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My eyes finally popped open at 7:30 am—like a can of soda that’s been shaken too much—unusually late for me. Then it hit me: Scout had been up and down all night, turning our house into a midnight racetrack. Honestly, I’m surprised there weren’t tiny “Caution: Dog Under Construction” signs everywhere!
I tippy-toed out of bed and was successful in not waking my patient. I half expected Mary to yell, “Nurse Ratchet, where is my orange juice?!”
We made our “coordination calls” by 8:00 am. We gave our Segerstrom performance tickets to Vicky and Jim, and we confirmed we would NOT be at the gym. Mary called a friend who is a chiropractor, and he is sending in a prescription for an x-ray and will call a walk-in x-ray facility near the Spectrum for us to check Mary’s condition.
We made a pit stop at Taco Mesa on the way home, and let me tell you, that place is like a treasure chest of flavor! I snagged two hard-shelled tacos for myself—crunchy, delicious, and basically a party for my taste buds. Mary got a burrito the size of a small child. This thing could double as a weapon in a food fight! It was such a winning lunch that I almost thought about getting my food a trophy. It turns out the real victory was the nap I needed afterward!
The cleaning crew showed up at 3:40 pm, and Mary moved to the TV Room (Living Room) and sat in one of the theater chairs. I worked in the garage and set up Mary’s old PC on the workbench (I might as well use it for something!).
Dinner time came, and I headed to the freezer and found a Vicky-provided enchilada and discovered some lamb vindaloo from Trader Joe’s. A few minutes later, with the help of a can of small oranges, we had dinner. We dined in the patient’s hospital room while we watched “Northern Territories.” I
Summary: There’s money to be made in the fur trade in the 1700s, which is why Declan Harp is trying to get a piece of it. The outlaw trapper is leading a campaign to breach the Hudson’s Bay Company’s monopoly on fur in Canada. Lord Benton, on the other hand, is bent on restoring the company’s stranglehold on fur and is on a mission to stamp out Harp, who turns to an old ally when bounty hunters close in on him. Harp eventually devises an elaborate scheme to plunder Hudson’s Bay and set a trap for Benton.
I have already planned tomorrows lunch!
We crashed about 9:30 pm!