Stuck in NC

Today’s highlights:

• I received a shipment of shorts and shirts from Lands End.  Yay!
• An angry man came to the front door.
• Dr Berson called to check on my mother.
• OT Jan came for a visit.
• The prior three items all happened at the same time.  Fun!
• I went for a walk after work including Treetops and Firetower:
  • Brahms:  Piano Sonata No 3 in F minor, Op 5 (remainder)
  • Brahms:  Scherzo in E flat minor, Op 4
  • Brahms:  4 Ballades, Op 10
  • Brahms:  Theme with variations (arr of 2nd movement of String Sextet, Op 18)

Today’s ice cream:  Ben & Jerry’s Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough

Today’s beer: Midnight Summit from Highland Brewing Company in Asheville.

Today’s pet peeve:  The angry man said that he didn’t have time for this.  I had no idea what “this” was.

Word of the day:  Umbra

Today’s highlights:

• We had a major storm this morning.  Very exciting.
• Nurse Kim came by today to check on my mother.
• I went for a walk including the Paramore Park path and the pond across Firetower…but with two running segments in the middle:
  • Brahms:  Piano Sonata No 2 in F sharp minor, Op 2
  • J S Bach (transcribed by Brahms for piano for left hand):  Chaconne from Partita for Violin Solo No 2 in D minor, BWV 1004
  • Brahms:  Piano Sonata No 3 in F minor, Op 5 (first movement)

Today’s ice cream:  Ben & Jerry’s Chocolate Fudge Brownie

Today’s beer: Radio Haze from NoDa Brewing Company in Charlotte.

Today’s pet peeve:  It must be 80 degrees in this house.

Word of the day:  Hypnagogic

Runner-up word of the day:  Snaccident

 

Today’s highlights:

• Today is Easter so no home health care services.
• I organized my beer log information.
• I pruned the weeping prickly tree by my mother’s garage.  (I don’t know what it is called.)  I have scratches to prove it.
• My sister and I worked on weeding and beautifying my mother’s enclosed patio.
• I went for a walk including the Paramore Park path and the pond across Firetower:
  • Brahms:  String Sextet No 2 in G, Op 36
  • Brahms:  Piano Sonata No 1 in C, Op 1
• I trimmed my beard.  Then I was itchy.
• I “helped” Andy water the plants.
• We had a Zoom meeting for Jordan’s birthday.

Today’s ice cream:  Ben & Jerry’s Vanilla Caramel Fudge (w/bonus serving for Jordan’s party)

Today’s beer: Midnight Summit from Highland Brewing Company in Asheville and Hoppyum IPA from Foothills Brewing in Winston-Salem.

Today’s pet peeve:  My mother’s Carolina jasmine is strangling the shrubbery.

Word of the day:  Expiate

 

Today’s highlights:

• I prepared a very special Holy Saturday version of Three Songs for Maarten.
• Nurse Tracy came by to check no my mother.  (We usually do not have any services on Saturday.)
• My new beard trimmer arrived.  I am supposed to charge it overnight before first use.
• My sister started the new Cinque Terre puzzle with a goal of beating Andy to completion.  She recognizes that she has an advantage since Andy is still working.
• I went for a long walk including trails at Alice F Keene Park and at Wintergreen Primary School plus a visit to the Eastern Carolina Village & Farm Museum:
  • Brahms:  Piano Quintet in F minor, Op 34 (remainder)
  • Brahms:  String Quintet No 1 in F, Op 88
  • Brahms:  String Quintet No 2 in G, Op 111
  • Brahms:  Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op 115
  • Brahms:  String Sextet No 1 in B flat, Op 18
• I received four handmade washable face masks in the mail.  Two from a woman in Leicester and two from a woman in Durham.  I, of course, threw them immediately into the washing machine.

Today’s ice cream:  Ben & Jerry’s Phish Food

Today’s beer: Pilot Mountain Pale Ale and Jade IPA from Foothills Brewing in Winston-Salem.

Today’s pet peeve:  I got sunburned on my walk.

Word of the day:  Pandiculation

Another new word:  Saponification

Today’s highlights:

• SCOR office’s were supposed to close at noon today.  Instead, we were given the entire day off.
• We had no home health visitors today.
• I picked up a Cinque Terre puzzle for my sister at Barnes & Noble.  Curbside.
• I went to Food Lion for my dad.
• I went to Harris-Teeter pharmacy and grocery for my mother.
• I went for a long walk:
  • Brahms:  String Quartet No 2 in A minor, Op 51, No 1
  • Brahms:  String Quartet No 3 in B flat, Op 67
  • Brahms:  Horn Trio in E flat, Op 40
  • Brahms:  Piano Quintet in F minor, Op 34 (1st movement)

Today’s ice cream:  Ben & Jerry’s Half Baked

Today’s beer: Pactolus Light Lager from Pitt Street Brewing Company in Greenville and Gaelic Ale from Highland Brewing Company in Asheville.

Today’s pet peeve:  When Harris-Teeter is out of Phish Food…

Word of the day:  Permeate

Overheard:

Me:  Excuse me.  Where is the peanut butter?

Food Lion employee:  It’s with the beer.

 

Today’s highlights:

• Nurse Kim removed my mother’s abscess drain.
• We had a team meeting at work via Teams–two truths and a lie.
• PTA Heather came by for my mother’s exercises.
• I finally got to go for a walk again.  I listened to:
  • Brahms:  Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor, Op 25
  • Brahms:  Piano Quartet No 3 in C minor, Op 60
  • Brahms:  String Quartet No 1 in C minor, Op 51, No 1
• I finally took a shower.

Today’s ice cream:  Ben & Jerry’s Phish Food

Today’s beer: Gaelic Ale from Highland Brewing Company in Asheville and Hop Drop ‘N Roll from NoDa Brewing Company in Charlotte.

Today’s pet peeve:

Word of the day:  Seder

 

Today’s highlights:

• I learned that my office will observe Friday as a full-day holiday instead of a half-day holiday.
• PTA Heather came and worked with my mother.
• We canceled today’s appointment at the surgeon’s office after confirming that the home health nurse can remove her drain.
• I had a Zoom meeting with a committee from my running club to discuss the fate of various disrupted events.
• I had a family Zoom meeting with 21 participants (though not all at the same time).
• I had no walk as we had an evening storm for the third day in a row.

Today’s ice cream:  Ben & Jerry’s Half Baked

Today’s beer: Sweet Josie from Lonerider Brewing Company in Raleigh and Sisters of the Moon IPA from Mother Earth Brewing in Kinston.

Today’s pet peeve:  I am too tired to take a shower.

Word of the day:  Berserk

 

Today’s highlights:

• Nurse Kim came and took some blood samples.
• My sister took my mother to the radiologist for a CT scan.
• I went for a walk after the storm.  I listened to the musical sound of Andy’s voice.

Today’s ice cream:  Ben & Jerry’s Phish Food

Today’s beer: Radio Haze from NoDa Brewing Company in Charlotte

Today’s pet peeve:  Another hard day.  There is no finish line.

Word of the day:  Maverick

Today’s highlights:

• Another Monday, another virtual SCOR Life Pulse meeting.
• OT Jan came and taught my mother exercises using the breather.
• I went to the bank for my dad.
• I went to the radiologist’s office to pick up some vile liquid for my mother to drink tomorrow before her scan.  They gave me a mask.
• I learned that a friend in VT was admitted to the hospital.  No, not coronavirus.
• We had a violent storm so I was unable to go for a walk.

Today’s ice cream:  Ben & Jerry’s Phish Food

Today’s beer: Midnight Summit from Highland Brewing Company in Asheville.

Today’s pet peeve:  No particular peeve.  Just a sad day.

Word of the day:  Incarcerate

Today’s highlights:

• My mother slept through the night for the first time in a long while.
• I had a fruitless on-line search for a paperback edition of a good Martin Van Buren biography.
• I (remotely) helped Andy water the plants.
• I planted nasturtiums in my mother’s outside containers.  (Nasturtia?)
• Nurse-on-call Felicia came to solve an issue with my mother’s “drain”.
• I went for a walk before dinner:
  • Brahms: Piano Trio No 3 in C Minor, Op 101
  • Brahms: Piano Quartet No 2 in A, Op 26

Today’s ice cream:  Ben & Jerry’s Cannoli

Today’s beer: Gaelic Ale from Highland Brewing Company in Asheville.

Today’s pet peeve:  My mother watched a Hallmark movie called You’re Bacon Me Crazy.

Word of the day:  Forsooth