OUCH!

When I woke up this morning I felt pain on my foot but didn't think much of it. Then I got up and the minute I put my left foot on the floor I screamed in pain. My foot was swollen, red and tender and hurting like hell.

GOUT?

I had trouble walking because it was very painful, so after going with Marv to the clinic, I came home and took an Ibuprofen and went to sleep. Of course Lulu slept with me.

I got up in time to make myself some lunch, chicken salad sandwich, and shortly after that I went to pick Marv up. After we got home I napped again.

Tomorrow I had a doctor's appointment so he could check my leg bite again, and now he can check my foot as well. Same side of the leg.

Right now if feels OK, no pain :)

Mothers and Daughters

Today was a pretty quiet day. It rained quite a bit yesterday but today it was cloudy and later it got sunny with big white fluffy clouds, the kind we do not see around here very much.

I texted with my girls a while, and saw pictures Sandy took of Tristan and his date and friends that were going to the senior prom :)  They all look wonderful and happy.

After dinner (Trader Joe's orange chicken) and Thai veggies, I decided to watch a movie.

I chose "Mothers and Daughters" given tomorrow is Mother's Day I thought it was fitting.  Mothers and Daughters is a 2016 film just released today. Originally it was called Mothers Day, but there's also a movie with that name (with Jennifer Anniston) also released this week. So they changed the title to "Mothers and Daughters" so as not to confuse people :)

It is one of those ensemble movies that are kind of interwoven, it was OK. It had  Susan Sarandon, Sharon Stone, Courtney Cox and Mira Sorvino as the mothers. 

Paella Sunday

I just read Sandy's blog about making paella and how she was pretty satisfied with the results. I made mi paella on the same day as she did, Sunday.

Paella cooking skipped a generation, mine.

I am  sad to admit my paella was pretty inedible.  I used the paella pan, the oil, the rice, chicken, pork, seasonings, pimientos for garnishing, etc. It looked OK, but the rice in the edges were quite hard, and the middle was quite mushy. I give part of the blame to my stove that won't let the paella lie flat so the liquid didn't quite reach the edges. But I like to make excuses when I totally should take the blame.


I used to make a fairly decent arroz con pollo, which is basically rice with chicken. But the last couple of times I made it, it wasn't as good.  Maybe I should put away the rice for a while, although my chinese fried rice is still on point.

Chicken with rice (2011)

A test

A few days ago, Tristan posted the results of a personality test in Facebook. The test is called  "How Your Personality Impacts Your Life."
 I like tests or quizzes, so I decided to take it too. Here are my results:

As you can see, I scored the highest in SELF RELIANCE and the lowest in ORDERLINESS and RESERVE.   I'm surprised I scored low in orderliness since I am a bit OCD  (by the way I had to check the definitions of the words jsut to make sure they are what I think they are. Also I think if I had taken this test a few years ago it would have come out somewhat differently, but I guess that  would happen to everybody, one changes with time.

If you want to take the test, I will be curious to see your results :)
By the way I didn't pay for the more specific results,


https://personalityfactors.net/en