Touching Up

This post will be short, for I wish to watch a Christmas movie while indulging in some dark rum for emotional enhancement, and it is already after 6 p.m.

My wife had to work another full day (with an 11 a.m. start) at the Thai restaurant where she is employed part-time, so once my brother left for the afternoon whilst I was having my nap, I had the remainder of the afternoon to myself until maybe 5 p.m. when my eldest stepson got home from work.

I spent quite some while following my nap in a response to an unexpected E-mail from my niece (my brother's only child) ─ she lives in Washington State on a sort of farm with her boyfriend.

She's clearly excited about the astounding truckers' Freedom Convoy 2022 that has been Ottawa-bound since the start of the week from across Canada and even the States. I will have to let my brother know ─ I think that he will be tickled that she contacted me. 

This is the first time she has ever reached out to me of her own volition. Previously, she has only done so in response to a message from me.

Her father doesn't understand how to use a computer, so he has no E-mail address. She is probably reluctant at times to text him because that can initiate a 'back-and-forth' that can expend far too much time if that is not what the initiator is prepared for.

By the way, this morning was the first with no fog ─ we had misty mornings prior to today for five consecutive days. Actually, it may have been longer, but I just never noticed. I went shopping on foot early last Sunday and was impressed by the amount of long-lasting fog, so that morning stuck with me.

I suppose that the major event of my day today was when I accompanied my brother this morning when he left to pick up his girlfriend Bev at 10 a.m. and drive her to work. I took that opportunity to stock up at the nearest government liquor store on four dozen cans of the strong beer (Cariboo Malt at 8% alcohol) that I prefer to drink here at home. 

I would likely never have been able to hike that much weight home! Not by hand, anyway. It would have been a two-mile hike to get back here.

For the record, the full bill after the addition of taxes and deposit was $76.47. 

Okay, I've had my full schedule of exercising today, so I feel that I am now clear to go and locate the Christmas movie that I have in mind ─ I will be doing this through one of the apps that I have downloaded into our Android TV Box.

Tomorrow, I ought to have the time to report on the feature.