Monday December 7

Great being at CNS, talking to everybody while nobody cares to lessen ... I should not be surprised by the lack on interest in the world happenings.

Whenever I see the lack of interest and respect I am automatically thinking the following: perhaps you have not been giving talks at any conferences like me.

Let's pretend it is OK..


At my time the public was interested in lessening ... yet I understand here there is a different kind of audience.


Who am I after all?  I am Dr. Giuseppe Rossi I am a patient - impatient- to get back to the  world outside where I feel I belong to.


Today Simona is at home as Lapo our youngest is sick to his stomach.

She is staying at home while Marina is coming at home at 10am.

This morning when I called home Chicco was doing well and ready for school while Lapo was resting. He sounded to me a bit  under tone. He is sick.

I now fully understand why. Simona mentioned it is just a virus.

The nearby park

Today's roses at the apartment 

The  fall colour and  the changing leaves. 

Yesterday it was Sunday and in the afternoon I went to the gym

I weighted myself and  I am at 183.2 lb.

I sent this information to Melissa my nurse at AAC.

I closed the loop with her this morning, she acknowledged she has received it.

Again closing the loop in life is the way I like to do business.

While at the gym I have been so much enjoying the Stair Master. I was carrying away  and ended up  doing 4 miles in 46 minutes. The whole time allowed to me.

I invested the whole time at the gym in working only on this machine. 

At lunch I had Sushi and chicken broth

Earlier on Sunday  morning I went to church at S.Philips the Apostle.

I fulfilled my religious obligation by attending church, once a week.

I gave to church  the whole outing money I had left ie. $5.75

I spent the whole outing money as usually.

On Saturday evening I went to the movie theater. I saw Creed with Sylvester Stallone.

It is a good movie I enjoyed seeing it. I liked the movie theater quietness and lonely time.

I actually do not mind being by myself. 

At the Maya Theater I had dibs and lemon tea.

The movie ticket is $10, the snack (Dibs and tea) is worth $8.25

The outing money for Saturday is $18.25.

Together with the offer to church above, the total makes a perfect $24.

You see it obviously easy to get the outing money down to square and  fair.

On Saturday I wrote to my family. I wrote a letter in Italian to my mom and send it to Verona in Italy.

I prepared a letter to my kids and a drawing for Lapo the youngest one.

I sent them both my  letter. They are going to receive it in a few days.

My sister Isabella sent me the following pictures

She is Isabella my sister.

In this picture Isabella is dancing Tango - she is a huge fan of this dance

This is Isabella's cat.

My sister Isabella mentioned that in mid December she is going to India to follow a Yoga class.

On Saturday morning I fulfilled my apartment duties obligations ( the usual list of the Saturday works is available for you and you can read my entry from last Saturday).

At 11 am I went to do Grocery Shopping at Trader Joe's. She is Kanvas always good to me.

I spent $82.82 end enjoyed my shopping experience.

A new supply of stickers. I brought my reusable bags and left a bunch at the store.

Tickets for the raffle is also part of the routine.




Enjoy the reading.
Sincerely
Giuseppe

Papas for lunch

Today we shared the food all together.
Candy, Tami, Laveesha  made for us  Torta, I enjoyed sharing the food inside the clinic with all other patients.

Sincerely
Giuseppe

Friday December 4 2015

At  home right after Thanksgiving  we  prepared a Xmas  tree
The boys were happily posing for a picture with it.
This is a reusable tree. It is in plastic and it is stored away after every  holiday season.





This is the tree  decorated at the apartment.




Both items are in season don't you agree?


My  flowers for today.. great roses for my wife Simona and for everybody that is taking care of us at CNS.








In the morning I  had my breakfast (more later) and  called Simona.

As usually she took care of the boys.
They are already at school.

This is my healthy breakfast.
Blueberry yogurt, blueberry, milk and Great Grains Cereals with milk.



I am limiting myself to  a cup  of coffee in the morning.

I am following Melissa and Dr.  Helvie recommendation.

To much coffee makes my head hurting.

I   also got increased my Buspar.

Everything is well. I am feeling really better. Thank you CNS for taking good care of my head.

As usually In the morning I  took a walk at the nearby park and  snapped this pan picture.

 It is an overcast sky today. A briskly day nevertheless a great day to be at CNS .




Later this evening our kids are going to be busy. Our eldest Chicco is going to to play tennis while our youngest Lapo is going to play at Marina's house.

Marina is our trusted nanny. She has three siblings.
Her  youngest is Alan.

She also has two daughters: Maria Fernanda and Leslie.
The girls are attending high school.


How about me?
I am getting better and better.
My pinched pinky finger is getting better.

Amber mentioned that during the day  I should keep it covered while at night I should keep it  open on air.

Oh well I did it by myself at the gym pinching it on a sliding bike handlebars.

Yesterday evening at 6:30pm I went to the gym and had Zumba with Mike.

Samantha shuttled me back and forth to the 24 fitness gym.

I am going to the Southwest location. I enjoy going every night  during the week.

Here is a picture of my  gym location from the web.


I am skipping Saturday evening (movie time).
On Sunday I am going there as well in the early afternoon  after going to church.
However on Sunday  I have no class it is my personal free day.

Before going to the gym as usual I had dinner.


I cooked Zucchini in the oven. Seasoned on the top.
Great source of fiber and great source of vitamins.
A healthy salad completed my dinner. Spinach, tiny tomatoes, carrot and green apple.




Enjoy the reading.


I  also been working on the database today it is from #1620 to #1657 = 37
Here is the trendline for the since mid August
Sincerely




Sincerely
Giuseppe

Thursday December 3 2015

Yesterday I came back at the apartment and cooked chicken tender Alex's style

I got the chicken tenders from Winco last time I went there.

They were thick so I cut them again to make them thinner.

The picture of me enjoying cooking activities while lessening NPR.





Miss Samantha took this picture for me making sure I was OK.

Before her leaving I showed her that I took my 5pm Metagenics.



Here is the procedure I used for cooking.

First the chicken tender breast  got  thinned and seared on  a hot pan.

Then and  let them in the oven for 40 minutes to fully cook inside.

At the very end  I put the  broil in LO setting to brown the tender  on the top.

Here is the result of my cooking activities. A healthy salad with tomatoes, arugula and carrot was used  as a  the side.

At 5pm I booked for movie.

 I left a call to Sarah the activity coordinator. She called me back to close the loop. I appreciate it.

Finally  I went to the gym  to do cycle. It is good to bend my legs as it is part of my recovery process. I understand it very well.

At the gym Cassie was leading and motivating the class.

 I  enjoyed her attitude and her motivating  for the whole class to work hard.

A lot of self-talk and focusing on the task of the moment.

After the class there was body pump with Sylvia (the lady on the back behind Cassie).

I could not stay passed 6:30pm and hence it was time for me to go back.

At the gym while adjusting the handle for the bike my pinky  got caught. in it. 

I sliced it open.

At the gym they gave me a bandage,  later at the apartment I went to nursing where Amber applied more medication.

Well this is a case where I did it all by myself.

Here is my pinky once at the apartment.

Today it looks better doesn't it ?

The date this today is December the 3rd  (12-3) 

As I call in my mind it is 123 day.

My breakfast has been really good.

I bit of coffee in the morning just a cup.

Say cheese for my family (thank you Miss Araceli)

The crispy flowers for this morning are the following ones:

Simona is fine I called the boys earlier today while they were going to school.

They asked about my finger and went to school.

Chicco and Lapo are going to Taekwon-do, afterward Chicco is going to play soccer.

I explained Jesus I get frustrated with the wrong people around me.
I left him a voice mail and sent him a mail to apologize for my slashing on him.

Yoga time.

I had a  good Yoga session with Amy. Her husband Jacob, their two daughters  Madison and Olivia are doing great. 

Working on Yoga with Amy is fulfilling for me as it makes me work on my different body parts.

Afterward I had lunch outside under the patio.

Chicken tender,  a healthy salad and grapes.

 

Simona is busy at a seminar she mentioned she is going to call me around 4pm once I am back at the apartment.

This is the view of the weather outside. Not too cool.

I found a cool feature of the blogger. When I want to post a picture that I have on the desktop I can drag and drop it directly into the browser.
I did not know it so I learnt it today.

Working on my database next

Sincerely

Giuseppe

Wednesday December 2 2015

Wednesday December 2 2015

Already yesterday evening I came back to the apartment and prepared me a great dinner.

I  cooked stuffed mushroom. As stuffing I used bread crumbs, shredded bread, seasoning, Olive Oil.
I cooked it for 20 minutes in the oven and it came out really tasty.

After cooking I had dinner. A mushroom and a couple of scramble eggs.

Afterward I went to the gym

It was my day to do body pump with Ellie.

I focused on repetition and on movement.

I  did a lot of exercise for my legs and for bending my keens. 

Bending my legs is the result of my brain injury. I realized there is clearly something awkward with my legs. 

Anyway I stayed light in order to avoid  my brain to hurt because of the extra blood flow,

It is all well.

At the gym I met Pete who is back after a long time I did not see him.

His wife Michelle has been there the whole time.

 I was shuttled back and forth by Diego.

The kids were at home doing homework as they  had no organized activity, their soccer practice has finished.

I came back to the apartment got cleaned up. I had a snack and waited until  9:30pm for nursing to get my Ambient to sleep.

I also got new meds for my head. I am having 20mg of Buspar in the evening and 20mg in the morning .

 It is to relieve tension on my brain.

I am also having a cup of coffee only  in the morning. Water throughout the day. 

I am trying the water today. We will see how  well it is going. 

I am following Dr. Helvie's recommendation as well as the one by my nurse Melissa  

These are the beautiful flowers of today.

The morning is cold

Chicco is doing well I talked with him earlier today. Simona was getting ready for her day and later I  cough with her while she had her mocha at Starbucks's.

Lapo was having breakfast and did not have time to talk with me.

It is OK.

At the Mt Vernon  clinic I read the whole newspapers to everybody.

It is an interesting paper today it report about the whole  world and about some local meaningful news.

I like the international section as it brings a wealth of information about the world we leave in.

Going back to the apartment this morning I went to maintenance to get a new bulb for  the light above the stove. It was broken.  Jarron went to his shop and gave me a new bulb that I have twisted in before leaving.

Enjoy the reading 

Sincerely

December 1 2015 edited

It is a wonderful fact being allowed to step into the CNS clinic. A really top class facility with a lot of space and many amenities. It is a blessing being accepted into the place with all of your customers


Yesterday I sent again the mail to my family, it was returned to me.

I corrected the address and sent it again

In the evening the Winco shopping was schedule for 6:30 pm. And of course everything happened later by 30 minutes. 

At Winco I purchased  a lot.

I spent a whooping $98.38 and it is OK.

I will use in the next few day. When it is time I will do like the rest in US,  that is I will throw away some.

Today I had new meds and of course they were not sorted dear nursing .

So I sorted by myself.

The   great picture of today, it is called trash trowing.

As Doug mentioned this morning  I should keep doping my job.. obviously my job is throwing the trash ...

I feel I was born for this matter. Yes because I was born with my AVM and hence let's admit it this is a very suitable job for me. Rather than the other one I had earlier  -making chips at Altasens.- this is my real vocation.

this is the checking device that is used in the CNS apartment to make sure it gets vacated in the morning.

It get clicked by the morning supervisor.

Yes today I came with the big bus as I am taking the bus for coming to AAC.

The therapeutic value of taking the bus is incredibly high.

The flowers for today's shot are the following ones

My breakfast. Lonely as usual in a hurry listening to NPR.

The kids were  driven to school by my wife Simona. Obviously I called her as she never calls me.

I used to it this matter, not a complain rather than a statement of fact.

Before leaving I cleaned everything washed my dishes, cleaned around the table and the faucet of the bathroom after brushing my teeth.

Like to leave in a clean environment.

By the way my family is fine, they have been fine for the past four years, haven't they?

Sincerely

Giuseppe Rossi