Catching Up

Three days without a post; sort of embarrassing, actually.  Last night I just crashed; I guess I was more tired than I thought.  As for my time in the meantime... some more cleaning and organizing, for one.  The bathroom people will finally start tomorrow (I hope), so I had to empty out the bathroom (should have done this a bit ago), with most going to the trash or the OC pile.  I also decided to move as much furniture in the living room out of the way to minimize breakage, and -- because they called -- to remove the pictures and hanging stuff from the adjoining walls.  I would not say that it took a long time, but with everything -- taking it down, moving, finding a new temporary home -- it was longer than I expected.

Anyways, other things of note...OC duty Saturday, and the count was but 59.  Not sure why, though the main reason was that traditionally we are not open the week between Christmas and New Year's, and this time we were, but very few knew about this.  I think this is correct, and it was fine; people got plenty of stuff, we rotated some stock, had volunteers clean a bit, and generally got stuff ready for next month (when I will spend as little time as possible at the OC).  We also had a family fest Saturday, which was nice; I made a jello the night before (allowing me to clean out the email folder, read the current book, and watch a documentary or two).  It was fun; my sister and Favorite Niece even joined us, surprisingly, so it was an extra-large poker table.

Sunday I did the usual morning routine -- Mass, gym -- and then went to a final Christmas party out in North Ridgeville.  On the way home, I decided to cross off a place on my food list and went to Cozzeria Pizzeria in Elyria -- yes, a bit far, but I was in the area -- and got a seafood pizza and a chicken parm sandwich.  And...it was pretty good!  Good size, lots of seafood on the pizza, not greasy; I mean, I am not a huge pizza guy, but this was worth it.  I think the pizza -- or fatigue, or both -- affected me, because I crashed hard last night.  Of course, here I am now, not able to sleep...

Much has been said about the passing of Jimmy Carter, and I don't think it is unfair to say that while much is being said about his post-presidency, not as much is being said about the total failure of his presidency, which is having effects (and affects) now...  maybe it is politeness, maybe it is liberal bias, or maybe it is selective memory, but I think we cannot separate them...