Mall Walking

Last night when I looked out the window I could see part of the Empire State Building towering above the skyscraper to the right of my view. It looked so beautiful in the night sky. It was glowing red, white and blue in honor of the Memorial Day Weekend. Some of its colors were reflecting off the windows from the adjacent buildings. I couldn't quite capture its impressiveness on camera.

After breakfast Jim and I wanted to walk but it was too darn crowded and hot outside. We decided to put our "sneakers" on and do some mall walking. We went across the street to the Manhattan Mall which is just a dinky little mall with JCPenny's as its wing store. We did circles around and around the top floor which was the least crowded. Only one mile but it felt good to get out. We were probably the youngest mall walkers around. Actually we were the only mall walkers around. We also stopped into Aeropostale where Jim bought two pairs of shorts. The 29 year old donor was channeling him to buy some youthful shorts.

We worked up an appetite from mall walking and had tuna for lunch. The afternoon was spent sitting on the patio reading and enjoying the breeze. Hard to believe but the weather turned a little cooler and there was a nice breeze out. I talked to Cathy and Kurt for a good while. We met them on the transplant floor. I've mentioned them before. Cathy is our age and had a transplant around the same time as Jim. Her daughter is pregnant with their first grandchild and is due within the month. Cathy was telling me how sad she is that she will not be able to be near the grandbaby for the first 6 months of his life and then she has to be very careful after that.

A lot of people are coughing in the Hope Lodge. It's hard to ascertain if it is a cold cough or a cancer cough. Jim has a scratchy throat and we are both on guard. Hopefully it will not develop into something more serious. We have more questions for Dr. Sauter who we will see on Tuesday.