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Sunday, December 26th, 2021 05:03 pmCommon wisdom is that at the solstice, it's dark at 5. But here we are, four days after, and it's light enough to see things clearly. No streetlamps required. Didn't think the sun came back *that* fast.
Quiet Christmas Day, of course. My expensive turkey dinner was good enough, though oddly the veg parts were better than the protein and carbs. Kale slaw, spicy squash mash, garlic mashed potatoes, beets. Elder bro dropped by with my present. I'd asked for a bottle of Bouchard Père et Fils Macon Lugny, a pleasant medium priced white wine. He brought me four. Thing being, when it seemed unlikely I'd make it to the LCBO at the end of the street- supposing I'd want to go to the LCBO preholiday in this time of omicron- I e- transferred him the price of ohh a large bottle of gin and a medium bottle of vodka, and he then proceeded to spend all of it on my wine. Fortunately I discovered a specialty wine store rather closer to home and got two bottles for emergency gift giving, so sent the red one home with him. With the wrong Christmas card in the bag but that's what comes of having two cards starting with J and not turning lights on to see which is which.
Today's meals have been on the disaster side. Started cooking a simple pasta lunch, discovered when I had the butter and seasonings added that the parmesan cheese had gone moldy which I didn't think parmesan could do, put unmoldy half on pasta but too bad, still tasted moldy, so dumped it all. Then there was the asparagus I cooked the other day and should have drained and put in the fridge, but kept it in the water to reheat and eat. This worked yesterday. By today, even boiled in new water, asparagus had acquired that unmistakable tinned asparagus taste. Blecch. So also into the compost it goes.
The one exercise I should do and don't is the sit and stand one. Is ok when getting off bed and futon, both of which are high, but owie when getting up from any chair in the house. Mostly because the other knee pangs and complains and buckles. This also makes going upstairs an unpleasant experience. The instinct of many years is to put my weight on my right knee, but right knee and hip now wince when I do, and left knee isn't quite strong enough to take my weight unsupported. I stll go upstairs step step step, hoping to strengthen things. But I'm still not strong enough to go downstairs that way-- I have to hop which is unadvisable on home stairs. Also right knee is much more tractable going down than up, so I'll still be doing step-foot step-foot for a while.
Quiet Christmas Day, of course. My expensive turkey dinner was good enough, though oddly the veg parts were better than the protein and carbs. Kale slaw, spicy squash mash, garlic mashed potatoes, beets. Elder bro dropped by with my present. I'd asked for a bottle of Bouchard Père et Fils Macon Lugny, a pleasant medium priced white wine. He brought me four. Thing being, when it seemed unlikely I'd make it to the LCBO at the end of the street- supposing I'd want to go to the LCBO preholiday in this time of omicron- I e- transferred him the price of ohh a large bottle of gin and a medium bottle of vodka, and he then proceeded to spend all of it on my wine. Fortunately I discovered a specialty wine store rather closer to home and got two bottles for emergency gift giving, so sent the red one home with him. With the wrong Christmas card in the bag but that's what comes of having two cards starting with J and not turning lights on to see which is which.
Today's meals have been on the disaster side. Started cooking a simple pasta lunch, discovered when I had the butter and seasonings added that the parmesan cheese had gone moldy which I didn't think parmesan could do, put unmoldy half on pasta but too bad, still tasted moldy, so dumped it all. Then there was the asparagus I cooked the other day and should have drained and put in the fridge, but kept it in the water to reheat and eat. This worked yesterday. By today, even boiled in new water, asparagus had acquired that unmistakable tinned asparagus taste. Blecch. So also into the compost it goes.
The one exercise I should do and don't is the sit and stand one. Is ok when getting off bed and futon, both of which are high, but owie when getting up from any chair in the house. Mostly because the other knee pangs and complains and buckles. This also makes going upstairs an unpleasant experience. The instinct of many years is to put my weight on my right knee, but right knee and hip now wince when I do, and left knee isn't quite strong enough to take my weight unsupported. I stll go upstairs step step step, hoping to strengthen things. But I'm still not strong enough to go downstairs that way-- I have to hop which is unadvisable on home stairs. Also right knee is much more tractable going down than up, so I'll still be doing step-foot step-foot for a while.
