch.

6. I found the notebook!!!

Woke up this morning, turned off the alarm, and went back to sleep until 1:00. That was a bummer because I had planned on an earlier start to the day. There was a text from the nursing home, they have two cases of Covid.

I had breakfast and coffee. I called the nursing home and found out that the cases weren't on Oldest Brother's floor, so I decided I could go see him if I kept masked. So I showered and dressed and packed for staying over at mashfanficchick's place tonight.

I went to the nursing home and visited for about 45 minutes. He's still congested but the doctor had made his rounds that morning so they should know about it.

Then I came to mashfanficchick's place and we hung out for awhile, then went down to the store for soda.

We came back and had a snack and then it was time for our TV shows, 911 and Dr. Odyssey. I called Middle Brother at 8:30, he's fine and had a fun time on St. Patrick's Day.

Then we had dinner, and I Skyped the FWiB.

Then we watched several episodes of Will Trent, and now it's time for bed.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. Covid isn't on Oldest Brother's floor.

3. Good TV.

4. Middle Brother is well.

5. Warm apartment.

6. Bed soon.

I managed to wake up a little after 10:00 even though I forgot to set an alarm. I got out of bed around 11:00.

Then I had breakfast, had to use the half-and-half for my Cheerios again, because the last little bit of milk had turned. Then I used the last of the half-and-half in my coffee. So I decided to do a Shipt order.

So I put in the Shipt order, and waited for it to be delivered, and put it away.

Then I got busy, and bagged up three bags of recycling. I put on some clothes, and took it out, and walked around the block. Then I took out a stack of boxes, and walked around the block again. Tomorrow I'll take out the last of the boxes, and maybe some more recycling.

Anyway, after that I had something to eat, and I went and played solitaire and fiddled on my phone in the bedroom for a few hours.

At 6:30 I started playing Bookworm on the computer, but I didn't get very far before it was time to Skype the FWiB at 7:00.

So we Skyped until it was time for my Al-anon meeting at 8:00. The meeting was very good.

I made dinner after that, and then went back to the bedroom and played on my phone some more. Then it was pet feeding time so I fed the pets, and now I'm doing this.

Heard from mashfanficchick that ze is working tomorrow so we're not getting together. Also heard from the Kid, all well there.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. Shipt.

3. The kitchen looks better.

4. My pets.

5. My meetings and the people there.

6. Bookworm.

We got up this morning at 10:00 and got ready to go. First we went to Dunkin' Donuts and I got coffee. Then we were going to go to the sushi place we ate at before but for some reason they weren't open despite being scheduled to be. So we took the bus in the direction we were going in anyway and ate at a Japanese restaurant along the way. They had a lunch special which was really nice.

Then we went to Atlas Park and went to the blood donation there. They had some issues getting my donation, but it worked out. We get Islanders tickets for this.

Then we walked around Atlas Park a little. We went to 5 Below, and Home Goods. At Home Goods I picked up some stuff that I'll give the Kid for her birthday.

Then we came back to mashfanficchick's place and just hung out until Robyn got to the house, and then we went and met her there. We walked around and dealt with some stuff, and then said good bye to her and came back to mashfanficchick's place.

We ordered dinner, burrito bowls, and I Skyped the FWiB. I ate while we talked, and then at 8:30 I got off for a bit and called Middle Brother. He is looking forward to St. Patrick's Day, and he went to Dollar General today which made him happy.

After that I got back on with the FWiB for awhile. After we got done, mashfanficchick and I decided to watch another TV series. We decided on Will Trent. We watched two episodes, and decided that we like it quite a bit.

By then it was late and time to start here, so here I am.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. The blood donation worked out.

3. Sushi.

4. Good TV.

5. Got presents for the Kid.

6. Middle Brother is well.

Got up at 10:00 and had a therapy appointment by phone. That went well. I had breakfast and coffee, and then showered and dressed, and went to visit Oldest Brother in the nursing home.

He is in pretty good shape except that he sounds pretty congested. I mentioned it to them and they nebulized him, which I gather he is supposed to be getting. I stayed for a little over an hour.

Came home, and called the tax preparer and made an appointment to get my taxes done on March 24th. So that's taken care of. Then I looked and found the thing the eye doctor at Target gave me with the referral to the eye surgeon, and I called them and asked if they take my insurance. They do! So I took the plunge and made an appointment to see the surgeon on April 21st.

Then I took a look at my calendar and realized that's the day I'm coming back from Ohio. So I called back and rescheduled for April 24th. It's going to be some week: back from Ohio on the 21st, an appointment with my PCP on the 22nd, my mammogram on the 23rd, and the eye surgeon on the 24th. Wow.

Anyway, after scheduling that, I played some solitaire, and then went into the bedroom and tried unsuccessfully to nap for an hour. I got up at 5:00 and got ready to go to my Al-anon meeting in the Bronx.

I had my usual pizza first and then went to the meeting. M was talking to some people, there's an issue with use of the room. L will look into it tomorrow.

The meeting was very good, though small, though we did have a new person. Afterward, k drove me to the bus stop. I made the bus by the absolute skin of my teeth, but I made it.

Came home and Skyped the FWiB. We had a nice talk, and then it was pet feeding time. I fed the pets, and now here I am.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. My meetings and the people there.

3. Texts from the Kid, and mashfanficchick

4. Appointments made.

5. The eye surgeon takes my insurance.

6. Bed soon.

I got up at 11:00 and had breakfast and coffee. I called mashfanficchick and we decided that there was no point to me going over today especially since I had D&D at 8:00.

So I puttered online for awhile, and then I hauled the Christmas decoration box out of the corner (not the two ornament boxes, which are still there) and took down the decorations. Didn't touch the tree yet though, but I got everything else.

Then I went and lay down to play solitaire, and ended up dozing off. I dozed for about an hour and a half, then I got up and put on some clothes, and took out a bunch of garbage and recycling. I walked around the corner each time too, so three times around the block.

Then I came back in and had something to eat for lunch, and then I sat down and tried to fix my printer.

And I succeeded! I uninstalled the drivers, and then reinstalled the entire printer. And then it worked. So I printed out the tax form I needed from my bank, and I am ready to make an appointment with the tax preparer.

By then it was 6:00, so I puttered online some more. at 6;45 I called Middle Brother to wish him happy birthday on his actual birthday, but he was out at his birthday dinner. They said they'd have him call me back when he got in.

At 7:00 I Skyped the FWiB. Just as we got talking Middle Brother called, and I sang him Happy Birthday. They went to Applebee's too. He had fun.

I talked to the FWiB til 8:00 when I had my D&D game, on Discord for the first time. It worked out very well. We battled three robotic constructs. And we've leveled up!

After the game i fed the pets, and then had dinner myself.

And now I'm doing this, and feel like I accomplished a lot today.

Gratitude List:

1 The FWiB.

2. My D&D group.

3. Got the Christmas decorations down.

4. The printer works!

5. Printed the form.

6. got some of the recycling out.