Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 1:00 a.m. in "The City."

What a day we had yesterday. We watched some TV news and ate a breakfast of cottage tofu that Mary whipped up following a recipe that she had modified from an internet suggestion. She had her cottage tofu on pineapple slices, while I had mine on a slice of bread with maple syrup on top. Mine was reminiscent of a breakfast that my mother used to serve my brothers and me when we were very young.

I didn't go out, but I was able to finish the novel I started as few days ago while Mary was at the grocery store. I finished as I was making an extraordinary beest that became part of our dinner to go with the Coleslaw that I had made the day before.

I should mention that I have been taking an opioid based pain killer that was prescribed by my yak surgeon for pain. However, like all opioids, it had/has a set of side-effects that are not welcome, so I stopped taking them early yesterday. I can get by with some acetaminophen and still feel OK.

Speaking of which, my yak is feeling better, but I have to be vigilant for about seven more weeks so that I don't do damage to the repaired area. I am not by nature a patient person, so it will be hard. Plus, STWD wants to sit in my lap when I am in my La-Z-Boy downstairs and I have to tell her no. She doesn't understand. She waits outside the downstairs bedroom door because she wants to join me and take care of me like she has always done. She has always been my best girl and so she is loyal to me and attentive to my aches and pains.

I find that too much time lying in bed wreaks havoc on my yak, so I'll be spending a few more nights in the La-Z-Boy in the media room to allow myself more to time to heal. I will be available to STWD so that she won't feel a need to lie outside the bedroom door. 

The weather here in GH yesterday was sunny, but windy, with a temperature in the low 40s. We have a current temperature of 37° under mostly clear skies. Today's high is expected to reach 42° under sunny skies with 13 mph winds. The sun will rise @ 7:24 a.m. and set later @ 6:31 p.m.

We really have nothing on tap for today and that's fine with me. I plan to spend some time reading and I may do some walking as the doctor recommended. I won't go far at first, but I will build up my distance as the days and weeks progress. Mary has to get started on the latest index that came in yesterday, but she has nearly four weeks to have it completed, which should allow me time to highlight and her to get the book done. I nearly forgot to mention, that Ginger needs to go to the groomer for a bath and a trim. She is looking shaggy, as evidenced by this picture that Mary took a short time ago.

Ciao.