Tuesday, June 10

Up around 8 a.m., and did stair stepping, resistance band, and leg weights exercises after breakfast. Got ready for the day, then did this and that for the rest of the morning.

Mother opted out of coming over this morning, since she wasn't interested in attending a noon luncheon at the hospital today, because the program was about accessing personal medical information through a computer portal.

This is a new program that the hospital is launching in July. I have already registered us for our primary care clinic portals, so I'm already familiar with the process. But the speaker today advised that we will need to visit the the hospital's medical records department to obtain codes for the portals, and also to sign documents that allow family members to access records. I need this so I can keep track of Hubbie's and Mother's information.

The speaker assured us that these records are in-house only, and not on the web. Only authorized people can access them. Still, one woman was not reassured by this and asked how she can keep her information safe. The speaker pointed out that her records are given to no one, not even her doctor, without her express written permission.

Lunch today was the usual baked chicken, with wild rice, and a medley of veggies...green beans, wax beans, and carrots...roll and butter, and fresh pineapple for dessert, as well as a choice of water or soft drinks.

There weren't as many in attendance today, thanks to an e-mail glitch. Folks were probably as confused as I was when I received a message about 4 p.m. yesterday reminding me of the luncheon, followed around 5 p.m. by a message recalling the first e-mail.

I responded to the second e-mail, asking if in fact the program had been canceled. Received a message this morning apologizing for the confusion and stating that the event was still on.

We were back home just after 1 p.m. Hubbie left again before 2 p.m. to meet a haircut appointment. Before he left, he accompanied Mother to our house. She went to her jigsaw puzzle.

After his haircut, Hubbie ran a few errands...to the post office, to the pharmacy to pick up another prescription of eye drops for Mother, and to the art gallery to buy tickets for the upcoming Summer Celebration.

I spent my afternoon doing this and that, including adjusting the blouse I bought to wear to the Summer Celebration. The button detail near the scoop neckline wasn't straight, so I tightened the gathering on one side of the elastic by stitching along it and drawing the thread up. That corrected the problem.

Hubbie had no sooner gotten back home than the sky opened up, and there was a downpour. I really wish that was the last of the rain for a while, but predictions are that after a relatively dry day tomorrow, there are chances for rain again later in the week.

Later, for supper, I boiled and mashed yellow potatoes (with the skins on), heated pork roast in the oven, made a recipe of brown gravy, and served the meal with salad tomatoes topped with cottage cheese, coleslaw, and individual cups of apple sauce.

Mother was ready to go home shortly after supper, so Hubbie accompanied her. Then he and I watched one-hour shows on TV.