Thursday and back on track (I hope)

Luanne finished packing her car and left around 11:00 AM. It had snowed earlier although the sun was out by then. But, before she left, I checked the Weather Channel and she checked on the computer and we both decided the storm, which was moving fast and headed north-east, should not affect her travels.

My back was hurting (big surprise) so I lay on the bed for a bit. Then I got up and putzed around a while. Carla called in the afternoon and we were chatting, but then somebody knocked on the door so I told her I’d call her back and hung up.

It was the delivery guy from the home nursing place with my re-supply. It turns out that the shelf life of the antibiotics is very short, so they can only give me one week’s worth at a time.

I called Carla back and we finished our conversation.

I was getting hungry by then, so I ate the last of a dish Lu made Wednesday night. Jeremy had stopped by after work and she made it and a salad for our dinner.

I’m not sure what the recipe is called (or if its meant to be a main or side dish) but its made with Quinoa (which Lu said is a middle-eastern grain pronounced “Keen-wha”). You cook the Quinoa in chicken stock and add in cashews (pre-seasoned with sea salt and black pepper) and golden raisins. It was pretty tasty and, interesting enough, had a completely different texture when re-heated (nuttier, somehow).

I went and got out my insulin and a syringe and went into the living room to administer it. I raised up the foot rest, but did not put the chair back down (it’s easier to inject it in your stomach when sitting).

I was a little pooped, so I closed my eyes to rest up. I woke up at 2:30 AM! So, my butt was sore from sitting all that time, I was six hours late with my injection and I completely missed Lu’s call, letting me know she had made it to the motel in Pennsylvania.

We were completely wrong about the snow, BTW. She said she had to drive in white-out conditions over slippery expressways, etc., all the way there.

After listening to her voicemail, I went to bed for real. And, that’s me up to date!