Friday, September 19, 2025

Last night I took my Diphenhydramine and Zopiclona tablets and went to bed at 9:30 on Jimmy’s couch (a bright Wrigley Field in the near distance looking out the window), soon fell asleep and next thing I know it’s 5:15am.

I got up, took my shower, dressed, and I’m working on my computer until Jimmy wakes up at his usual 6am.

We’ll be leaving about 7:15, driving to Jimmy’s school, I’ll be taking his car, driving out to the NW suburbs that I’m more familiar with, going for breakfast, buying a sim card for my cellphone, buying flowers for Jeannie, then meeting them at their place in Highland Park so I can see my granddaughter Annie James for the first time.

Jimmy drove us to Lane Tech High School where he got out and I took over. Before I exited Chicago I stopped at a 7-11 and bought a Chicago Sun-Times, mainly for the crossword puzzle.

I drove out to the Golf Mill area of Niles and had breakfast in the Niles Diner and started working on the crossword puzzle just like the old days. I stopped at a Mobil station and filled his car with gas. I stopped in Walmart and bought so much stuff (for example, 2 bags of Butterfinger candy bars for trick or treaters) I’m not certain it will all fit in my carry-on.

I stopped in T-Mobile and purchased an e-sim card with 5GB for $28. All I have to do after Tuesday is delete it from my cellphone.

I drove up to Highland Park and stopped at Floral Gardens and bought flowers for Jeannie for $70. (The saleslady mentioned that most of their flowers come from Colombia and Ecuador.)

I arrived at Jeannie & Jacob’s place just before noon.

Here’s a photo of me holding my granddaughter.

She’s perfect! Good Job Jeannie!

I enjoyed holding her and finally she opened her eyes a bit when Jeannie was holding her.

At one point I walked their dog Rebel, a pit bull mix, in the park right next door for about 25 minutes to tire him out.

I learned Jacob is a big soccer fan and his favorite team is Manchester City.

Tomorrow Jacob has a wedding to go to that will keep him out all day so I’ll be returning in the morning to help Jeannie, the baby and walking Rebel.

As I was returning to Jimmy’s apt I texted him that my ETA was 5:45 but he thought that was too early to go for supper so I stopped at a Dunkin Donuts and had an apple fritter and medium latte and finished my crossword puzzle.

I left about 6:30 and returned to his apt, pulled the car inside and left it with a valet.

Entering my debit card receipts for the day into my spreadsheet I found that Mobil charged me $51.33 but my receipt shows $31.92. I was going to dispute the charge but looking closer at the receipt it shows a time of 6:20 (I was there about 9:30) with 5.130 gallons and I’m sure I put more gas in than that so I think they somehow messed up the receipt.

We left at 7:30 and walked to Windy City Gyros where I had a Chicago hot dog, he had a burger and we shared an order of fries. Oh, and we each had root beers.

 

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