Last night my dinner with Bohemia Isis Smith at Yen Ching was so much fun. We have a great deal in common and chose complementary meals so we could share them. She ordered dim sum (a new delicacy for me to try — WOW!) and I got sweet and sour chicken. I think we were there for over 90 minutes, and she reminded me that I wanted a selfie with her, or I would have forgotten to “make it so”! I am such a doofus! And of course I managed to mess up my hair by pulling the lanyard that held my phone over my head before taking the picture. So not only was I a doofus, I also look dorky. Branding, baby – branding! LOL!
We talked about a broad spectrum of topics
…and she is making plans to come visit me in Costa Rica after I get settled in.
Finger Poke
First thing this morning I got my finger poked again. My INR level is up some, but still slightly low, so they bumped up my 5 mg dose to a third weekday (to Mon, Wed and Friday) and told me to get it checked again when I get to Costa Rica in a few weeks. (The other days I just take a half tablet, or 2.5 mg.)
The second thing I did this morning was walk 10K steps again with a friend
I think my INR level might still be slightly low because I’ve been doing so much more walking than usual. And less eating. And more drinking (water, folks, water!) …
I’m sorta stuck walking a lot, though. It’s that or go stir crazy all week until the plane takes Charli and me away from all this madness. The news sucks, I’m stuck twiddling my thumbs most of every day, and so walking keeps me on an even keel.
After we walked, Lisa drove us to Costco and to Winco where I bought some unusual (for me) comfort food: chocolate waters and Franz (bakery) molasses cookies. I don’t keep a lot of comfort food in my home, so I’ll probably pay for these indiscretions internally, so it’s best to get them over with now, a week before the flight date. Doing so will give my system time to recover from sugar overload.
We’ll Move the Furniture on Monday
I gave Lisa a box full of food items that I won’t be using during my final week here. She has a client this afternoon so there wasn’t time to take any of the furniture to her place today between shopping and her leave-taking, so we decided we’d make Monday “moving day” for her stuff, except for Patches, who will probably move on Tuesday. That way a lot of familiar furniture will welcome her to her new abode to assist in her settling in…
Lisa Brought Me a Gift Today:
It’s a “preview” of an item from her new online store, which will go live in a week or so. I totally love it, and it’s getting a lot of love on my Facebook page, too. If you want to know when the store is live, let me know in an IM/DM to my Facebook page and I will send you a discount code for any item(s) you buy from the store during its debut month!
What else? Elefino! (A cross between an elephant and a rhino? No! “ell if I know!”)
I release you now to enjoy the rest of your day. You’re free and clear to navigate!
ONE WEEK FROM TODAY
CHARLI & I FLY AWAY!
