Roy was really surprised to receive a birthday card at breakfast. His watch said November 29th, so he thought his birthday wasn't until tomorrow, but he finally agreed it was today.
At lunch, he remembered that Stacey's gives a free meal on your birthday, so we agreed to eat supper there. That sort of messed up my plans -- I was going to bring in a lighted cake and Roy's present after supper, but I didn't want to embarrass him in the restaurant, so I gave him his present after lunch. It was a warm shirt that actually fit, and he likes it! He wore it when we went to Stacey's. Then it turned out that Stacey's no longer gives free birthday meals, but we ate there anyway.
Talked with Dr. Sperling on the phone. He said I have bacteria in my colon, and he phoned in a prescription for Flagyl, which is what the doctor in Fairhaven had prescribed, and it had definitely helped, but then I ran out of it. Dr. Sperling also wants me to have a colonoscopy in the next four to six weeks. If we're not here, he'll recommend a doctor in St. Augustine.
I've been trying to figure out where I picked up the bacteria. The most likely place was the fountain in front of the Athenaeum in Providence. Pure, sweet, cool water has been flowing there from an underground spring for two or three centuries. I used to enjoy drinking the water when I was a kid, so when I was in Providence a couple of months ago, I couldn't resist taking a drink, but maybe the water isn't as pure as it was fifty years ago. Anyway, I'm going to write to the Health Department in Providence and inquire.
After lunch, I took the bus to Ward's Corner and got my prescrip- tion. Then I went to Farm Fresh and showed Monday's receipt to the manager I had talked with on the phone. She said she had checked the scales, and they were accurate. I went over to the cookie bin, filled a plastic bag with cookies, and weighed it in the produce department. As I expected, it weighed 1.5 pounds. I took it to the manager, and she weighed it at a check-out scale. Her eyeballs popped out when it weighed 1.5 pounds. She gave me the bag of cookies to make up for my being overcharged Monday. Now I feel much better.
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