What Does The Idiot Do When His 99-Year-Old Mother Calls Him A Slacker?

How does The Idiot react when his 99-year-old mother contends, now that he’s completed his 20-year walk around the Mediterranean Sea and published the third book in The Idiot and the Odyssey trilogy, that he’s become “a ne’er-do-well, layabout slacker?”

He sends her a timeline and photos of a typical day during the past week to indicate that he’s still on the move.

Take a look at Thursday, February 7, in Redding, California.

2:30-3:00 a.m. — The Idiot begins the day with reading and meditation.

 

3:00-4:00 a.m. — The Idiot catches up with the news cycle by watching “Morning Joe.”

5:15-6:15 a.m. — The Idiot attends a yoga class at the YMCA in Redding, CA.

6:30-7:00 a.m. — The Idiot attends a mediation practice at the Redding Zen Buddhist Priory.

 

7:00-8:00 a.m. — The Idiot attends a meeting at the United Methodist Church.

8:10-9:10 a.m. — The Idiot gets in a swimming workout in the YMCA pool.

 

11:00-12:00 p.m. — The shiny Idiot comes to life after a facial.

12:30-1:30 p.m.. – The Idiot cooks and eats a healthy lunch.

3:00-3:50 p.m. — The Idiot “attends” a Tax Talk webinar for authors.

4:00-5:20 p.m. — The Idiot meets a local radio host to review his life and books for an upcoming interview.

5:30-6:15 p.m. — The Idiot, a sponsor for the local Walk to End Alzheimer’s in 2018, attends an information session hosted by the Alzheimer’s Association.

6:20-7:00 p.m. — The Idiot attends a party celebrating donors at the YMCA.

7:00-8:30 p.m. – The Idiot attends a meeting hosted by the Euphrates Institute about the Israel-Palestine conflict.

 

9:00-9:23 p.m. — “What are you going to do now?” asked his mother when he dropped by to wish her goodnight with a bouquet of flowers.

 

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Posted on February 12, 2019 by Joel in Featured, Follow The Idiot, Food, Idiotic Musings, PR, Style, USA, Weather

About Joel

Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."

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