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

I was just downstairs with the fur-children, and the skies are cloudy with a temperature of 52° with strong winds blowing. However, no rain is falling at this time. That apparently will wait until later this morning, when the chances increase to 100% and the current temperature will be repeated as the high. Go figure.

The sun will rise later this morning @ 7:34 a.m. and set tonight @ 6:22 p.m. It looks as though we will be able to avoid the overnight snow tonight that was predicted as recently as yesterday by the NWS. Instead, the temperature will drop to a high of 33° on Wednesday, alobeit with only a 10% chance for additional precipitation. I/we should be able to make it to the hospital on Wednesday morning without a problem.

I made it to my barber's appointment yesterday and I look good, well as good as I can with my limited amount of hair. Mary made an executive decision that although I walked to the barber, she would pick me up and deposit me at the theater so that I could see the Black Panther before I couldn't drive myself. I'm glad that she made that decision, because I was not disappointed. All of the hype and positive reviews are well deserved. I won't spoil the movies for anyone, but I recommend it to all. Of course, I had my usual ginormous bucket of popcorn and a medium cherry-cola. Mary and I discovered that carrying in some nutritional yeast provides a great topping for the popcorn too.

During my absence, Mary made some vegan sausages that needed to marinate overnight. I found that she had once again made macaroni and cheese in the kitchen. As you may recall, that is her way of saying that she had used every utensil available to her to make those sausages. I emptied and reloaded the dishwasher as my part of the activities.

I was picked up at 3:30 p.m. and then we traveled across the bridge to donate our "old" clock to the resale store in Spring Lake and make a stop @ Stan's for adult beverages. Home again for a dinner of pita pockets with vegan tuno salad and some TV viewing. I then journeyed to the media room and watched some TV there and soon fell asleep. Age has its privileges.

Today, I hope to do as little as possible in preparation for my hospital visit before retiring to my chair for rest later tonight. I feel as though I am entitled. Mary will do what she has to do and I will read as she walks the fur-children. She did that yesterday and they came back a bit wet for the effort. Ciao.