Home Alone

PAIN: 2
I don't know if L had any pain at all today really. Every time I asked he said he was feeling good. Pain meds (and chemo?) doing their thing!

ATTITUDE: 8
Generally, L was very upbeat all day (except for when he was going off about Mr. OT. I'm not the only one who thinks he shady).

ACTIVITY: 7
We went out to Chik-fil-a in the morning (as I mentioned we would last night) and then I headed off to work for a few hours. L's mobility and appetite and general with-it-ness is so improved that I wasn't too worried to leave him alone for a few hours. Now that he's allowed to run the staircase, he's up and down all day. I think it's good exercise. In fact, when I got home from work, he was up in his office, just like he always used to be and it was just like old times.

After I'd been home for a while, he says to me, "Do we have any pie crust? I'm hungry."

Huh?

Confusing. We went back and forth for a minute trying to get to the bottom of those strange non-conjunctive sentences living together (M was involved in this because she and I were on the phone at the time but I can only imagine how confusing it was for her only hearing sort of 3/4 of the conversation). Turns out, he had a taste for homemade peach turnovers and although we did have pie crusts we didn't have any peaches or anything that would resemble a fruit filling for turnovers. So a bit later, we went out to Kroger (not Publix -- that detail will be important later) to get some dried peaches and lemons for the turnovers (L's secret recipe). We walked past the deli when they were just putting out manager's special whole rotisserie chicken for $3.99. I know I just went to the store yesterday but yum! So we got one.

Waited in line... cashier seemed to be taking an extra long time... then checked out. L paid with a 20 but she didn't have any tens to give him change so she had to go get some and we waited some more. L was studying the receipt (just for something to do, I think) and noticed that she had rung the chicken up for $4.99. Now, me?? I'm already at Kroger and not Publix, which is 10 times nicer than Kroger and I've already had to wait two different times. $1 makes no difference to getting out of the store and back home. But, L?? Well, he's an accountant. So, naturally, we tell the cashier when she comes back and she sends us over to the Customer Service desk. Again, me - by myself? Peace. I'm out. But... we wait. (Again.) Two customer service reps finally come to the desk talking loudly to each other and then start to try to help us but answer the phone in the meantime and are barely paying attention to us. One looks at the receipt, scans the chicken and reaches in the drawer to give us the difference in price. She hands us $5 and some change.

Honestly, Kroger. Really?

No, that's too much, we say. She, still on the phone, says, if we ring it wrong, it's free.

Oh. Thanks, Kroger!

The moral of the story: Free chicken tastes better.

(M and P got to watch us enjoying the chicken when we had another very fun video chat with them right when we got home.)

APPETITE: 10
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(Make sure to check out L in action making the turnovers in The Food Files.)