Monday June 20

Last Friday  June 17

 I made myself  a great Frittata




I then went to the gym,

I had Zumba with Caroline.


At the gym the usual familiar people.
Caroline with a hat next to me.
At my right  hand side Lee.




In front of Lee Salve and at her right  side Rachael in bright yellow shirt.

Salve mentioned she will be going  home in The Philippine for the holiday.
She will be  back in Bakersfield   in August.

A long deserved vacation time with her family.


I like the gym environment and I am spending over there as much time as I have.
It is a good distressing environment, over there I do a lot of cardio, light weight and generally stay cool.

Both sport and fitness has always been my credo.

This year I do not feel going to swim as I prefer the gym environment.


Last Saturday June 18 was Lee B-day

In the morning I cleaned as usual the apartment and washed all my clothes.

Cleaned my restroom and the floor.

I like to be in a clean environment.





In the morning I went to shopping at Trader Joe's my favorite grocery store on Stockdale Ave

I had all healthy food mostly Organic as I noticed  it is worth it.




Over there I spent $87.85
I had a great shopping experience as always a lot of fun.

There was no Tilapia so I purchased Salmon instead.

I had been planning  for Ceviche.




I also  had the chance to write to my family a letter.




They came to visit me and I gave it to them.

I had as well a "Settimana Enigmistica" that my wife Simona like (It is a book for brain puzzle)
I gave them the bottle of waters for the boys,  and drawings from Trader Joe's.


Simona came and we went to the Valley Plaza Target Mall with the boys

The boys took the opportunity to negotiate with Simona about some toys.

Lapo sent Chicco to negotiate with Simona.

He was not successful though.

At the end they did not buy anything.

At lunch we went to eat at the local California Pizza Kitchen where we normally have good experience

Lapo enjoyed making bunny hears to the whole family

 I had a good steak, with arugula Quinoa and a very very very light Mojito as a drink with a good glass of water.

I could not eat the Quinoa so I took it back to eat it  the next day.

Lapo had Macaroni and Cheese

Simona a soup while Chicco had a whole pizza by himself.

The boys had Sundae as well

This is the place when we were leaving in the evening.

With Simona I went to Macy's to buy me some needed clothes For Father's day.

We found some good deal.

Sunday was Father's day.

As every Sunday I went to Church at the Catholic S. Philip the Apostle Church

I was wearing my new shirt and apparently I was not the only one wearing  pink.

At church I gave the whole outing money as I  am not going to the movie any longer.

So the whole $24 outing money goes to church. I like it this way. 

Monseigneur Sanchez passed away during the weekend.

He was a great person.

Everybody was taken by surprise. He did not disclose to anybody about  his status.

At Church Cassie and her mom Rose stop me to say hi. We briefly chatted and then it was time to leave.

Cassie is a cycle instructor at the gym

On Sunday I  made Salmon Ceviche with the ingredients I had purchased on Saturday.

I let the fish cook with  the lime juice .

I added some more chopped  cilantro.

 I let it cook and then by myself and walked to the gym.

I worked out following my own routine. I  am working in adding more repetition to my routine.

I am increasing the repetition rather than the weight.

I go slowly and carefully with the weight as I do not want to injure my body.

I devised my  personal own  program. It includes a lot of legs, abdominal, torso 

I stayed until 4pm and then I called CNS to let them know I was coming back.

I weighted my self (I am stable at 180lb)

I walked back from the gym: it is  a mile to go and a mile to come back..

As it is a  hot day I am  drinking a lot of water.

It is always a  pleasant day to walk ( I like walking, it is good for my legs)

My fit bit is working great and I still have it with me whenever I am out in the environment.

Once back at the apartment I spent time completing the Ceviche preparation

Cilantro, cucumber, tomatoes and avocado

Simona and the boys are in Italy right now.

They wake up at 5am this morning to catch the plane to Italy.

They are going to connect through Chicago airport.

The boys are going to stay in Rome for the summer time.

They are going to the beach, enjoy the Italian food (Calamari, pizza, gelato  and so forth)

Anna and the whole family is going to take care of the boys.

Simona will stay in Rome for a couple of weeks.

Afterward she is going to Trieste attending a conference on clouds. The conference is held by ICTP

International Center for Theoretical  Physics.

Simona is going to visit Bjor Steven   in Hamburg Germany

Bijorn  was her PhD thesis adviser at UCLA.

Her wife Andrea is originally from Germany,

Bijorn's daughters are Saskia and Annouk. They are teenager girls.

The boys will have a hair cut in Rome as well. Right now they like to have their hair a bit long.

For my mother in Italy I emailed her the following ceviche salmon recipe

Ricettta per il  carpaccio di salmone.

Ingredienti: Salmone fresco, 6 lime (limoni verdi), un pomodoro, un  avocado, un cetriolo.

Tagliare il salmone fresco - appena comperato- a dadi non piu' grandi di un centimetro.

Schiacciare i limoni verdi ed estrarne il sugo.

Tagliare a dadi  il pomodoro, l'avocado e il cetriolo

Tagliare fino fino il cilantro.

Nel frigorifero lasciare marinare per qualche ora  il salmone con il succo di lime e il cilantro.

Dopo qualche ora  il salmone risulta  cotto nel succo di limone verde.  Aggiungere il pomodoro, l'avvocado,   il cetriolo e altro cilantro.

Aggiungere Olio, aceto balsamico

Mangiare con crackers preferibilmente tostadas 

I called my mother in Verona and my mother in law Anna in Rome.

They are all getting ready to  welcoming the boys and Simona.

Simona keeps me informed on her whereabouts.

She has reached Chicago Airport where they are going to board the plane to Rome Italy.

For lunch the last Salmon Ceviche.

Enjoy the reading
Sincerely

Giuseppe

Wednesday June 15 2016

Today the area around my shunt hurts

I left a voice mail with Melissa and Jolanta my case Manager.

They both dismissed it as being not the shunt but rather the muscle around the shunt that is tense,

In my opinion this is a simple dismissive get off my back answer.

Lucky Amanda gave an ice pack to apply  to my head.

It is wrapped with a clothes in order not to get an ice burn.


Anyway, you see how things are going on once you have a brain injury... there is nothing to do about it..
 You are scarred for life ...

Yesterday I was feeling fine.

I went to the gym like today where I feel great.

I did body pump with Ellie - light weight and a lot of repetition.

Then I had Zumba with Mike.

A good workout.

I had my money management done, receipt and all that it goes with it.

I also have took care of the trash that Doug left me next to nursing for me to throw away.

Whenever I open my eyes and experience the Bakersfield AAC world I feel sorrow for me as I came to this world.

A world of pain and sorrow...

My mother in Italy is keeping up with her daily life as we all do.

Enjoy the day as my nightmare keeps getting worse and worse...

Sincerely

Giuseppe 

Tuesday June 14 2016

Well, the day started well.
John Ejton call me from Denmark by video Skype.

We had a good conversation.

This fact prompted Mona to start mumbling about him being my current husband.

I showed her the picture of my family.. oh well when the brain is affected it affects many different faculties.

She persevered and persevered, I felt  being assaulted by her negative feeling bur more important by her demeanor. Yes her being so nasty stroke a nerve in me.

Clearly she is having her behavioral day, yet I beg to make you understand I am the one that is at the receiving end of her inappropriate attitude.

I let the sup know about this matter. I am entirely sick of her outburst.



She believes she has the right to do whatever her brain frontal lobes tell her to do..
Perhaps she is right as the frontal lobes control the executive functions in the brain.


Ashley mentioned that I was able to de-escalate the situation...


I started reading the newspaper at the AAC then the guy next to me burped and through out.

I felt sick to my stomach and now I am  compiling my blog.


So that I am focusing on the things I am caring.

Yesterday the boys went to Taekwodo.

They belong to the real actual world.

It appears I do not belong to the real world or at least my world is a far different one.


Anyway following the current salient facts here is an account.

Yesterday evening I had my tilapia fish ceviche.

After dinner I went to Yoga and then as usual I had static cycle with Lolita.

Cassandra took me to the gym and back. She is a very nourishing person.

Before hand I had time to write a letter to my mother in law Anna.
The letter has been sent yesterday.

I am not showing you the actual content as I feel it only belongs only to us.

Anna is now back in Rome.

School is over and this morning the boys went to play tennis.

My breakfast has been a good and fulfilling

I had oatmeal, blueberry, cereal and a banana.

The usual morning breakfast I am enjoying at the apartment.

It followed by  my usual PT in the morning at the park.

Walking every morning better and better.

My legs are still crooked.. they will stay so for a bit longer.

They have been so for the past years..

I feel I am walking in a odd way. At least my posture is improving.

Let's go back to my feeling.

I feel I have been violated in my feeling by Mona.. dear CNS make sure you have a better way to handle this person..

I had a brief conversation with Jolanta.  I shared my feeling with her and let her know about my current grief.

Jolanta mentioned that aphasia is the most probable explanation.
 It might be so yet I am prone to stay startled by her behavior.

And being at the receiving end is far from being a pleasant experience.

We agreed that for the current time the Trip to Solvang is not going to happen.

Personally I am not thinking it is appropriate nor within my wish. I would not be feeling comfortable. I would not enjoy it that much.


On the contrary my lunch: Tilapia carpaccio also known as Tilapia Ceviche.

Basically it is minced Tilapia,  cooked in  lime juice, A lot of cilantro,  a bit of sliced tomatoes and cucumber.




it has been macerating for a few days as I made it last  Saturday after going to do Grocery Shopping
Next week I am also adding avocado to the mix.


I talked to my mother in Italy. She  had a good dinner

Frittata, cooked fennel, sliced brown bread  and  fruit.



The omnipresent Radio is to her what the Iphone with the NPR news broadcast means  to me.

Everybody is dealing on its own way to the current condition of things.

I like to use the computer at AAC. I use it to write it and to transfer my thoughts and feeling on the computer.

Sincerely
Giuseppe Rossi

Monday June 13 2016

I found my hat, I had left it here at AAC. It is on my head..

I had a good weekend.

Last Friday I went to the gym  as I had Zumba with Caroline
I enjoy the gym environment.

I rather go to do gym than to go to the movie.

Beside I have the all outing money available for church.

At the gym there are many familiar and nice people over there. I always have a lot of fun.
A vert distressing environment.

 Caroline, Salve, Saira, Rachael, Rajit and many other.

I really have been missing the Zumba fun a lot.

Last Saturday I started my   day by cleaning the apartment, changing the bedding linen  and washing all my clothes in the 500 building.

I cleaned it all, I had so many items to wash. It is all good.


I went to do Grocery Shopping at Trader Joe's. The healthy place I like to shop to.

I purchased a lot of Organic food and produce.

She is Meredith always happy to see me shopping over there.

I purchased a lot of good items.
My final bill was $ 113.44

Considering I always eating at the apartment it is in line with my recent shopping spree.

I had a fair  amount of Sushi as I was missing it.

I also purchased the necessary ingredients to make Ceviche de Pescado: Tilapia, Cilantro, limes, sweet yellow onion, Beside following  the recommendation from Diego  I also checked the recipe on the web.

I guess next week I need to cut the Tilapia into smaller piece.

Thus far it taste good.

Last Saturday I also went to do my recycle

An astounding amount of $2.47.

I was given a new $2 bill. I will give it to my kids when I see them the next time.

I carefully been cleaning the whole apartment.

My bathroom, the kitchen floor 

First of all using the broom for the kitchen floor.

Afterward washing the floor carefully

It was all cleaned and perfumed.

I wrote a letter to my mom back in Italy and sent it last Saturday.

It will take ten days to reach her back in Verona.

I also wrote to my boys a letter in English and block letter.

Hand writing is good for me as it improve my hand-eye coordination.

It is called THP work (Therapeutic Home Program).

Last Sunday June 11 I went to Church

At church I got communion and enjoyed the catholic environment.

Father Sanchez did not feel well enough to officiate the service.

There was a different person.

I gave the whole $24 money as offer. As I did not go to the movie on the weekend.

I like it to be this way.

I then walked  to the gym. I signed out, let them know about my direction.

I walked the mile to the gym in 30 minute time,

Once at the gym I called CNS to let them know I was there.

I work out following my own program below.

I also weighted myself.

When it was time I called CNS to let them know I was coming back.

I enjoyed my activities.

Today I read the newspapers at AAC, the news are filled with the recent events from Orlando.

A senseless killing of innocent lives.

Last but not least my weight.

Sincerely

Giuseppe