Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 12:30 a.m. in "The City."

Sunday was a relatively quiet day. I took the morning walk with STWD as Mary made her way to Health Hutt. We had just started out when Sugar heard the sound of firecrackers, and all bets were off. We managed to get done what needed to be done, but Sugar was in for the day once we got home.

I watched the Bears lose to the Vikings 20 - 23 as I read part of the pulp novel that I started late Saturday night. I just finished that book about one hour ago. An easy read and it didn't have large print.

Mostly I didn't do anything yesterday. I did get in about 45 minutes of play time with the girls, and then I revised some music in which I had detected errors when I was playing.

Mary made breakfast/lunch of grilled cheese and tomato sandwiches to go with the Coleslaw that I made on Saturday. Dinner was veggie burgers, more of the Coleslaw, and boiled potatoes with margarine and parsley. I liked both meals.

The temperature yesterday was pleasant and Mary and I took a walk downtown to see what we could see after watching the heartbreaking loss by the Bears. Not as bad as the loss by the Lions to the Chiefs in London earlier in the day, by a score of 10 - 45.

The Royals and the Mets are in extra innings, but it looks as though the crowd in NYC is about to hear that old song, Na Na Na Na, Na Na Na Na, Hey Hey Hey, Good Bye from the Royals, who scored five runs in the top of the 12th to take a 7 - 2 lead. The Mets came to bat, but to paraphrase the immortal Yogi Berra, It's over when it's over, and it's over for the Mets. Time to call it a season as the final score was 7 - 2 in favor of the World Series champion K.C. Royals. Sadly, non of the three teams with the best records were in the World Series.

Later today, our high temperature will be 64°, the same high temperature that is in the forecast through Thursday, with mostly clear skies. Friday's forecast from the NWS shows rain and a high of 53°.

Later today, I need to get to work on my puzzle table. If I try a bit harder, I'll get the felt that we purchased affixed to the top and then get the puzzle going. I just have too many things to do. Who knew that retirement could be so taxing? I have another book on the shelf and a few more on order or on hold at the library. Mary has an index or two coming in, so I may not get to read for pleasure for a few days.

The sun will rise at 7:20 a.m. and set at 5:30 p.m. Ciao.