Thursday Dec 31

It is the last day of  2015. I wish to get release in 2016 to my own normal life.

Perhaps enough of all of you please?


Of course this morning I got the money management done (yes the usual cash for grocery and for the outing) Note the local Lingo please.

Next time  it is going to be the 6th of January


I am very frustrated by CNS right now.
Lavessha was very unpleasant with dealing with today's situation.

In my opinion she has been really poor in problem solving.



This morning I had a very poor van ride. The van with Catlle rock was driven by Violet.

It had a very poor heating system, she did not do much to improve the situation, nor she took care of the situation. In my experience when any service fail to be provided with the expected parameters there is an apology that is issued by the service provider. I was expecting something more by Violet.
Obviously she does not care enough.

I was very disappointed by the lack of proper maintenance of the CNS van.

Beside the people in the van had very poor control of their hand gesture. They had the usual episode of   intolerance  with the traffic. In my view appalling, yes also  very therapeutic to witness.


There are different options to come to the Mt Vermon clinic

For instance: a proper car ride or a taxi cab. All are coming with different  accommodation.

Of course this morning I thrown the trash of everybody... thank you for always making me feeling welcomed in the trash throwing activities . I am looking forward for this daily act for humbling my spirit.



This is my daily mortification .. per Opus Dei Lingo.

After all I am looking forward for many ways to humiliate my self...






Reading the newspaper loud please, going around to please others...yes this is the way of going around at CNS


Flowers:







Please enjoy the reading... redirect the ones that needed to be redirected.

Sincerely
Giuseppe

Wed December 30 night

Simona is taking care of the boys.
Lapo had a play date with his best friend Kevon. Their parets are so trustworthy with Simona ad they exchange looking after each other kids.

Chicco was dping his homework. He is a very conscious student. His latest score notes are very impressive

Tonight I went to the gym.

I wished everybody a Happy New Year

I did greeted Larry and his wife Janice

I did body pump with Silvya. Focused on repetition and precision rather than on heavy weight.

I had cycle with Angie, always happy to see me working out at the gym

Simona is well taking care of the boys, always available to support me in many ways.

She is always in my heart thinking about everybody in the family.

Thank you Simona mon amour you are always the best.

I went to the gym and Cassandra took me there. Cassandra is Gage's sister. She told me tonight while in route to the gym. Delia came to pick me up at 7pm.


I am thinking about my family and sending you a big hug.

Mon ampur baci
Giuseppe

Wednesday Dec 30

Today is the the second to last day of the years.

I edited my blog I posted yesterday removing some aspects of it as they were written in the heat of the moment. I let everybody know at CNS.. it is OK, the key in life is how well we come back  from our own "faux pas", that is it is human to stumble once in a while. They key is how we come back from it.

Yesterday evening I cooked a healthy dinner.

A frittata with left over pasta. So that I used the food I had available in the fridge.




I also cooked zucchini squash lightly seasoned



Afterward I went to the gym. It was my day of body pump with Ellie.

She wished me a Happy New Year.



I stayed light, focused on repetition and precision of movement.

Bending my legs is the tough part for me. Yet I am trying hard to do it well and always better.


Yesterday Simona went ice skating with our boys in Pasadena.

They all had a lot of fun and enjoyed themselves.

Afterward they had a hot chocolate.





This morning's breakfast



I also had money management done (receipt and change)

I did not spend anything from the last outing as I went to La Canada.  We were to see the movie The Force Awakens, the latest Star Wars installment.

I also spent really little money at Winco for Grocery. I returned the change to Miss  Mary as I spent $58

I got also from Mondo and all the crew at the apartment a brand new pair of red gloves.

I appreciate the gift from all the crew. I can use this picture with my red gloves.




Today's beautiful  roses are the following ones







It is a cold day. The park near the apartment is feeling the chilly day.

I enjoy my morning walking in the park. Cold and  heart opening.






I brought to AAC a Pandoro that Simona gave me the other day.

It is a gesture of gratitude I am sure Simona agrees with it.
Lunch is next
Sincerely

Tuesday Dec 29 2015

Yesterday evening I did not do much ..
I simply went to do Grocery Shopping at Winco.


I stayed light on the grocery shopping and spent $58.59 cents.. yest 59 cents of my own spare change.

Afterward per CNS directive I applied tag to everything: initial and date acceptance is really making me feeling at home..

Winco has a lot of help. I recognize it is just a matter of asking.

It is just a matter of selecting the healthy food among the large offering it carries.


And of course today's breakfast is partially based  on food I purchased yesterday





Today's pale sun in HDR

I left the apartment, washed all breakfast dishes by hand. I cleaned the kitchen and the bathroom before leaving.'

I asked for a new hamper cover that snapped a few days ago.

The family is fine, they are all well. The kids are in vacation for two weeks, Simona is busy at Caltech. She is writing proposal for renewing the big cluster computer. She is also writing a few scientific papers taking advantage of her winter break from teaching.

Today I had a Congesta from nursing and a couple of Tylenol for my head ache.

My family has adjusted for me to be out of commission since 2012.

 It is 3 years and counting, I am not adjusted being here at all..


Let's keep the conversation going.


After Meditation with Matt
here are the notes I took it for today's prelunch time

We talked about the brain waves and the holographic capabilities of the human brain.
An interesting explanation can be found at the following link.

1) Meditation reinforce coherence in the brain waves, hence when we breath calmly as we do in our meditation, we work on our brain coherence capabilities.

2) EEG (ElectroEncephaloGram)  is a function of the neural activity, it detects the brain electrical activity as induced into the sensing electrodes applied to the skull.
3) Both the brain activity and the hologram work by interference of the the brain pattern.

Here are the brain activities  courtesy of the web



Enjoy the reading.
Sincerely
Giuseppe

Monday December 28 2015

It has been a good holiday break.


Last Wednesday 23 I went to the gym to do body pump with Sylvia



I am getting better, trying to bend more and more my legs..

I greeted Damian, Michelle, Richard, Larry and his wife Janice.

Before leaving Damian stopped by shook my hand and wished me a Merry Xmas.

Simona and the boys came to pick me up from the apartment

The boys had a lot of fun playing with  lounge in the living room.



Lapo did find a suitable position to stay put for a while.





Chicco is doing great at School.

He had two A+ in Language, Arts and Social Study.
He also has two A in science and writing.

Both Chicco and Lapo are two very good student.


While back at home we brought to our neighbor Mark and Vee a present to Xmas.

Our good friends were on vacation elsewhere.
Stefano and Jen were at Mammoth for skiing vacation.
Bob and Ra were visiting Bob's sister in Philadelphia.


On Thursday December 24 we went to celebrate Xmas with a dinner all together at Celestino
This is a very good Italian restaurant in Pasadena.







I had a really good dinner: Orecchiette with granchio e gambero. Antipasto di pesce e melanzane. Trancio di Pesce Spada.

Great dinner together with the family.


For the boys (mostly for Lapo) we had Panna Cotta as well




We came back home before going to church  at 10pm

We went to S.Bede in La Canada and greeted Monsignor Antonio. He his originally from Italy. So we exchanged greeting in Italian.

The boys were looking forward to see if Santa remembered to bring them something for them as well.

In doing so Lapo spotted Simona going into the house to feed Rudolph and the Elf.

Lapo declared he realized  that Santa is directly connected to Simona.


The boys unpacking all their  presents


Lapo working hard on his big boxes









Chicco was happy as he finally got a new Xbox








I received a Chrome 2 computer, a new Patagonia sweater.

A great new pair of sneakers and a new sweat suit to do sport.


This is me showing off my latest Samsung Chrome 2 computer




I also received two  good chocolate treat boxes. I brought the fist one to Jesus and left it in his office.
The second one is here at AAC with Amanda for everybody that would like to share it. It is our personal present for you all.


Lapo is working hard with his latest lego sets.







Lapo was quick in completing his latest Lego  Airplane set.



Chicco received a great Ipad controlled cars from Verona, Italy.

He was very happy for his present and he showed it off very proudly.






On December 25 Xmas day we went to have lunch with friends. Elena and Tom. She is Italian as well.

We all had a good time staying together.












They have two kids Ludovico and Cosimo pictured above.








Our eldest Chicco is scheduled to go for 5 days in Philadelphia with the elementary school in La Canada.
They are going to fly there, I bet it is going to be a big adventure of everybody.

I also received my latest presents: a brand new pair of Nike shoes as the previous one had run its due course.





Finally a new sport suit set (no picture this time)


At home I also being weighting my self. I am 83.2Kg corresponding to 183 lb (Imperial Unit)




On Saturday December 26 we went to  the Rose Bowl with the boys for their swimming lesson.


Chicco was practicing free style and butterfly.









They all had a good time.


We then all went together to watch the Latest Star War movie: The Force Awaken.

Simona got the tickets at the Starlight movie theater in Pasadena at the Paseo Colorado.


It is a great movie experience going together to see it  with the family.

The seats were already booked by virtue of purchasing the tickets in advance.

The kids did enjoy seeing the movie.

In this case the Force stayed awaken throughout the movie. That is Simona did manage to watch it without falling asleep.



Simona gave me a box of chocolate.




I left it  on Jesus's desk  with a note.

Today I also brought here at AAC another box of cookies.


My brother Francesco sent me this picture of the latest  Persimmon  tree's fruit.

He mentioned this was a very good year. With the right number of cold days..






This morning breakfast. The usual routine followed.
I had a few packed day  so I had  a lot to describe to you.

My breakfast from this morning is this one

The daily roses are the following ones.

                    
                        

I learned to use the autofocus feature on the iphone, hence all the pictures are sharp in focus as you can see.


For lunch I had a quick sandwich, apple and banana. It is good to stay light and for the go. I do not feeling much eating at the AAC. I normally eat standing in a corner. I do no like seat down any longer with the others.

During lunch  Simona called me. She mentioned she will work until 3pm today and then go home.

At home I reached the kids. They  are playing happy and fully adapted to the situation, well after four years it is obvious for them that this is their norm.

Marina is taking care of them while Simona is at Caltech.

By the way
Catherine mentioned today it is her last day here at AAC. I asked Amanda to have permission to post it on my blog.



I asked Amnda for a new copy or revision of my documentation.
Currently the document it is in my hand and it has reached its limit.

Beside of having a hard copy, an original soft copy (PdF or equivalent) would be highly appreciated from CNS.

Well I used to be in charge of the documentation in our company (Before having a VP of Compliance dedicated to this task). I am sure I know what I am asking for as I worked on this matter before.

The aim of the document should spell clearly the objective of the current neuropractice program. It should clearly indicated the short term objectives and should be conducted by lessening my own input rather than being conducted by somebody else.

The current document should provide a time line. The objective of the experts should be providing some relevant and useful information.

Let's all work on this matter please. Enjoy the reading.

By the way I also have a computer at the apartment to work with. In case you ask why there is a duplicate with this posting.

Sincerely
Giuseppe