A very quiet week

Autumn hath all the summer's fruitful treasure;
Gone is our sport, fled is our Croydon's pleasure.
Short days, sharp days, long nights come on apace;
Ah, who shall hide us from the winter's face?
Cold doth increase, the sickness will not cease,
And here we lie, God knows, with little ease.
  From winter, plague, and pestilence, good Lord, deliver us!

From "Autumn" by Thomas Nashe (1567-1601)



Sunday, November 17th
This week has been pretty boring, but I make the entries
because I'm recording, to some extent, Robert's progress
after the three infusions he got last week. Robert is not

sleeping well and very, very tired.

I cooked a whole chicken with vegetables in the Slow Cooker.

Monday, November 18th

We went to the VA Clinic in Lakewood this afternoon.  Robert had to

have a blood draw; the advantage of going to any VA over our Primary

Care Doctor, aside from it being free for us, is that the results go

into the VA computer.

Tuesday, November 19th

This morning at 5 AM Robert was up because he had terrible pain in his
calves.  He said they were not cramps, but very painful.  He read an
article in the NY Times that said that some people who have been on
Statins for a long time develop terrible pains in their calves which
go away after they quit the statins.  He has quit the statins.

I met Susan Wayland for coffee at Starbucks at 80th and Wadsworth at
10 AM.  It's a good location for both of us; I can get there without
using US36, which is a mess of construction.  It took each of us about
25 minutes to get there, she from Denver and I from home.  We had a
good time and hated to leave, when we finally did, at noon.

Robert tired, but slept most of the night

Jo and Alf came for dinner.  I served grilled lamb chops, rice and
string beans and Brussels sprouts.  I had bought too many sprouts
because I shouldn't eat them.  It was nice to have someone else who
likes them.  Jo brought a blueberry pie with a sugary crust as a
topping.  It was really good.

Thursday, November 21st

Robert is very tired, but did sleep well.

I ordered a "retro" bread box and a new roasting pan.

Friday, November 22nd

Robert slept really well; he is getting rested.

Lorena came to clean.

Robert took the Van to the RV place to get some work done on the water
system.  He was trying to pump all the water out of the system, but it
wasn't working right.  He was gone for several hours, but was happy
when he got home because the RV folks knew right away what the
problem was and had the replacement part in stock.  The VAN
came home with all working right.  The "house" part of the VAN
was done by Winnebago and it is really klutzy.

While he was gone I tried a new pot roast recipe from my new
slow-cooker cook book.  I started it cooking, but too late for
today.I turned it off and shall re-start in the early morning.

Saturday, November 23rd

The pot-roast is cooking.

Again, Robert slept really well, but is tired again or still.

I went to Nancy to get my hair done.

We went for a very short walk; I was happy to turn around because my
hip was giving me fits and Robert was cold.

My new roast pan and bread box came today.