X-rayed

[redbird]

I went to Mount Auburn Hospital this afternoon, to have my hands x-rayed--Carmen wants to see how bad the arthritis is, and I think also check whether there's something else going on. I had one hand X-rayed there in 2018, so they will compare the two sets of films.

Now that I'm fully vaccinated and just going places isn't irresponsible, I took a side trip up Mount Auburn Street on the way home. I now have baklava and doner kebab meat from Sevan's bakery, and a few chocolate truffles from Fastachi, a chocolatier I hadn't previously been to. If we like them, I'll go back and maybe try more things.

I looked at the bus times this afternoon, and decided to walk over to the 73, rather than wait 20 minutes for a 71 to go three stops, and then another 15 for the 73. That was a nice bit of wander along streets I hadn't been down before, because there was no specific reason to. But not only can exploring be fun, someone suggested that literal new places will be useful brain exercise after a year of staying home because of the pandemic. That may or may not be true, but I saw various flowers, and one rabbit.

I am getting my teeth cleaned in Watertown Square on Wednesday, and have notes about a bakery to try there, but I forgot about the bakery until just now. We may be over-supplied with sweets.

ETA: Based on what they emailed me, the X-rays show nothing surprising. Left hand is worse than right, and the right hand is doing a bit worse now than three years ago.

I'm expecting an ice cream delivery in fifteen minutes. We will probably be over-supplied with sweets.

Comments

[petrea_mitchell]

I figure that after over a year of hardly going anywhere at all, a lot of the old places count as new places.

[minoanmiss]

may the ice cream strengthen your hands or at least make you happy. :D

[otter]

I'd say "well-supplied" with sweets. I nearly stopped at a bakery on the way home from work at noon. And talked myself out of it because the guys' vaccine appointment is at a grocery store pharmacy this afternoon, and I can get treats there.

[redbird]

"Over-supplied" is either having more than we can eat before they get stale (a possible issue with pastries) or more than we can store,. Ice cream competes for freezer space with frozen meals, fruit, and vegetables in ways that were less common in the Before Times.