Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Not sure how or why but I felt I didn’t sleep very soundly last night even though I didn’t get up until 7am.  I then slept in until 8am.

Teresa wasn’t feeling very well so she skipped gym and stayed in bed a little longer and I just had a bowl of cereal.

I watched the first 20 minutes of the Today show and left for the gym.  It seemed busier than usual and I recognized another girl from my first Smartfit.  They still don’t have working internet but I found some progressive chess tactics I could do without it.  I completed all my exercises in 90 minutes.

Back at the apt Teresa informed me that MT has a 2:20 doctor’s appointment today but she doesn’t answer her phone when Teresa calls.

Teresa finally reached her but MT said she couldn’t afford the doctor’s appointment this month so she’s going to reschedule to next month.

A quick thunderstorm came through starting at 1:40pm.  Teresa and I took a 45 minute nap starting at 1:45.

I called the phone number for the CSRA Pension Center for the second time and again just got voice mail (all of our operators are busy please leave your name, phone number and last 4 digits of your SS number).  I left a message minus my SS info.

I watched Chapter 8: The ideas behind the English Defense and Chapter 9: Typical attacks, tactics and plans in the English Defense.

About 4pm my cellphone said the temp was 87 degrees.  I stepped out on the balcony and my thermometer said it was 77 degrees.  What?

I made plans to meet Chuck for lunch tomorrow.  He suggested we meet again in La Buena Mesa – I guess there are some other restaurants he wants to try.

4,236 steps today.

Joke of the day

A husband and his wife were celebrating 50 years together. Their three kids, all very successful, all agreed to a Sunday dinner in their honor. 

"Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad" gushed son number one, a surgeon, "Sorry I'm running late. I had an emergency at the hospital with a patient, you know how it is, and didn't have time to get you a gift." 

"Not to worry" said the father, the important thing is that we're all together today." 

Son number two, a lawyer, arrived and announced "You and Mom look great Dad". I just flew in from Los Angeles between depositions and didn't have time to shop for you". 

"It's nothing," said the father. "We're glad you were able to come." 

Just then the daughter, a marketing executive, arrived. "Hello and Happy Anniversary! I'm sorry but my boss is sending me out of town and I was really busy packing, so I didn't have time to get you anything." 

After they finished dessert, the father said, "There's something your mother and I have wanted to tell you for a long time. You see, we were very poor. Despite this, we were able to send each of you to college. Throughout the years your mother and I knew we loved each other very much, but we just never found the time to get married."

The three children gasped and all said, "You mean we're bastards?" 

"Yep," said the father, "and cheap ones too!"