Thurs 11 Oct

Last night when I took out my contact, I apparently had something on my finger that immediately and tremendously irritated my eye as I pulled on the edge to pop the contact. My eye got totally red and hurt like heck. The contact came out easily so I cleaned it as usual and put it away, and the eye settled over the next 10 minutes or so, but OWWWW! Looking forward to walking with Kathy today after a long hiatus. Last week was a mixup due to Dale's mom's funeral on Thursday and confusion over time on Friday. The cold front seems to have passed through in the night, so the temps are now under 40° but at least it's not raining for a change. Kathy and I were joined at the far end of the Mead loop for the last bit and quite a ways back down the road by a stray cat. Kathy wasn't too comfortable with it, but it was a sweet, friendly cat that was probably just very hungry and cold. Glad it didn't follow all the way home or I'd have been tempted.... Food: 7:15 am 1 c Quaker Oat Squares, 1/2 c soy milk, 101 g blackberries, coffee 11:30 am 2 slices Simply Nature sprouted bread, butter, 1.2 oz cheddar cheese, 2/3 c grapes Exercise: 8:00-9:25 am Walk w/Kathy (Mead loop) 10:10-10:50 am Walk to library and back