Yesterday being Sunday ... I spent most of the morning resting and cleaning my room. It was very hot ... 35 degrees and the relentless beating of the sun is unbearable. I was suffering from a headache all day ... and my toothache made it worse.
Damascus Gate at night
The evening was busy though ... I went to the chinese sisters for foot reflexology to reduce my BP; then visiting some families to distribute aid. By the time I got home it was almost 10pm. I was very hungry as I haven't eaten anything so when I got home, I ate some leftover water melons. It was great because it cooled off the heat from the evening, and quenched the thirst. Summertime is always great to have refrigerated fruit ... they taste better than at other times.
This morning was equally busy, rushing from early morning Mass at the Ivrea convent to the hospital for my checkup and then up to my office for several meetings. Well the checkup was my worst fear as the doctor repeated independently what our infirmary doctor suggested ... there might be something wrong in my stomach or intestines that's causing all the diarrhea, which in turn probably causes my high blood pressure and embolism and fainting spells. I must do a cancer check for my gastro-intestinal areas. It's not exactly what I wanted to hear during the summer holidays.
Anyway today is the Feast of Our Lady of the Angels or the Porziuncola ... the little chapel beloved by St Francis. It's a big feastday for us all here ... except I'm spending the whole day in office.
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