Today is Pastor Roger's 40th birthday. On his Facebook page, he wrote that he was "over the hill." When he came in, I gave him a hug and told him, "You are not over the hill -- don't say that." After he went to his office, I remembered that I had planned to give him birthday licks. In grade school, whenever it was someone's birthday, that person would get hits that matched how old they were. Plus, they would get one lick for bad luck, and one lick for good luck. Usually the last two hits were harder than the ones that came before. Depending on how much you liked or disliked the other kid, the previous hits would be soft or very hard.
I announced my intent to give out the birthday licks to him. Pastor Roger picked up two cups, one that was filled with tea. "You wouldn't hit a man with glasses, would you?" and we both laughed. When he put the cups down, I took hold of his arm. "Uh, no, don't. . ." he started. I softly tapped him on his shoulder with my fist. "One for bad luck and one for good luck," I smiled.
Carlos sparred with Elvin in the gym this evening, and it wasn't long before Carlos was bleeding. Elvin caught him in the face a few times. Alan did not bring his workout clothes. He wiped the blood from Carlos' nose, and a spot of it got on Alan's dress shirt. "It's okay. I can get it out with peroxide. It gets a lot of stuff out including wine," he explained.
Ralphie and I sparred, and I ended up bopping him in the back of the head. "Sorry! I put in an illegal punch," I said, and Ralphie laughed. We were in for two rounds.
Unfortunately, the Seward Park boxing show for tomorrow was canceled. Yale had let me know about a boxing show that's taking place in Evanston on Friday. Alan said he would call Yale to see if any matches are available.
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