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This morning the foot doc told me I still had to wear THE BOOT\u2014BOOHOO! She said I could graduate\u2014gradually\u2014to the splint, \u201clittle by little.\u201d I told her about my new cushy Hokas, which she agreed were good shoes, but I didn\u2019t tell her that I had worn them all day yesterday with the splint. Apparently, the x-ray shows the bone chip still filling in with all that bodily repair stuff but that it didn\u2019t look that much different than two weeks ago. Big sigh. I will do as she says and wear THE BOOT when I leave the house (except to ride my bike), and also use the knee scooter when I have a lot of ground to cover. But at home when I\u2019m sitting in front of the computer for 75% of my day, forget it.<\/p>\n
This afternoon our Indian neighbor brought by some homemade dahl and some roti bread. She comes across every once in a while to pick some flowers from the front garden to put on her altar in the house. Sometimes she\u2019s in search of yellow flowers and sometimes red. They\u2019re great neighbors to have, and we love her cooking. I fixed up the dahl with tofu and fresh harvested garden kale and peppers. I made the mistake of underestimated the potency of a jalapeno by biting off the tip to test for heat. It had no kick until I cut it up for the tofu dahl, forgetting that the real heat comes from the seeds. I like a little heat, but this was near tongue-numbing\u2014so much so that I had to drink some milk, which I never do!<\/p>\n
After supper I made some dark chocolate from scratch, something I haven\u2019t done in a long time because I\u2019m trying to kick the sugar habit (but I make my choc bitter). Then I headed out on my bike when the sun was going down to take advantage of exercising in the \u201ccooler\u201d temps (read: 89). I came across some unusual things in the trees near a townhouse development, where I like to ride around their little lake. Someone had set up what looked to be a fairy hideout, or maybe kids were just playing with some tiny toys. Nearby was a Harry Potter book lying on a tree stump. Next to it lay a stick that could have doubled as a magic wand.<\/p>\n
Talked to Mamacita this morning. She\u2019s such a joy these days, the old Mama I remember before the stress of three institutional moves in less than two years got to her. Already looking forward to my next visit, which I hope to plan for the end of August.<\/p>\n
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