Message 314

Yesterday I read about half of The Economist and in the evening I went to the couples club dinner. (Sally and I used to call it couples club to distinguish it from the dinner group we had with Arriagnos, Morrills, and Willetts, so I still use that term. So many of the people in it have died now that the term is no longer strictly accurate. After a spouse dies, most members come to a few dinners and then drop out. There are two of us now who still come as singles at least occasionally. Sally and I were among the founding members, and there are only four other couples left from the original group, and one of them only come about three or four times a year.)

Anyway, after that long digression, there were only eight of us there last night, and after we finished eating about 9:30 PM, people started leaving. Helen and Jim were the hosts, and they have recently remodeled their living room and added a new 52 inch HDTV, so Dave Roland and I, who are Sharks fans got Jim to tune in the game with Phoenix, which was in the early part of the third period. The Sharks were ahead 3-2, and they held on and won by that score, but it was really impressive to see the game on a big screen in high definition.

I bought some 12-hour Mucinex pills yesterday to help me keep breathing through the night, so I took one when I got home about 10:30 PM, and it is still working about 12 hours later. Now I plan to use the 4-hour pills as needed through the day. I hope I will not need them as frequently as every 4 hours, since I am feeling so much better, but I will see how it goes. Today is the fifth day since it started (while I was out with Josh buying his car), so I hope that within another few days I will be over the cold and not need the Mucinex any more (until the next one gets me).