I'm still hurting, so I'm not a happy camper at the moment. At least I'm down to regular Tylenol only twice a day, but I really want this ache to go away. And it's still hard to chew on the right side!

However, this did not stop me from enjoying lunch out with Michelle and Brian yesterday. We ended up at the Bamboo Shoot where I had honey garlic chicken on coconut rice. Not the best for blood sugar readings, but wonderfully yummy.

Old Adam, the Carrion Crow

Old Adam, the carrion crow,
The old crow of Cairo;
He sat in the shower, and let it flow
Under his tail and over his crest;
And through every feather
Leaked the wet weather;
And the bough swung under his nest;
For his beak it was heavy with marrow.
Is that the wind dying? O no;
It's only two devils, that blow
Through a murderer's bones, to and fro,
In the ghosts' moonshine.

Ho! Eve, my grey carrion wife,
When we have supped on king's marrow,
Where shall we drink and make merry our life?
Our nest it is queen Cleopatra's skull,
'Tis cloven and cracked,
And battered and hacked,
But with tears of blue eyes it is full:
Let us drink then, my raven of Cairo.
Is that the wind dying? O no;
It's only two devils, that blow
Through a murderer's bones, to and fro,
In the ghosts' moonshine.

Thomas Lovell Beddoes
1803 - 1849