Updates and pics

1. I have been informed that the dish that Dar made for me in no way resembles chicken cacciatore outside of the chicken and tomatoes. See, this is why I'd never make it on Hell's Kitchen or Top Chef. The dish is now called Chicken Leelah (which is Dar's nickname for me) and among other ingredients it has chicken (duh), seedless raspberry jam, and my favorite homemade salsa. Trust me, it's delish.

2. I heard from the nephrologist again. No date for the biopsy yet because I need a whack of other tests done first - lots of blood drawn and a nuclear scan of my kidneys just to name the two I can remember.

3. It's raining. I know that's a cause of joy for some, but all of us here hate it. Maybe if we didn't have to slog through the mud we could get back to liking it. But there you have it.

4. I have pictures. ( Malterre and Q and Flamingos and a Squirrel )

Sooprise, sooprise, sooprise!

I had a wonderful surprise last night - malterre appeared on my doorstop as a birthday present for me! I mean, I was completely blindsided in the best possible way. So I gave her a big hug and a big kiss, and then I told her I was going to abandon her at 9PM to watch the Lost season finale. Priorites, people. And she completely understood :)

So we've been eating and chatting, and chatting and eating, and petting the cats and eating. Chatting. You know. It's been grand.

Dar made my birthday dinner last night, and yumminess ruled the land. It was her version of chicken cacciatore, spaetzle, rice, and for dessert there was her special chocolate trifle (gluten-free so Miss M* could eat it.) I ate so much that I hurt myself.

Dar bought me a cassette tape that channels my iPod since I have the world's suckiest car radio and the usual iPod paraphenalia doesn't work in the car. Mark made various-sized prints of some of my favorite photos, which was very sweet of him and also very cool to see. (Plus he gave me chocolate!) And Holls bought me a little yard with flamingoes and a picket fence, and some ginger snaps, and Dunkin' Donuts ground coffee and something else that I've forgotten because my memory sucketh.

Back to visiting. Hope y'all are having a marrrrrvelous day.