28 February 2024
I met Michel and Nancy at their house last night and they drove me to Keeses Uptown for dinner, just off Commercial and A1A. It’s a cute, hole-in-the-wall restaurant where your meals are cooked as you order them. Although they have a small sidewalk dining area, we chose to eat inside. Our waiter told us he didn’t work there but was filling in for someone. Instead, he was a deck hand on charter fishing boats (and he owns his on 40 foot boat). He is also ex-military. We learned a lot about him in a short time.
This is a pretty good Greek restaurant. I ordered an appetizer of spanakopita and Nancy ordered the grilled octopus. Both were excellent. It was probably the best spanakopita I’ve had and it looked nothing like the little petit triangles you normally get. The real winner last night was their herb rice dish that had spinach, feta, and a combination of herbs mixed in. I could eat that all day long.
For the entrée, I chose a gyro pita. Michel had “The Best Wrap” and Nancy did the chicken shawarma. We were pretty full when we left the restaurant. This place is a keeper!
It was good to catch up with Michel and Nancy. We text a good bit but we see each other too infrequently.
I chose to do a walk this morning but after starting out, I realized I wasn’t going to go very far. There’s just no strength in my legs. I did manage 0.4 miles (around two blocks) before calling it quits. During the walk, I saw a crab spider‘s web outlined by the sun. It’s difficult to get the photo right (and I didn’t) but they are a beautiful sight.
These spiders love my yard and if I do any walking around the yard, I’m going to hit every web there is on the walk. They are not dangerous and I hate destroying their webs (accidentally). I took out two in the yard this morning.
I did omit one plant in bloom in my yard yesterday. I found it after my last post. It is called the Martinique trimezia but is the genus Trimezia martinicensis. It’s a member of the iris family and is native to South America and the West Indies. Sorry for the out of focus view. I’ll blame it on the wind.
I’m going to try to do my physical therapy exercises today. The question is whether or not my legs give out. After that, I’ll read a little until it’s time to get ready for my appointment with the endocrinologist. He seems to want a blood test every 3 months. Every 3 weeks, the cancer center checks my blood. Both tests ask for different things. It would be nice if he could ask Holy Cross to check my blood for his issues at the same time the cancer center is checking my blood. However, he’s not associated with Holy Cross and that would entail communication between doctors.
Actually, my oncologist at the cancer center did communicate with my endocrinologist when I was having an imbalance of cortisol. I don’t think the conversation went well when my endocrinologist challenged the oncologist about the amount of steroids I was being pumped with during the Taxol treatments.
Stay tuned!