BOUND FOR OLD FOLKS HOME

WELL, I HOPE I AM NOT----BUT TWO NIGHTS AGO, WHILE ALONE WITH DOORS LOCKED, I TOOK A TERRIFIC FALL. RIGHT ON MY NEW HIP, WHICH IS NOW SORE, BUT HOPEFULLY NOT DISLOCATED. THE MIDDLE FINGER ON THE RIGHT HAND IS SWOLLEN TO THE SIZE OF A HOT DOG AND SORE AS HECK. I SPENT A COUPLE HOURS ON THE FLOOR UNTIL I COULD SCOOT MYSELF CLOSE TO A PHONE. THANK THE GOOD LORD I HAD GIVEN MY DAUGHTER IN LAW A KEY JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO. SHE WAS THE ONLY RELATIVE IN TOWN---REST WERE AT HUNTING CAMP OR FOOTBALL GAME. SHE DASHED OVER WITH AMBULANCE BEHIND HER AND SHE HAD CALLED CAMP, SO JERRY AND JEFF WERE EN ROUTE. THE EMTS CHECKED ME OUT AND WANTED ME TO GO TO ER, BUT I NIXED THAT IDEA. I WAS ABLE TO WALK FOR THEM. TODAY I AM SO SORE AND STIFF----AND DUMB ME NEVER THINKS ABOUT TAKING A PAIN PILL, BUT I JUST DID, SO AM GOING TO BED AND HOPE IT PUTS ME TO SLEEP.

goblins and ghosts

I THINK IF I WOULD STAY DRESSED AS I AM, IN OLD FLANNEL NIGHTGOWN AND BIG WOOLEN SWEATER BUTTONED UP, I WOULD SCARE ANYONE WHO CAME TO THE DOOR. SINCE HUBBY IS OUT TO HIS FAMOUS HUNTING SHACK ,FULL OF MICE,UGH, I AM DETERMINED TO BE WARM. HE LIKES TO KEEP IT SO COLD IN HERE THAT I AM ALMOST FROZEN BLUE ALL THE TIME. BUT FOR THESE THREE DAYS THE FURNACE AND I HAVE BEEN FRIENDS.
DAUGHTER IN LAW BROUGHT ME LATE LUNCH YESTERDAY FROM CHINESE PLACE. IT WAS VERY GOOD AND EVEN HAVE LEFT OVERS FOR TODAY.
TOMORROW WE HAVE TO VOTE---SO WILL HAVE TO DRESS. IT IS HARD TO GET CLOTHES ON. I AM NOT SUPPOSE TO BEND OVER, PICK ANYTHING OFF THE FLOOR, MOVE LEGS IN CERTAIN WAYS ETC.CAN'T LIFT ANYTHING MORE THAN 20 POUNDS EITHER.STILL WALKING WITH A WALKER, AND REALLY NEED IT TOO.SEE SURGEON NEXT MONTH AND PROBABLY CAN GO TO CANE THEN.
I REALLY SLEPT LATE TODAY SO BETTER GET GOING ---WORK TODAY IS TO READ SUNDAY PAPER==HAHA!!!

BACK

I AM BACK AFTER SPENDING FIVE WEEKS BETWEEN MAYO HOSPITAL AND REHAB HOSPITAL. HAD ANOTHER NEW HIP PUT IN AND COMPLICATIONS KEPT ME THERE SO LONG. NOW JUST HAVE TO GET MY STRENGTH UP AND GET READY TO LEAVE FOR TEXAS NEXT MONTH.

56 years ago

IT WAS A FRIDAY NIGHT. I WAS SCHEDULED TO WORK 11 TO 7 ON A BIG MEDICAL FLOOR. I WAS EXHAUSTED, I HAD BEEN UP ALL DAY. HAD MET MY DAD AT THE DULUTH TRAIN STATION ,(HE HAD COME FROM CALIFORNIA),AND HE INSISTED WE GO SHOPPING . MY ROOM MATE AND I HAD ALREADY BEEN REQUIRED TO MOVE OUT OF THE DORM AND INTO A SMALL APARTMENT A FEW BLOCKS FROM THE HOSPITAL. DADDY WAS CHECKED IN TO THE HOTEL AND I WAS GOING TO TAKE A NAP---I THOUGHT--SUDDENLY IN CAME HALF A DOZEN FRIENDS BARING GIFTS, AND MY DAD WITH CHAMPAGNE--SLEEP WAS FORGOTTEN AND OFF TO WORK I WENT. THE FLOOR WAS BUSY AND SO WAS I AS THE ONLY SENIOR STUDENT THERE. ABOUT FIVE AM MY ROOM MATE SHOWS UP, IN UNIFORM. SHE HAD ASKED THE SUPERVISOR IF SHE COULD FINISH MY SHIFT SO I COULD GO HOME AND GET READY TO GET ON THE TRAIN A BIT AFTER 7AM. I RAN TO GET HOME WHERE MY BEST FRIEND HAD ALSO SPENT THE NIGHT---I TRIED TO SLEEP--BUT WE TALKED,"I DON'T WANT TO GET MARRIED-----YES I DO WANT TO, NO I DON'T--ETC ETC". SOON THE ONLY STUDENT WITH A CAR CAME TO PICK US UP, ON TO THE HOTEL FOR MY DAD AND THEN TO THE TRAIN. IT TOOK ABOUT THREE HOURS TO GET TO OUR TOWN AND THE TALL SKINNY BOY WAITING FOR US."HE LOOK SCARED, MY DAD SAID" AND HE WAS---AND SO WAS I--- NOW I COULD NOT DO WITHOUT HIM. NOW IT IS FIFTY SIX YEARS SINCE THAT SATURDAY THAT CHANGED MY LIFE COMPLETELY.


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BAD LUCK CONTINUES----

HUBBY WENT TO DENTIST YESTERDAY WITHOUT CASH---SO HE TRIED TO USE HIS CREDIT CARD---IT WOULDN'T WORK AND "CALL BANK" MESSAGE JUST KEPT REPEATING. SO WHEN I CALLED , THE PERSON ASKED IF WE WERE IN MINNESOTA NOW---WHEN I TOLD HER WE WERE, SHE TOLD ME THERE HAD BEEN MUCH ACTIVITY ON OUR CARD IN TEXAS THE PAST FEW DAYS. MUCH IS RIGHT---SEVERAL THOUSAND OF DOLLARS WORTH OF TOYS, CLOTHING, SHOES ETC.SO NOW WE WAIT FOR A NEW CARD AND THE FRAUD REPORT---OH MY!!!!

BACK UP NORTH

WE GOT TO DAUGHTER'S HOME IN SOUTHERN MN THIS AFTERNOON. WE HAD A NICE TRIP UP STAYED IN SOME GOOD HOTELS/MOTELS. HAD "HANDICAPPED" ONES TWICE SO WAS ABOUT MELTED IN THE LONG SHOWERS I TOOK. WE ATE LOTS OF JUNK FOOD IN THE CAR AND THEN WERE NOT HUNGRY AT DINNER TIME. WE HAD LOTS OF RAIN AND SOME PRETTY HARD WIND IN IOWA.

I HATED TO LEAVE TEXAS AND THE TEXAS HOUSE. I HAVE NEVER LEFT THE HOUSE IN SUCH A MESS, JERRY DID STRAIGHTEN UP THE LIVING ROOM, BUT I DIDN'T DO THE USUAL THINGS LIKE PUTTING OODLES OF CRUMPLED NEWSPAPER IN THE FRIG AND PUTTING SARAN OVER THE TOILET BOWL ( KEEPS THE WATER FROM EVAPORATING DURING THE HOT TEXAS SUMMER).WE NEVER DID PLANT FLOWERS THIS YEAR EITHER. T'WAS A BAD YEAR --COLD ,RAINY UNTIL THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS. I WOULD LOVED TO HAVE STAYED LONGER, BUT HUBBY WANTED TO GET TO MN IN TIME FOR FISHING ---AND MOSTLY TO SEE THE GRANDKIDS. HE REALLY MISSES HAVING KIDS AROUND,

NOW EVERYONE HERE HAS GONE TO BED. DAUGHTER FIXED BED IN LIVING ROOM SO I DON'T HAVE TO DO STAIRS-----SO GUESS I BETTER GET IN IT. WILL REALLY TRY TO WRITE MORE THIS SUMMER,

AN UNWELCOME GUEST

WHAT A WINTER THIS HAS BEEN. I THINK I WROTE THAT NOTHING WORKED WHEN WE GOT HERE. THE PHONE, THE FURNACE/AC, HAD A WATER LEAK SO HAD TO KEEP IT TURNED OFF,THE LP GAS TANKS WERE BOTH EMPTY--A LEAK--WE BOTH HAD AWFUL COLDS AND COUGHED OUR INSIDES OUT. OH, YES, AND THE DRYER WOULDN'T SHUT OFF!!.
THE WEATHER WAS TERRIBLE, RAINY AND COLD.

THIS WEEK WAS LOOKING GOOD---THE SUN WAS OUT AND THE TEMP UP. WE DID NEED TO TURN THE HEAT ON A FEW TIMES AND THERE WAS A STRANGE SMELL COMING FROM THE REGISTERS. PERHAPS IT WAS BECAUSE THE HEAT HADN'T BEEN ON FOR QUITE A WHILE. BUT, IT GOT WORSE---HMMMMMM---A VARMIT IN THE DUCT WORK??--COULD BE, SO WE CALLED THE AC PEOPLE AND THEY CAME OUT WITH AN INSTRUMENT THAT LOOKED LIKE WHAT IS USED FOR A COLONOSCOPEY!!!! SURE ENOUGH WE HAD A POSSEUM BETWEEN THE FLOOR BOARDS AND THE METAL UNDERBELLY OF OUR PARK MODEL. THE GUYS FOUND IT, BUT COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT GETTING IT OUT!!!
AFTER MANY CALLS WE FOUND A "HANDY" MAN WHO CAME OVER, RIPPED THE RUG BACK AND CUT A BIG HOLE IN THE FLOOR AND REMOVED MR. POSSEUM AND HANDFULS OF MAGGOTS. UGH!!! WE ALMOST HAVE THE SMELL GONE.