26 February 2024
It was one of those out of bed at 5 am mornings. I have no idea why I wake up that early but the need for coffee got me moving. It may have something to do with having an appointment today. If I am catching an early flight out of FLL, I set an alarm but always wake about 30 minutes before the alarm goes off. Maybe it’s that way with the physical therapy appointment today at 11:50 am.
After my first cup of coffee and fruit and yogurt breakfast, I felt good enough for a walk. I did 0.7 miles along Riverland Road and was smart enough to turn back when I felt my legs getting tired. There’s just no muscle tone in my legs and they give out after a while.
Once back home and a second cup of java with half a grapefruit, I decided it was enough time to make the hoecake recipe printed in The New York Times this morning. I’m on a crusade to find a recipe as good as the ones Ruby used to make me. This one turned out to use yeast (Ruby never used yeast) and you had to let it contemplate life for 2 hours. I fried up the entire batter and put all but one in the fridge for snacks. The one I tried tasted pretty good with honey that got absorbed immediately into the hoecake. They are not as good as I remember Ruby’s but they are OK. There’s something about fried bread….
When I got to physical therapy, Shannon introduced a trainee (certified physical therapist new to Holy Cross). Her name was Kerrbi and Shannon asked permission to allow her to shadow Shannon and me. I agreed. Kerrbi was a little unsure of herself but started showing me what to do. Everything is on computers these days and she had to keep looking at Shannon’s computer to figure out what to do next. Shannon normally has me do stuff and then log it. I expect Kerrbi will soon get the hang of it and Shannon is a good teacher.
After a pretty strenuous workout, I headed to Whole Foods while in the area. The parking garage was packed and so was the store. One of the main things I was looking for was stone ground corn meal (recommended for the hoecake) but they didn’t have any corn meal. Only grits. $95 later I headed home and as I was opening the door, someone came up behind me. It was an Amazon delivery and he scared the hell out of me. He apologized for startling me and handed me the package.
After unpacking and storing groceries, I made my cousin Jimmie’s Waldorf Salad – or at least some facsimile of it. I cut up Fuji apples into small cubes, added coconut flakes, grapes, and toasted pecans. I mixed that all together with vanilla flavored yogurt. That’s my dessert tonight. I’ll probably pull out one of those tamale casseroles I froze for my actual dinner.
Tomorrow is dinner with Nancy and Michel. Wednesday is an appointment with Dr. Jellenger and then movie night. I think I have something Thursday but didn’t put it on my calendar. It’ll be a surprise, whatever it is.
Stay tuned!
