6/22/2026 Monday
I asked my mother about my dad's back, it's still the same. She's feeding him in the master bedroom bed which is more comfortable. It is a bit of a relief that my brother was there close by and well ready to help.
6/21/2026 Sunday
News of my dad's back problem since yesterday concerns me. Only learned of it this morning before church from my mother. Old injury.
Sunday Sermon by Pastor Dan on Numbers 13. I read to Nadia earlier in the morning with dramatic narration. Pastor Dan came to us after the service so I was able to ask him about his father's "swim" - I was just joking that I thought it was a Pacific swim, I think he may have taken it seriously. Troy wanted to eat together the next week, possibly at Spice24. As for the sermon, theme was "Big God vs. Big Problems" but as he preached, I was raising other questions and getting fascinating with them using AI. I'll add this to the Numbers 13 Bible Study entry. But I did get a chance to challenge Pastor Dan a couple of them: If the land was promised, why even bother to send spies? If they would only occupy Canaan if there were no giants or weaker, wouldn't that seem to be a bully mentality? He seemed to just want to focus on his topic. Fine by me. His sermon was fun too, I don't usually stay awake so fully but not this time.
The music chosen for worship: Hillsong's Man of Sorrow was actually quite catchy. So I Sunonized it (wouldn't work with lyrics sung so I had to hum it):
I don't think I used my time wisely, as usual, in the night time when Nadia asked to watch a movie. She doesn't really watch movies in general. I should have done something else, but with her by the side, rather than REwatching Spiderman - No Way Home, mostly myself while she scrolled through Instagram or something. Tagging this as my fault.
We lunched at Asian Food Market first time in North Plainfield. No public seating, but the staff was nice enough to welcome us to their staffs' lounge to eat. Ate there because Nadia had something to return to Sierra which was near the area.
I measured and purchased two coaxial cables, to be setup for the attic antenna I bought last week. So far, everything seems to work well. Baby Room's TV may not be hooked to this system as I really don't want to drill too many holes in the wall/ceiling, and that TV can work with the portable antenna that came with the portable TV (for testing) I bought recently. Perhaps I would rescan the channels for this TV with the attic antenna just to store max channels before swapping back to the smaller portable antenna. I plan to drill a hole in the attic by the front window and pull the 20+ft coaxial cable from antenna down to the Verizon panel on the side of the house outside. There's a splitter for already setup cable to the master bedroom and the office. I should expect 71 channels at least, or I would need to get a signal booster.
I looked at my first successful potato plant (paperbag method) from regular potato that was growing "eyes" that Nadia gave me about a week or two ago. So 8 weeks to harvest would mean mid-August. Sign of harvest time is when foliage turns yellow, wilts, and completely dies back.