What a difference a day makes. It is noon Tuesday. The planets are all aligned and nice things have happened this morning.

I finally got to see a doctor today, and he was "surprised" it has taken so long and he apologized for the delay. He agreed to issue my inhaler and to have it stay in a lockbox on the tier. They will not let me hold onto it. I asked and he agreed to prescribe a multi-vitamin since I cannot buy them at the commissary.

And then today I got my second commissary delivery and finally purchased some mackerel. It turns out it is pretty close to the stuff I was eating, only it comes in a pouch instead of a can.

So lunch comes, it is a mystery meat/soy patty, and I give up mine and get an extra serving of the tri-colored pasta. Cool. I mix in the mackerel and a little of the cheese spread and what a difference! It might be all in my head, but I feel full.

My next commissary delivery is Friday, and I will get the mackerel again. True, they do not serve pasta each day, but between rice, pasta, and a couple of wheat bread sandwiches I think I can do one meal a day that way. The rest will be peanut butter with some M&M's and trail mix thrown in. Yeah, and the oatmeal cookies are a two-pack of the three- to four-inch diameter cookies. So things are looking up on the food front.

See, it takes so little to brighten my day!
  ¶ 8:25 AM