Dietetic Meal

When I eat at a sushi restaurant, I really am not able to get enough to eat because I refuse to eat white rice sushi. I ordered a separate bowl of brown rice (why can't they also make the sushi with brown rice?), a cucumber salad (I ate the rice and cucumber salad together - was good), miso soup and a yellowtail martini which is thin slivers of smelt egg speckled yellowtail sashimi alternated with thin slices of avocado all around the edge of a large martini glass and some marinated red cabbage in the middle. Was good but after 6 miles, I needed more. Ate two Clementine Cuties for dessert when I got home but still hungry!

Daughter and son-in-law enjoyed going to the sushi restaurant, though, for their first anniversary celebration and we enjoyed taking them there. They stopped by our house afterwards for some Gruet champagne. I drank a drop but it was too dry to taste good to me although it was a pretty dark pink.

Daughter and son-in-law will drive to Albuquerque tomorrow to eat at the Melting Pot fondue restaurant. Son-in-law says that his brother-in-law proposed to his wife at the one in Denver!

Exhausted

Walked on side of West Jemez Road to the Back Gate from Camp May Road. Took just over two hours for six miles.

My modus operandi for bathroom stops is to walk into one of the trailheads and hide behind my golf umbrella, timing it so I don't hear any vehicles. No one was parked at any of the trailheads.

I decided not to snowshoe in the area south of Pajarito Canyon trailhead today because it was too warm, the snow too old and getting thin in spots.

What I meant yesterday by feeling weak is that I'm sore all over. Maybe it's just from the resistance work I've done the past few days. In the what was I thinking department, I was pretty tired today wearing my 5 pound weight vest AND carrying a heavy daypack - dum, de, dum, dum!

I'm starving and will be pretty much a vegetable at the Origami dinner, for which I must get dressed soon.

Brain Dead

We took grandson today to Bradbury Museum exhibit, Brain Teasers, on loan from the Explora Museum in Albuquerque. It had a pretty lively crowd trying to do the puzzles. Neither spouse nor I showed any startling adeptness at solving the puzzles. Grandson gave up pretty quickly too. I went to the front desk and asked for the solutions. She gave me a 3 ring binder that had the solutions and hints. I managed to solve one from the hint alone but then tried a second one and just gave up and looked at the answer.

After that, I decided to turn in the book and go study the aerial photo of the Pajarito Plateau and the raised relief map of New Mexico in the Bradbury's lobby. We're so lucky to live in such a geologically astounding and mountainous part of New Mexico - right on the eastern edge of the Valles Caldera!

Meanwhile, spouse was watching with grandson a movie on stockpile stewardship. Grandson liked the graphics and computer animation but was less interested in the talking heads. I'm totally amazed that grandson watched the whole 15 minute movie!

In the history room of the Bradbury, I enjoyed the portraits and bio info on 5 hikers I know who worked on the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos.

Walked to Diamond Drive and back tonight. The sidewalks get better each night. I could see the lights of the grooming machines working on the slopes of the Pajarito Mountain Ski Area.

I'm not sure if I've picked up some germ or not. I'm getting chills and feel weak. I'll see how I feel tomorrow.

More of the Same

Santa Fe trip. Spouse will see surgeon again in a month and remains in a waiting pattern. It's really up to spouse; if he feels he's still having symptoms after about 2 more months, he can decide to get an appendectomy. For the meantime, he does feel better.

Spouse got glasses adjusted at Pearle Vision. My car got free rotation and balance at Discount Tires.

Shopped at Whole Foods. Got told off by employee about my sampling of olives, probably because I took too many samples and ended up not buying any olives (but made up for it in the rest of the store!) I told her thank you and didn't argue but next time I will still take samples but try to take less. Would be nice if they had samples out for people who don't want to eat cheese.

Took walk downtown to library. Pretty icy but didn't slip. Night sky beautiful.

We watch grandson tomorrow. Will take him out and about in downtown Los Alamos.

Almost done with Helen Thayer's Walking the Gobi. I like her simple, direct writing style, her sympathetic portrayal of the Mongolian nomads and how she makes you feel like you're along on the journey with her. Also, I like the way that she does her very best to take nature on its own terms and doesn't try to fight and conquer it. I need to remember that the next time I'm cursing a headwind when I'm snowshoeing! : )

Amazing that her husband was 74 when this adventure was undertaken! Those two really love each other to be able to get along so well through all the hardships of their journey. I ordered Three Among the Wolves today from interlibrary loan. I wish there were more than 3 books by her to read.

Well Lathered in Oil

Ate dinner at China Moon. I managed to find enough seafood, vegetables and fruit in their buffet to fill me up. It was good but all the seafood and vegetables had a sheen of oil.

All six of us enjoyed the dinner.

Grandson was ecstatic with his Star Wars Lego set.

Have to wake up at 7am tomorrow. Hard when you've been sleeping in until 9am! Spouse's appointment with the surgeon is tomorrow.

Sure hope the snow lasts until Wednesday and Thursday! That area west of West Jemez Road looks so inviting to explore on snowshoes!

Elk Playground

Walked West Jemez Road today, starting from Camp May intersection and going to TA-16 signs. Saw lots of signs of elk in area just north of Pajarito Canyon trailhead. It's almost like they are playing fox and hounds in that area!

If the snow holds for Wednesday and Thursday, I'd like to snowshoe the area south of Pajarito Canyon trailhead. It's open, with glades and bowls.

Closer to Valle Canyon, it gets really steep but I'd also like to try snowshoeing north from that area. I saw a diagonal ramp with some elk tracks going up. I was only in road walking shoes so couldn't explore it further.

The ridge on the west side of West Jemez Road is so wall-like in places. I wonder if it's a continuation of the Pajarito Fault. To explore beneath that ridge, I'd have to start early (for me) because the area gets in shadow in early afternoon and thus is very cold.

The walking was very pleasant as there weren't too many vehicles like there would be if the lab was open.

As I approached Valle Canyon, I saw a snowshoer coming out with his little dog. It was Bart and his mini-compact dog, Bridget. Bridget looked cold and wet. Bart didn't have any poles. He went up on the south side of Valle Canyon but said that they (referring to him and Bridget!) would have to do too much trail-breaking so he didn't go very far.

Soon we go to China Moon with daughter and her family and her father-in-law. It's to celebrate the last night of Hanukkah. Grandson will get final gift tonight which is a big Lego kit that he really, really wants!

Long Drive - Good Company

Woke at 7am. Spouse made decision about 10am that we'd risk driving to daughter's in-laws who live near Jemez Pueblo. Roads not too encouraging when we started it - snow covered to Pojoaque. Plowing was just beginning. Better between Pojoaque and Santa Fe - more slushy than snowy. By the time we got to Bernalillo, it was like we'd driven to Arizona - no snow, blue skies and sunshine but we could see to the north dramatic dark views of the stormy Jemez Mountains (or maybe to San Pedro Park country). Between San Ysidro and Vista Hermosa Road, weather was fine.

Spouse masterfully drove us all the way there and back. We dropped off son-in-law's Grandma in Rio Rancho. She's a lovely 85 year old woman who once lived in Los Alamos.

Daughter and son-in-law had to leave Christmas dinner early because grandson was sick. They took him to the emergency room in Los Alamos because he was wheezing and said he hurt all over. He has an inflammation of his airways or bronchioles. They took a chest x-ray, hooked him up to a nebulizer which is a mask to somehow ease his breathing and prescribed Prednisone to ease the inflammation. Poor daughter didn't even get a chance to eat her Christmas dinner. They drove back through the Jemez and the roads got a little icy around the curviest part of the road when the entered Los Alamos County.

We enjoyed our Christmas Day in the red rock country of the Jemez Mountains (I have the red dirt on my tires to prove it! : ) Son-in-law's family is really nice. We got to meet his sister, brother-in-law, niece and nephew for the first time. His Mom and step-Dad live in a beautiful straw bale house.

The southern Jemez Mountains are stunning. I looked at the topo map and the tall mesa behind the house might be an extension of Cat Mesa called Mesa de los Datiles. On the map, it looks like a cat's paw. There's a big canyon that parallels San Diego Canyon called Cañon de Cercado that runs along Cat Mesa. Such interesting country.

I walked 4 miles this evening, down to Diamond Drive. It was beautiful walking on the snowy sidewalks (not icy) on a Christmas night. I listened to Deliah on 99.5. When I got back, I did some shoveling, including for our neighbor. Our neighbor's son-in-law on the other side has been shoveling our sidewalk so, as advised by Deliah, I decided to "pay it forward", that is, to pass along the kindness extended to us.

Will sleep in tomorrow. Would like to snowshoe but it depends on when I wake up.

Blowing and Snowing

Grandson is eating a root beer popsicle right now. He's being dosed with Tylenol and cough strips. Antibiotics coming soon. He woke up with a temp of 100.5 degrees.

Won't be going to Bradbury for Brain Teasers exhibit today because grandson sick and it's snowing and blowing; but, on bright side, exhibit is in town until March 31, 2009 - gives us time! : )

Tonight Grandpa makes Boboli pizza for 3rd night of Hanukkah!

Grandma will soon retreat to bedroom/exercise-space to get Ripped! with Jari Love exercise dvd.

Second Night of Hanukkah

Grandson and daughter came by for Manwich sloppy joes. Son-in-law was working at bookstore.

Presents for last night and tonight were books and dvds. Grandson thought it funny when I pretended to be dying and fell on the floor when daughter used hand buzzer on me.

We light the candles, one for each night plus the shamus or helper candle which lights all the rest , say a blessing and give him some candy and presents each night. There are six more nights.

Grandson coughing a lot. Hope he doesn't have cold. He spent weekend in Durango going on the Polar Express train.

Daughter shared chocolate bar with me that she got as a gift from the company that she orders chocolate bars from for the bookstore. It was delicious!

Afterwards, daughter went to the bookstore to buy some small, fun presents to go with all the books.

Sister called from Ohio where she's visiting 88 year old aunt. Aunt got on the phone for a few seconds and said she wasn't feeling well and got off. I hope she feels better in the Spring. Sister said aunt smiled at different things sister said to me to tease aunt.

Lentil Soup

Roaring winds today. Didn't snowshoe but should have as it would have lifted my mood.

Made lentil soup. It's a kitchen sink soup which has lentils, tomatoes, sweet red peppers, pumpkin (all these canned); spinach, okra (frozen veggies); fresh garlic and onions; dried seasonings of fennel, shitake, mint, dill, thyme, coriander, hot red pepper, onion powder, rosemary. I should have added some tumeric. I added two tablespoons of olive oil at the end. It tastes good but I'll have to eat it for quite a while. It will go good with the flax-sesame muffins.

I'm concluding that the d-ribose and coenzyme Q10 do nothing to ramp up my mitochondria. I returned the l-carnitine after I read that it can lower your thyroid hormone. I'm tired right now.

I did successfully snowshoe in Valle Canyon and my foot did well. I felt vital and alive during that. I want to snowshoe again.

Spouse will repeat his abdominal CT scan next Tuesday. Options are if there is an abscess on his appendix, the surgeon could drain it to make the surgery safer and then remove the appendix. Spouse has an appointment with the surgeon on December 29. From how tender his belly still feels it seems that removal of his appendix is a foregone conclusion.

Christmas vacation begins next week for the kids. I watch grandson Monday from 2-5pm and Tuesday from noon to 5pm and maybe on Wednesday from 10am to noon. There's a new exhibit at the Bradbury Museum called Brain Twisters that I'd like to take him to. I have several movies for him to watch. There's a Christmas celebration at the Railyard that I could take him to in Santa Fe. I could take him on a walk or to a playground as long as the weather's not too bitter and his parents bring warm outerclothes. There is always our wonderful library!

Big Snow

Woke up at 9am to a foot of snow. Ate, did math practice in GRE book, took a long time to get ready to walk downtown but finally started out at 2pm. I had to fit my package in my backpack and some library stuff in a plastic bag to hand-carry. I tried hard to figure out how many layers to wear but ended up sweaty and chilled at post office in 50 minute wait. A family of five decided this would be the day to get their passport photos taken. Took one of the two clerks 15 minutes to take care of them. Finally, a third clerk came out to help people.

After the post office, I finished my walk by going to the airport gate and back. Then, I had no choice but dig out spouse's car and clear the driveway some. Spouse had earlier dug out mine enough to take it to Smith's. With one car gone, it was easier to work on the snow in the driveway. I cleared more of a path for the mailman and cleared snow from the side yard gate so I could pull the trash and recycle bins out for tomorrow night. I must have worked for an hour and then came in feeling pretty overwhelmed by everything. It wasn't until 9pm that I was done with supper and straightening up.

I wanted to snowshoe to daughter's tonight to drop off some things but snow removal operations used up my remaining energy.

I've gotten to the part of Polar Dream where the windstorm from Hades swept away all her food except for some walnuts and most of her fuel except enough to melt a pint of water a day for the remaining seven days until she gets picked up. I like how simply she has written of her adventure.

Snowy Day

I set the alarm for 8am this morning because I thought I could go out before the snow came in but the snow beat me. It was already a white world and more falling when I woke up.

Imagine my surprise when I saw my Suburu gone from the driveway! Spouse took it to be safer driving to work in the snow. A note would have been nice. I was perturbed but got over it, especially since my habit is usually to stay inside the day it snows and venture outside the next day when the storm's passed.

I really don't want to do another Leslie Sansone walking dvd though. Her dvds can get a bit boring. I'll do some resistance work dvds and maybe yoga.

I'm in the midst of breakfast-lunch. Spouse is coming home early to avoid the crush of commuters going down the Main Hill Road. Sometimes during a snow storm it has taken him an hour to get home because the Main Hill Road traffic backs up all the way down Trinity.

This is the time of year when it seems spouse is home more than at work because of all the holidays and the lab closing down for a week between Christmas and New Year's Day. It started rather early this year, though, because he's not feeling well. Still no resolution on the inflamed appendix. He sees his doctor on Thursday to talk about what to do next.

I'd like to mail a package today and go to the library and drop off some stuff to daughter. I could walk downtown late afternoon to accomplish those chores.

Blustery Day

Wind is a blowing out there. I'm going to do some exercise dvds later. I've become wimpy in my dotage! Winter storm didn't amount to much in town. The tiny amount of snow already melted but temps have stuck in the 30's.

Did a load of laundry - whee!

Spouse drove to Santa Fe to see The Day the Earth Stood Still with his work buddy. I gave him the Suburu in case he encountered ice or snow but road conditions are pretty good per a report from daughter. Daughter and family stayed in a bed and breakfast overnight in Madrid to see the Christmas lights.

Wow - Polar Dream by Helen Thayer is really good. Last night when I went to bed (at the ungodly hour of 1:30am - was still awake at 2pm and woke up at 9am), I imagined what it would be like to be in a tent with winds howling and snow piling up, threatening to collapse the tent. I don't think I've enjoyed for a long time a book like I do this one. I don't want it to end.

She does have a lot of philosophy about how to survive in the outdoors. The latest epiphany she had was that during the storm, the best way to deal with it was not to rail against it (like I do if I walk outside in a strong wind but was OK with the strong winds last night) but to accept it and not try to fight it. Not to say that you give up and die - she did have to go out in the middle of the night in the enormously strong winds and blowing snow to shovel snow off the tent so it wouldn't collapse.

There's a lot in that book that has application to ordinary, every day, indoor life. A lot of it she learned from her husky dog, Charlie, given to her by the Inuits. During the storm, she looked at Charlie who lay calmly sleeping, gathering his strength for when the storm abated and this quieted her anger at the storm that she couldn't control.

REI Blitzkrieg

Went to Santa Fe. Spouse stayed home - taking it easy. Tried out parking garage at Railyard - it's free until Christmas. Picked up orders at REI but no Gore-Tex boots yet - neutral running shoes, Spenco flat insoles to wear under orthotics, glove liner, Easton 25" men's snowshoes with "Quick Cinch Binding" (actually, I bought that in the store with the 20% off coupon code you get from REI's website - good until December 24.)

On to Walmart - returned reading glasses, bought grandson some Hanukah candy and pistachios.

Last stop was Vitamin Cottage - stocked up on LaraBars and other goodies.

At first tonight, I was unsure about walking in the gusty winds (33mph peak per weather man) but I bundled up and did 4 miles. I was so well-dresssed (5 shirts and a parka over all) that I over-heated. It's pretty warm outside right now. If we're going to get snow, it better start getting colder! The waning moon lit up the snow on the mountains. Saw 5 deers, including some bucks, near tennis court on Canyon. I like to walk down Canyon in the dark when there's a full moon.

South Side of Pajarito Mountain Bare of Snow

Walked 4 miles on FR181 today. There is still snow on it but also long stretches of mud. Didn't see much in the way of tracks except for truck tracks and people tracks. Clouds were hanging low like it's going to do something. Could see patches of sun under the heavy clouds to the northeast and to south. Except for what looks like a tiny patch of snow on the westernmost peak of Pajarito Mountain, the whole backside of the mountain is bare.

Baking Brussels sprouts right now, smothered in onion, garlic, dried mint, mirin rice wine and Range Sun Dried Tomato salad dressing. Tasted it a few minutes ago but it needs to cook more so onions soften. Smells delicious. Ate a pomegranate - yummy - while waiting for it to get done.

Article on the Valles Caldera Trust in tonight's Monitor said that Trust terminated contract with ENTRIX on business plan but that's not quite what was said at the meeting. Lucia Turner said that the business plan as delivered does not meet the original requirements in the RFP that ENTRIX contracted for and that negotiations were ongoing either to see if ENTRIX would do everything they said they would or, if not, then the Trust would re-nogotiate the contract for a lesser amount commensurate with the work ENTRIX actually completed.

Flax Seed Muffins

I ground up a bag of flax seeds this morning and made muffins with all kinds of ghastly ingredients but they taste good. I may stick to only two a day until I see how my GI system likes the flax. Ingredients included canned sweet potato puree, oat bran (now why in the world did I put in both oat bran and flax seed?), garbanzo bean flour, fennel powder, wakame (seaweed) powder, salt, olive oil and sesame gomasio.

I did a weigh-in this morning before I got dressed. If the scale is right, I weigh 146 which is fine. I must have shrunk my jeans in the dryer. Either that or else the body fats all been re-distributed around my waist.

Spouse went into work but my only work a half day again.

I'll make my breakfast smoothie soon and then go out for my daily four miles. I like to do four miles and right now, my feet are cooperating.I would have gone with one of the senior center hiking groups this morning but after going to bed at 1am last night, I slept in until 8:30am so that put a 9am hike out of the running.

I went to a Valles Caldera Trust board meeting yesterday with Dorothy. It was supposed to last from 1-4pm but didn't end until 5:22pm which meant I had to drive back in the dark. I did OK. Spouse cleaned the headlights this weekend with Plast-X, which he bought at Auto Zone. He did a good job removing some of the oxidation. (I kid that the headlights have had their cataracts removed! It improved the night-driving experience, that's for sure, although there were times between Los Alamos and Pojoaque when the white lines seemed really dim. That's due, no doubt, to my cataracts which I'm not going to remove for a while!

Kwage Mesa

Started late today - 3pm - on the Kwage Mesa Trail at the horse stables. They were getting ready for their luminaria walk tonight so I only did 3 miles round-trip because I was afraid I'd get locked inside the gates. Also, I only had an empty water bottle as I had forgotten to refill it. I did parts of exercise dvds when I got home - weight work for my shoulders and yoga abs.

As I walked, my thoughts turned to mountain lions and I thought about the Monitor article today which detailed efforts to remove the feral cattle from White Rock Canyon in Bandelier National Monument. Bandelier said the cattle were more wild than they thought and wouldn't herd. Of 11 cattle they tried to bring up the Falls Trail, they got out 4 but the rest are dead and rotting along the Falls Trail, closer to the Rio Grande. One bull had to be shot because it was threatening the cowboys and horses. They warned hikers to beware that predators like mountain lions might hang around the carcasses. After all this (failed) effort, there are still more live feral cattle roaming around. Well, maybe if the mountain lions develop a taste for beef, they'll polish off the remaining live cattle. Sounds like next time, Bandelier needs to get more experienced cowboys!

At the end of my walk, a young woman was at the trailhead with a beautiful red horse on a lead. She was letting the horse dine on juicy green grass. I bet it was a real treat for the animal!

My knee might be getting a little better. I would really like to go up the Nail Trail and out to FR2998 and back but if it snows tomorrow, I may not get to do that for a while. I'm unsure if FR2998 is full of mud right now. I'm still babying my feet somewhat until they get stronger.

Bread and Butter Route

I went out late afternoon, probably around 2pm, to walk the Perimeter Trail section that begins at the Mitchell Trailhead and goes over to the Rendija Canyon Trail. I used to jog that trail all the time - it was my all time favorite. It goes along the Rendija Canyon wash and is mostly dry year-around except when there is a great deluge. I mostly would park at Guaje Pines Cemetery and take off from there. The place was nicely wooded when I jogged it but it became toast after the Cerro Grande fire in 2000. It's still a beautiful place.

Another change is the Ponderosa subdivision. All those houses weren't there when it was my bread and butter route. I used to sit on a hillside during my after-jog stretches and imagine what a great county park could be built there.

I didn't appreciate the sight of Paul Parker's construction yard (it looks like a junkyard). It's more extensive than I thought. On the way back, I took a slightly different way and could see that the construction detritus is segmented between two different areas. Parker lives in the Ponderosa subdivision and I give him credit for fighting to save many of the houses there (including his own) during the Cerro Grande conflagration. I am surely glad, though, that I don't have a view of his junk from my kitchen window.

I heard a woodpecker, saw late afternoon scenes of beauty with parts of the mountains in shade and part in orange sunshine as the afternoon wore on.

Altogether, I saw 7 people, including 3 joggers, 1 bicyclist, 1 toddler (his father said he's scared of deer) and 3 walkers. I saw 2 dogs but none gave me any problem. I remember when I was a jogger, the dogs in that area were problematical. Dogs don't seem so interested in slow walkers!

While walking, I thought that the best legacy I can leave my daughter is to let her know that I have hiked virtually all the trails in Los Alamos County and loved every one of them. When I'm history, she can walk those same trails and know that I saw those same lovely scenes with my eyes and appreciated them with my heart and soul. The best thing that you can wish anyone is to have many happy trails!

I'm perplexed by left knee pain that is trying to develop. I have some ideas: I'm going to modify the calf stretch done with both legs at once and military straight knees that Bone suggested doing with the slant board.

Spouse not feeling so well today. That's distressing.

Chocolate Withdrawal

It's either chocolate withdrawal or lack of sleep that has put me into such a foul mood today. It doesn't help that my left leg has threatened to "lock" a few times today. I have to be more careful on the straight-leg, locked knee ten minute stretches that the Albuquerque physical therapist has prescribed. Either that or the purple orthotics did me in the last two days. They did cause some pain. The orange ones are the best.

I am so tired right now that I could practically fall asleep at the computer.

The BESC hiking group drove over to PEEC to walk on the Pueblo Bench Trails and to look at the old sewage treatment plant that has been decommissioned. Art would have gotten the group (7 people) lost except for Bill being there to lead the way. Now I know how to find the Homestead Bridge that crosses upper Pueblo Canyon. Spouse and I just didn't go far enough when we tried to find it several weeks ago. I'll drag spouse there again one day.

Mary announced to the group that she bought some snowshoes at the REI in Santa Fe. She asked if anyone else had snowshoes and I piped up that I did. Now, all we need is snow! (I'm typing with my eyes closed to rest them! I need a nap, bad!)

After the walk (only 1 1/2 miles long - I went for another round after everyone left), Natalie showed us around PEEC. We got to see Betsy the turtle swallow an earthworm that was still wriggling - sushi for turtles. Natalie says that if the Los Alamos Public School bond issue passes and the school starts renovating the high school, PEEC may not get its lease with the schools renewed in June because they'll need the space that PEEC's in during the renovations.

Had to go out with spouse after lunch to Del Norte credit union to open a certificate of deposit because my signature was needed. Afterward, he dropped me off at home and then went to the library and Smith's. I was too tired to go and, besides, I want to work on something I'm writing. I am so tired right now, though, that I think I should go sit in a chair and snooze.

Quickie Update on Spouse and Orthotics

Dr. Voltura got spouse an appointment with a surgeon in Santa Fe this morning. The surgeon advised this protocol, with a 50-50 chance of escaping an appendectomy: Take 2 weeks of a stronger Cipro and ditch the Flagyl. Spouse has to finish up his present course of antibiotics and then starts the extra strong Cipro on Thursday.

The idea is that the appendix has been festering away for about 3 months and if the surgeon operates now, it would most likely spill some of the contents into the abdominal cavity causing an infection.

If spouse waits, there's a chance the appendix will wall either heal and no operation will be necessary or it will wall off the inflamed area and make the operation safer. If an abscess does develop, the surgeon can drain it without an operation.

It sounds like spouse is in good hands. He went in to work today but may come home early if the pain bothers him when he's at the computer.

I have bunches of phone calls and need to get a package wrapped. I hope to go out late afternoon to try out the orthotics again. It's discouraging, though, that the tendon pain seems to have worsened. I have to give them a chance, though. I've cancelled physical therapy appointments for the meantime.