Monday, July 22nd
Max had a documentary about Faye Dunaway and it made me want to watch her movies. This was available on Max so I thought I would start with one of her early ones. She's so young, I almost didn't recognize her at first. Steve McQueen is very dashing, but there is almost no exposition so it's a little hard to follow. I want to watch the remake with Pierce Brosnan and see if I find that more interesting.
M was having work done on his apartment so he could not help mom bring Humphrey. I have been thinking a lot about my living situation and that will be the subject of my next essay. It's nice I get to work things out and do stuff for the website at the same time. The photo I used for today's blog was me seeing how I looked one morning and I could not resist taking a picture. It didn't come out how I saw it when I looked straight into my reflection, but you get the idea.
Tuesday, July 23rd
I got in my chair early and J had never seen me out of bed, so that was fun. Being in the chair did not hamper getting a massage. I also needed to be up in my chair because a repair guy came and adjusted my left armrest so my arm would be in good position to operate the controls for the chair. What a difference! Who knew?
Wednesday, July 24th
The not great part about being up in the chair is getting back in bed and getting everything wiped up after being sat on for hours. The best part about getting up is being able to stay in bed the next day. I can luxuriate and just watch something and not worry about anything. Just be glad if you can move around normally and don't need somebody else to wipe anything for you.
Thursday, July 25th
My therapist had to change her schedule around and showed up hours earlier than I thought she would. I was planning to get up in my chair but I talked to her instead from the bed and then I had to decide if I was still going to get up. I almost didn't, but I knew I would regret it later so I did. I went into the small dining room and turned the light off so I could watch things better. Someone came in, turned the light on and left the room again. The staff makes a big deal out of saying this is our house, and then this happens. I called the nursing station because I didn't have a call button and she said there were people working on the doors and they needed the light on. So I guess it is only my house as long as someone else doesn't want to do anything in the same room as me.
Friday, July 26th
My high school friend can't bring Humphrey tomorrow, so I texted my sister to make sure she could. I also told her she didn't have to bring food from Whole Foods and we could get something delivered. She agreed and suggested CPK gluten-free pizza. That's OK, but it is very expensive and it is really not great as leftovers. I had been meaning to look for a decent gluten-free pizza in Honolulu, so I finally did and found Pieology! It's a place where you can make a choice about almost every step of your pizza. They have not only regular crust but also cauliflower crust or gluten-free. You choose your oil, sauce, cheese, and toppings, and there are even after-bake choices for sauce and side sauce. I made a variation of my favorite pizza from the upcountry place I loved on Maui and it came out really well! I want to try the cauliflower crust pizza next time. I think I found my new favorite spot.
Saturday, July 27th
Luckily, the new pizza place was not far from Mom's place and my sister got going early so she showed up with Humphrey and the pizza at 1 PM! I had not eaten the hospitals lunch, but I had saved the salad, fruit and butterscotch pudding for when the pizza arrived. They also have cookies at the pizza place and we got one of the peanut butter chocolate chip cookies. It was enormous and we ate it with the butterscotch pudding, which was yummy. I highly recommend that combination of flavors.
Humphrey was again very wonderful. My sister had gotten a backpack that was specially designed to carry a cat. There were large holes on the side for air and the entire front was clear plastic. Unfortunately, while it was very easy for my sister to deal with, Humphrey was a little bit too big to fit in it comfortably. He just fit. I will ask her not to use that again.
Sunday, July 28th
My sister also rehung the shelf Humphrey’s picture sits on. Maintenance had hung the shelf with a bunch of double-stick things that had held for a while, but now the photo was falling off the shelf every day. They had positioned the shelf just above my Christmas cards and the cards were now holding the shelf up as it was slowly falling forward off the wall. My sister used the Command strips that were supposed to be used to mount the shelf, so now it's the sturdy thing that holds Humphrey’s picture just fine. I hope the paint does not come off the wall when we remove it. Oh well.
I am really thinking a lot about my furry companion lately. I am getting the idea that he won't be around for much longer. I don't know if that's just me worrying for nothing or picking up on his vibes. I started having a conversation with my friend who can communicate with animals, and I need to finish the conversation. I was even wondering if my sister could bring him to me so he could pass away in my arms. That's wishful thinking, I believe. I remember seeing Kula after he got his shot at the end and noticing how my cat was clearly no longer in that body. There's got to be some way we can connect at the end. OK, enough about that! Take another look at the cover photo to this weeks blog to get the taste out of your mouth.
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