Not Quite Home Yet

I was supposed to be on an airplane right now.....
But alas.
My dad had two seizures last night.
He's a very thin guy who's never had a drug/drink problem nor any diabetes so it's really puzzling and pretty scary. The doctors simply cannot figure out why he had these seizures.

We reckon it's one of the meds he is on for his dementia.

Tough stuff to deal with all the way around.

So, I ended up extending my ticket and am here until friday.

KNIT
Made a duplicate of my new pink scarf for the main nurse that takes care of my dad. She indicated her love for it and how she would love one like that. She really goes beyond the call of duty for my parents so it was a great knitting pleasure to make it for her!

In other knit news..........I plan to cast on something tonight........but I don't know what!
ha!
Must admit, there is a strange pleasure to having a limited supply of yarn at hand so I have to figure out what to make with what I have.

FOOD
To the commenters...........thank you yet again! You'll be happy to know tonight's feast was the following:
Salmon with homemade pesto sauce (after discovering my 19 year old niece orders this at her favorite Italian restaurant and yet fails to sit down to dinner with us everynight....it worked tonight!)

Fennel, celery and pear salad. (simple, chop up the fennel, chop 3 or 4 stalks of celery, chop 1 pear. squeeze lemon juice, add 1 or 2 spoons of organic mayonnaise and crack pepper to taste. chill and serve.)

Now if that strikes your fancy, I'll post the recipe for the pesto too.

But I really have to go now cuz my hands positively STINK of garlic and fish! argh! The cooking definitely kept my spirits up.

Comments

[Michele]

Hi Share, I hope your dad is feeling better very, very soon. Thanks for the Green Soup recipe and, yes, please post the recipe for the pesto. I love fish and eat salmon at least weekly if not more. So any new recipes are greatly appreciated. Take good care of you and yours.

[Allison]

Good vibes heading your way. Keep making all that tasty food to keep you and your Mom's spirits up. And keep knitting for your sanity.

[meexie]

*hugs* Keep up the good work. Totally sweet of you to knit a scarf for the head nurse!

[Crystal]

Wow Share, I'm glad that you were there for your dad. I hope he gets better really really soon.

I'm sure all the nurses are fighting over who gets to take care of your dad... not just because they want a scarf, but because your dad sounds like a pretty cool guy.

Oh... please do post that pesto recipe. Sounds soooo yummy

[Lara]

ooohmygod! :( Share, my thoughts are with you!! I know I don't really know you, but if you need anything, you just give me a shout, ok? oh! and thanks for the recipes!! I will definately try that Pear salad!

[Shannon]

((Hugs)) So sorry for you, family illness stuff sucks big time! Take care of yourself.

BTW: A tip for the smelly hands situation in the future... stainless steel does incredible things for getting rid of the smell of garlic and fish (onions too!). They actually sell little blocks of stainless steel for this (google "stainless steel soap" to find them), but all you really need to do is wet your hands and rub them on something made from stainless steel - a sink, a utensil, whatever... just be careful if it's a knife ;-) Voila, no smell!