Jesus Murphy!!! Why why why does my stuff suddenly stop opening and then they need a password? It is so frigging annoying. I still think passwords should be optional. I would gladly sign a waiver and say I take full responsibility if something nefarious should happen to my unpassworded sites.
I am ensconced in Port Alberni with Monte. It was so amazing to lay eyes on him again and hug him. He has lost so much weight! He seems half the size he used to be. He is still very much the gentle giant.
His hair has grown again. He has an appointment next Tuesday for a hair cut and beard shaping. Plus we are seeking out new clothes for him. His t-shirts are miles too big for him. 5X down to a 2X.
He is still pretty fragile though. Things need to stay calm and no confrontation, otherwise he just frazzles and needs to go to his room to be quiet for a while. Its very much like having a brain injury. I have seen people with brain injuries act very much the same as Monte. But overall he is doing very well. I am just happy to be with him and listening to music.
The one thing that has changed about the two of us is we don't eat anymore...not like we used to. He and I used to love to go out and eat or go shopping and bring home something lovely to cook. Not anymore. Neither of us eats much and we have lost interest in food generally. Kind of sad and discombobulating.
Yesterday we were supposed to go to Costco in Nanaimo but the freezer Pat was lending us doesn't work. I had been begging him to try it out just to see, I know what things are like here. But I think he is even more of a procrastinator than me. All our plans hinged on having a working freezer. So Monte and I went straight to the Brick and bought a new one. It comes next Wed. so we put our trip off til next Thursday. Today we go and buy a twin bed for the guest room.
Instead of Costco in Nanaimo, we made a trip to Coombs market. We picked up bits and pieces of cheeses and salamis and headed to the beach in Parksville and had the most awesome amazing picnic on the edge of the ocean. God! It is so beautiful on this Island. We just sat on a log and soaked up the sun, listened to the waves and birds and nibbled on old aged cheese and lamb pastrami. Amazing day.
And the day ended with a birthday dinner up here for Ange from downstairs. Monte and Pat bbq'ed steaks we picked up on the way home and I baked my signature potatoes and cooked asparagus and hollandaise sauce and they brought a salad and DQ birthday cake. Oh, and they had to bring their own plates and knife and fork. Hahaha!!! Monte just doesn't have any. We shall fix that somewhere along the line here. It was a great time.
One thing I know...I will def be in better shape when I leave. I am sleeping on the most comfortable couch...but...its like two inches off the floor and extremely soft. Now if there is anything thats hard for a fat broad with a sore knee, it's heaving herself off an extremely low bed that has no firmness to hoist oneself up on. Holy Crap!!!! It takes me five minutes to bounce, jiggle, heave myself into a sitting position, then try to get over my knees enough to gain enough forward momentum to stand up. And being a type 2 diabetic, about six bathroom trips in the night is not unusual.
The sun is shining, the sky is blue, the inlet is sparkling and my camera has half a battery left in it. Time to get out there do some soul healing. TTYL
SOMETHING THAT MAKES ME SMILE:
I thought I already did this...oh yeah it was laugh. Well another one was when my sister tripped on her extra long bell bottom jeans and fell flat on her butt. She wasn't hurt but I gotta tell ya...I almost died laughing! That was a hundred years ago and it still puts a smile on my face when I think of it!
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