Day Twenty-Two

We had good and bad points today. Bad points should come first, because I like leaving on a good note.

Well... one of Gary's coworkers, who's actually a manager--I think--told him that during his evaluation tomorrow... his reliability might be in question. Now, let me explain this first... Gary is very dependable. He always shows up to work on time, and he busts his ass most days (within reason). In the last month, he's been fighting this infection, dealing with us trying get the house fixed, and moving out into my mom's temporarily. It's been a sucky month for him--for us. But, mostly for him. This is the first time in the history of Gary working at Publix that he's ever had a hard time. Part of it's his health and part of it is his emotional health because of the move and house being messed up. It's not easy for a guy. So, it's been fucked. His store manager--we'll call him Joe--doesn't like him anyway. Now he's found the perfect opportunity to basically move him to another store. Gary is all upset about it. I'm really hoping this doesn't happen. The guy is decently happy where he's at and would hate to go to a whole new store where he has to build his way back up again. :( In short, Joe is a dick for taking advantage of a guy in a time of need. None of this is his fault and someone should cut him a little slack. We all need that now and again.

Onto the good news!

Gary's pain is almost completely gone. He upped his protein intake to help take care of the tenderness, but we're fairly certain the infection is pretty much gone. I'm still going to keep him on this regiment for the next...  23 days? Yeah, sounds right. Just to make it's gone. Actually, might be more like 20 days. Nope, sorry, until the 10th of January. I had my math wrong. :)

I, however, we (as in Gary and I) have eight days left in our fast. After Sunday is over, we'll have a week. I'm so happy about that. I can't wait to eat. I'll make sure to take pics of my nommy foods when I do.

Thanks for reading and your well wishes!