1. In the weeks immediately following my kidney transplant, the transplant pros prescribed a variety of different medications to help my new kidney and my old body work toward detente.
It wasn't long before the transplant team took some of those medications off my pill list, leaving me with a number of not empty pill bottles holding medications I didn't need any longer.
Today, dropped in at Walgreens on Appleway in CdA with a gallon-sized ziploc bag full of both no longer needed and expired pills.
At the pharmacy, I immediately found what I'd read I would find there: a receptacle that looked much like an outdoor mailbox. I opened the hatch and dropped the bag in and now those pills will be taken care of and are no longer in our house.
2. It's been a while, but over the years I've written often about how much Debbie and I enjoy the company of youngsters -- I'm referring to men and women in their twenties and thirties and, now, in their forties. We made the acquaintance of several of these youngsters at the Old Line Bistro in Beltsville, MD and the same experience happened frequently when we lived in Eugene, especially in taprooms and breweries.
This week, I've had three warm and enjoyable experiences with youngsters.
First, as I've mentioned, it's always great when Jaylene draws my blood at the Kootenai lab. She grew up in Kellogg, lives up Moon Gulch now, and knew Paul and Carol when she was a high school student before graduating about seven or eight years ago. She's engaging, sweet tempered, and very good at her job.
Second, I enjoyed the youthful enthusiasm and energy of the woman about to finish her university studies in preparation to become a pharmacist. She's doing a field experience at Yoke's pharmacy and talking with her about living in Oregon and my enjoyment of the East coast (her brother works for AmTrak back east) and other things gave my day a welcome boost of energy.
Lastly, the youngster who cut my hair at Supercuts today was also an energetic and interested conversationalist and I appreciated the interest she took in my uncertainty about whether Debbie will be returning to Kellogg for Thanksgiving and in the reasons why Debbie has been to Illinois and is now in New York.
I never know who will be cutting hair when I walk into Supercuts, but I'd enjoy it if this haircutter was working any time I drop in.
3. Christy has been recovering this week after falling ill on Saturday.
She's doing much better now and tonight we enjoyed the family dinner we were scheduled to have last Sunday.
Paul and Carol mixed a cranberry cocktail (I drank plain sparkling water) and, for our appetizer, I brought bite sized pieces of Trader Joe's Roasted Tomato and Parmesan Focaccia bread and put out a couple small bowls of Trader Joe's Everything but the Bagel seasoned cashews and almonds.
Christy made a delicious Broccoli Crunch salad and Carol baked a golden beef pie.
We all loved the food and kept ourselves stimulated by talking about the current state of things locally and nationally, an inexhaustible subject that we discussed with equal parts of grace and bewilderment.
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