Monday, Dermatologist

Mom had an appt. with Dr. Park today. It was scheduled for 4:30, but they called and said surgery had been shorter than expected, and could she come in at 1:15? That seemed reasonable. Turns out we just made it. But that went reasonably well. They took biopsy samples of two places -- ear and forehead. Results should be available on Thursday or so.

I went out and got windshield wipers for both cars and put them on. The one for Mom's car, passenger side, seems too long, but is what the book says. I made an appt. to get the oil changed in Mom's car on Tuesday.

I spent the evening scanning in front and back images of all the old foreign currency that Dad has. It's difficult to understand where he would have gotten all of this. For example, consider the following 50 Lira note which appears to be from 1943. Dad probably got it while he was in the Army during World War II.

But Dad was stationed in England for the entire time he was overseas, so how did he get an Italian bank note?

Even more puzzling is the following Japanese bank note:

It's for 10 Centavos. But Japan uses Yen, not Centavos. Centavos would be a Spanish speaking country. My best guess would be this is a bank note for the Philippines during the Japanese occupation during World War II. But again, how would Dad have gotten this? He was stationed in England, on the other side of the globe.

For dinner, I tried to start using up food that Mom has but hasn't used. We had a kielbasa sausage that was in the freezer, added to a box of Cheddar Broccoli pasta mix from the cupboard. Since Mom doesn't cook any more, I'm not sure why she bought these. Of course, they could just be left over from the transition from cooking to non-cooking.