Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 3:30 a.m. in "The City."

I was not surprised to feel Ginger licking my elbow around 2:30 a.m. I hobbled down the stairs and she really had to go out and return quickly. I'll get to the hobbling part shortly.

We have a current temperature of 55° that feels like 51° under clear-skies. There is another Small Craft Advisory in effect until 8:00 a.m. Saturday. Southwest winds could gust to 30 knots tonight and there is the possibility of Gale Force gusts shifting to the northwest late Friday or early Saturday morning. Once again, wave heights could reach 5 - 8 feet!

Today, the high temperature will reach 56° with a 50% chance for showers in the evening on the heels of strong winds of 21 mph! All of that will occur after the sun rises @ 8:03 a.m. and before it sets @ 6:55 p.m.

Meanwhile, back in GH, we made it to my orthopedist appointment in Muskegon yesterday. Unfortunately, the doctor gave me news I didn't want to hear. His preliminary assessment of the pain and lack of strength in my left-shoulder indicates that I have a possible tear or tears in my rotator cuff, not unlike what I had in my right-shoulder several years ago. So, much like my right-shoulder, I will likely need corrective surgery to resolve the problem. The orthopedist will know more once I have an MRI done, sometime in the next two-weeks, pending scheduling.

In between that not-so-good news, we stopped at the Camera Shop, and checked out a new lens for our camera. Mary was rewarding me for all those years of service as her chief index editor. In the past, I was rewarded with beans. Here is s surprise for Adam. Instead of taking the lower priced option for the lens, I bought the one that I really liked/wanted. More expensive, but a superb telephoto-lens made by Panasonic.

Once we were done at the Camera Shop, we had lunch @ Taco Bell, and yes, I got my usual payment of a bean burrito there. We headed home to take care of the fur-children and then I was off to my podiatrist appointment. Unfortunately, that appointment is the reason for my aforementioned hobbling. I had to have corrective surgery on my toe and now I have to have Mary help me care for that until it heals, about 2 - 4 weeks. Which of course leads me to an aside.

I have been fortunate for 45 plus years to have Mary at my side through two back surgeries, one brain-surgery, one shoulder surgery, one thumb surgery and other maladies. Through all of those travails, she has been my rock, my North Star/guiding star. We've moved at least six times, Mary and I raised a fine son, and we've had many different companion pets. I don't say it often or well enough, but I love her for all that she is and does, including making our GH house, a home.

But at the risk of sounding maudlin, I'm going to move along and talk about life itself, BASEBALL!. As you have probably surmised by now, I love baseball. I've survived being a Die-Hard Cubs fan, and seen by beloved Red Sox  go to the World-Series several times, which has culminated in their latest trip to the 2018 World Series™. That appearance follows their convincing 4 - 1 ALCS win over last-years World Series™ champions, the Houston Astros, whom the Sox and their first-year manager, Alex Cora, defeated in five games, also 4 - 1. My beloved Red Sox are on to the 2018 World Series™ on Tuesday night against either the Dodgers or the Brewers. The Dodgers lead that NLCS series, 3 - 2.

Today, we'll be meeting with our human-children, Adam and Steph, in Saugatuck. MI for lunch. That's after we walk the fur-children and drop Ginger at daycare. STWD is self-sufficient for many hours, but Ginger has separation issues and does better in daycare during long separations from her humans. Ginger is a sweetie, but she needs her humans or suitable surrogates for long periods of separation.

That looks like enough for one day. Ciao.