We had a very good day today--in spite of that lost hour. I dressed and buzzed to Farmers' Market to get a nice cut of fish--Halibut today. As planned, after I got home we ate a small breakfast and then went to the Market for more veggies, fruits and things. Mary walked the market and actively picked out items in preparation for Reenie's arrival on Tuesday evening. I should note that Mary stops to talk to her favorite vendors, even if she is not buying anything. And, the fishmonger was just about sold out by the time of our 2nd trip. It is definitely worth going early to get the best of the fish!
Ingrid and Maurice dropped in this afternoon--with fresh baked Apple Strudel! It was soooo gooood! I made cappucino's for Ingrid, Mary and me while Maurice had a simple expresso. I am getting good with that Nespresso machine and the wonderful frother! Maurice heads back to DC tonight on a red-eye to finish his last 58 days of law school! Congrats to Maurice!
Mary and I then headed to Lunardi's to do the rest of the grocery shopping. She walked the whole store, ordered a bunch of stuff from the butcher and generally was doing good. A bit slower than she used to be but still moving along and able to stay focussed.
I can not tell you how we are looking forward to getting her off the narcotics and letting her mind become "unfuzzy". The morphine heavily fogs her mental processes a great part of the time so you never know if she is clear or working in a fog. I find it very distressing given how much horsepower is in that brain box of hers. I know it is the morphine and once the morphine is gone, she will be back.
We prepped dinner together tonight and it was nice to have Mary up and about in the kitchen. She helped prep the potatoes, the asparagus and coached on cooking the halibut. Then helped me set up our place setting and plate the food when it was ready. She said she felt no pain today. That is good.
Did I mention fuzzy? I was prepping potatoes and I asked her to turn on our table top oven to pre-heat it. I turned around to find her looking for the pre-heat button on the microwave. Later, when she was trying to heat the asparagus (locally grown, organic for your non-Californians), she couldn't figure out the button sequence on the microwave (the "one-minute" button, three times). From time to time she gets a rather aggressive twitching in her legs or arms, also from the morphine. Yesterday morning it was bad enough that she dropped and broke two small dishes while preparing her cereal.
After our halibut dinner, we watched the new HBO miniseries, Pacific. It is a Tom Hanks-Steven Spielberg effort along the lines of their very successfully and critically acclaimed "Band of Brothers" from a few years back (which is an absolute must if you haven't seen it. You can rent or order from Neflix the DVD set). The opening episode tonight recreated the beginning weeks of the Battle of Guadalcanal which started in August of 1942 and didn't end for many months.
The other thing we are creeping up on is that my phacoemulsification is set for Wed am. I'd like to say I am not bothered by it but frankly, it is wearing on me. If all goes well, I'll be writing of the joys delivered by modern medicine by this time next week!
Next major item is Reenie's arrival at SJC on Tuesday evening. And my cataract procedure on Wednesday morning. Take care, everyone.
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