eating outside on a rainy day

[redbird]

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.

Comments

[minoanmiss]

I am impressed you ate outside in this. The rain definitely has that autumn chill in it.

[redbird]

It seems to have cooled off significantly after the second round of thunderstorms. It was around 69F in Davis at noon, and my rainshell also serves as a windbreaker.

Fortunately, this was my last week of morning OT appointments; next week I'm seeing the therapist at 2:00. I started asking for morning appointments in the middle of the summer, when not having to be outside if it was sunny and in the 90s was worth getting up earlier.

[otter]

I hope OT continues to help. We went from above 90F on Tuesday to a high in the 60s today.