1. I spent much of the day continuing to watch The Vietnam War. The stories survivors told of intense battles and firefights unnerved me and deepened my understanding of the vicious ferocity of this war and the terrifying situations the soldiers confronted, not only in the jungle and in the highlands, but also in the urban firefights, especially during the Tet Offensive, like in the Battle of Hue.
2. It was fun cooking dinner tonight. I fried some bacon to make grease and in that grease I fried circles of onions until pretty much caramelized and then quickly fried two thin rib eye steaks. On Tuesday, the Deke had made a superb cabbage salad and it rounded out this simple and delicious meal. We ate on the deck where by about 7 o'clock the air was beginning to cool and it was refreshing, in contrast to the day's heat. Earlier in the day, I took a break from Vietnam at one point this afternoon and learned how to fix homemade Rice-a-Roni, called Rice and Pasta Pilaf by the people at America's Test Kitchen. It looks really fun.
3. Christy had a very busy day: she had a hair appointment, another appointment uptown, and her book group met. She had been told by her physical therapist that she was ready to go up and down staircases and so she made her first visit in about a month to the basement of her house. By this afternoon, since she didn't have an ice treatment in the morning, she was more than ready to be iced. Afterwards she took a nap to recover from all her activity and I went over after dinner and ran the ice therapy machine again. Incrementally, Christy continues to improve and I think she's always up against the question of what to do and what not to do because she's been advised not to overdo things. She has more things to do in the next few days -- another appointment uptown, more physical therapy, lunch on Friday (we hope), and her high school class reunion on Saturday. I don't think she'll overdo it. She has plenty of time scheduled for elevating her knee, being treated with ice, and resting. From my point of view, it looks like things are going very well in her recovery and that she's being sensible about her activities balanced with rest and ice treatments.
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