Dark chocolate tastes like coffee?

Sunday

I got up at 8:30, having woken once during the night to pee. Not bad, but I did go to bed after midnight because I was up reading a book. I took supplements and prepared the quart of water with amendments. Jenni texted me that she needed my vitamin C protocol and vitamin C. So I looked it up to print it out and could not find it in print, only as part of videos. The vitamin C was easy to find. But all the searching threw my morning off.

I took a shower. I parsed out supplements for a week. I made breakfast and ate it while reading e-mail. I got dressed for church. I had trouble putting in my earrings. Its like they were closing up. I put cheese squares and chocolate-covered sweet potatoes and bananas in two containers. I also had a container of vitamin C for Jenni.

I went to the chapel. I put the snacks on the back table and gave the bag of peppers to the Popkens. I went up front to assemble my trombone. Keli and I played through the hymns I chose because we hadn't practiced them together. Of course it went well.

Pastor Chris gave me a hug. I sat in the front row. Leilani came and sat with me. Keli went up for the opening songs. Bryce went with her. They led us in singing songs of wise men.

Then Pastor Chris gave a Christmas/New Years message. I underestimated him. The last several times he was here, he went into great detail about how Jesus suffered on the cross and how painful crucifixion is. I figured he couldn't do it with a Christmas message but I was wrong. Michelle heard him start in and came and sat on the other side of me. She asked in a whisper if I wanted her to stop him. I said I was considering it. But then he wrapped up and went on with the Christmas part. But I really appreciated her having my back.

After the sermon, Keli and I went up front to play our hymns. Then people hung out and visited and tried the snack. The kids didn't like the dark chocolate and said it tasted like coffee. I gave Rick some vitamin C for Jenni. I packed up my trombone and the snacks. I asked Michelle if she would walk with me to fill up a water jug and she said she would come by later.

I went home, changed clothes, and read messages and articles. I ate the last few tiny tomatoes on the dying plant. Michelle came over, wanting me to go with her to 2^nd street and see what was out on the curb. So we went. There was a table with seating, a night stand, a hose winder, a bike, a small fridge, a couch, a dresser. Michelle was interested in the table set and nightstand, thinking she could refinish them for the new guy. She asked the owner if he was moving and he said yes. He asked me what I would charge to clean it and I said these houses start at $300. But as I looked through it, I realized it had two bathrooms instead of one. Plus it was full of dog hair. And maybe extra bedrooms. Michelle called her kids to help move the furniture to her house down the street. We moved one piece with the car.

We went back for the hose winder and then on to my house. I put the hose winder by the house. Then we walked to the post office where the Primo water machine is now located. I dragged my luggage carrier with an empty water jug on it. I filled it up in the machine, then we walked back with me dragging the heavy jug. She would have helped, but the whole point was to see if I could do it all myself. I was able to get it in the house and next to the counter. There was already a jug on the counter so we just left it there.

Then we stood in the driveway and talked. She had gossip I hadn't heard about a previous resident. Then I realized it was after 5. So she went home and I went in to got on Discord. Chris had left a message on my phone about it.

After a few moments of trying to get all the sound and microphones working, someone did a recap of last week and we started the game. Chris was at Michele and John's house. So there was no one to point to a special spot on my game sheet and say 'there is the number you are looking for'. But I did okay on my own.

During the game, I made supper: carrot salad and bean soup. Saronna came by for the xylitol mints to see if they would help with stomach flu. We finished the game. Then I made up fiber capsules for morning supplements. I worked on my blog, posting for yesterday and jotting notes for today. I dealt with the spices from 638.  I read e-mail and messages, answered texts, then got ready for bed.