1. This chest cold I'm waiting out isn't debilitating, but I decided to lie low for at least another day. I woke up this morning after nearly nine hours of sleep with almost no voice and having been up and down a bit, going to the fridge for cold water to ease the soreness in my throat. I don't have a fever. My voice returned after drinking some coffee. I decided to take at least one more day off from going to the Fitness Center.
I rested by drinking hot liquids, black tea and chicken bouillon, working crossword puzzles, first finishing today's Sunday NYTimes puzzle and then going back to 2022 in the NYTimes archives and working on puzzles I didn't do back then.
2. No doubt I've mentioned it before in this blog, but about, oh, eight years ago or so, I lost interest in watching football. I casually keep up with things so that I can at least know what others are talking about, say, at The Lounge, but I haven't watched a Super Bowl since 2016 and I don't remember the last time I watched a regular season college or professional game.
BUT, I do enjoy going about once or twice a year to the Caesar Sportsbook at either Northern Quest or the Spokane Tribal Casino and placing small wagers.
This year, just shy of two weeks ago, Ed and I blasted over to the Sportsbook at the Spokane Tribal Casino and each made a Super Bowl bet.
I had decided before we went that I would bet on the game's underdog and it turned out the Chiefs were the underdog, at least on the day we were there.
So, today, while working puzzles, drinking hot liquids, eating the chicken soup Debbie made, and coming up with a list of words to start Wordle puzzles with over the next couple of weeks, I peeked in online on the Super Bowl score.
Lo and behold, the Chiefs won and, voila!, so did I!
I've made a handful of small wagers at the Sportsbook on the men's NCAA basketball tournament and lost them all.
I broke my losing streak today. Ed also placed a small wager on the Chiefs.
One day, probably this week, we'll blast back over to Airway Heights, collect our winnings, and hang out for a while at the casino, spinning reels, no doubt, and basking in the glow of our good luck!
3. In some online conversation with Carol, she let me know what else she needs from us for the rehearsal dinner on Friday and the wedding dinner after the ceremony on Saturday. So, I'm set. This week I'll purchase bottles of water, bottles of pop, and ice for the rehearsal dinner and then contribute a salad for the wedding dinner.
All that's left for me to find out is what announcements need to be made as the ceremony begins, whether my black slacks really do fit me again, and if my dress jacket will make it back from the cleaners. If the slacks don't fit (I think they will) or if the jacket gets delayed, well, I'll have some shopping to do.
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