{"id":76774,"date":"2024-01-23T08:19:14","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T15:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=76774"},"modified":"2024-01-24T02:34:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T09:34:40","slug":"76774","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=76774","title":{"rendered":"Doctor – Breakfast – Visit – Movie; A Busy Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Logical, right?<\/p><\/div>\n

We must be getting old, as half our errands are to medical facilities.\u00a0 Because of this ongoing cough, I am in for a CatScan at UCI\/St. Joseph’s this morning before I see my new pulmonologist and return to the heart specialist.\u00a0 They are looking into the chest to see why breathing is challenging and looking at the aorta for a suspicious size increase.<\/p>\n

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There goes the choo-choo!<\/p><\/div>\n

During our journey back home, we stopped at the Original Pancake House for breakfast, where we shared an omelet due to its large size.<\/p>\n

We returned home and spent some time in the office preparing all the required information for our 2023 tax appointment.\u00a0 It was an unpleasant task for me, as I had to see 30% of my income go away to a government that appears unable to handle its finances and spends carelessly.\u00a0 We spent 15 minutes and then decided a trip to the desert was needed; off to see Marsha!<\/p>\n

On our way to Marsha’s new home, we stopped at Dianne and David’s place to drop off the second pineapple we had brought from Hawaii.\u00a0 David is doing fine, and Dianne was thrilled to receive the pineapples and a bag of goodies from our garden.<\/p>\n

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One hour and ten minutes and we are there.<\/p><\/div>\n

We found the place quite easily, and we stopped at a market around the order from her and got her flowers, a box of chocolate candy, and a new blankie for those cold desert nights.<\/p>\n

We talked for almost two hours and learned she was going for a hair parlor appointment tomorrow.\u00a0 We made a list of goodies to bring her next time we come up!<\/p>\n

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All smiles.<\/p><\/div>\n

The facility was very nice and appeared to be almost brand new.\u00a0 The room was a little Spartan as she was moving quickly and sharing it with someone else.\u00a0 \u00a0She needs more current pictures of her friends and one of her and Leon together.<\/p>\n

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She was happy to see us.<\/p><\/div>\n

We started home at about 4:00 pm, and the traffic was more than on our way up, but it was not too bad.<\/p>\n

After we arrived home, we cut up one of the pineapples we brought back from Hawai’i and took it to Jeff, our neighbor.\u00a0 We spent about 45 minutes chatting with him before walking back home.<\/p>\n

I set up 30 watts of lights on the house that gradually changes from red to purple throughout the night.<\/p>\n

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Red!<\/p><\/div>\n

There was a full moon this evening!<\/p>\n

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Purple!<\/p><\/div>\n

We watched a movie called “What Women Want,” which was very funny.\u00a0 By 9:00 pm, I was ready to go to bed, as we had a gym appointment at 8:00 am followed by a doctor’s appointment in Los Alamitos tomorrow morning.\u00a0 It seems like we will have lunch at the club tomorrow.<\/p>\n

All was OK until I saw Mary beginning to watch “Queen Bees” so I joined her.\u00a0 Mary lasted about 15 minutes, and I watched the entire thing.\u00a0 Summary: While her house undergoes repairs, fiercely independent senior Helen (Academy Award winner Ellen Burstyn) moves into a nearby retirement community ? just temporarily. Once behind the doors of Pine Grove Senior Community, she encounters lusty widows, cutthroat bridge tournaments, and a hotbed of bullying \u201cmean girls,\u201d the likes of which she hasn\u2019t encountered since high school, all of which leaves her yearning for the solitude of home. But somewhere between flower arranging and water aerobics, Helen discovers that it\u2019s never too late to make new friends and perhaps even find a new love.<\/p>\n