Wednesday, May 17, 2023

I passed the halfway mark in my radiation treatments today. So far it’s going well and other than being tired (or lazy) I don’t have much in the way of side effects. The last two days I’ve only managed half of the 5000 steps I was getting but I’m pleased I’m able to get out every day.

We had a nice walk out at Spanish Banks yesterday. There were a lot of folks out in the mud flats but we stuck to the sidewalk by the beach. I had several chances to pick up abandoned sandals and other footwear but I chose not to. I know my first set of Birkenstocks were a beach find but these weren’t anything near as good as those were.

We were going to stop at a White Spot for lunch but the parking lot was full and we didn’t want to wait. We came “home” and then walked down the hill to a Cactus Club. We were able to sit on the patio at the back of the building. The fresh air was nice and we heard very little traffic noise. When we got “home” I had a nap that lasted the rest of the afternoon. Needless to say after a big lunch I didn’t bother with supper.

Today’s activity was a trip to Queen Elizabeth Gardens. I couldn’t help but notice that it isn’t nearly as well kept up as the Van Dusen Gardens. There were several plants that we noticed and liked but there were no plaques to tell us what we were looking at.

As we were wandering the gardens we came across this giant rose bush. The flowers are very similar to a wild rose bush but so much bigger; they had the same fragrance though. I remember picking wild roses from the pasture at home and taking them to Grandma McKnight.

We stopped for lunch at the Seasons restaurant and had a fabulous meal to celebrate the half-way mark. The walk was a treat, but the treat I will remember the most was the lemon pie I had for dessert. Again, there will be no supper for me but I don’t think I’ll miss the Vegetable Casserole all that much.

Monday, May 15, 2023

I’ve had a lazy day today.

We had such a lovely time at Christy’s yesterday. It was hot (37) but their house is air conditioned and when we had lunch at the creek I was able to keep moving my chair into the shade. Both Pat and I came home with left-overs and we have been enjoying them.

I was ten minutes early for my appointment today but before I had even read a page of my book they were calling my name. I guess had I not been there they would have had a bit of a break but it is nice to go, get in, and get it done.

Pat was meeting a friend downtown for brunch so I took care of the laundry. I had trouble figuring out the microwave yesterday; it wasn’t only me as another person was in the kitchen and she managed to get it working after a few tries but she didn’t know what she had done to get it to work.

The washers had good instructions but my goodness it took a long time to get a load done – almost an hour. Perhaps I pushed a wrong set of options as one machine took five minutes longer to finish than the other one did; the machines have a timer so you know how long it is going to take. The drier was straight forward too but, again, it took longer than I expected. I checked after 45 minutes and things were still quite steamy so I had to set it for a bit longer.

I had everything dried and put away before Pat got back. He called before leaving downtown to see if I wanted to meet him out front and we could go do something but it declined. I was trying to nap but it didn’t work out very well. I had just about nodded off when Pat called my cell and then I was settled back in when housekeeping arrived so I gave up and read my book. When Pat got back we went to the lounge downstairs for our afternoon snack (mixed berry smoothies) and coffee. The TV was off and there were only a couple of folks down there so we found two spots in the corner and read for the rest of the afternoon.

We are watching the hockey again tonight and hoping that the Kraken win. If not it will probably be the end of my hockey watching as I can’t see myself hoping for any team that beat out the ones I wanted to win.

As for a treat today I guess it was starting a new project. We stopped at Michael’s in Pitt Meadows yesterday (a fully-stocked store) and I was able to pick up the remaining floss that I needed.