Sunday This and That

Last night's game was a great game and a nice Diamond Club experience. It's my last game in a different seat. The Mariners gave us some free tickets so this year I've been able to sit in seats different than my own. When you are sitting that close to the action, the view is way different one seat to the next.

Plus the TV factor - making sure I don't pick my nose when the camera is on me.



The people on my right were four Canadians all decked out in their Blue Jays gear. They even brought a Canadian flag that they held up (all four of them) during the Canadian national anthem. They were Canadian nice but the woman right next to me was clearly only into it for the matching ensemble she'd put together of maple leaves and blue jays. She started whining about going back to the hotel after about the 4th inning. The Blue Jays were ahead at that point.

The couple on the right side of me were two straight guys - probably in their 30s to whom I was absolutely invisible. They left in the 6th inning. Chicks to pick up, I assume.

The guy right behind me was more obsessed with being on TV than I was. He made friends with all around and declared over and over again that all he wanted was the Mariners to win that game. He did not care who won other games.

Baseball draws some strange peops. Oh, and the Seattle Mariner majority owner was there in his seat in a casual clothes, alone, and this time he stayed the whole game. Usually he splits about half way through, presumably catching the rest of the game from his office or somewhere else in the ballpark.

The Mariners won handily. It was a fun game to watch. Today's game is at 1.

I'm still adjusting to my new living room setup. I need this table to go lower. If I removed the wheels, it would be just about the right height, I think. But, then it wouldn't roll. Or is my chair the right height. I'd love for it to be adjustable. With lumbar support. It feels too cramped over here but I'm so used to having so much stuff within reach. Maybe I need a dresser/night stand type table here on the right to hide all this shit.

Moving the table, moving the ottoman, switching sides. Lots of things to try to get it right. I need to be able to computer, watch TV, knit/crochet. Get up and sit down comfortably. Not too much to ask.

Oh, also, Biggie needs a place near me to perch that is not the keyboard.

Experimentation goes on.

Today appears to be our last Africa hot day. And the air is not too bad, either. (It wasn't horrible at the game last night, thankfully.)

I will be in here trying out various seat configurations and watching the game. A/C on, blinds down and grateful.

And another thing

I just finished the most interesting novel - The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard. I'd never read any of her stuff before and this one was the only one the library had ready to borrow. It was an interesting story told in an exceedingly interesting way.

I listened of course because I'm too lazy to turn even Kindle pages these days. There were two readers - one male and one female. I like one reader only and usually reject books with more than one but didn't this time. The guy was fine but the female reader was really annoying - massive sing-song - I would have abandoned but by the time I couldn't stand her any more, I was already hooked on the story.

Sadly that same sing-song lady also reads her other books, except one. BUT, happily, Audible includes 3 of her books in their 'available' selection which means if you are an audible member you can read for free which is very cool.

And, not at all related, my feet are really swollen. I suspect it's a combo of changing how I sit and sitting last night with my feet down for the whole game last night. I didn't notice until this morning (I went to put on my treadmill sandals and they were too tight!). Tonight I'll sleep with my feet elevated. And Amazon is sending compression sox. Yet another perk of being old and fat!

Lost and Found

I just found the folder with all of the medical records for Biggie and The Smalls! Going back to their birth! Also the entire decade of maintenance records for my car. I thought I'd tossed both and had decided it did not matter. But I feel so good now that I've found them.

I now have one very small plastic box for miscellaneous papers/folders. Both are in there now. And one very small plastic box for old tax returns. I need to send an email to my CPA and see what the latest is on when I can toss those. I'll bet I only need to keep last years. Then I could consolidate.

A decade ago, I had three drawer lateral file cabinet of critical paper files, folders, notebooks... now it's two small boxes. Soon... to be one.