Saturday, May 16: sleeping in late. Yoga.

Well, last night we crashed around 10:30 11 o’clock and didn’t wake up completely till about 12:45 PM. We didn’t have enough time to eat breakfast here so we just went to the café and hung out for a while and I had my usual breakfast burrito and Mary had a breakfast medley. That sleep was really good. I really needed it. I had one of those Anxiety drinks about losing my shorts with my wallet in it looking for my wallet. Anyway, we got back to Mary’s about 315 now. It’s time to get ready for yoga just 3:29 PM Eastern daylight savings time of course. well, Mary and I walked towards the studio for 4 PM class with byron the trainees look like they were just finishing up their last class. They’re all hanging out out front when we got here. I forgot my Gatorade so I’m gonna try and a different flavor, some kind of berry stuff with 75% less sugar, but at least it had a little bit of sugar in it anyway that’s that 3:51 PM. Byron are the class and it was a good class. There was a nice amount of people in class. I was really thirsty and I bought a different flavor of Gatorade which is some kind of purpleish punch. Anyway, it was OK. I had a really weird aftertaste, but I washed it away with the water and I drank all that so I think I’m gonna get a nice smoothie to fill me up and thirst me up. I’m very thirsty right now. It sounds 6:06 PM. We’re gonna have some bowls for dinner but first we’re gonna mellow out. It’s very nice day outside. it was a high of 77° today. We enjoyed those balls. They’re very tasty. They’ll take that long to cook and they have protein in them which are very nice tomorrow. Supposed to be a little bit warmer than today was. Actually gonna hit 90° by early in the week.

Wednesday, January 7: Mild! Mike’s, Yoga

Hello, greetings on a mild and gusty day here in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Today we started off with fog and then once the clouds and fog left the sun came brilliantly out along

with 15 to 20 mile an hour gusts of wind. I took the gabapentin last night and I did sleep through the night till the very end which was good. The gabapentin for nerve pain as compared to a muscle 

relaxant or Advil it does have some potentially scary side effects, especially depression. Let’s hope I don’t get hit with one of those. Anyhow, got the Mike’s a little bit late not terribly late. Today’s my 

late day to leave Mike since it’s Wednesday and we’re back to our routine of 530 class and then Yin yoga. Too bad I miss Tina‘s class yesterday. I like taking Tina‘s classes. Anyhow, I did a little bit

of cleanup when I got the Mike’s room didn’t seem nearly as musty as it was yesterday. Anyhow, Mike had his therapist appointment so he made like a tree and left for a moment. I have therapy 

at 2:00 PM today. I tell you I woke up stiff as crap today. I mean, I guess I’m getting older but geez, I thought this wouldn’t happen for another

10 years I can see it happen when I turned 70 but yikes anyway I gotta find out when the schedule of physical therapy also Mike has a procedure tomorrow and they called and I told them a call back 

at noon. Well, they did call back at 12:35 PM and Mike’s procedures at 6 AM tomorrow morning. This means I have to get the Mike’s by 5:30 AM. We have to either change 

the time for the wine service or get our own ride service. I also remembered I didn’t deliver Mike’s housing application and we changed their mind. 

We’re not doing in. We’re just doing 4 o’clock. Yoga because of my very early morning. I’m going to have dinner early and crash early which is a good idea it’s now 1:08 PM I gotta go right back to 

my appointment at 2 o’clock. Well, I found out that I didn’t have an appointment today but it’s better to show up and find out that way they not show up and get charged $150 for nothing so you know he wrote me back and we’re on for next Wednesday, my trip is next Thursday well, I got a text message from Amanda that I would not be getting paid to pick Mike up at 5:15 in the morning because he’s going in the hospital. This is not an admittance. It’s just a procedure he’s in and out like a root canal, both of us protested vigorously. We tried calling Keystone the people who determine payment to the agency and their systems were down so they offered Mike a $100 gift card so I pretended I was Mike and just said yes and that was that. We managed to get Mike’s rideshare to switch time and pick us up between 515 and 5:30 AM tomorrow. I know what I’m gonna do I’m gonna do my duty at Mike at the hospital then go back to Mary’s and take a nap. It’s screwed up. I’m heading to the 4 o’clock class. Been kind of a strange day today some lady heard me singing to myself and said she had a choir group in Narvis and offered me to join. Very strange indeed I guess because it feels like spring. Well, the 4 o’clock class went very well. Dan taught Ted and I dealt with my restrictions on my shoulder pretty well today. Wasn’t terribly hot considering how mild it was. It wasn’t nearly as hot as it could’ve been. Afterwards, we hung out at the studio while we talked to Tina and Byron for 10 to 15 minutes. That was really nice. They’re very kind to us and said nice things to us about us. That’s really lovely to hear that that’s for sure. Anyhow Maryann, I had straight back to her place ordered Indian and then I scheduled a Rehab appointment for Tuesday, January 27 and there’s no appointments left in neurology and the EMG appointment is March 9, so we’re gonna have Indian watch Law and order and hit the sack a little early cause I gotta get up at 5 AM oh actually 4:30 AM .

Tuesday, June 3: Sleep! Mary Visits, Mild

This morning I got up after sleeping a full night sleep without interruption. I’ll be it was from the La-Z-Boy since I can’t sleep horizontally. It’s


all good to be being able to sleep. The doctor wrote back asking if the steroids were working and I said not so much so he told me to stop taking them after today. He’s under the appointment will wait for the MRI to come in.

 I have both the doctors appointment and the MRI on the same day but the opposite ends of the clock. Anyhow, I got the Mike’s around 9 AM and it was a quiet day I do have choir but overall It’s a quiet day compared to the rest of the week till Friday. For  we’re PVOP, we are 
rehearsing for the Carnegie Hall concert. This happens in June 20 21st and 22nd but I have Mike’s birthday 

party in Maryland on that Saturday. Mary came over to visit and we hung out and talked. Mike 

and Mary are very literary and talked about literary stuff such as James Joyce and Finnegan Wake etc. Mike took a shower today and
then I went ahead and left. I’m really 

tired. I feel I actually could sleep, but history will be the judge of that. There will be no Indian food today because the Royal Indian is shut down on Tuesdays. Well, I got to Mary’s and I was
so tired. I decided to take a chance and sleep on the bed sideways. I felt a little more confident that 

I could do it. Well, for an hour and 14 minutes I laid on my side and I was sleeping. 

I was so tired. The alarm did wake me. I didn’t wanna push it too hard, but it felt really good just to be able to crash. I hope this is a 


trend I really do Anyhow Mary just finished yoga. She’ll be home very soon. It’s a nice mild day today. I have 
choir at 7 o’clock. It’s now 6:05 PM. 
 Mary went to yoga today & Found out there’s a yoga retreat to Cozumel Island.  Lupe and Byron are planning it  for January.
The trip of course include Yoga, but also scuba 

diving which makes me a little bit nervous quite frankly, but loopy is a scooper structure so we’ll see. Anyhow, choir practice It’s going pretty well it’s not 838. We’re on our break.