France Tales

Monday morning I was skipping around the house having a good ol time when I realized I was in terrible pain. Actually the sensitivity started on Thursday of the week before. The cyst had been there a while but never presented me with any problems. My dermatologist even said do nothing until it causes pain. Monday morning there was pain, and swelling too. I checked into the emergency room.

It had swollen to about 4 times its original size and was very red. After seeing Sicko I was prepared for the worst when I got to the ER. I was seen quite quickly and it was not an unpleasant experience, except of course the pain part.

Well, I had it lanced and drained. I’d post the pictures but we’d all get sick. No matter how much local anesthetic was used IT HURT. At least they didn’t say, “This won’t hurt a bit”.

I was getting sick of eating tomatoes everyday and wanting to add something new to my diet, but Percocet and antibiotics were not what I had in mind.

I’ll probably be okay, until Thursday at least. Thursday I get a root canal. My dentist said I could either experience excruciating pain or no pain at all. How reassuring. At least I’ll have my RDA of Percocet just in case.

I used to like sitting in cafes using the internet, not it is a torture. When will our neighbors be home so we can “share” bandwidth?

Philadelphia is not known for its daring architecture and I am not known for my photography skills, but this is really a great building. It is called Temple Beth Shalom. It is just outside of Philadelphia in Elkins Park. When it is just getting dark and the lights go on it looks like an alien ship and it is realy cool. Maybe I can find a better picture of it or I can try again and take more time and wait until dark, sounds ominous, waiting until dark that is. I think it is the last building FLW worked on. It would be a stretch to say one thing I’ll miss, rather one thing I didn’t hate about Philadelphia.

We accepted an offer last Friday, as in over a week ago. This past Friday we had the inspection and last minute negotiating. It is official, the house is sold and closes September 28th. We are on our way. We may leave a little early, like September 15th because I think the airfares start to go down after that. We are very excited, and of course terrified. We haven’t updated the blog recently because we “borrow” our signal at home from our neighbors and they are on vacation and turned off their router. When we had the store and I was working we were both in front of the computer all day long so it wasn’t a big deal to have internet access at home. Now that we sold the store and I am no longer working either it is a real pain in the butt. Stay tuned for more details.

I know someone who will miss Philadelphia’s heat. Jozi spends her days on the deck in the blazing sun, on the stone path in the backyard after it has heated up to nearly 100 degrees, in the grass in the back for a slightly cooler spot, and occasionally under the bushes in the back for shade. She is a long haired cat. I cannot imagine that it feels good, but she seems to like it. Those of you from CA who knew her would be amazed at how social, friendly, and affectionate she has become.

Besides gazpacho, salsa, tomato sauces, tomato salads, and just eating the tomatoes, what else should we do with them? We have about 50 more on the plants that are very ripe. We love tomatoes but have so many, maybe we’ll sell them at the farmer’s market next Saturday. Anyone in the area can come by for some.

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