Indigestion Strikes

Let the winter begin! It has been stormy most of the night. It roused me from a lovely sleep only to discover that Michael was gone! He had been invited to a Christmas party hosted by his friend Jim at that restaurant a friend owns right on the ocean where we took my niece months ago. It began at 11:00AM yesterday and he arrived home around 6:00PM. The food was outrageous. The featured course was a fettuccine covered in a rich tomato-based sauce reeking of garlic cooked with muscles, cod and huge shrimp. All the seafood was provided by other friends who own fishing boats in Alaska. Michael ate. He drank. He talked. He said it was such fun.

This group of men and one lone woman were all very powerful and wealthy people who are Jim's long-term friends and clients. Michael had several interesting conversations and mostly loved the one couple who were in their late 80s. He was touched that Jim included him in this group.

But, we just don't eat a lot of rich food anymore. He had a bout of indigestion and found that sleeping in his recliner gave him some relief. The owner of the restaurant sent home a large container of the pasta for me to enjoy today. Huge container! Pasta! I am just going to enjoy the sauce and the seafood as I really can't eat the high carb pasta. A shame, really. I may have indigestion tonight!

While he was enjoying his time, I was food shopping with mom then playing Christmas music in a hot, tiny room with a dozen other adults and kids in preparation for a concert at the local tiny mall attached to a hotel by the harbor. The concert is a week from Sunday and I going to bring mom to see it. The conductor is a violin teacher and the concert is to present her students to their family and friends while  also providing nice music to the community.

I had a busy week and the coming one is going to be filled with three doctor appointments - two for mom. So, today I am going to balance the checkbook and pay the bills. That' it. Oh, and an afternoon nap. I need a couple quiet days.

Mom Update: She is scheduled to have her MRI on Wednesday. This will help determine the underlying cause of her severe heart problem. She also has stopped her one shot of bourbon each evening, has not used the salt shaker and is spending 30-minutes on a stationary bike every day. She thinks she is feeling a difference in her symptoms.