Today was a good day. I’m still working on building back muscle. Ir’s slow but good. We also made zuchini noodles for dinner. Along with veggie meatballs. Did you know we are a multi country spiralizer couple? We have a spiralizer un our Seattle storage locker and one here.
You would think with worldwide spiralizer ownership we wouldmake veggie noodles more often.
I forgot to post this yesterday. This is a photo Jeff took on our forest walk. Ick!!!! Luckily he, was ahead of me and texted me this photo. By the time I saw the photo the spider was long gone
Today we walked in Costa Del Este which is a walk we do a lot. There were a lot of palm trees and birds but no insects.
Today we went to Parque Metropolitino. It’s like a forest preserve close to the city.
We go there a lot but those I was able to do the hike to the top.
There was a lot of uphill but I was able to do it. We sometimes see slotghs here, but I was too busy huffing and puffing to look up in the trees
Today I finally went and got my hair cut and colored. I put it off for a long time. But, luckily, my mom convinced me to go. I’m happy to report it was a normal cut and color unlike some of my past experiences.
As you can see from the “before” picture. I was in desperate need of a new look.
Today we went to the pool which was full of children with floats and water guns. This is the trade off. Our last apartment building had few children at the pool. It did however have prostitutes and people that might have been drug kingpins. This building is full of families and no prodtitutes or shady characters which is worth dodging floats and kids.
The pool was crowded because today is Martyrs day which is a holiday to remember a sad event in Panama’s history. I’m too lazy to explain it so copy/pasting this from wiki.
This is especially interesting with the recent comments by Trump about the canal.
Today also marks our five year anniversary in coming to Panama. Hard to believe what started with a six month trip could turn into five years.
Today I went back to the chemo clinic but this time just for the maitenance drug.
It’s an infusion but only takes 30 minutes. I know all the nurses and the above photo is my view. So it’s really not bad. On the way home I got these juices.
I was a lot less tired than last maitenance drug day. I even made it to the gym. Was it the juice? Maybe.
Turns out I don’t like a beverage I have to chew.
This one a smoothie of avacado, almond milk, banana, blueberries and spinach. It was healthy I’ll give it that.
After chewing my smoothie I saw my doctor and got cleared to get my maitenance drug tomorrow morning which is good.
A new juice store opened near our house. This green juice was really good. It had kale and cucumber and basil but also a lot of apple and lime because it was really good.
For dinner we made a broccoli spinach soup. It was also green and delicous. But it didn’t photograph well. I can’t imagine how they do it for cookbooks. Below is from the recipe.
Above is the picture from the recipe. Below is how it came out.
We didn’t do the topping but the color is totally difrerent. It was super good but I understand if you don’t want me to make this the next time you come over for dinner.
Today we started the day with a, walk and then I went to an expat event. It was something called a Sound Bath. Basically everyone lied in a yoga mat and someone taps these singing bowls. Each one has a different sound so it sounds like meditation music. It was so relaxing. After about 30 minutes we all chatted. You can see how relaxed everone is.
Today Jeff and I went to Parque Omar which is a not park in the middle of the city. We’ve been several times since surgery but today was the first day I did the complete two mile loop. I forgot how hilly the park was. While not hilly compared to San Fran or Sesttle it’s hillier than the other walks we’ve done.
I sounded like Darth Vader at the top of each hill but I was able to do it which is progress.
