Good Days

Well Tuesday came to pass pretty much as expected. We got to the museum around 12:30 and immediately joined the museum to take advantage of the offer of free tickets to both the Renoir and American Stories exhibits. Then ,off to the Cafe for a quick sandwich. Our next stop was the American Stories exhibit. Although we enjoyed seeing some old friends and "meeting" a number of painters with which we were not acquainted, but who were quite good, it was probably a tactical mistake as we both ran out of gas before we ran out of paintings. But we persevered to the end, kept going by decision to stop for coffee and a brownie. That stop, a very leisurely one, got us to the Renoir, where a film of him painting in his later years, gave us the energy to make it through the exhibit and for Pat to find something in the museum shop. We had not been aware of just how crippled Renoir was with arthritis during the latter years of his painting. From there it was off to Century City where the the Beckers let us rest with wine and cheese before the four of took off for Factor's where Pat did get, and enjoy, her pastrami sandwich. Pat had a problem finishing the monstrous sandwich which she resolved by taking home a quarter of it.

Wednesday it was off to the wig lady, where Pat tried all sorts of wigs and alternatives to them. She pretty much decided on what she would do if and when her hair fell out. There is a 5% chance that it might not. Pat will tell you more about that when she has to do something about it.

Today Pat ran up to the hospital to have her blood drawn for testing. It is the prelude to each of her treatment sessions. On the way back she stopped at Costco, getting home about 5 minutes late for a 1:15 date to be picked by friends with whom we went to observe a master class conducted by Menahem Pressler at UCI. The rest of the pastrami sandwich, eaten in the car on the way to UCI, was her lunch, After the fascinating class, it was out for Chinese food and home not too long ago. Pat has already retired and I'm on my way there now, hoping that fatigue has not left this post incoherent.