So it’s after 11, I just woke up, and … I’m hungry! I think I’ll pester Sam for something fast and easy as soon as he opens his eyes, maybe a Hormel Compleats meatloaf and mashed potatoes if he can find one in the pantry. Hormel Compleats is a teeny airline-meal portion in a little oval plastic tray that you nuke in 60 seconds. An instant dinner … and much better than those paltry frozen “TV dinners” that we ate in the 1950s and 1960s. Mom and I used to eat TV dinners now and then when dad had to work late. He was a pharmacist, and in those days he worked a few blocks from home in a yooge retail store called Turnstyle (like Target) that stayed open until 9 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Oh my God … it was revolutionary!
Incidentally, I had a very good day today! I took a jumbo dose of liquid Morphine, got up out of my hospital bed and spent about six hours sitting at my computer workstation. I had several projects planned and finished all of them. I feel extremely productive and satisfied right now and look forward to doing this all over again on Saturday, probably. Sam and I agreed it would be too much work to do this every day, because he has to: 1) help me sit up on the side of the bed; 2) raise the hospital bed so I can stand; 3) push the hospital bed out of the way; 4) move my side table and my rolling tray table out of the way; 5) move the upholstered bench behind me so I can sit; 6) move my rolling computer workstation in front of me; and 7) remove my slippers.
And if that wasn’t enough, after I was finally settled comfortably on the bench Sam decided to scrub my back. It felt delicious! I’ve got exhausting “sensitive skin” issues with big dry crusty patches that bleed when you peel them off. It’s seriously disgusting, and the crusty patches on the back of my thighs have caused me enormous pain for years. (If you’re a long-time Howdygram reader you definitely know what I’m talking about.)
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Southfilla • Michail • Shriek • Paperboy • Autumn Flower • Candace • Enjoying Life
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The recalled meat, which has been distributed nationwide, is from the chuck portion of the carcass and was produced June 21. The USDA inspection mark on the package says “EST. 86R” inside. If this meat is in your freezer, please throw it out immediately and figure out something else to eat for dinner … maybe beet borscht or gefilte fish. Thank you.
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| Contaminated Cargill ground beef. Please make something else for dinner immediately. |
FRIDAY, 9/21/2018, 5:03 A.M. Happy, happy Friday to you and yours! We’re expecting a whole day of heavy rain and thunderstorms here in the Dallas area today, and I’m so comfortable right now curled up in my new hospital bed that I might not move an inch. Woo-hoo! Sam, however, is still planning to go for his morning walk (he leaves around 5:45 a.m.) and a weekly junket to Costco in order to purchase the following critical groceries for Howdygram headquarters … 1) a tub of chicken salad with smooshed cranberries and pecans; 2) teeny tacos; 3) chicken flautas; 4) breakfast burritos; and 5) zero muffins. (One dozen giant Costco muffins are too much for one person, namely Sam, to consume by himself because I have diabetes.)
I need more sleep and I need it now. Thank you for reading this, and if you feel compelled to remember the Alamo today please feel free to proceed. I promise not to laugh.
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