Warm, Humid, Partly Cloudy

Kayak Morning: 4/17/25

Woodlawn: 4/17/25

It's after 9:00 as I start this, and all four of us are up, enjoying coffee and scones. Delicious. Beth is staying home from school again, so hopefully she, Evie, and I can help get things done today.

Yesterday was not much better than the days before. My cough persists — if anything, it may be a bit worse — so I texted my PA in Chautauqua and drove to Albertson's late in the afternoon to pick up a pack of steroids and albuterol. It's great that he's so responsive. Rami, however, seems to have improved over the last two days, which is good news.

The day went like this: Beth went to the store to get the ingredients for her chicken soup — something that sounded appealing to Rami — and was gone about an hour. Evie tidied up the kitchen, and I helped. I spent the rest of the morning in the bedroom reading or in the living room when no one else was around.

When Beth returned, she made her soup, and I had a bowl for lunch. Loved it. I napped in the afternoon, and while Beth and Rami were organizing their bathroom things, Evie and I moved the furniture and vacuumed the living room and kitchen. I sat outside occasionally, as the humidity seemed to ease my cough. Mid-afternoon, the exterminator came — a friendly older Hispanic man — and made his way around the house, inside and out. We relaxed after that until happy hour, enjoyed wine until 6:00, and then Evie and Beth drove off to Chick-fil-A for dinner.

Evie and I had both been craving their chicken sandwich, but we were both disappointed. Despite having recently watched Landman, we agreed to watch it again, thinking Beth and Rami would enjoy it — and they did. So did we, even seeing it a second time. Lots of laughs, especially when Tommy's wife appears. Everyone but me went to bed around 9:15. I started a fairly new Netflix film called The Rip, with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. I'm not taken with it so far, but I'll stick with it.

Spoken By Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear