Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Last night I took half a Zopiclona and went to bed at 10:30.  It seemed to take a while to fall asleep so I got up at 1am and took the other half.  I was up several times during the night, finally waking at 7:30 and getting up at 8am.

I left the apt at 9:30 and walked to the gym where I completed all my exercises in an hour and 15 minutes.

After lunch I left the apt again at 2:15 and walked to Parva where I found Chuck and his “old hippy friend”, his words.

Juan was waiting for me.  I presented him with the copy of “Green Eggs and Ham” I gave Laura a year or more ago.  During the lesson Chuck stopped by again with the dog named Chantile (sp?) they just adopted.  It’s small and looks like a ball of fur.  That should get him up earlier each morning.  We got a little rain during the lesson.

After my lesson I hung around for another 90 minutes solving some chess puzzles and reading more news on my cellphone.

The President of the United States has just been impeached.  It is a sad day for the presidency but no one deserved it more than Donald J. Trump!  Now, if only the senate will come to their senses and vote to remove him from office.  Sadly, it will probably never happen and we’ll have to put up with his S**t for another year.

My brother sent me a photo of his girlfriend going in for surgery so I’m not sure how that will impact their vacation here next February.  We’ll have to play that one by ear.

5,617 steps today.

Joke of the day

Scene: A courtroom in Oklahoma where a person is on trial for murder.  There is strong evidence indicating guilt; however, there is no corpse.

In the defense's closing statement the lawyer, knowing that his client is guilty and that it looks like he'll probably be convicted, resorts to a clever trick.

"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I have a surprise for you all," the lawyer says as he looks at his watch.

"Within 1 minute, the person presumed dead in this case will walk into this courtroom," he says and he looks toward the courtroom door.

The jury, somewhat stunned, all look on eagerly. A minute passes. Nothing happens.

Finally, the lawyer says: 'Actually, I made up the previous statement. But you all looked on with anticipation. I, therefore, put it to you that there is reasonable doubt in this case as to whether anyone was killed and insist that you return a verdict of not guilty."

The jury, clearly confused, retires to deliberate. A very few minutes later, the jury returns and a representative pronounces a verdict of guilty.

"But how?" inquires the lawyer. "You must have had some doubt; I saw all of you stare at the door."

Answers the representative: "Oh, we did look. But your client didn't."