Together, Again!

Japanese Treats

My daughter reached home safely, a little after midnight, last night!  She brought me treats!  

I had a productive day, yesterday.  I picked up the groceries, remade my daughter's bed with fresh sheets and pillowcases, cleaned the bathrooms (mopped my daughter's bathroom, only; I'll mop my bathroom next time around), mended one more garment, did dishes, chatted with M when he came to tend to the garden, picked lemons to make lemonade, picked broccoli leaves to cook (checked them carefully to see if there were any worms/caterpillars; one or two leaves had some holes in them, but, I didn't see anything crawling around; nevertheless, I washed the leaves well and soaked them in vinegar water before I cooked them), did dishes, cooked a chicken curry, dhal, broccoli leaf mallung, and rice, and did more dishes!  LOL.  

Oh, and I also called the doctor's office, again, and left a message asking if they received my scan results.  This time, the nurse called me back, apologizing for not returning my earlier call.  The doctor is on vacation these two weeks, but, the nurse read out the scan results: gallstones!  The nurse said the doctor will call me for a phone consultation when she returns from her vacation.  In the meantime, I am to avoid fried/fatty food and spicy food (at that, the nurse and I both laughed; she has Indian friends and knows all about our spicy food; she then said, "Maybe less spicy food"!  LOL.)    I shall wait and see what the doctor has to say and then, take it from there.

My daughter had texted me to let me know when she was leaving the apartment.  She was taking the subway from Berkeley to San Jose (cue in Dionne Warwick's song, "Do You Know the Way to San Jose") where her friend P and his cousin D were picking her up.  She said she had to wait a bit for them as they were held up in traffic, but, she let me know when they picked her up and they were on their way.  I texted her to ask her friends if they'd like to have some dinner and she texted back that their response was a very enthusiastic, "Yes, please!"  LOL.  I had cooked plenty of curries, but, I cooked a second pot of rice, just in case!  I expected them to come inside and have dinner, here (I would have worn my mask and stayed in the other room while they ate) but, instead, they asked if they could take the food to go and I was happy to serve them their dinner into containers.  My daughter said they didn't want to take their masks off inside the house; she and P had kept their masks on during the entire 5 hour drive.  In addition to the dinners, I gave P a jar of my peach topping and a jar of peach chutney.

Ten minutes or so later, my daughter received a text from P; he and D had arrived at P's parents' house and P's mother was asking where my daughter was because she had prepared dinner and was expecting my daughter to be there, too!  LOL.  

My daughter enjoyed her dinner and the last fresh peach that I had managed to keep without spoiling for her.  Then, we sampled one or two of the treats she had brought me before we went to sleep, around 2:30 a.m.

This morning, we woke up around 9:00 a.m.  Then, I drove my daughter to her friend A's apartment so she could get a ride with A to their friend V's baby shower.  I'm not sure if A will drop my daughter off at home or if I need to go and pick her up from A's (it's not that far, about a 15-20 minutes drive, depending on traffic).  Either way is fine with me.

I had breakfast after I came home (a banana and a slice of bread with seeni sambol - so much so for less spicy! LOL!)  I am planning to relax and take it easy, today.  I have one more garment to mend which I will do this afternoon.  

My next door neighbors are busy getting ready for a big party, tonight!  They've put up tents all along their driveway and hung up decorations and lights.  I anticipate loud music!  Yesterday, one of the children sent a ball over the wall, straight into my dining room window!  Fortunately, it was not a hard throw.  An older boy hoisted him up to maybe jump over the wall to get his ball, but, I happened to be standing at the window (I was tidying up the table and putting away my sewing and fabric scraps, when I saw ball coming over the wall) and when he saw me, he got scared and got back down!  Later, I tossed the ball back, over the wall.  LOL.  

I am grateful for:

- My daughter had a safe journey home
- Her friends giving her rides
- Being able to send food home with her friends
- Daughter bringing me treats
- Having my daughter home, again!  

My joyful activity is spending time with my daughter.  

New Bowls!

I asked my daughter to buy me new bowls to replace the ones I have, some of which are cracked.  She bought these from the Japanese store.  The plain white ones are a little bigger and deeper than the patterned ones.

How was your Friday?  What are your plans for the weekend?