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Mar. 7th, 2020 09:03 pmScott had a bad allergic reaction Wednesday night. We’re not sure what set it off. We had turkey bacon as part of our noon meal. If that was contaminated, it must have been before or during packaging as we prepared it at home. Scott says he bought a Snickers egg, so that might have been the problem.
Thursday, we went out and bought me new shoes. My physical therapist strongly recommended 'stability shoes.' As it turns out, my old shoes qualify, but they had worn unevenly and were old enough that I absolutely had to replace them. Well, I had to replace the left shoe. The right was fine. My gait is off in a way that puts more friction one specific point on the sole of my left foot. When that part of the sole wears enough to start having a visible concavity, my left ankle and left knee get pulled inward with each step which is what caused my current knee issues.
My knee still hurts, but the new shoes have already made a clear difference. They're harder to put on and take off than my old ones were, but I'm going to have to because, right now, walking barefoot to the bathroom (10 to 20 feet) makes my knee worse. I knew, on some level, that I really ought to be wearing shoes for walking around the house, but I was trying to squeeze out more time with the old pair of shoes by only wearing them outside.
So, next time, I'm going to have to bite the bullet and spend the money on shoes sooner.
Thursday evening, Scott took Cordelia to a thing at her school. Representatives from several colleges around the state were there to talk about what their schools could offer. I have a suspicion about which school Cordelia will end up attending, but I might be wrong. She's got a list of five schools, and I'm fairly sure she can get accepted into four of them.
We have tours scheduled at three of the five schools, but I haven't managed to find a time that will work for the two schools in Kalamazoo. I was hoping to do those in the summer, but the school websites don't currently list any summer tours. I'll check back in a couple of months to see if it's just that they haven't set up the summer schedule yet.
Cordelia has a strong preference for Scott being the one to do college related things with her. Some of that is me not being able to keep up, physically, but some of it is her being worried that I'll embarrass her by being weird in public.
Scott signed us up for Imperfect Foods, a service that will deliver boxes of food to our door. We're currently at once a week, but we may drop to every other week. The service lets us customize our box during a specific window of time each week; if we miss that window, they ship us whatever they feel like sending (it's always onions, always, always) which can include things we don't want in the house due to Scott's alpha-galactose allergy.
Some of what they offer is overstocks. Some of it is things that aren't pretty enough for the supermarkets-- odd sizes, discolored rinds, etc. The rest seems to be expensive things aimed at vegans, food snobs, and anyone who's not trying to use the service to save money.
We've been getting clementines, dried mango (unsweetened), potatoes, sweet potatoes, and avocados every week. We've gotten broccoli and a few different kinds of lettuce. We've tried a couple of kinds of veggie burgers (one that I liked, and one that made me sick but that Scott and Cordelia liked. I have major digestive issues with celery, and the second version used it heavily). We're watching for things that are priced better than they would be at the store.
The unsweetened, dried mango is very good. Cordelia and I both really like it. I suspect that we could go through multiple bags a week pretty easily.
Thursday, we went out and bought me new shoes. My physical therapist strongly recommended 'stability shoes.' As it turns out, my old shoes qualify, but they had worn unevenly and were old enough that I absolutely had to replace them. Well, I had to replace the left shoe. The right was fine. My gait is off in a way that puts more friction one specific point on the sole of my left foot. When that part of the sole wears enough to start having a visible concavity, my left ankle and left knee get pulled inward with each step which is what caused my current knee issues.
My knee still hurts, but the new shoes have already made a clear difference. They're harder to put on and take off than my old ones were, but I'm going to have to because, right now, walking barefoot to the bathroom (10 to 20 feet) makes my knee worse. I knew, on some level, that I really ought to be wearing shoes for walking around the house, but I was trying to squeeze out more time with the old pair of shoes by only wearing them outside.
So, next time, I'm going to have to bite the bullet and spend the money on shoes sooner.
Thursday evening, Scott took Cordelia to a thing at her school. Representatives from several colleges around the state were there to talk about what their schools could offer. I have a suspicion about which school Cordelia will end up attending, but I might be wrong. She's got a list of five schools, and I'm fairly sure she can get accepted into four of them.
We have tours scheduled at three of the five schools, but I haven't managed to find a time that will work for the two schools in Kalamazoo. I was hoping to do those in the summer, but the school websites don't currently list any summer tours. I'll check back in a couple of months to see if it's just that they haven't set up the summer schedule yet.
Cordelia has a strong preference for Scott being the one to do college related things with her. Some of that is me not being able to keep up, physically, but some of it is her being worried that I'll embarrass her by being weird in public.
Scott signed us up for Imperfect Foods, a service that will deliver boxes of food to our door. We're currently at once a week, but we may drop to every other week. The service lets us customize our box during a specific window of time each week; if we miss that window, they ship us whatever they feel like sending (it's always onions, always, always) which can include things we don't want in the house due to Scott's alpha-galactose allergy.
Some of what they offer is overstocks. Some of it is things that aren't pretty enough for the supermarkets-- odd sizes, discolored rinds, etc. The rest seems to be expensive things aimed at vegans, food snobs, and anyone who's not trying to use the service to save money.
We've been getting clementines, dried mango (unsweetened), potatoes, sweet potatoes, and avocados every week. We've gotten broccoli and a few different kinds of lettuce. We've tried a couple of kinds of veggie burgers (one that I liked, and one that made me sick but that Scott and Cordelia liked. I have major digestive issues with celery, and the second version used it heavily). We're watching for things that are priced better than they would be at the store.
The unsweetened, dried mango is very good. Cordelia and I both really like it. I suspect that we could go through multiple bags a week pretty easily.
