Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 5:00 a.m. in "The City."

A current temperature of 64° under clear skies? Yes, the rain has stopped for a few hours. That allowed me to go downstairs and get the fur-children to go out around 4:00 a.m. Previously, they had been forced out by Mary around 10:45 p.m. with minimal results. Later today, the NWS has forecast sunny skies and a high temperature of 71°. Unfortunately, the NWS has added more T-storms into their forecast for late tonight into Thursday morning with a 40% to 50% probability. STWD spent much of last night and early this morning in the bathroom, so an encore is possible for tonight and part of Thursday.

Yesterday, baseball was mostly not very, very, good to me.

Unfortunately, the 43 - 36, but still 1st in the NL Central Cubs, dropped one to the 47 - 33, 1st in the NL East Braves, 2 - 3. The Cubs sent rookie pitcher Adbert Alzolay to the mound for his first MLB™ start. His first pitch was deposited into the bleachers by the Braves' lead-off hitter, Ronald Acuna Jr. Alzolay settled down after that and the Braves' lead was short-lived, as Willson Contreras got two RBIs with a double.

Sadly, Alzolay's reliever, Mike Montgomery, was only able to hold off the Braves for a short time, getting out of a bases-loaded jam in the 5th. Later in the game, he gave up a two-run home run that provided the Braves with the winning margin. The Cubs will once again call on Yu Darvish to pitch tonight and try to get his third win against three losses @ 8:05 p.m. EDT.

My beloved 44 - 37, 3rd place in the AL East Red Sox, took another one from that other team from Chicago, in a game that was played in the rain, 6 - 3. David Price got the win for the Red Sox. The Sox are once again playing in Fenway Park today @ 1:05 p.m. against that other team and their record in the AL Central of 36 - 41.

The 26 - 48, 4th in the AL Central Tigers, once again set a  new record for futility, as they lost to the 43 - 36, 2nd place in the AL West Rangers, 3 - 5. I wish there were some highlights, but alas, there are not. The Tigers and the Rangers play again tonight @ 7:10 p.m.

The 22 - 52, 8th place, yes, that's as low as you can get in the MWL East, won a game over the 30 - 45, 6th place in the MWL East Dragons, 3 - 1. Any old kind of 30 game winning streak gets the Caps even for the year. They play the Dragons once again tonight @ 7:05 p.m.

My orthopedist appointment went well yesterday and I am 1/5 of the way towards my latest knee relief. The Supartz™ injections I am receiving, are effective for about seven months. Fortunately, the alternative, knee replacement, is not something my doctor sees in my foreseeable future.

Otherwise, I never got to my painting yesterday, nor much of anything else I had on my agenda. I guess that that's okay, because when you are retired, time is not plentiful in the long term, but it is abundant in the short run. We often lose track of the day of the week. I woke up earlier thinking it was Sunday.

I did finish my latest novel last night, so that's all good. Now, I have to choose from another novel that I have on the shelf. Decisions, decisions.

Mary will be off to the grocery store today and maybe, just maybe this being a sunny day, we can both do those things that require sunshine. Painting for me, sewing for her. Ciao.