Sunday, June 22, 2025

Last night we went to bed at 10:15pm, finally waking/getting up at 6:15 (slept through the night again). After a trip to the bathroom, I returned to bed, did my Kegel exercises, read a little (I’m afraid my Kindle book loan is going to expire before I finish it), fell asleep, finally waking/getting up with Teresa at 8am.

If I haven’t already mentioned it, my lesions have returned.

We left the apt about 10:30 and, as expected, found the Niles Diner busier than last time. There were only 3 tables available but still we got a booth. Teresa had her usual eggs, hash browns, toast, and coffee but today added sausage patties. (She thought the hash browns were better the first time but maybe that was because it was a new thing for her.) I had my usual eggs over easy, hash browns and an English muffin but today added a skirt steak. Of course, we had several coffee refills.

I’m still in the process of getting my new phone setup with my old Whatsapp, email, etc. accounts. It’s a little confusing because we’re working with 3 cellphones and 4 cellphone numbers.

The check came to $45 and I added a $7 tip and was able to break the $100 I got the other day from the ATM.

We returned to the apt so Teresa could change from sandals to shoes.

We left again at 12:30 and drove to the River Trail Nature Center. Teresa enjoyed the exhibits inside the center then we had a short walk on their circular trail through the woods. Still too hot to do more!

This is an opossum that is sleeping or…wait for it…playing possum.

I drove us to Panera Bread so she could work on her purse project while I called Best Buy looking for a case for my new cellphone.

An older (probably younger then me) woman walked past our table and complimented me on my hair. The man right behind her, probably her husband, said, “Look at mine”. I saw he only had hair on the sides and I responded, “Oh, you cut yours”. Just a few minutes later a young man walked past and pointed to his arms, then me, and gave me the thumbs up. 😊 I had an iced tea and later Teresa had a bowl of broccoli cheese soup.

I called the Best Buy in Palatine and got their automated phone system. “How can I help you?” “I need a case for my new cellphone.” “Do you have your order number?” ☹ I finally got through to a human being and was assured they have cases for my Samsung A36 cellphone.

We drove there and I bought an upgraded cellphone protector – a Zagg Invisible Shield Glass+ Defense expressly for the Samsung Galaxy A36 5G for $27.49.

We drove back to the apt to rest a little before supper and when I went to install the case I found it’s a screen protector, which I already have, not a protective case. ☹

I ran out of underwear so I did a small load of whites in the Maytag washing machine. Interesting how it senses how little clothes are there and only puts in a little water. Just before we left, I moved them to the dryer and changed into my hiking pants. We left the apt at 7pm and I took Teresa to the Himalayan Restaurant in Niles. I ordered garlic naan (bread) to share and fish tikka masala (not spicy) for Teresa and chicken tikka masala (not spicy) for me. She loved her food but when she tried my chicken she remarked she liked it better than her fish. The total check came to $48.48, including tip.

We returned to the apt, I took my dry underwear out of the dryer and Teresa seemed suitably impressed with the job it did.

 

FUNNY