Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 4:30 a.m. in "The City."

Wow, there goes 25 minutes of my life that I'll never get back. I was on-line chatting with our cable provider and the representative was very helpful and efficient. I was trying to determine what package I have now and I learned that we have the MLB™ channel as part of our TV package. However, unlike Sirius/XM, I can't get specific teams, I can only get what the MLB™ channel is broadcasting at any given time. I'm hoping that the success of my beloved Red Sox and the Cubs last year might cause the MLB™ channel to broadcast more of those games. I can always get the Tigers on Fox Sports Channel. here in Michigan. Oh well, at least I tried.

Speaking of sports, to channel the late Howard Cosell, Mary and I watched Super Bowl LI to the bitter end last night. We were hoping for an Atlanta win, but instead, we got to see them snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. The line-up of commercials was not all that exciting, but it was interesting.

We managed to get out yesterday afternoon and go to the mall for some new drinking glasses. We haven't bought any new ones in a long while and we were down to many mismatched ones. We now have a complete set for the first time in a long time. That was after Mary made lunch of extraordinary roast beest and potatoes. The first potato turned out to be rotten on the inside and so she had to regroup and make a different type. In the process, the vegetable she had hoped to make got lost in the shuffle, so we had roast beest and potatoes covered with Mary's mushroom gravy. I liked it.

Our dinner version of veggie pizza was eaten at Double Deuce when we got back to GH. The kitchen there has figured us out and the pizza comes out just the way we like. Later, during the aforementioned Super Bowl, Mary made a snack of veggies and dip with a side of vegan hot dogs in barbecue sauce/ketchup. I liked that too.

Today I'll finish the dusting upstairs and then go to my haircut appointment @ noon. I have to return a library book, so I'll do that while I am out. It should be a good day for walking to the library with a high temperature of 43° and only a 10% chance of precipitation. Tuesday, the high temperature will creep up one more degree, but that will be accompanied by an 80% chance of rain throughout the day. A good day to stay inside and read etc. As the days progress, we'll see temperatures bouncing in and out of the 30s and precipitation off and on in both liquid and frozen form. But, pitchers and catchers begin to report in just seven short days. Put it on the board, Yes! Here's a link to get you in the mood. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG_SvZD0UQ4

I was just out with the fur-children and so they should be good until later this morning. STWD seems to think that it is OK to arrive @ the bedside around 7:30 a.m. for a treat and breakfast. We're not offering breakfast nor an out that early, so a treat will have to suffice. We can't sleep in too late because of my haircut appointment. I'll have to rely on GTTSD and Mary to record the passage of the expected trains today.

The sun will rise this morning @ 7:53 a.m. and set this evening @ 6:04 p.m. Ciao.