Two Odds Making It Even

 At the Church I attend there are two folks with odd behaviors that crossed paths and have coupled up.   I wasn't there when hints of their relationship first became apparent but thanks to COVID and the church's decision to continue "Facebook Live-ing" services long after the pandemic (5 years and counting...uggh), I got to witness the hints during a rewatch of a service.

Before I get to that moment though here's a brief snippet about each individual.   Norbit is the name of the first guy.   I believe he first came to the Church sometime in 2018 or 2019.   I can't remember exactly.   But Norbit has the habit of talking and talking and talking and not knowing when to stop.   At the time Dom and I were both actively coming into the Church together.   Hemingway poor Norbit kept wanting to hang out with Dom and I outside of Church and neither of us had the heart to tell him no.   Dom quickly threw me under the bus telling Norbit to get my number.  I reluctantly gave him my number but kept making excuses for not hanging out.   I felt bad but did not want to be forced into a situation I wanted no part of.   It took him awhile but he finally got the hint.   He also stopped coming to services regularly once he got a job at Menard's.

Theron is the name of guy #2.  He first appeared at Church around June 2024 at the Church's Pride Picnic event.   I remember he seemed pretty nice but had a tendency to overshare on things.    As it turned out, he had experience playing piano and there hasn't been a steady piano player since Dom stepped away from playing full-time after over 10 years being the main music man.    We did hire another guy a year or so after Dom stopped playing but he unfortunately did not work out and there was a vacancy for several more years that was filled with random muzak from Youtube that I as a choir member had to adjust to singing too.   Originally when Dom was playing piano there were three other regular choir members who one by one stepped away until only I remained.   Our good Rev inserted himself into the choir just before the third member left.   He tends to sing very loudly and is not that great.  Plus he selects the music and comes up with the oddest selections which I have to struggle to figure out live.    But back to Theron.

Theron offered to play for free on Sundays.   He does okay though we've gotten used to singing fast with Dom's playing.   Theron plays a lot slower.

So as I said I did not attend service the week Norbit came back to the Church.   Actually a month prior to that he appeared as well and I happen to not be at service that week.   But the week in question I couldn't help but notice that Norbit parked himself in the front row near the piano.   Theron sits in the front row as well whenever a muzak selection is playing or during Rev's sermon.   In the video I saw that Theron reached out to hug Norbit.   But Norbit didn't seem that receptive.

So the week after that I also didn't attend for whatever reason (I may have hooked up with Anthony that time).  I watched the playback later and Norbit wasn't there that week.   During the weekly "news to share" segment, Theron spoke up.   He basically was saying how much he enjoyed meeting Norbit and was looking forward to seeing him again.  That was when I realized something was brewing there and I remember Rev being at a loss of words initially on how to summarize what was said before calling for the next person to give their "news to share".

After that the two of them have been inseparable and have stated they've been at each other's homes.   They're an unexpected odd couple.    I have to say though I am glad that they found each other.   There truly is somebody out there for everybody.    I think the crazy tendencies the two have play well off each other.

During our board meeting, the Rev mentioned that Theron was asking for some money now for playing.   Part of me was wondering if Norbit put that idea in his head.   Besides he needs some spending money to date Norbit.   I don't know if Theron has another job or not.   But nonetheless it'll be interesting to see where things go with them.   Hopefully they don't drive each other crazy with their individual craziness.   

But at the end of the day, it's none of my concern.   I remember when Dom and I started dating how annoying some folks were getting when they were wondering where Dom and I were heading.   Some wanted to put the cart before the horse.   There were some that tried to plot against us.   But things wound up working out for us.

I wish Norbit and Theron well.

In A Detox Mood

 With the new year creeping in, I've been thinking that I'm overdue for doing a detox.   There was a time in the mid-2000's where I had done several of them over a few years.   I did a popular one called the Master Cleanse at least ten times.   The last time I did a Master Cleanse was in 2009 I believe.   I've done a couple 3-day juice cleanses in recent years that haven't been as intense as the Master Cleanse.

I'm thinking of doing a detox cleanse by Dr. Bobby Price.   I first heard about Dr. Price on Youtube when watching an interview that he part of by an investment guru Anthony O'neal who had him as a guest.

Dr. Bobby came across as very insightful about how unhealthy a lot of foods are.   He advocates eating a plant based diet.   Even the so-called vegan processed foods are not healthy either.    He shared his story on how he was diagnosed with high blood pressure and how plant based foods reversed it.   He also has his own Youtube channel where he discusses a lot of topics in relation to improving health.

On his website, he has a link to a 14-day herbal detox that I'm curious to try.   The detox consists of drinking two different 32-oz bottles of tea.   The first tea is called Tummy TeaTox and it consists of various herbs like dandelion, rhubarb, senna (which was the main ingredient in a tea I drank when I was doing Master Cleanse), and slippery elm.   The second tea is called Parasite Candida Cleanse and it contains herbs like neem, burdock, black walnut hull, and oregano.

From what I understand you basically steep the tea overnight and then you alternate drinking 2 oz. of one tea and then the other every 20 minutes.   While detoxing it doesn't look like they mention any dietary restrictions so it seems you can eat regular meals as well.

I'm still trying to research others who've gone through the cleanse.   I have read that it does help clear up a lot of accumulated waste in the system.   Some have said they haven't felt as hungry while on the detox and that it helped eliminate bad eating habits.

I may wind up doing a juice cleanse once more before trying the herbal detox.   The rub is since I have to commute to the office more, I would have to take my juices or tea with me to the office.   It also means that I would be going to the bathroom more frequently which is not good in my current role.   So that'll be something I'll need to navigate.   I've had to do the same years back with the Master Cleanse.  I will definitely blog about it depending on what I decide.

In other news my Dad's birthday is tomorrow.   He would've been 95 years old.   An interesting fact is that my Dad told Trina a year or so before he passed that his birthday was actually on January 4th but they mistakenly put the 5th on his birth certificate.   I'm trying to remember if he said that before.  But regardless of whether it's on the 4th or the 5th, he is still missed.   Happy heavenly birthday Papa!