I Met Wonder Woman This Morning!

Her name was not Diana Prince. Or Gal Gadot. It is Rhonda! I first saw Rhonda as she was walking up the last block of Wilhelmina Rise before its final intersection with Sierra Drive, along the easterly side of the park. She had her son Owen on her back and Baby #2 in her belly. We walked up to Maunalani's upper parking lot together, then she went around the circle and back down again. You go girl!

Rhonda & Baby #2 with Owen.

Dad was up eating breakfast when I arrived. He didn't stay up for long, he complained about his okole being sore. But he did say he wanted to get up again when Lynn came to play ukulele with Gloria & Myra. And he did.

At the end of the ukulele session Sulia made vaifala (pineapple smoothie) for the residents there. It was going to be the refreshment for the staff Pineapple Cooking Contest but there was only one entry so they just served the vaifala. (Sulia says they make it by grating the pineapple, but there was not enough time to do that in front of the residents so Jody had her use the blender.)

Making vaifala. L to R: Jody, Kriezl, & Sulia.

The one entry for the staff Pineapple Cooking Contest was from Jody; she made Pineapple Salsa. She gave me some a little later in the day. It was very tasty! She got my vote!


We started lunch out on the 2nd floor lanai; but Dad didn't like one of the people who came to the table - he was yelling and laughing uncontrollably. The noise bothered Dad so we moved to a different table and Dad settled down.

Clockwise from lower left: Tossed salad, Cornbread, Papaya, Coleslaw, Chili with beans, & Steamed rice.

On my 2nd walk of the day I left a little later and the day shift staff were leaving. Two of the CNAs offered to give me a ride; they didn't know about my daily exercise routine. One of the CNAs just started a week ago, the other works on a different floor. 

The Potential Most Favorite Roommate cooked tonight. He made Beef Luau; but he doesn't like the taste of coconut so he left out the coconut milk. We decided that was okay to do as long as he offered it on the table so that people could add their own coconut milk to the dish as needed. Otherwise it was okay.

The Roommate Who Was Learning How to Give Xander His Meds got a text a couple of days ago about a buy one get one half off offer from Coldfyyre ice cream. We went to redeem it tonight. They were out of Ala Wai Mud Pie and Pali Rocky Road; our household favorites. I had the Big Island Chocolate again; between them The Roommates tried the Big Island Chocolate, Cookies'n'Cream, Pistachio, & Blueberry. I am intrigued by the flavor called Green Sea, made with sea asparagus (Salicornia sp.); I think I will try that on our next visit.

Humor at Coldfyyre.

Coldfyyre also has some games available to play while enjoying your ice cream. The Roommate Who Was Learning How to Give Xander His Meds chose one called Scan. On the tan card (in the middle of the photo below) are 4 categories: Pattern, Shape, Color, & Position. A category is chosen and the top tan card is exposed, the players then need to search the blue cards for the matching picture for the category. The way we played it, the winner of the round calls out the category before exposing the next tan card.

Scan.

WARNING: TICK PHOTO at end of this paragraph. (Just warning you because my PCP said she was going to have nightmares because of the unexpected tick photo I sent her.) Here is the info in regards to the ticks that bit me & what I appear to have been exposed to. I have identified the ticks as the American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis) via the use of the State of Michigan website about ticks and tick-borne diseases. According to them, in Michigan this tick carries Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia; Michigan recommends early treatment regardless of what it is. Not sure if a tick can transmit both diseases at the same time or only one or the other; doesn't really matter to me, the resulting outbreaks both look nasty, however, the ulcers from the tularemia look more painful. No matter what, I want to avoid any outbreaks. Thus the 14 days of antibiotic even though we are not 100% sure what I have, if anything. (In Michigan you can take the tick in to have it tested for free to see what it might be carrying, then get treated appropriately.) WARNING: TICK PHOTO coming up next!!!

American dog ticks. (I didn't think they were that bad.)

Happy Birthday to Captain Tony!