New Weird

[Dina]

Hello people, how are you doing?
Here the cold has arrived on the weekend and today we have 3 C. Yesterday, with more or less the same temperature was difficult, but today I got to dictate my classes by Zoom (due to reasons not worthy to mention), so I can stay at home. I need to get out later to do a few errands, but the temperature will be higher by then.
They are forecasting a cold rest of the week but with temperatures a little higher.

I have to do some work but I wanted to say hello to everyone.

[Regenbogen]

Hello!

I wanted to write for a few days, but I was so busy I always forgot.
Work was fun (as fun as work can be), we have a nice new colleague who I knew before and was looking forward to working with her.

Today's my mother's birthday. In the evening she wants to take us to the Greek restaurant we all like.

I have to make a decision concerning my knee. Either do surgery or try an alternative method I would have to pay for almost half of my monthly salary. At the moment I am leaning towards surgery, but I have to wait for an other doctor's opinion.
Could be that if I do the costly treatment, then I would need surgery anyway but have a few months without much pain.
Could be that after the surgery I would need the costly treatment anyway in addition.
But I had the feeling that the doctor where I was, was in favour of the costly treatment though she seemed quite honest with her opinions. She even was the one to suggest I look for a second opinion.
So I'll wait until July after the second doctor to make my decision. And to see how the knee feels until then. And if I find people who did the treatment and if it was worth it.

[Dina]

Hi Regen!
Happy birthday for your mom! A Greek restaurant sounds great. There are not many Greek restaurants here, I think I never been in one. But there are a few stands in some places which have different foods of the world. I tried there some things like gyros and I liked them a lot.
Speaking of food of the world, we had Mexican a couple of days ago. I just had a sudden wish of quesadillas, which I love.
The nachos were very good, homemade ones.

I am so glad you are having a good time at work.

About your knee, I am crossing fingers whatever you chose is the better for you. I believe you are wise in waiting for a second opinion. I would do the same.

The lowest temperature today was as low as yesterday and Monday, but the highest is forecasted to be higher now. We will see. Apparently we will have 15 C.

[Regenbogen]

Thanks, Dina.
Today the knee was a bit better. Saturday for example it was s lot worse.

A few days ago we put the cat into a small bath tub and she liked it. She was really cute. I think she enjoyed the warmth of the water for her aching joints.

[Dina]

I'm glad about your knee.

aww, so cute. I am sure she enjoyed it, many pets has been treated that way, with warm water. They like the lack of gravity.

[Regenbogen]

It is said that cats don't like water. Yet tigers can swim and do so when they have to.
Mine doesn't like having wet feet but everything else can be wet and she doesn't care.

I was at the river today and it has significantly less water than 3 weeks ago in comparison. I even walked a bit into the water, but not too far, because it was getting deep there.

[Dina]

Hi!

Yes, I think all cats can swim if prompted. I believe tigers sometimes do it on purpose even.

I hope you enjoyed your walk by the river, even with less water. Luckily here is slightly warmer, but still cold (as it should, Winter is coming). Yesterday (Friday) was hubby's birthday. I made a cake, which looked like a "Nail it" product but it was tasty so I call it a win. And we had a laugh about it.

[Regenbogen]

Happy belated birthday to your hubby! LOL about the cake.
Taste is all that counts.

[Dina]

  He says thank you! (He actually said it in German but I have not the skill needed for writing it)

Today is coldish but it is sunny. I went for a short walk and to buy something I needed, and it was nice. But I was sad to see  a store my family used to buy towels and things like that since like 50 years ago is gone  . Now it is a tatoo parlor. I felt that a little piece of my childhood is gone. But objectively I understand it is ok, things change.

[Regenbogen]

He says thank you! (He actually said it in German but I have not the skill needed for writing it)

LOL , now I wonder what he said. Dankeschön maybe?

But I was sad to see  a store my family used to buy towels and things like that since like 50 years ago is gone  . Now it is a tatoo parlor. I felt that a little piece of my childhood is gone. But objectively I understand it is ok, things change.

That's sad. But sometimes change is not so bad. Personally I don't need a tattoo, but towels are more useful to me. There are people who prefer tattoos over towels though.

In my home village, where once was a store for renting videos, there is now a Turkish fast food restaurant. While I miss the videos, I see that there is no more use for shops like that any more. They even never switched to DVDs. They were just gone some day.

[Dina]

LOL , now I wonder what he said. Dankeschön maybe?

Probably. I would have written it Dankeshen maybe.

Yesterday marked six months since we won the World Cup, and the Argentinian association of football (soccer) made a celebratory video which was quite fun. As it was our third championship, we now have 3 golden stars. And the video was mostly a reference to that in comparison with the 3 stars of the Michelin chefs. I guess a mockery to France, who got the second position.

Yes, I understand change is sometimes good, even with stores. For example, in the same building of my appartment there was a real state place and now there is a small grocery store, kind of a 7/11. For me, that was an improvement 

Now that I had good news about my job, I decided to buy "Instinct", the book with the short Mouse story. I have not read it, but it is already in my kindle, and that is good.

[Dina]

Sorry about the double post, but it has been a while and I wanted to comment I read "The fugitive" (JB short story about Mouse and Cerberus) and I loved it. So epic and cute at the same time.

[Regenbogen]

Hi!
(((((Dina)))))
I also liked the short story. Jim Butcher will be at Supercon this weekend. I hope there will be videos on YouTube or so. And I hope (admittedly to our own advantage  ) that after that he will be full of energy and creativity to put that into Twelve Months to make it the best not planned novel ever. 

Yesterday at work I got startled that this Saturday it will already be July! June has gone by so fast. How did that happen? Maybe because I had lots and lots of appointments with doctors and PT.
My PT guy is Spanish by the way. Sometimes he has another Spanish guy with him and they talk to each other about the job and I noticed I did understand at least what they were talking about, just enough to guess what they meant. Sometimes it's just single words, though. But hey I never took a real language course, just Duolingo.
The other guy's German is not so good yet, so he talks in a mixture of German, English and Spanish.

The left knee is not OK now but I can use it and I am mostly without much pain. But sadly my right knee is not getting better. Next week I will have an appointment with another specialist to talk about how to proceed.
My PT guy managed to improve the flexibility of my muscles and tendons but there is still some swelling and I am not able to walk correctly.

And of course I know I need to loose weight, but we all know that as always easier said than done especially when you are limited in movement. I know how to do it, I have lost 15 kg already 3 times, but it always took 1 year and I always got it back afterwards and I am not a nice person when I can't eat what I want, lol. And back then I was still able to run.
I think I could do it again though, but honestly I am afraid of myself in the process.

[Dina]

Short post because I have no time. I hope they find a way to help you with your right knee. And congratulations, it is not easy to understand Spaniards when they talk to each other.
And I hope the same about Jim 
(((((((Regen)))))))

[Fcrate]

Hello weirdlings
Sorry I haven't been on, I missed you guys.
How's everyone doing?  Myself, I have a couple of mulberry trees (one white, one black) that yield about 26 kg/week each from mid-april to the beginning of June. The white ones are so sweet, if you eat a cookie afterwards it tastes bland. So naturally I ate (directly from the tree) whenever I got hungry, and gained 6.5 kgs LOL.
Its apple season now though, so I'm using that to get rid of that extra weight.
@Regen: I know that struggle, I gain weight easily as well. I made a few changes to my diet a few years ago, and now I'm only 12 kg overweight instead of 35. But these 12 kg are horrible. I lose 3, gain 10, lose 7, etc etc. And I have a very physical job as well, which helps a lot. You, though, are screwed You have to take the hard road.
PS: Thanks for the PM