Text 4666, 127 rader
Skriven 2006-08-21 17:59:16 av Barbara McNay (1:382/48)
   Kommentar till text 4655 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: Macaroni Grill
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 > Hi Barb,

 >> Welcome back, stranger.  Long time, no see.

 >  BM> Thanks.  I've been preoccupied with family matters for quite a while.

 > I understand.  Hopefully things have settled down to
 > where you will be
 > back with us for a while.

Yes, getting better.

 >> We're leaving Hawaii on the 27th of this month and
 >> driving cross country
 >> to Savannah, GA for our next assignment.  Of course

 >  BM> A good thing to have so many stops on such a long drive; makes it much
 >  BM> more interesting ...


 > Yes, and I think we've got enough extra time factored
 > in that we can
 > make some side visits if we want.  Can't get too far
 > off the plan but
 > there is some flex built in.

That's nice.  "Skin of your teeth" time allowances get tedious very quickly.

 >> So far, everything has gone well execpt
 >> for the problems
 >> with my foot.

 >  BM> ... and helps keep your muscles and circulation in good order.

 > Yes, and we can maybe stop at a DQ in TX-something
 > we've not don'e in a
 > while-or other things of that sort.  I know the Sonic
 > in Surrpise (AZ)
 > last year had "happy hour" when all of their slushies
 > were 99 cents. We
 > enjoyed quite a few strawberry ones without going
 > broke. (G)

We have both DQ and Sonic here, but I imagine it has been close to 30 years
since I've been in either one of them.

 >>> needs to be done with
 >>> the foot, I'll have a few days of "wiggle room".  The

 >>  BM> And I hope you're recuperating well from whatever.


 >> To wrap it up in a few sentences--I think I broke it
 >> (left foot, stress
 >> fracture) in early October last year but sort of
 >> stuff harder and kept me off my feet a lot of times
 >> when I'd rather be
 >> up and doing something else.

 >  BM> I can understand the "challenge" part, but not for someone with your
 >  BM> history.

 > New doctor, practicing his practice.  Good thing
 > others disagreed, even
 > if they did so 3 weeks later. Got our seats on the
 > flight out changed to
 > give me more leg room.

It's good that you were able to do that.  Inadequate leg room when you're
hurting is pretty unpleasant, even for short trips.

 >>> not be seeing him
 >>> anyway. (G)

 >>  BM> One of those, eh?

 >> Yes, one of the few I've encountered at Tripler.  Most
 >> have realised
 >> that I know what I'm talking about when it comes to my

 >  BM> Yes, some are quite good, some less than good, and sometimes the SOP
 >  BM> leaves a lot to be desired, and you're the worse for it, through no
 >  BM> fault of the doctor.

 > This time and one other time it was the new doctor
 > figuring he knew what
 > he was doing, despite my attempt to tell him
 > otherwise.  In February, my
 > pulminologist thought I'd have no problems with an
 > asthma/allergy drug;
 > neither of us knew I'd react as severly as I did, as
 > fast as I did (2
 > doses) adversly.  Now it's in my records that I can't
 > take that one.

That can be a problem, too.  I had an apparent allergic reaction to penicillin,
when civilian.  As an Army dependent, I mentioned that to a nurse when I was to
be hospitalized, and of couse she found no mention of it in my records. 
Because of that, she said, she couldn't make me a wristband warning of allergy.
 She paused for a bit, then said, "I notice that you haven't been given
penicillin for anything.  I can make a note that the patient *says* she is
allergic to penicillin."  I agreed to that!

 >> with an assortment of
 >> cookware I usually use only in camping and borrowed
 >> stuff.  I do have
 >> enough food in the pantry and fridge for "normal"
 >> couple of weeks. I
 >> did hold back some basic kitchen tools so I'm not
 >> stirring pasta sauce
 >> with a cheap plastic spoon. (G)

 >  BM> At one time, I had a suitcase with camping cookware for such
 >  BM> occasions, and that was very handy.

 > As long as the handle for the pot doesn't give way.  A
 > friend of ours
 > had that happen with stuff he borrowed thru MWR; his
 > pasta sauce ended
 > up all over the stove and ground.  We just mixed his
 > spaghetti with our
 > chili and had enough to feed all of us.

"Chilletti"??

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