It’s Mom’s birthday today. She would have been 91. Had some lumpia – albeit frozen from Seafood City, not homemade – to remember her by. It was, of course, not nearly as good as hers.

Happy birthday, Mom. Wish you were here.

#baseball

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Almost forgot to do this today.

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Wordle is a gateway drug to the Spelling Bee game on The New York Times crossword app.

C and I play it over breakfast or after dinner. We’re on a streak at the moment.

Sigh.

What a dumb word for this game.

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The losing battle, Week 52+: Almost at goal

Obviously I’ve grown sporadic with not only posts but also actual weighing. My last weight loss post was two months ago.

So, it’s time for an update. Just under 6 pounds left till my initial 80-pound goal. The doctor said a few weeks ago that more activity would jumpstart my slower progress. But at least I’m not gaining anything back.

Saturday’s game is lost to the ether; I never even texted C about it. (I think I got it in four or five tries.)

So, here’s yesterday’s game …

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… and today’s.

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F and I made cinnamon mini-muffins for tomorrow’s St. Joseph’s table at our parish. I also took a stab at making ube coconut pastillas (a Filipino milk candy) for the occasion. Chris ate two of the pastillas, and they didn’t kill him, so that’s a good sign.

Took care of a quick work-related task, so now my weekend can begin in earnest.

I had a replay of yesterday’s Mariners-Padres game on in the background, which soothed my soul after some minor upheaval this morning. I hope there’s baseball in heaven.

Weird how Lent coincides with so many noteworthy occasions: the start of baseball season, March Madness, my birthday, my kid’s birthday. After so many years of trying to observe Lent in a properly penitential manner – especially through restraining my Internet and social media activity – I still haven’t quite figured out how to have my cake and mortification, too.

🎬📽🍿Watched “The Mitchells vs. the Machines” last night. This is the second straight week of seeing a movie with a nerd girl protagonist (with an extra layer of weird-dysfunctional-but-loving-family issues). I am nothing if not an enabler of my daughter’s creative geek inclinations.

And incidentally, the movie was fantastic. We all loved it. I might venture to say that I liked this film’s approach to technology more than that of “Belle” (even though I loved that movie, too).

As of this writing, the Mariners lead the Padres 3-1 at the top of the 6th inning in San Diego’s first Spring Training game of the year.

I don’t even care if my team is losing. It’s only the first Spring Training game. Don and Mud are on the call in this MLB.TV stream, and it’s baseball, and I am here for it.

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Quite excited about both of these books arriving today. Adding John XXIII to my saint squad for Lent.

Today I learned that my alma mater, Cal State Fullerton, is playing Duke tomorrow during March Madness. (I’d have learned sooner if I was hanging around Facebook – where most of my college friends hang out online – this week.)

Funny to have the Titans playing a powerhouse like Duke, which I actually followed for a few years because I was in a relationship with a guy who was obsessed with the team. I honestly don’t care much about the game, but it would be quite fun to see Fullerton take down the Blue Devils.

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Not my finest hour.

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Today’s game. At least I remembered to post. Plus I was up cleaning up a dog accident in the kitchen and way more wide awake this time of the morning.

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Yesterday’s game. Good thing I text this stuff to the husband daily.

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🎬📽🍿 Friday means movie night here, and we caught “Turning Red” that night.

Having been a dorky, overachieving 13-year-old daughter of Asian immigrants, the movie especially worked for me.

Watched a few episodes of “The Cuphead Show” this weekend. This fun take on the old Fleischer cartoon style of the 1930s prompted me to show Frannie a couple of vintage clips that, honestly, struck me as downright odd and surreal.

Surprisingly sharp for being up late with 3.5 hours of sleep the night before.

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