Saturday, December 30, 2023

A good day.

It was a good day. We slept, both of us, until 11:00 and I finally felt I had enough rest.

At 13:30(1:30 PM), Bartek came and worked with Joan on standing up from her wheelchair raising her knees, one at a time, up to the bar on the walker 10 times, and taking one step forward. There is a lot of resistance from Joan because it has been so long since she did that. I feel sorry she has to go through this again.,

At 14:30, Radek arrived with his girlfriend, Alina. With him, he brought a homemade cake from his sister Kamila. We sat at the table, talked, and had coffee and cake. Alina was interested in our lives before moving to Poland. I told her the whole story of searching my ancestry and building my own house in the forest. That took almost 2 hours and then they had to leave. 

After they left, Joan and I talked about how happy we are that Radek is with Alina. It is the first time we met her and see how happy Radek is to be with her.

For dinner, I made Cajun pork, rice, green pepper, and tomato casserole. We still had some cake leftover so we had it for dessert.

To by艂 dobry dzie艅. Spali艣my oboje do 11:00 i w ko艅cu poczu艂em, 偶e wystarczaj膮co odpocz膮艂em.

O 13:30 (1:30 PM) przyszed艂 Bartek  i pracowa艂 z Joan nad wstawaniem z w贸zka inwalidzkiego, podnosz膮c kolana, po jednym na raz, do dr膮偶ka na chodziku 10 razy i robi膮c jeden krok do przodu. Joan stawia艂a du偶y op贸r, poniewa偶 tak dawno tego nie robi艂a. Przykro mi, 偶e musi znowu przez to przechodzi膰,

O 14:30 przyjecha艂 Radek ze swoj膮 dziewczyn膮, Alin膮. Przywi贸z艂 ze sob膮 domowe ciasto od swojej siostry Kamili. Usiedli艣my przy stole, porozmawiali艣my, wypili艣my kaw臋 i zjedli艣my ciasto. Alina by艂a zainteresowana naszym 偶yciem przed przeprowadzk膮 do Polski. Opowiedzia艂em jej ca艂膮 histori臋 poszukiwa艅 moich przodk贸w i budowy w艂asnego domu w lesie. Trwa艂o to prawie 2 godziny, a po czym nasi go艣cie wyszli.

Po ich wyj艣ciu rozmawiali艣my z Joan o tym, jak bardzo cieszymy si臋, 偶e Radek jest z Alin膮. Po raz pierwszy j膮 spotkali艣my i widzimy, jak szcz臋艣liwy jest Radek.

Na obiad zrobi艂em wieprzowin臋 Cajun, ry偶, zielon膮 papryk臋 i zapiekank臋 z pomidor贸w. Zosta艂o nam jeszcze troch臋 ciasta, wi臋c zjedli艣my je na deser.