Day ninety-six

I better do this post quickly. I'd nearly forgotten about it.

This hasn't been much of a day. Not that it's been bad day, mind you, but rather that not much happened, and I didn't really get anything done.

First off, I didn't even make it into church this morning. I always hate it when I miss, no matter what the circumstances may be. When I go, I always end up hearing something I need to hear. I need and desire the fellowship of my brothers and sisters, especially since I'm not in a Bible study at the moment. Pray that God would grant me wisdom and direction on that front. Also, pray that I would continue to grow in my walk as a Christian man. I find more of my thoughts to be occupied with the desire to find a godly woman, the one I hope and pray God means for me.

Mostly, I've spent this whole weekend getting over the last lingering effects of the cold/flu(?) that I caught last weekend. Actually, this time around wasn't too bad; the worst of it only lasted through last weekend and I was at least well enough to work.

I've spent the last couple of hours on YouTube watching videos of old commercials, in particular local commercials for Los Angeles. I saw ads for places I remember that don't exist anymore( (Carpeteria, for example), places I'd forgotten about and didn't realize were still around (anyone else remember Banner Carpets?), and others to which I have only a tangential connection. For example, I saw an ad circa 1978 for a carpet installer whose business address now points to a vacant lot in Northridge.

Looking back at that last paragraph, I don't really know why it's the carpet ads that so stick out in my mind. It could be because in my younger days when I watched and absorbed daytime TV, there were a lot of carpet commercials, just as there are now.