Day Forty Six - a blur of a day

Psalm 3:5   

"I lay down and slept; 

I awoke, for the LORD sustains me."

We slept late on Sunday, which is a good thing. We missed church, but Heidi, Emily, and Christian came over after church. I had a nice time with Heidi and Emily, and Christian was sent outside to help Riley with the pool. Eventually they left, Heidi needing to run errands. She very busy getting backed for the big move next week end.



Then after Riley got cleaned up we went over to the Pearl Bakery for lunch. I had my usual ham and fontina sandwich, but I found that I needed to remove the crusts, as I don't seem to have enough saliva in my mouth to process dry food. So I just ripped the crusts off. Bread doesn't taste all that good any more. But I felt like I did manage to eat something decent for lunch. For dessert we had a molasses cookie, but I ate only a few bites. While having lunch we did the crossword puzzle. I'm still sharp enough to do it. Not suffering from chemo brain yet.



Then we put the paper into the car and walked over to Powells. I could tell I was fading. I wandered about just a bit, wondering where Riley was. He had told me where he was going, but it didn't register. Eventually he reappeared hold a Powells bag. I could guess immediately what was in it. He had bought me the new issue of Marie Claire Idees. We then walked across the street to Athropologie, but did stay long. I was hoping they might have some scarves, but they didn't. I was then quite tired, so we went to the car and then home, where I sure I must have taken a short nap.

After the nap we walked to Pete's, where I got a jasmine lime iced tea. We sat in the window and had a very pleasant time. Then we walked back home, where I'll bet I might have had another little nap. At least on this Sunday after chemo I wasn't the complete basket case I was on the last one. But where it came time for dinner I couldn't think of anything I wanted to eat, and I was feeling a bit sorry for poor Riley trying to feed me. So eventually it was decided that we would go to Nicholas's for just a meza for one. The sun was rather bright on the street where we needed to wait, so we walked around a few blocks while waiting. It actually didn't take too long before we were seated. We ordered the mezza with mjadra and a spinach tart. As usual I couldn't eat much, and we had a nice bunch of left-overs. I find that things taste sour and that I don't have enough saliva to digest things easily in my mouth. Isn't it funny how we don't realize about things until they aren't working.

Seattle Mariners second baseman Jose Lopez, left, tags Los Angeles Dodgers' Russell Martin out at second on an attempted steal during the sixth inning of a baseball game Sunday, June 28, 2009, in Los Angeles.

Then it was back home to watch baseball. It was a great game. The Mariners beat the Dodgers for the second time, so the match was 2 out of 3 for the Mariners. Unfortunately Adrian Beltre has to have his left shoulder operated on and will out until September.  It's always the injuries that really does a team in.  But it is always so nice to watch a good game, though I'll bet I slept through part of it. Then it was off to bed. I think I even beat Riley to bed.  I think that I had half an exhausted day on Saturday and the other half on Sunday.  So still just one day of exhaustion.

Exodus 16:30 "So the people rested on the seventh day."