Dallas, TX — 9:55am

Roman and I are sitting on the couch in our new apartment here in The Village, Dallas. We are watching the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. Quite the ordeal.

I am studying for the PL-900: PowerPlatform Fundamentals

11:22pm — Tulsa, OK

It was another really hot day today. I think it got up to 102 or maybe even more. I didn’t have much to do at work. Roman and I went to the gym at 11:00 or so. I worked on my shoulders a bit. I’m still disappointed at how I can’t seem to get below and maintain a percent body fat of 15%.

Roman got the word that he will be transferring to Dallas, so, sometime soon we will be moving down there again. The only thing I can think about is the horrible heat and my garden on the deck.

I’m still extremely upset at how my fellow Republicans are ignoring the scandals surrounding Donald Trump, which I have just been so obsessed about.

9:01pm — This was another good, regular day. For the past month or so, I’ve been getting up early and instead of turning the TV on right away, I’ve been telling Alexa to play some Christmas music and then try to have a little quiet time. It’s been pretty nice so far. I’ve actually started READING again! The big problem is Coco! He almost immediately wants to go outside and starts whining and barking at me until I take him out. I try to make it until 8:30 and then take him for a fairly long walk and listen to a Charles Stanley sermon at the same time. Sometimes, I take him to the little dog park where he can do his business, and then make it back in time to watch Live with Kelly and Ryan and start working.

I really can’t complain about my job (or anything going on in my life right now!) We’ve got a new roommate her since early December, named John (not his real name. He is from Brazil and has a name that is unpronounceable, or so he thinks.) John is a follower of the Word of Faith movement and actually believes that guys like Kenneth Hagin, Joel Osteen, and Joyce Meyer are not only credible, but also orthodox! It has been driving me even further into studying the Bible in order to study such heresies as Jesus Died Spiritually (JDS).

9:00pm — I have had a strange spot on my neck underneath my left ear.  Since I had had a benign form of skin cancer in the past, I became nervous that it might have come back.  Being immunocompromised like I am, I am highly susceptible to skin cancer.  My fear, obviously, is that it might be mela

8:59pm — The strangest thing happened just now. I was scheduled to call my son, Austin tonight between 8:00 and 8:30, like we had already set up. There have been times in the past when I called without an answer and Austin would call back within a couple minutes. Tonight, that didn’t happen. I called, got no answer. I waited a few minutes. Then I texted her and apologized if I had missed a text from her. Last week, she abruptly informed me at the last minute that Austin would not be able to talk. I didn’t really make much of that. I texted her a couple more times asking if I should have called her new husband’s phone, still no response. I then concluded by texting that I hoped everything was ok, and that I will try again next week.

10:31pm — I had to take Coco to the vet today because he’s been sick with what I believe is something called “kennel cough”. He’s been coughing and sometimes spitting up phlegm. He’s been laying around the apartment sleeping all day long. Earlier today, even, he didn’t even want to go outside! I’ve never seen that before. The vet gave me some anti-biotics which he will have to take for the next 10 days.

9:23pm — My mom told me today that her brother, Hartmut Schulz died today. He was 81. The last 20 years of his life were very sad. She said he loved America and wanted so bad to move here, but, because of insurance, he couldn’t.

He died poor and alone in a nursing home.

It has been really really hot here in Dallas. In the upper 90’s daily.

7:57pm — I got back from visiting my mom late on Wednesday. I was surprised how short the flight actually was!

I think it was a very productive visit! My mom had numerous little assignments for me (as she usually does!) I had to sleep on an air mattress because her old couch (NICE couch!) had to be thrown out because, well, because . . . .

Her hair was WHITE, though! She had just decided to let it go instead of dying it black like she usually did. It actually looks pretty good, I think. Better than the half-black, and half-white look!

While I was there, she got a chance to talk to her grandson, my son, Austin. On Monday morning, she had actually called the Bayern Munich soccer team to find out how to get the autographs of certain team members.