Monday, September 29th
Last week, I had not felt the need to return to Death on the Nile, but Mom and M showed up wanting to finish the movie, so we did. That last half hour was much more interesting than the previous hour and a half had been. It made me want to go back and rewatch the whole thing. I thought it was interesting seeing a young Maggie Smith play the young assistant/protégé to Bette Davis. She has deservedly grown into that role herself.
When we finished watching that, we had an awkward amount of time before they left. We debated what to watch, and somehow someone mentioned Ren and Stimpy, never mind. Both M and I told Mom she wouldn't like it, to which she indignantly said, "Don't tell me what I would like." So we watched a couple of clips on YouTube of the Space Madness episode until I realized that I have Paramount+, which has all the Comedy Central and Nickelodeon shows available. We could watch entire episodes! (With commercials)
Mom very much laughed at the non-sequitur absurdity of the show. We both loved Powdered Toast Man and everything Nurse Stimpy did for Ren. I watched a bunch more episodes when I could and really enjoyed getting reacquainted with my old friends. I especially loved the parody commercial for that great children's toy, Log! “What rolls down stairs, alone or in pairs, rolls over your neighbor's dog? What's good for a snack, or fits on your back? It's Log, Log, Log! Log, Log, it's big, it's heavy, it's wood. Log, Log, it's better than bad, it's GOOD!” I sing it to myself all the time now.
Tuesday, September 30th
I can't, for the life of me, remember whatever crucial thing happened today. This is my black hole day this week.
Wednesday, October 1st
Today I am going to a drug company dinner, so I got dressed and up in my chair in the afternoon. I pushed my CNA to get me up in my chair before the end of her shift, and she was not thrilled about it. Day shift has a lot to do, but somehow everyone thinks the next shift has plenty of time to do something they don't want to.
Anyway, I was up and ready when Mom and the taxi driver showed up. The taxi driver was obviously new to Honolulu, as he did not know where we were going, even though it is a landmark in the city. Mom showed him where to turn, and when we arrived, he turned to her and asked about his tip. Do something to earn a tip, I thought. Conversely, the excellent driver who returned me to the hospital refused to accept a tip.
It was a small group for dinner, but it was definitely worth it to get out and see people. It is so ingrained in me to go to these dinners, it would be difficult for me to make the decision not to go. We got a nice group picture at the end of the night, and I enjoyed my gluten-free pasta with meat sauce until I remembered I had stopped eating tomatoes (actually, all nightshade vegetables) on advice from my nutritionist. I took the leftovers home, intending to give them to my sister.
Thursday, October 2nd
Dr R was delayed at home and showed up half an hour late but she stayed a half an hour longer so who cares? Not me! We talked about stuff and I saw Freddie.
Friday, October 3rd
A came by for a nice long visit, which was great! I had an essay that I started last month and finished but I thought I wanted to make another revision so I didn't post it right at the beginning of the month. Eventually, I just posted it without making any revisions. I have been thinking about making notes during the week so I would remember what happened each day, but that hasn't happened yet. I've been feeling a little depressed and mopey about my life so I was not motivated to start writing anything for the blog.
Saturday, October 4th
Tonight I was going to an event at my high school with my sister. Next school year, there will be a new Head of School who is a woman for the first time in its 160 year history. They were starting an alumni club specifically for women and the inaugural meeting was tonight. The new Head of School would be there and they had a very inspirational speaker lined up so it looked like a good event.
My sister was a little wary of how long I would be there but I did not want to have to leave early just because I had to get back to the hospital. In the end, I timed it just right so we got everything done and had plenty of time to get to the taxi. I couldn't find the dress I thought I had, but my second choice was completely acceptable.
The school had plenty of staff for the event and there was a very nice gentlemen who asked me where I wanted to sit: front, middle or the back of the hall? Even before I had a reason to need to sit in the front, I would always choose to be close to the action. I was directly in front of the podium.
There was good food catered by an alumni chef who runs the restaurant Fete. My favorite dish was the Korean fried chicken with rice. Yum! Iolani treats its alumni very well so the food at events is pretty darn delicious. There were 200 alumni there, five from my class. After the presentation everyone move back into the other room for dessert, but we went back to say hello to the speaker.
Her talk was all about leading with Hope and I very much understood her points because that’s who I am! She said that hope is not a feeling but a mindset and I know I have that mindset. I told her about my website and she said she had a good friend with MS who has the same outlook I do. When my sister took a picture of the three of us, she pulled out her phone and took one too! Sweet!
It was a very fun night and they made a sheet with all the contact info for everyone who was there and was OK sharing their info. I think pretty much everyone shared their info because it was very full. It is always a little hellish getting back in bed after sitting up for so long, but once it's done I'm fine!
Sunday, October 5th
A quiet day of not doing much. Mom visited and I showed her the pictures from last night. I thought a lot about writing my blog but did not feel motivated anything. I thought I will wait until tomorrow morning like I did last week. What I forgot was that tomorrow morning I would get suppository. Last Monday I did not. That's part of why this blog is so late.
The cover photo for this week’s blog is a group of people who went to my drug company dinner. The two photos at the end of the blog are me and my sister with the new Head of School(tall lady with salt and pepper hair) and me and my sister with the speaker(younger lady with black hair). You can watch the speaker Molly on YouTube on the Patagonia, our long film called The Scale of Hope. Have a fabulous week!
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