eating outside on a rainy day

Today's lunch was a mushroom crepe, which I ate sitting at an outside table. I got to Mr. Crepe during a break in the rain, and it only rained for part of the time I was eating.

If not for the pandemic, I would have eaten indoors, and probably at a restaurant closer to my occupational therapist’s office. In 2022, I’m pleased to have safe, tasty options for lunch out.

Today is the equinox, and we're definitely getting into cooler weather, which will make outdoor dining less tempting, especially in damp clothes, but for now, I had a nice meal, at a place I like, with negligible covid risk (I was wearing an N95 mask when I went into the restaurant to order).

The OT session itself went pretty well: ultrasound and massage, and the therapist asked me how much exercise I'd been doing, what my pain levels have been, and how often I'm wearing the brace. She told me to increase the amount of time I'm not wearing the brace, and to try to increase the number of repetitions of the exercises I'm doing with weights.

wrist brace

I haven't put the wrist brace on since I got home, about nine hours ago: this is partly at the therapist's suggestion, and partly to give it time to dry,

I am going to wear it to bed tonight, and see how I feel tomorrow.

[ETA 9/23: My wrist was strained when I woke up today, so more time in the brace, and a naproxen.]

food: cucamelon

Posting before I forget:

adrian_turtle and cattitude got a box of cucamelons at the farmers market recently, They're small, green and sort of egg-shaped, and were described as tasting like a tart cucumber.

To my surprise, given than description, I didn't like the. They were sort of crunchy, and didn't taste like cucumber to me.

Cattitude and Adrian both liked them, so they won't go to waste. At lunch yesterday, while they ate cucamelons, I went into the kitchen for a Diva cucumber, and washed and ate that.