Day Sixty Three - Riley accidently locks me in the house

"The LORD is the one who goes ahead of you; 

He will be with you 

He will not fail you or forsake you. 

Do not fear or be dismayed."  

Deuteronomy 31:8

So I started out the day pretty slowly.  Riley left early in the morning to take the car into Beaverton Honda, because he thought maybe something was wrong with the car.  I was doubtful, but that didn't count for much.  Well anyway, when I was finally up, and wanted to go out the front door I found it locked.  So I got my key, and of all things it would not turn.  I could not open the door.  I was locked in.  So I went to find the key to the back gate, but it was no where to be found.  I was locked in.

Our crumby from door locks.

So I tried to call Riley.  He could not be reached, and I just left a message.  Knowing that you can't get out is a very distressing thing.  I tried to be okay about it, but it wasn't easy.  I began to get depressed and stressed about my condition.  I began to think maybe I was just going to die anyway.  It wasn't good.  So I decided I better occupy myself somehow.


I set about trying to make a new head scarf.  First thing, I needed to draw up the pattern.  And then I needed to choose the material.  Then I also decided that I'd watch a movie while doing this.  The first movie I watched was The Blond Bombshell starring Jean Harlow.  At first I thought it an odd movie, which in fact it was, but by the end I was rather enjoying it.  I think Jean Harlow is a female version of James Dean.  

I wish I could have some mirabelles, but you can't find them here.

Then I tried to make something to eat, and I was completely unsuccessful.  I made soup and hated it.  I probably ate fruit instead, and not really enough.  I struggle the whole day with eating.  I need to solve this problem.  

Jean Harlow in The Blonde Bombshell

Then I worked on making a new scarf.  I was actually successful.  It took a lot of figuring, and my fuzzy brain was a bit slow, but I eventually got it.  It was a little smaller than the one I bought over the internet, but it basically came out the same.  I felt good about that.  


Then I decided I'd watch another movie.  I sometimes set a bunch of movies to record on the DVR, and then it takes me quite a while to get them watched.  Actually I'd say that I probably delete 40 percent of them.  I actually delete one today.  It was called The McGuerins from Brooklyn, and I couldn't believe how raunchy it was.  It wasn't long before it was deleted.


A bit later I settled into watching The Kennel Murder Case starring William Powell, who I always enjoy.  It was a Philo Vance mystery by S. S. Van Dine.  The plot was riddled with holes, but I always find Powell amusing so I put up with it.  Van Dyne wrote a huge amount of books, and I wonder if they are all so full of holes.  Ogden Nash once wrote a poem about Vance "Philo Vance, Needs a kick in the pance".  And the author of the Philip Marlowe private detective books said of Philo Vance "the most asinine character in detective fiction."  Luckily, I think that William Powell improved on the character, they just didn't improve on the plot.  

But with the movies over and the scarf made I didn't know what to do with myself.  I did spend some time feeling sorry for myself, which is never a good think.  I even watched a couple minutes of news.  That's also never a good thing.  Riley finally got home just before 7.  He had had to go out to Beaverton on the Max to pick up the car.  Turns out that nothing was wrong with it, but he had them do a bunch of stuff anyway.  He always likes to do that.

Emily on free ice cream day

I don't know what we did for dinner, but we did walk over to Mio Gelato because it was $1 night because of their birthday.  But it was a little hard to get me to be very cheery.  Actually, my mouth has developed a rash on the inside of the gums, and I've got a bad soar throat, so that has not helped.  But at Mio Gelato I had a nectarine gellato and it was really delicious.  It is an absolute joy to me to eat something tasty.   I ate about 1/3 of my dish, and Riley finished it, much to his delight also.  

Psalm 27:13-14

I would have despaired unless I had believed 

     that I would see the goodness of the LORD
     in the land of the living.
Wait for the LORD;
     Be strong and let your heart take courage;
     Yes, wait for the LORD.