Egg breakfast, Reading The Investigator, SLAMitair, Fogo meal

June 18, 2023: Meds at 6:18am today with the last container of two yogurts from Trader Joe’s for 12g of fat. I also texted Sam first thing that maybe going to a restaurant might be better idea than a picnic because of my insane restrictions today with no carbs after 5pm because of the PET scan, and also needing to have 9-14g of fat too. I don’t think there’s anything we could bring on a picnic that would work. If I were just gonna stay home I’d have two eggs and call it dinner, but I guess not. So what I did this morning was I went over to Papa’s house for breakfast around 10:30am, and I have a picture of the breakfast I made us too, which was hash browns and eggs. Then Papa read me the first three chapters of the book I’m supposed to have read for my book club in a little under a month. Honestly I’ve tried to read it like two times already, and haven’t understood it. So what I did this time was I had him read it out loud to me, and we even got through the first three chapters. I also took extensive notes and asked a bunch of questions, and at the end he definitely understood why I hadn’t understood it. Took a bunch of notes on plot points, acronyms and words I didn’t know the first time. Then Talia came over for like an hour and we all talked and hung out a bit. She’s actually decided she’s gonna move into Papa’s house within a month or two too, so that was a big topic of conversation. Then she left to go to work at like noon, and mom and Papa and I played a few hands of our SLAMitair game. The first two or three rounds were terrible and we each ended up with a bunch of cards at the end, not under 20, which is good. Then our last hand was alright. Then Papa read me like another chapter of the book I’m supposed to read for mystery book club, and it was insanely confusing. I did not understand it even a little bit when I tried to read it alone, but I took a bunch of notes this time and feel like I definitely understand it better than I did, which is a very very low bar. Then what I did was I went home and located my notebook #10 that I’d left at home for the morning, and I also joined the Zoom call for people with chronic illnesses. For that call I was quite glad that I’d gone over what to say about my illnesses with my mom yesterday. I read through the notes mom gave me to talk about and told the story of the cancer and the TBI, and I even told about my current situation with the PET scan so no carbs but still need to take fat for the cancer med. Then Sam texted me and told me that he thought the food situation sounded very complicated and he also had to figure some stuff out tonight, like cleaning and laundry, so instead I’m just going over to my dad’s house and I’ll figure out the food with him. Ok so I did that and I actually had a very productive time at his house. Honestly I went through albums and albums of old theater photos I’d taken for Nova and Classical Actors Ensemble and Theatre in the Round, and I downloaded a bunch of them to have to show Deb tomorrow night. I also had a fat free snack at Papa’s, which was some shrimp and sauce from Lunds. Had to ask what it was since I didn’t write anything down from this time. And then I went home and took a shower, because I’d needed to for like two days. At the very end of the night we also figured out the day we’re gonna go into Fogo to use Mattheas’s free tickets, since he still works there and that makes them still valid. It’s gonna be the 29th at night, which we also chose because it’s not a Friday night like the 30th, so Mattheas will have an easier time getting it off work. We’re gonna go with him, Suheily, Annali, and maybe inviting Patrick and Justin, who don’t work at Fogo anymore either. Also, thank God I’m finally getting this done on the day of. Oh and at the very end of the night I also sorted out with Papa the food that I’ll eat with my meds tomorrow morning, since my usual yogurt has carbs in it. So I’m gonna eat a hunk of Brie cheese, which has the fat I need without any carbs.