WHAT DO I REMEMBER ABOUT THE YEAR 2018?

WHAT DO I REMEMBER ABOUT THE YEAR 2018?

CONFESSION! I HAVE BEEN TAKING A MEMORY PILL FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. IT IS CALLED "PREVAGEN" WHEN I DO FORGET I BLAME IT ON "PREVAGEN". IT IS ONLY A POWER OF SUGGESTION PILL. AND IT DOES COST MORE THAN A DOLLAR A DAY. MY EXCUSE IS THAT I PREPARE MY OWN INCOME TAX &  DO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY WITH CAR AND OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES.

MY CAR BROKE DOWN A FEW  SATURDAYS AGO. ON THE WAY HOME FROM A VISIT TO BOB ESCOBAR WHO IS RECOVERING FROM A BLOOD CLOT IN THE HEAD, ETC. AND IS IN REHAB. ANOTHER NEW ENGINE OF $3700 IN A 2000 CAMARY WAS NOT WORTH IT.

I NOW USE A CANE AND A WALKER. WHAT GOT ME MOST EXCITED THIS PAST WEEK. IMAGINE, WALKING DISTANCE FROM THIS PLACE TO ST. POLYCARP CATHOLIC CHURCH IS ONLY ONE/HALF MILE. I TOOK THE WALKER AND GOT THERE IN 16-18 MINUTES. (4 REST PERIODS), AND TO THE OTHER CORNER, CVS PHARMACY AT 18-20 MINUTES. GREAT EXERCISE!

I WILL ADJUST TO INDEPENDENT LIVING WITHOUT A CAR. MY NEW SCAN INSURANCE SAID THEY WILL PROVIDE ME WITH 12 VISITS TO THE DOCTOR. ON MONDAY, I HOPE TO SIGN UP WITH "ACCESS" ORANGE COUNTY BUS PROGRAM. IT WILL BE ABOUT $4.00 PER TRIP.

WILL GET TO MONTHLY "DOMINICAN LAITY PRAYER MEETING" ON  LAST MONTHLY MONDAY EVENING FROM ABOUT 6:15 P.M. TO 8:15 P.M. LOCATION AT ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN FULLERTON. AND ALSO TO THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS MEETINGS ON THE THIRD WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH AT ST. IRENEAUS CHURCH IN CYPRESS, AND COUPLE GET-TOGETHER DINNER AND CARDS. GOING ONE DAY WILL TIRE ME OUT. THE NEXT DAY, I DO TAKE FREQUENT NAPS. MORE THAN NORMAL PEOPLE DO. ALSO, LUCKILY, I HAVE DAILY ACCESS TO THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, A BREADTH OF FRESH AIR.

WE HAVE A CLINIC WHERE I LIVE, INDEPENDENTLY AT ROWNTREE GARDENS IN STANTON, CA.  THEY WAKE ME UP EARLY AND DO THE TEST. DONE BY OUTSIDE LAB. IT WAS OK.

I HAVE JUST BEEN INTERRUPTED (2:40 P.M.) BY THE JOURNEY EVANGELICAL CHURCH STROLLING CAROLERS. THEY SANG CHRISTMAS SONGS OUTSIDE MY DOOR AND DOWN THE LONG HALLWAY.

OK. I COULDN'T WAIT UNTIL CHRISTMAS EVE TO OPEN MY GIFT FROM THEM. IT WAS A BLUEISH BLANKET TO COVER THE BED ON ANY COLD WINTER NIGHT WITH MY DOOR OPEN.

THE DAILY ROUTINE IS ABOUT THE SAME. UP AT 5:20 A.M. - EXERCISE AND THEN THE STRONG INFLUENCE OF ST. PIO,  BEST OF THE BIBLE BOOK, AND POPE BENEDICT'S BOOK - CO-WORKERS OF THE TRUTH.  PICK UP THE ORANGE COUNTY NEWSPAPER AT 6:15 P.M. AND BREAKFAST AT 6:30AM, LUNCH AT 11 AM, AND SUPPER AT 4:15 P.M. WE HAVE WAITERS AND WAITRESSES.

I BELIEVE I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY. (NO TV OR NEWSPAPERS)  THE EXCELLENT DOCTOR HAD DONE "LAPAROSCOPIC ASSISTED RIGHT COLOSTOMY, JAN. 2ND. THEY REMOVED THE CANCER JUST IN TIME. TO DOUBLE CHECK, MAY HAVE ANOTHER COLONOSCOPY IN JAN. 2019. DURING JANUARY, I READ THE BOOK "PADRE PIO AND - THE TRUE STORY" AND "THE POLITICAL POPE." HOPE TO COMPLETE THE BOOK REPORTS ON THEM BY NEXT YEAR ON MY BLOG.FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE, I SIGNED UP YESTERDAY WITH ALL NEW JITTERBUG SMART 2 PHONE.  I COULD NOT HANDLE THE CELL PHONE "VIRGIN MOBILE." MY AOL HAS BEEN A DISASTER.  WILL ATTEND CLASSES HERE AT ROWNTREE ON THE EYE PAD, SOMETHING COMPLETELY NEW TO ME.

THEY DO HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVITIES ON CAMPUS. WEEKLY BUS TRIPS TO ALL KINDS OF LOCATIONS. LAST WEEK WENT TO THE LA MIRADA THEATER TO SEE "THE YOUNG AMERICANS" AND EARLIER THIS YEAR FOR ALL DAY VISIT TO "THE QUEEN MARY." OH! TALK ABOUT  A QUEEN, I AM BLESSED WITH BEING A GREAT GRANDFATHER. HER NAME IS LORELEI, DAUGHTER OF CHASE AND LAUREN ROGERS.

THE BOTTOM LINE ON WHAT IS BEST ABOUT WHERE I LIVE IS TWO MINUTES AWAY FROM ALL THE MEALS (I CAN'T COOK) AND ONLY 29 STEPS AWAY FROM THE CLOTHES WASHING MACHINE. PLUS THEY HAVE PROGRAMS THAT KEEP YOU ALIVE LONGER THAN NORMAL. CHECK IT OUT!

                   MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

                           GEORGE H. KUBECK,  DEC. 16, 2018

P.S. On Mon.,Dec. 17, 2018, I mailed letters # 3 & 4, to Pope Francis and Bishop Kevin Vann. Dec. 18th, I'll be 88.