We 3/11/26- Sick

 We 3/11/26- Sick

Up 830am: Cloudy & breezy with rain/drizzle in the morning and temps only to upper 40's.  Last night I slept on the living room chair from 3am to 6am. I was experiencing some shortness of breath when I was laying flat and the chair put me in a more upright position. I think I feel better, but things are nowhere near back to normal. And, there seems to be less of an aversion to food. We will see... 

The front lawn has a new covering of gumballs due to last night's severe weather and there are still many more on the tree.

Watched 'TRAIN DREAMS' (Netflix). A feast for the eyes that is about a logger who lived at the turn of the century in Montana. He was an orphan who didn't know his parents, learned the logging trade, married and had a child, but he lost them to a forest fire. Although he suffered a terrible loss, at the end of his life he 'found a connection to all'. This was the kind of film that really resonates. The novella was written by Denis Johnson (JESUS' SON); with Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones, Clifton Collins Jr., William H. Macy.

THE GUARDIAN: "... a gorgeous and poignant film of quiet, bruised life in a fragile place, anchored by a magnificently sensitive and restrained performance from the still-underrated Edgerton." "88" Metascore and I would go to "92".  

It's rainy, blustery, & bleak and matches my mood. Just after noon a truck from Lakeside stopped and picked up the five bags that I filled yesterday. They dropped part of a bag in the middle of the street and just left. I went out and shoveled the debris into the blue barrel for pickup later today.  

Finished the last episode of 'SOUTHLAND' (Netflix). I didn't realize that there was another season, so I just kept watching. There are actually five seasons and I began season #2. I think I'll just read for a couple of hours and I'm looking forward to a soak in the tub after 5pm. It's the only time I feel halfway alright. So far today I've eaten a piece of buttered toast, an apple, and one date. I still don't have much of an appetite, but there's no aversion to food.

115pm: PC is 'Off' and checking the stacks for something light to read (more early 20th century SciFi by Murray Leinster).  At 2pm I ate 1/3 of a can of lentil soup that I began last night. A spark of an appetite has returned, but I'm still weak & depressed. 315pm I ate the rest of the can of lentils and a handful of pretzels. It seems like I'm making strides in the right direction. I'm going to see if I can put in some time on the treadmill. 

4pm: 45 minutes at 3.5 pace; 2.61 miles and listened to David McGowan conspiracy theory about the 60's & Laurel Canyon,  California. A secret government operation behind the Peace & Love generation? 

540pm: In the tub with MURRAY LEINSTER and listening to BEATLES- 'Rubber Soul'/ 'Revolver'; PETE TOWNSHEND- 'Who Came First'.

Finished BERT KREISCHER on 'HONEY DEW'.

More 'SOUTHLAND' (Netflix). I shut it down 26 minutes into episode #3.  

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Call from Dax office Emily     Tu April 21 at 1pm

Notified on Wednesday 3/4/26. They need a urine sample. I told her it would be a while because I was sick

'Subclade K' flu

PAY CLEANING SERVICE BATHROOM TILE

Buy baking soda & rubbing alcohol for mold removal for grout bathroom tile

Tighten chair- allen wrench?

Check license sticker 4/1/26

Taxes Tu 3/17/26 at 1pm; Epperson

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Bolt AI

Borrow ebook  'PROJECT HAIL MARY' Andy Weir

Val Mcdermid- Scottish crime author

Alice Feeney wrote the novel for movie, 'HIS & HERS' (Netflix)

Acetone cleaner  

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Esporta  (217) 801-9007: the guy said that it depended on how many people were in the club and using the wifi. Nobody has considered beefing up the signal.

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'ALL THINGS FAIR' (Tubi).  

Borrow 'QUICKSILVER' by Neal Stephenson from Lincoln Library

Check Ancestry

Sa 2/15/25- EMT'S & Next Door {old lady}

Begin 'CITY OF SHADOWS' (Netflix).

ZOROASTRIANISM- 'Zaw-row-a-stre-uh-ni-zm'

"Happiness is to continue to desire what we already have"....St. Augustine

"One trillion seconds is 31,700 years. One billion seconds is 31 and a half years and a million seconds is only 11 and a half days."  


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