11/14 Sat update

[Joe Haldeman]

Yesterday was pleasantly uneventful. Weather almost springlike, so I got out 
a bit on my walker. Went to a nice Indian restaurant for lunch, the New 
Krishna. 

I read a couple more chapters to Gay and Judith, and then they went off in search 
of a ready-broiled chicken for dinner. None to be had, so they got a raw one 
and handed it to me. 

Not much work at all. I did it country French style, slathering it in butter 
and then squeezing lemon juice all over it. Put it in the oven and then Judith 
did the rest of the work while I rested. 

My energy level seems to hit a maximum around midday, and then I wear out slowly 
until after dinner about all I can do is sit in the recliner and enjoy painkillers 
and television -- a nice anachronism last night, a Jack Benny TV show. 

I lie awake until one or two in the morning, and then sleep till about seven. 
 (I tried sleeping pills in the hospital, and they just make me groggy.) I'll 
probably straighten out once I can get more exercise. Right now I do a set 
of simple PT moves, about 10-15 minutes, that hits me like running a mile used 
to. 

Give it time, I know. But time is all we have. 

Joe