BATTERY FOR MY WATCH

Last night I went to that meeting at O.L. Mt. Carmel Church. Because I was told it was a young adult group I assumed I was too old. It didn't make a difference. Another mistake I made was that it's not a social thing. Father Johnson(his first name) spends all the time at the meetings talking about different religions, their history, beliefs, etc. We at some pizza from a local pizzeria. It had tomato slices on top of the tomato paste. It was round. I've never seen round pizza around here. There was also red wine. It was very powerful stuff. It rained early in the day & at night. Because of the strong hooch I was cringing in my car all the way home. One woman lives in Dallas so she was really in big trouble. Finally & at last I have gotten a battery for my watch. My Fossil watch was driving me bananas lately constantly losing time. Instead of bothering to get a new battery for it, though, I decided, as a change of pace, to get one for my Peugeot watch. The store I went to was once on 8th Street by the bridge. It's now on Wyoming Avenue. The battery was about three dollars less than the ones I used to get over in New York. The blood drive was also at the same church. I was early for my appointment. I got a headache early in the day & took some non_aspirin pills for it & it went away. I woke up in the middle of the night, though & it was back so I took some Motrins.

BLOOD DRIVE

The weather this morning is cold, damp & rainy. Our miserable spring, really a borderline winter, never ends. I just got the biggest shock this morning in O.L. Sorrows parking lot. After Mass, a woman who's one of the regulars came over to me in the parking lot & asked me to join O.L. Mt. Carmel's young adult group. I'm most certainly not exactly among the youngest of adults. I was in O.L.P.H's young adult group in the middle of the 1980's. Their meeting is 7:00 tonight. She said I could pass for my early forties. I'll most probably end up going over to see what it's like. At 4:00 this afternoon I have to go to O.L. Mt. Carmel for the blood drive. It's one of very many in our general area this month. Uncle Frankie came over for a while yesterday. While he was there, Fran called. Mary Anne called too. Right now my arm doesn't hurt so much but I have a little bit of a headache.

FIFTY THREE YEARS!

The weather seem to be showing some promise today of being consistently nice. For a while on Sunday & yesterday it rained. Lately my left arm still hurts. One broken limb can really get a guy crazy after a while. Today is my parents' fifty third wedding anniversary. Most marriages can't be expected to last that long. It's also Cinco de Mayo, an occasion of much interest to my Hispanic connections. I made sure I sent an e mail to Mary, whom I knew in O.L.P.H. & St. John's, to say buenos dias. She teaches Spanish. I'm still reading those Carmelite books. They're pretty deep but by now I've gotten used to all the obscure references. Last night I ate blueberry cereal. I've always really liked those kinds of cereals that are good for the health. As virtually always my TV watching habits have been restricted lately to the usual three game shows & old shows.

NICE WEEKEND

Tomorrow will be my parent's fifty third wedding anniversary. In our current toleranter_than_thou culture, that's considered quite an oddity. Yesterday Uncle Frankie came over for supper. On Saturday afternoon he & my father went to a game. Somehow, when I first overheard them talk about it I seemed to have gotten the impression that the game would be on Friday. I thought I may have gotten yet another break from having to lector this weekend but alas, I should most certainly have known better. Of course, Cheryl called at the last minute & asked me to cover for her. That truly rankles me like crazy. I just found out by way of CNN & the BBC that there's a university over in England that's offering a master's degree in the Beatles. For all these past very many decades I've been delving into the further adventures of John, Paul, George & Ringo on an enirely unofficial level anyway.

GAME TODAY

The weather has been awfully annoying so far today. When I was outside it was very cold & rainy. Fortunately it hasn't made any difference in the pain on my left side. As usual, I made sure I went to 7:30 Mass at O.L. Mt. Carmel on William Street in Pittston. While I was there, I grabbed a copy of the Wanderer, always a favorite paper of mine. I got a copy of the Citizen's Voice at the gas station next door too. I'm still reading those books about St. Therese. Of course, as usual I spent a lot of time yesterday passively watching "Sponge Bob Square Pants". Last night I ate the last few pieces of chocolate candy with cherries. I put them into the freezer on Thursday night. I really shouldn't get into the habit of eating anything like that but there were only three of them left anyway. My father & Uncle Frankie went to their big game today. It's been quite a long time since they last went to one.