25 February 2024
What a difference a good night’s sleep makes! I feel much better today, to the point that I did a very short (0.4 miles) walk this morning. It was 51° F when I got up this morning but by the time I got outside it had warmed up considerably and I was over dressed for my walk. I basically did two blocks. I could tell my foot drop was better. I’ll see if I can do my physical therapy exercises this morning.
Last night, I decided to make my enchiladas. Alas, I had used the last canned enchilada sauce and had to make it from scratch. For the filling, I sautéed onion, red bell pepper, garlic, broccoli florets, baby spinach, and black beans.
I then spread that out on the tortillas and added some vegan Monterrey Jack cheese.
I rolled them up and placed them in a tray lined with the home made enchilada sauce, added more sauce to the top of them and more Monterrey Jack.
Then I baked them at 350°F for 30 minutes.
I had two for dinner and will freeze the rest. They turned out pretty good and you could taste all the ingredients in the enchiladas. Sometimes when you prepare things like this, the flavors get lost but this combination worked pretty well.
It’s a gorgeous day and I need to tamp down the urge to get out in the yard and do some work. I tend to overdo it and I’ll probably just do my physical therapy stuff and crawl into bed with a book.
As I was returning from my walk, I saw one of my neighbors walking her dog. We got to talking and she asked if I had a neurologist. I said yes, Dr. Chamely at Holy Cross. She needs an EMG just like I recently had. I had never heard of an EMG until Dr. Chamely brought it up and now it seems I’ll be hearing it a lot more. She said the last one she had they shocked her and stuck her with needles at the same time. I tried to assuage her fears and told her it wasn’t as bad as her past experience. Hope she gets in to see him. I warned her about his ego.
I’ve run out of postage stamps. I rarely send out much of anything in the mail these days other than birthday cards so I don’t usually need many. I’ve always loved looking at stamps and got into stamp collecting as a kid. I had quite a collection of them at one time, all mounted on individual backings and sealed with plastic wrap.
While teaching at Broward College, the maintenance guy stopped me one morning and asked me if I had any stamps. His daughter needed them for school. I ended up giving him my collection and I think they were used for some school project. I still like commemorative stamps and really enjoy the ones the post office comes up with. They used to be so boring but now they are vivid and exciting.
My latest purchase is “Life Magnified.”
As someone who has earned a living using and teaching microscopes, I thought this perfect for me. My favorite is what they call “Freshwater Protozoans” but is, in reality, the genus Vorticella.
OK, time to do physical therapy. Stay tuned!
