At home the next morning, Carol was fixing some toast. She was dressed for work. Charlie entered, having come from the bedroom. He wore a t-shirt and jeans, but he was barefoot.
“Where are you going?” he asked.
“I'm going to work. I go there every day, remember?”
“I thought you had to be there at 9:00? It's 6:45.”
“We've got a meeting. It's about a client.”
“Which one?”
“The Sampson account. We're strategizing the best way to handle the marketing.”
“Yeah?”
“Why? Do you want to come to the meeting?”
“No, but we need to talk.”
“There's coffee in the pot if you want some. Can we talk after work? I'm kind of in a hurry.”
“No, we need to talk now.”
“Well, make it quick then. What do you need to talk about?”
“Something's been bothering me a lot lately. I need you to tell me the truth. It's very important that you tell me the truth. Do you understand?”
“You want me to tell you the truth? Of course I'll tell you the truth. I would never lie to you, sweetie.”
“No?”
“No. I always tell you the truth.”
“Huh.” Charlie paused, looking Carol in the eye. “When I was gone, did you cheat on me? Be honest, now. Honesty is your best choice.”
“What? No, of course I didn't cheat. I'm a married woman. I would never cheat. Why would you think that?”
“Carol, I know you're a woman with strong desires. I know you must have been lonely.”
“Yes, I was lonely, but Charlie, I would never cheat on you.”
“If you did, I'd rather you tell me the truth now. It's very important.”
“Sweetie, I didn't cheat on you.” Carol smiled. “Really.”
“I see.”
“Trust me, silly. You get all worked up over nothing.”
Carol kissed Charlie, but he didn't return the kiss.
“Is that why you haven't wanted to make love for the last three nights?” asked Carol. “Because you thought I was cheating on you?”
Charlie didn't answer.
“You're such a goose. Baby, I would never cheat on you, and tonight when I get home I'm gonna show you just how much you mean to me. Okay?”
“Yeah?” replied Charlie in a voice completely devoid of emotion.
“Yes. I'm going to blow your mind. It'll be like our honeymoon on steroids.”
“Yeah?”
“It'll be a night you'll never forget.”
“Oh, I believe that.”
“My purse is in the bedroom. I'll be right back.”
Carol left the room and headed toward the bedroom. Charlie walked over to the window. The curtain was closed. He pulled it back to look out over the street. Carol returned, and Charlie turned to face her.
Carol said, “You know, before you left for Afghanistan you never would have doubted me.”
“I'm not the same man now. That man is gone.”
“Well don't you worry, baby, because I'm going to turn you back into the man you were. You just leave everything to me.”
Carol kissed Charlie on the cheek and left. Charlie made no attempt to kiss or hug Carol.
Carol went out to her car and got in. She pulled the visor down and checked her face in the visor’s mirror. She applied some lipstick.
Charlie looked out the window, watching his wife. His face betrayed no emotion.
Carol made a call from her cell phone. Charlie couldn’t hear her, but he could see her talking. She didn’t know that he was watching her.
Carol said, “Hey, sweetie. It's me...I'm all right, but Charlie is starting to get suspicious...” Carol laughed. “I know...Because I don't want to leave him...He's fun. Or he used to be. But I'll fix him. He just needs a little reminder of how amazing I can be in bed. I haven't really given him my full attention since he's been back. That's my fault, I guess. He was away for two years. I may have taken him for granted...Worry? About what? He's a sweet guy, but he's not all that bright...I'm on my way...Okay.”
Carol hung up her phone.
Charlie pulled a cell phone out of his pocket. He tapped the screen a couple of times. “All right, let’s see how well this tracking app works...The car is in front of the house, and I can see it on the map...Now the car is moving on the screen, and I can see the car pulling away. Very good…Now she’s at an intersection. A left turn will take her to her office. Uh oh, she turned right. Where are you going now, Carol? You’re going to Ralph’s now aren’t you?” For another minute he watched the car move across the map. It stopped moving, but it wasn’t at an intersection. “Yes, you are.”
Charlie put his smartphone in his pocket. He looked sad, but determined. On an end table next to him there was a photo of himself with Carol. He picked up the photo and looked at it.
“You should have come clean, Carol. You should have told me the truth and asked for forgiveness. Before this day is over, you will see that breaking your marriage vows has serious consequences.”
Charlie put down the picture and pensively looked out the window.
Dr. Drew interviewed Scott Adams recently, and Scott Adams mentioned the absurdity that Republicans went to overthrow the government on Jan 6, but they neglected to bring their guns. On the first or second anniversary of the event, that alleged oversight made the narrative appear absurd to me, so I made a "video" that was supposed to be audio from January 6, captured on a video camera from which the lens cap had not been removed. I'm posting it again just because.
While I was waiting on hold to talk with a human at the IRS, I decided to put some food out for the dogs. I set the full bag of dog food on a chair, and walked away to get the bowls. When I turned around I saw the bag slowly tipping over, spilling much of its contents onto the floor. Fortunately I had help cleaning it up.
The main task for today is to begin revising McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader. It may take a couple of weeks, possibly more. I still have to work at Publix, and next week I start a new job in the memory care unit of a rehab/nursing home facility, and I'll also be working at Publix at least one night.
After that I'll take a look at the double-slit experiment, and see if there is an interpretation that is consistent with my theory of wave physics.
Also, I came across the attached meme, which I had created two or three years (or so) ago. I thought I'd include it because I still like it.
I recently proposed a theory of matter and energy called Wave Physics. In this theory, the only things in the universe are energy and the universal membrane, which is the medium through which all energy is transfered and stored.
Tonight I realized that according to this theory, everyone and everything in the universe are connected to each other at all times. Things that would be impossible according to the standard model of particle physics, are very possible in the universe of wave physics. Psychic transmissions and the power of prayer are physically possible and make sense if the universe works in any way like the theory I proposed.
If you've ever heard the phone ring and felt sure who it was before answering it, and were proven correct, this makes sense in wave physics, but not with particle physics. If you've ever looked intently at someone, and had that person quickly turn and look directly at you (I have), that phenomenon makes sense if all of us are parts of the same vast, ...
I was only scheduled to work three days this week, so I decided to work on a theory I'd been playing around with for fun over the last few years. I'd never been a big fan of the standard model of particle physics, so a few years ago, just for fun, I thought about exploring some alternate ideas, with zero training and zero experiments.
This week I wrapped up a few loose ends, and posted it to a community I created called Wave Physics. Originally I had called it Alternative Physics, but I changed my mind, so the link still has alternativephysics in it, but the community name is Wave Physics. I'd love for people to pay $5.00 a month to tell me how wrong I am.
https://alternativephysics.locals.com/
I also posted it on my personal website:
