[Magdalen] Getting Old?

Jay Weigel jay.weigel at gmail.com
Thu Jul 9 13:56:22 UTC 2015


I lose days now and then, especially if a holiday comes in the middle of
the week. I was completely turned around over the last couple of weeks when
S/O was on vacation except for two days, and I expect I will be again for
the next week while the grandson is here.

On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 9:49 AM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> It happens  :-( , although maybe usually not quite so comprehensively.
>
> Marion, an aging pilgrim
>
>
> On 7/9/2015 7:40 AM, Jim Guthrie wrote:
>
>> I have a luncheon today with some old friends (railfans) that I;ve known
>> for more than 50 years. We're meeting at a brewpub in Woodbridge NJ. Then I
>> have treatment at MSK tomorrow, along with a CT Scan to check on the
>> progress. In anticipation of that I made a reservation at a hotel (in
>> Harrison NJ) for tonight.
>>
>> But I simply had no idea what day it was yesterday, so we packed up and
>> took the 7:20 AM bus from Scranton for NY. Well into the Poconos, I
>> realized (reading the NY Times) that it was Wednesday -- I even thought for
>> a few minutes that I had the previous day's paper. But I soon realized we
>> had left a day early -- so it was a last-minute scramble to get a room for
>> last night -- got the last room at the same hotel where we were scheduled
>> tonight.
>>
>> The penalty? The room tonight was $126 -- but getting the last room was
>> $189 yesterday, and that's an AARP rate.
>>
>> In any case, we spent the "extra" day at the Museum of Natural History
>> --  including programs at the Rose Planetarium (formerly Hayden). Albert
>> really enjoyed himself so it turned out okay.
>>
>> But I'm still wondering how I couldn’t figure out what day its was, even
>> though Tuesday was grocery delivery day *senior citizen discount day). So
>> how did I lose Wednesday?
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
>


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