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What a beautiful day it was today!  Sunny, not too hot, low humidity, lovely blue skies… just as ordered for a beautiful spring day.  Not sure what the forecast is for the weekend, but today was picture perfect.  Jerry is glaring at Don who’s playing some country music on YouTube and his lap is unavailable.  I threw him off mine so I could type (and give my thighs a chance to regain their normal shape) so he’s a very annoyed little schnoodle, who just wants to be a schnoodle and get attention from all the people in sight 😆  Apart from the music, Don’s feeling more like himself, although the government just made him feel old by reminding him that “drivers over 80 have to undergo certain tests” and he’s never been a fan of tests, or anything that reminds him of his age (other than me) so that needs to be added to the list of errands.

I slept uninterrupted for a solid 8 and a half hours last night, not even getting up to shift position or anything.  That’s awesome and somewhat surprising, but I’m happy with that.  I also didn’t feel sluggish this morning, which is another good surprise.  I’m still not feeling like eating, although I do have food available and just have to reheat things.  I really have to address that; it makes no sense to me that I’m just not hungry and not interested in eating.  I had a support worker today who I haven’t seen in about a month and she was very excited, she said, to see that my hair is growing and she also noted “a definite improvement over the last time I was here” which was encouraging to hear.  I was out for a while today, in short sleeves and my new teeny-tiny little jeans (which are annoyingly a bit loose in the waist! 😡)  I saw myself in the mirror today and I have come to the conclusion that I can be a model for a question mark or a line “length without breadth.”  At least I know what it’s like to be model-thin, and I think that it’s overrated.

I’ve been tormenting myself a little.  On YouTube there are a slew of food videos from Trinidad and Tobago and I’ve been watching them.  Some are from locals who are showcasing new or interesting or different foods/restaurants/snacks, etc., while others are from international reviewers trying the local food scene.  I was watching a few of people cooking — just to get their techniques for certain dishes — and some foods that I haven’t seen or eaten in a long time.  One was of a person who was cooking on a chula (a small outdoor fireplace) making an assortment of foods; I could almost smell the aromatics as ingredients were added to the pot!  She made cascadura, and my mouth watered!  I’ve moaned about this before, but I miss eating curry!!!  This particular chemo side effect is very sucky!! Curry cascadoo is something I liked as a child but I haven’t eaten since my grandmother’s death 31 years ago.  Watching those videos makes me want to head home and go eat and to suffer the consequences of eating curry! When I’ve been home in the past, my goddaughter and I would go on “food tours” to try various things from sometimes questionable places, but everything was always so good!  She’s allergic to chicken, and I’m allergic to beef, so we eat a lot of shrimp/seafood/fish; pork and duck, but between us we’ve had a wide assortment of deliciousness!  

OK, I’m starting to get a little hungry now, so I’m going to nuke something and eat.  Perhaps watching those videos was a better idea than I realized?