Stuck in NC

Today’s highlights:

• My mother had a bad night.
• I did a lot of on-line shopping:  t-shirts, shorts, fluffy shoes, underwear, socks, yoga mat, beard trimmer–all the necessities I have been living without.
• I watched a Voces8 concert on YouTube.
• I compiled Three Songs for Maarten:
  • Steve Baughman plays Fanny Power
  • Red Tail Ring plays The Blackest Crow
  • Mary & Evan perform Where Everything is Music
• I went for a walk in the afternoon:
  • Brahms: Piano Trio No 1 in B Major, Op 8
  • Brahms: Piano Trio No 2 in C, Op 87
• I went to Food Lion to buy groceries for my dad. The paper products aisle was still barren.
• I organized my mother’s medicines for next week.

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

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

Today’s pet peeve:  I need some sunglasses.

Word of the day:  Solecism

Today’s highlights:

• We were under a fire alert today due to low humidity and gusty winds.
• Physical therapy assistant Heather came to see my mother.
• I attended a group video chat with 100+ of my co-workers from the Americas.
• I called Vidant to tell them that their billing department seems to have forgotten my mother’s Medicare supplement insurance information.
• I went for a walk after work:
  • Brahms: Sonata for Clarinet & Piano No 1 in F minor, Op 120, No 1
  • Brahms: Sonata for Clarinet & Piano No 2 in E flat, Op 120, No 2
  • Brahms:  Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op 114
• I went to the H-T pharmacy to pick up a new prescription for my mother.  I did our weekly shopping while I was there.  The paper products aisle was still barren.

Today’s ice cream:  Ben & Jerry’s Gimme S’More!

Today’s beer: Sweet Josie from Lonerider Brewing Company in Raleigh and Radio Haze from NoDa Brewing Company in Charlotte

Today’s pet peeve:  My smartphone battery died early in my walk. (Shades of Carol!)

Word of the day:  Cocoon.

Today’s highlights:

• OT Jan came to see my mother.
• Nurse Kim came to see my mother.
• The handheld transfer aid that I had ordered for my mother arrived.  This will help her stand up from her low couch.
• My team from work had a lunch show-and-tell meeting today.  I demonstrated how to add 60% cacao Ghirardelli chocolate chips to nonfat plain Greek yogurt.
• I went for a long walk after work including a visit to my childhood home in Lynndale. I listened to:
  • Brahms: Sonata for Violin & Piano No 2 in A, Op 100
  • Brahms: Sonata for Violin & Piano No 3 in D Minor, Op 108
  • Brahms:  Sonatensatz FAE Sonate
  • Brahms: Sonata for Cello & Piano No 1 in E Minor, Op 38
  • Brahms: Sonata for Cello & Piano No 2 in F, Op 99
• My father’s phone died but he got it working again.  (He read the directions.)

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

Today’s beer:  Code of Conduct Hazy IPA from Pitt Street Brewing Company in Greenville.

Today’s pet peeve:  Last night, my mother’s washing machine walked across the laundry room and blocked the door from opening.

Word of the day:  Pleonasm.

Overheard:

Me: Is the chicken salad acceptable?

Mother:  No.  But it’s pretty good.

 

 

Today’s highlights:

• Dr. Berson called to check on my mother.
• My daughter called today to ask for advice.
• The bed rail that I had ordered for my mother arrived.  This will help her transition from a lying to sitting position more easily.
• After our dark and stormy night, we had a sunny (but cool) day.  I went for a walk before dinner including loops in White Oak Creek and Shamrock.  I listened to Brahms’s double concerto and his first violin sonata.

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

Today’s beer:  Sisters of the Moon IPA from Mother Earth Brewing in Kinston.

Today’s pet peeve:  Sidewalks that abruptly end.

Today’s tip:  If you have more pints of Ben & Jerry’s than will fit in on your shelf, flip half of them upside down.  You can pack them in much tighter that way.  (I know things.)

Word of the day:  Loony.

Today’s highlights:

• Nurse Kim came to check on my mother.
• I had a voice lesson with Mary via Zoom.
• I went to the pharmacy at the grocery store to pick up some prescriptions for my father.
• I went for a walk in the rain before dinner including a loop in South Hall.  I listened to Brahms’s violin concerto.

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

Today’s beer:  Dapple Dog Dry Stout from Pitt Street Brewing Company in Greenville

Today’s pet peeve:  I am stuck in NC without a rain jacket.

Today’s highlights:

• I attended a virtual global town hall at work.  Our Chinese colleagues have been at home for 9 weeks.
• Occupational therapist Jan came to assess my mother.
• The temperature broke so it was pleasant outside.
• I went for a walk at lunch on the trail from Paramore Park.  I listened to Brahms’s first piano concerto.
• I went for a second walk before dinner around the neighborhood.  I call it the Randy-Mary Lee-Alma Lee-Donald-Cindi-Jack-Oliver-Becky Anne route.  I listened to Brahms’s second piano concerto.
• I listened to a lecture on intonation from Blake Morgan of Voces8.
• I did not go for a third walk because Brahms was out of piano concertos.

Today’s ice cream:  Ben & Jerry’s Gimme S’more

Today’s beer:  Sweet Josie from Lonerider Brewing Company in Raleigh and Warp One Enhaze from Aviator Brewing Company in Fuquay-Varina

Today’s pet peeve:  I am annoyed that I cannot pick up litter from my walking routes.