Night out

Today was spent almost normally, except the roles changed; I did the garden work. Now I know how much work it is to trim and clean the trimmings. I got a little carried away, I must say, because I got to use super fantastic hand tools. Luckily Randee dropped by to help me minimize and bag the branches. She too enjoyed the cool tool!!

Gilly sat outside and watched. He noticed that I was cutting off more than I could bag, and suggested I stop trimming and begin the pick up process. He was so right. He knows what the job entails. I think there are about 6 large yard bags out on the lawn filled with weeds and branches.

After working up a sweat, I went for a much needed, brisk (by my tired standards) walk with Marvin, Sharon and Rosanne. It was a glorious day, so we took advantage. Gilly did the first block, and then retired to his basement while we finished up. I was glad he agreed to go even that far. He is really very tired today.

We got word that Yaron does indeed have strep. This explains why he recovered so quickly. Antibiotics work wonders when they target the right bacteria. The good news is that he is no longer contagious. It's official! Now I have one more pair of hands to help around the house.

We have dinner plans tonight. Gilly has opted out (so far; he may change his mind), but I am accepting the offer to be picked up by the Zigman’s and chauffeured to the restaurant. We’ll bring Gilly a care package and the five of us will have dessert at our home so as to include Gilly. Perhaps by then he’ll feel more energetic. There’s always that hope. He claims he really doesn't mind if I go, so I'm taking his word for it. I need some semblance of normalcy now and again, especially when I'm not in the country where I can go for a swim and chill out (literally; August lake water can be downright frigid, but I love it anyway).

Gotta run and do last minute organizing for Gilly’s snacks and exercises…always something to coordinate…good thing I’m what my childhood friends used to call “bossy.”