… and also of friends, is a wonderful thing.

That’s José and Isaac up there. My two ‘main guys’ over at one of my favourite tapa bars, Enrique Becerra. Blog buddy nursemyra will remember it as the place Peter & I took her on her first night in Sevilla back in June, which was the first time I’d been back there since the op. I also took Kristin there for lunch during her surprise visit a few weeks ago, at which time I told José about the cancer situation. Mostly to explain why I hadn’t been around much since May and also (since they close for the month of August) in case I didn’t end up seeing him again until sometime in November. Then we talked about his upcoming holidays, which will be spent at home saving money for the arrival of his first child in October (a girl, already named Julia). And when Kristin, who was treating me to lunch, asked for the bill I noticed it was considerably smaller than it should have been …

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My first time out since the op!

Pipocas took me out for lunch today at ay Maricrú. It was great to get out of the house after three weeks (though climbing the very long three flights of stairs afterwards was a drag). Anyhow, we had a lovely time and I even had wine!

The plan is to now have one outing a day in order to build up my strength. So tomorrow it’ll be Fnac because I am seriously in need of a book and it’s not too far from home. Poco á poco . . .

(sorry, no Magnums)