November 07, 2008

On Walkabout

With the weather so nice, Dad and I have been walking outside. Not very long distances by most standards, just around the block yesterday, and around the block plus up to the next intersection. Eyeballing it on Google Maps, I think we covered 1000 meters yesterday and 1200 today. Which isn't bad at all, for someone following major surgery.

We also talked to friendly neighbors both days. Yesterday it was a retired guy that Dad knew from the lab. That guy saw the ambulance and all, and was keeping up with Dad's health; when Dad got back from the hospital, the neighbor insisted that we post his telephone number on the wall, and to call anytime if there were any problems. He walked the circuit with us, as his doctor tells him he needs to be walking too. I expect he normally maintains a faster pace.

Today we bumped into a different neighbor as she was out jogging. She had just found out Dad was unwell this week; she'd been out on maternity leave, and just went back to work at Corning. They assigned her to a team working on a project Dad's involved with. When they were telling her who was on the project, when Dad's name came up she said "I know him, he lives right across the street!" Whereupon everyone asked how he was doing, to her confusion, as she'd been unaware anything was wrong. During our chat, she scoped out his food allergies, and offered to bring over a casserole on the weekend. I don't object.

Speaking of cooking, I'm enjoying that part of the job. For the last three years, I was unable to make anything very interesting, due to a lack of kitchen and a lack of time. It's nice to make stuff again.

Which is not to say I've been blessed with unalloyed success. Yesterday I was making split pea soup for dinner, which I haven't made in quite a few years. The package said to cook it for 20-30 minutes, so I laid my plans accordingly. The package was a stinking liar. I was getting hungry, everything else was cooked, and the soup wasn't even close. I whipped up some corn and let the soup keep cooking. Instead of 30 minutes, it took two hours. I cooled it off, put it in the fridge, and we had some for lunch today. Dinner was leftovers- the downside of cooking. Tomorrow I'm thinking pizza; commercial pizzas have lots of sodium and cholesterol, but a homemade one should be fine, as long as I use healthy cheese.

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