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Published: March 6th 2005
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See what a good nurse I am? Bill was back to 98.6 this a.m. and he was able to eat a breakfast of cornflakes with Actimel instead of milk, a slice of bread with jelly, coffee and juice
Chris, who shares a room with Dejan, joined us this morning at breakfast.
“How is Dejan?” Nancy asked.
“He’s really sick,” Chris said. “But I am fine.”
Soon we were joined by a young man from Italy. I do not know his name. He is here studying on a short term basis and will return soon to Southern Italy to begin his work as the pastor of a church there. He is a quiet person and this morning was quieter than normal. He became sick during the night, but had come to the dining hall to eat breakfast. [Nancy} yesterday at breakfast he had told me he had not been sick a day yet and hoped to remain well since he has only 20 more days and a lot to learn before he goes home.
Bill writes -- Yesterday when I was sick I did not feel like eating anything. In fact, I didn’t even get hungry
during the day though I did eat a little applesauce that Nancy bought, two pieces of bread and two cups of tea. Other than drinking quite a few glasses of water that was it for me yesterday.
Surprise! When I got up at 6:30 to go wash the bedding and some clothes, it was snowing. Who ever would expect snow??? Since January 19th, there have been three full days without any snow at all. Some days it has not been long and hard but this morning it was really putting down the snow. It stopped for a while and then just showered a little but now at 3:05 p.m. it is wildly snowing again. Poor Chris. He and Dejan usually keep the walkways and stairs free of ice and snow. I guess Chris will have to do it alone since Dejan says he can barely stand on his feet two or three minutes at a time.
The snow was really coming down and as Harold’s wife Deb is flying into Prague this afternoon we were somewhat concerned that her flight might not make it here. Last week flights were diverted to Berlin and passengers completed their trip to
Prague on the train, at airline expense of course.
I offered to help shovel [Nancy} since it is one of my best winter pleasures. Its insulting to be totally ignored about the shoveling as I am here. I guess no one thinks a 64 year old woman is a good shoveler. Well, it is their loss and mine too. I love to play in the snow. I think I will get dressed and head out in a few moments and see if I can find a shovel no one is using.
This afternoon we took a long walk in and up the Sakra Valley. It was a great walk through the woods in the falling snow. We have been impressed at the number of Czechs we see walking and cross country skiing the trail in the Valley. A forest is so beautiful and quiet in the snow. There was no sound when we would stop other than the whisper of the wind through the pines growing near the trail.
The red peppers struck again at supper. Last time they got Nancy’s fingers when she cut them up to freeze. This evening Bill made a vegetable soup that had a fresh vegetable in it. Well, Nancy added one piece of hot red pepper ...................... and guess who didn’t notice SHE was putting it in her mouth as SHE ate the soup. You got it right. What did she do? Well, she danced around the room for about five minutes with a decidedly pained expression on her face, fanning her mouth, taking gulps of water and then finally remember that what you do when you are being burned alive by a hot pepper is to eat a bit of yogurt or butter. It looks like she will survive the ordeal. These are really hot peppers, but when used in moderation they give food a good taste.
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