[Thu]

Kroger for medications and groceries.

Baked chicken for lunch, with spinach, carrots and mustard potato salad.

Lethargy.

47.2 °F, clear.

[Mon]

Leah managed to distract us for a few hours today.

Salmon for lunch, with stewed acorn squash, steamed okra and - Mary's idea - both zipper cream field peas and green peas.

We finally got Leah to sleep, when both Denise and Robert came for her. Doh.

30.8 °F, overcast.

The Compaq's DVD drive went out on me last night.

Nervous today. Visions of losing my ability to breath or swallow on my own.

George caught me still in bed. Brought a check from East Commerce Metals. They are taking my #2 warehouse. Good ole George.

To First Farmers to deposit the check. To Walmart for odds and ends. Mary picked up her new glasses. We ran into Sonny Willis again. That's twice in the same week. Two different places. What are the chances of that?

Lunched on a club sandwich in Subway.

Back home to watch Joe (2014) from Netflix. Nicholas Cage does fine work as a tough ex-con trying to give a fifteen-year-old boy a leg-up on life. Good movie, but the overall atmosphere of booze, smokes, mean dogs and trailer trash, is not calculated to ameliorate my mood.

Mary is helping me put the "in" and "out" boxes in order.

46.3 °F, clear.

Mother walked in this morning rather perky, for her. Mary styled her hair. Delores dropped off Marion. All back to "normal".

Harrison has begun active baby talking. Just five months old.

Mary whipped up her potato salad for lunch. Served with ham, green peas and cranberry sauce. Melon appetizers.

During the card game, Marion and I listened the 60's music channel on Dirctv. Enjoyed guessing at the singers and song titles.

Mother was pretty much all at sea, but in a good mood. That's what counts.

Delores picked up Marion. Andrea took Mother home before returning for Harrison. That gave Mary some quality time with Harrison.

I was feeling good about the day. Peaceful.

119 lbs.

34.9 °F, clear.

Calm, self-confident and positive thinking throughout the day. Love it!

Beef for lunch, with turnip greens and green beans from George's garden and cornbread. A meal that went straight to my heart.

Everyone was much pleased to see Mother more like herself. She never required the transport chair, ate well and was at the top of her game in rummy.

Marion had a more difficult time than usual, waiting in desperation for his two o'clock medication. Sad. When he arrived this morning, he had been making plans for a new project, scanning old family pictures to make copies. But, by the time the game ended, he had lost all hope.

Andrea took Marion and Mother home, as Mary and I watched Harrison. After she returned for him, Mary and I took two checks to deposit for Mother at First Farmers, then picked up a medication at Kroger. We ran into Maricruz, husband and Jorge in the parking lot.

118 lbs.

53.1 °F, clear.

Up early. Sunny and cool. Sausage egg biscuits at McDonald's. I-65 to the Franklin exit. Mary deposited money for Antonio and Johnny at Bank of America.

Back south to Columbia. Mary bought therapeutic copper-lined gloves for her hands. As advertised on TV.

We reached Dr. Ruff's office early for my 1:00 pm appointment. Bob performed the Electromyography, or EMG, on my right hand and arm.

Apparently, Bob was a novice in training. Megan R. Rahmlow, M.D. oversaw his work carefully, making necessary suggestions. The electrical shocks of the EMG weren't so bad, but when Doc personally started sticking needles into my muscles and having me flex them, that was a whole different ball game.

I charged Mary with taking an action shot. However, she was intimidated by a look from Doc.

We lunched at Shoney's. Took the buffet. Not impressive at all. I chose meatloaf, turnip greens, green beans and a mix of okra and tomatoes. Indifferent fare.

Still sunny as I drove home. Thankful for three peaceful days in a row.

50.8 °, mostly cloudy.

Mary got plenty of exercise today. George dropped off Leah early.

George brought us fresh turnip greens from his garden.

Tilapia for lunch, with peas, green beans and butternut squash from George's garden.

When Robert came to pick up Leah, we got him to program the satellite remote.

Just cruising along.

61.7 °F, partly cloudy.

At&t finally got their act together last night. I'm on the internet again.

Felt much better as we headed out this morning. Along Highway 64, Mary and I were impressed by the amount of cotton being harvested, and the number of bales already lined up in neat rows.

Lunch at Hardee's in Winchester. Little Thickburger combo for Mary. Turkey Burger for me.

We were early for my 12:30 pm at Dr. Tidmore's. It went expeditiously. She removed my stitches, cleaned out some stubborn blood clots, then sewed me back up with a single stitch. Good news. She told me the cyst she removed at the previous visit was epidermoid.

Back home, we picked up medications, including an antibiotic for me, at Kroger.

Please, let the good feeling last a while.

54.6 °F, clear.

Firefox on the Compaq quit showing graphics last night. No simple solution in sight. That blows a hole into my partying. No YouTube. Sigh.

Andrea brought Mother, Harrison and his half sisters Sarah and Mary this morning. Delores brought Marion.

Mary served her tasty herbed chicken for lunch, with cheesy Brussels sprouts, macaroni and cheese and stewed Anya potatoes. An indifferent Arizona cantaloupe as appetizer. Afterwards, Mother was disoriented and feeling pooped, so Andrea ran her home before the game of rummy began.

Although her sister Mary became bored with the game, Sarah was quick to learn rummy and ended up really enjoying it.

We all had a good time. I even caught brother Marion laughing once or twice.

Company left. Mary and I watched Bears (2014) from Netflix. Everything you'd expect from a Disney nature film. And, well done.

Today, I saw some hard decisions that will have to be made for Mother in the not too distant future. That aside, this has been one of my better days.

118 lbs.

41.6 °F, partly cloudy.

Got up this morning in fairly good shape.

Pork chops for late lunch, with sweet potato, green peas and tomato. Apple and pear appetizers.

After coffees and pumpkin pie, we did a town run. At Walgreens, we bought a transport chair and back support for Mother. $197.72. At Kroger we bought tilapia and a pizza.

Back home, I called niece Stephanie to help put the chair together. Turned out, there was little to put together. That's alright. We had a nice visit afterwards.

No sooner did Stephanie leave than brother George showed up. I brought him up to date on stuff.

53.9 °F, clear.