{"id":89686,"date":"2025-07-07T21:20:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T04:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=89686"},"modified":"2025-07-07T23:59:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T06:59:21","slug":"the-week-begins-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=89686","title":{"rendered":"The Week Begins!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-89687\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2026-07-07-000-650x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2026-07-07-000-650x366.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2026-07-07-000-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2026-07-07-000-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2026-07-07-000.jpg 686w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At the crack of dawn, we were up and moving.\u00a0 The crack of dawn today was 6:30 am.\u00a0 We exited the house at 7:15 am and headed to Laguna for an eye check with our favorite eye doctor, the one who did the cataract surgery two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>We got there with time to spare, so we had a latte at the coffee shop!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_89698\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89698\" class=\"wp-image-89698 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-004-650x488.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-004-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-004-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-004-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-004-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-004-1536x1153.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-004-2048x1537.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-89698\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The coffee shop is built inside a steel shipping container!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The exam results were great 20-30 in both eyes, pressures were spot on, and the X-ray vision is operational!<\/p>\n<p>I proposed to take Mary to breakfast, but she decided we ought to eat at home, visit Scout, and then go to the next appointment.\u00a0 She fixed a delightful breakfast, my favorite, bacon and eggs, complete with applesauce and a banana on toasted bread.\u00a0 Yum!<\/p>\n<p>Her bacon is so good, it\u2019ll make you squeal with delight.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_89688\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89688\" class=\"frame wp-image-89688\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2026-07-07-001-650x866.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"548\" height=\"730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2026-07-07-001-650x866.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2026-07-07-001-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2026-07-07-001-100x133.jpg 100w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2026-07-07-001.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-89688\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul is on the left and Mary is on the right (in case you wondered).<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Now we&#8217;re off again, heading to Quest Labs for a pre-heart-stress-test baseline blood test and urine test.\u00a0 It is impressive as the blood was drawn at 1:45 pm, and at 8:30 pm, I got a message from Quest with the results, which I printed out for Dr. Mary.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_89697\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89697\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-89697\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-003-650x355.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-003-650x355.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-003-150x82.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-003-768x419.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-003-100x55.jpg 100w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-003.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-89697\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Philbo wattamist?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Leaving Quest, we returned home, and then we were off to an appointment at UCI for Mary.\u00a0 While Mary was doing her thing, I went to Wendy&#8217;s and drank a large lemonade because it was cool inside and 87 outside.<\/p>\n<p>On the way home, we stopped at CVS and picked up more medication (I think we&#8217;re keeping the pharmaceutical companies alive).<\/p>\n<p>Around 9:00 pm, we got the test results back. Dr. Mary examined the results and ran across the room to see if I was still alive!\u00a0 There was a note from the test agency that I should stop drinking so much.\u00a0 \u00a0The urine sample contained three olives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-89696\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/07\/491753082_699788745903240_6743821751063253604_n-650x746.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/07\/491753082_699788745903240_6743821751063253604_n-650x746.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/07\/491753082_699788745903240_6743821751063253604_n-131x150.jpg 131w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/07\/491753082_699788745903240_6743821751063253604_n-100x115.jpg 100w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/07\/491753082_699788745903240_6743821751063253604_n.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the crack of dawn, we were up and moving.\u00a0 The crack of dawn today was 6:30 am.\u00a0 We exited the house at 7:15 am and headed to Laguna for an eye check with our favorite eye doctor, the one &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=89686\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[228,184],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doctor","category-just-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89686"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89700,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89686\/revisions\/89700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}