The Mouse

It was a red shirt day. My bowels behaved overnight (Thanks, Imodium AD) and my dry mouth only woke me up twice. So I felt pretty good this morning.

I played tennis and by the time breakfast was done, I had had three fruits/vegetables checked off the list for the day. Orange, Avocado and Spinach.

I sort of ran the game at the club. I had an assistant and let her do the work so I could play with one of the kids from the Bridge Day Camp. It was fun and he did pretty well.

After the game and the clean up, we left to go to.......now here is where the fates come in. Apparently, I was not supposed to have any Chinese dumplings today. First, the two dumplings that I had in the fridge from last night disappeared over night. (This is not the first time - mice seem to appear often to eat the leftovers from the night before!) Then, rather than going to Ha Long Bay as promised by the mouse, we went directly to Earth Origins for a Wheatgrass shot and then home.

By the time I got home, I slept for two hours and got up to be greeted by an exotic, but decent, salad of lettuce, beans, red onion and other things. This was followed by Matzo Ball Soup which was kindly given to us by a dear lady at the club. It was very good and we have a good supply for future meals.

A word about red onions. As much as I didn't think that I would like it, it was mild and quite good in the salad. I think that I could even eat it as is. Red onion is very effective in fighting cancer and it will be part of my future life. After the discovery of the benefits of red onion by the mouse, I read in Time magazine that red onion extract is 4 times more effective in fighting cancer than white onion extract. It is a good thing that actual red onions are palatable because the only place that seems to have red onion extract is China.

Tonight I get to watch Idiot Test on the Game Show Channel before Cash Cab comes on. The mouse is sleeping on the couch and always appreciates a foot rub.

Tomorrow, we face a new challenge. Just below my ringworm is a small fatty bump under my skin. Three more of these appeared over the last few days on my shin on the same leg. So, I will be going to the cancer center to have these looked at. Always better to be cautious.