23 June 2012

_____Breakfast: a Starbucks latte and a Starbucks chocolate muffin at 5 am
________Lunch:  Hamburger, fries and two Bud at the Wichita Airport bar/restaurant
                 Snack:   We checked into the Wichita Airport Double Tree (formerly the Hilton) and I had a freshly baked chocolate cookie and coffee
_______Dinner:  We went to the Wichita, Kansas, Outback Steak House and I had:

• brown bread with butter
• about a 6 oz fried piece of skinless, boneless chicken
• an 8 oz ribeye
• loaded baked potatoe
• a bottle of Budweiser (which is now a premium beer compared to the "light" or "lite" beer and the watered down piss called "Michaelob Ultra" - not a "beer" sailors would have drank "in my day".

The manager clearly had "worried feet" as he came around to ask how we liked the meal and sked about specific items on the menu. The service was a bit spotty at the end since Kathie had to flag down our waiter. Still, the service was better than the Boot Hill Casino Restaurant...


Pre-Bed Snack: We went to a booze store and a got a 4 pack of Sutter Home White Zin (187 milliliters each).

I slept horribly last night. I was confortably asleep when I awoke to an intense pain across my abdomin just below my breast bone. After a few minutes, I went to the Hotel bathrooon and drank some anti-acid. I also took a couple of anti-pain pills and went back to bed. There, I kept rolling from my left side to right side and back to my back.

Then, I went to the bathroom and drank a couple of glasses of cold water. My water and stomach contents did not stay down! I barfed but this did not help me anyway! I also had "lower digestive track problems" (diahreia) I spent the rest of the night on my right side, then on my back (with the initial high shot of pain). After being on my back, I went back to my right side and had tghe same surge of pain.

Finally, I decided to take a risk and sleep on my left side. The pain surge was minor and didn't last long. I finally got some sleep. Kathie had a hard time getting me out of bed at 8 am.