A stellar day, a dining experience, the flu, meeting Nate and Cori (and the grandkids)

Saturday was a stellar day for me and Mama. I had an ambitious list – which did not all get accomplished – and Mama added a few things to the day that took us to Denton and back. That was not in my plans but the day worked out in so many little things where God showed up. The timing was perfect. For instance, we went to the eye doctor’s office on our way to Denton so we could pick out frames for our new glasses. We did not have time after our appointment in Friday because we were done very late and did not want to keep the staff any longer. The doctor was not supposed to be in the office but he had just showed up to play a trick on the two girls working there. Since he was there he measured our frame selections for the prescriptions to be applied to the glasses. They are now on order. His showing up unexpectedly saved us having to make another appointment to get the measurements done. The outcomes on all we set to do were better than we would have hoped for and we either got the task accomplished or we got things arranged so we could get it done later. And on top of all that, we were on time to meet Alex, Yilin and Cheyenne. Only when we showed up at the house they were not there. The grandmother could not tell us where they were since she speaks no English so we pulled to the side of the street and Mama texted Alex. Just about the time she was finishing the text they rounded the corner, pulled into the drive and hopped from their vehicle into ours – and off we went.

Alex wanted to take us to a Korean BBQ that had opened in Carrolton. Mama was really excited about it. Victoria was invited to go also but she was feeling too badly to make it. The drive to the restaurant was not bad. It was a little over twenty minutes out of Denton. It was easy to find. The entire complex of stores was devoted to some type of eatery. There was a rotating sushi bar, an Indian restaurant that made the oddest oblong tortilla-like flatbread in an equally odd oven you could see from the window, a Thai bakery, some other type of bakery, and several others that did not register as firmly as we hurried to the Korean restaurant. We had about a half-hour wait to be seated but the wait was worth it. Once we had a vague idea of how things worked we ordered and they lit the little grill in the center of the table. We were allowed to order up to 35 items. Can you imagine? The gentleman who seated us told us we could order as much or as little as we liked but there was a charge for leftovers and there was a two-hour time limit to occupy the table. Again, can you imagine?  It was a great experience for everyone but Yilin. For some reason. she decided she would not enjoy it and nothing Mama tried would convince her otherwise. When we have some extra money, we will definitely go back.

As we walked a short distance to the Chinese market in the complex I started to chill. For the hour or more we were in the store I could not get warm. It just got worse from there. By midnight I was fevered and feeling like I was going to die. That lasted until yesterday about mid-day. I believe, at this point, I am more sore from the time I spent just lying down than from the effects of the flu. But Victoria and I are better thanks to a remedy suggested by Kimberlyn Cantrell. One drop of frankincense and one drop of eucalyptus in a teaspoon of honey. That has been more help than anything else we tried. So, our coughs are finally clearing up and although I still have flare ups of fever, I am better. So far, Mama has not had to deal with any of this. She had her bout with the flu several weeks ago, and it put her in bed for the entire week.

With us traveling to Temple this weekend, it was somewhat imperative that we get better – both to make the trip and to keep from spreading germs to Cori, Nate and the kids when we meet them there. We are hauling a small enclosed trailer to them so they can carry more of their personal items with them as they head north for meetings. It is a very nice trailer. Both Nate and Cori should be pleased with the purchase. This may be the last time we get to spend with them until very late in the summer so we hope to enjoy it.