October 4, 2021

 October 4, 2021

Im still enjoying life to the fullest. I am blessed to eat well and drink well, from Manors socializing : beer garden Halloween party, man jong, canasta I am happy to be actively enjoying being with he ones I love and socializing with my community. I am trying to develop a golf game and a writing hobby/passion. To do that I have created a schedule as if I am in school. There are periods for writing, yoga & laundry. Food planning, shopping and preparation are daily occurrences. 


I call yoga: yoga, meditation, golf, gym

Writing is : master class in writing, Re-reading and writing in blog entries, including this one. 

Laundry is the usual: towels & sheets, and my sport cloths. I like to wear clean cloths


Socializing is a primary activity for me. Besides sports I love socializing, eating & drinking. How much I love them became apparent when I couldn't go out to eat during the pandemic. I tried to turn my kitchen to a fine dinning experience but it became tiresome and now that I can go to restaurants I am not taking them for granted and enjoying every occasion. Im hoping to be able to arrange an October outing with my only brother to celebrate his birthday. I m in charge of keeping us together and I'm never sure if its working out.  My father used to call us his little family, and I thought he got pleasure from his grandchildren, now Im not so sure. He certainly left before he could be around for their growing the family, and they haven't as of yet. 

I could recap how Amanda got very close with a guy who she lived with off and on for two years. She would live in his parents house. In his old bedroom or in the basement apartment his parents made for him. I was appalled and terrified because he was a recovered addict and I worried she was going down that road. I barged in on the parents and confronted them with my fears and they communicated that Billy was under control and the relationship although sometimes rocky was not abusive nor were they doing drugs. 


It was when I told her that I wanted to reset my relationship with Billy and start fresh, did she leave him and move in with us. 

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