Saturday morning Dee slept in a while, having had a very bad night with a stomach flu. We had a big day planned, going up to the Guidara family's home, about an hour away, for a full Thanksgiving dinner. Dee knew the Perticarolis (Silvia Guidara's parents) back in the 1970s, and we have kept in touch with them somewhat over the years. Brother Perticaroli passed away last year, but his wife is still alive and was to be there. Unfortunately, we had to cancel due to Dee being sick. She spent almost the entire day in bed, without even showering. I went out to the pharmacy in the early afternoon to get some meds to help with her digestive system issues, as well as some soft bread for her to eat. All she had to eat all day was a small slice of toast; in her family, not having an appetite is rare! In the evening, Sorella Balzotti informed me that at least ten missionaries came down with similar symptoms after Thursday's conference, but we don't know who the Typhoid Mary was.
So I had the entire day at home to do paperwork and take it easy, which was welcome. It has been crazy, and I was a bit behind. For example, in addition to my normal bookkeeping tasks, I had to calculate some annual shared costs (insurance, property tax, etc) for Dee and her sister to reimburse their dad for their portion of the family rental properties.
My dual-SIM Motorola phone has been having issues. The Iliad SIM, which I use only for data, has recently been unable to connect reliably on an intermittent basis. Unsure of where the problem was, I swapped SIM cards around between our various phones and discovered the issue follows my SIM card, not the phone. A tech support call had them admit (almost) that they are experiencing some network difficulties. For now I switched back to an old Vodafone SIM card for data. I also applied the latest Android update to three phones, which took a while.
In the late afternoon I walked down to Conad to buy a bunch of produce, and I called my mom and sister. I also helped Dee by hanging up some laundry, freezing leftover Sloppy Joe, etc. It was definitely a lost day for her, feeling bad and staying in bed without the energy to do anything else. Hopefully she will get better quickly, as the upcoming week is another busy one.