Good morning! It may be afternoon before I finish this post but with the time change I'm not sure. My intentions are good. I spent the weekend with the Hollensbes and it was a special good weekend too. There were lots of laughs. Suzanne picked me up on her way home from work on Friday. I teased them about their place being a 'cat farm'. They have four cats and a dog! I never did get the sex of the animals straight so I just wound them calling them 'it'. I think this was appropriate since they have been neutered. One of the cats ran away and Animal Control in St. Charles called back several months later to tell them they had 'it'. Animal Control identified it by a chip it had but they have no idea how it got accross the Missouri River. I didn't think cats could swim.
Saturday afternoon Goldman and I went to the Casino and had a really good day and then we left. Josie and Lukas played downstairs most all day. I thought they were still in bed when I got up both days but they had been up for a while and were just being quiet. Suzanne says she has them trained. I was never able to train mine like that. On Sunday Luke had a friend over and I could hear them then but they were good and didn't fight.
Saturday night some of the guys came over to watch the Blues game. When the game was over, they played a game of 'Risk'. I don't think I'd ever played it or seen it played or understood what they were doing. It was Doug, Mad Dog, Goldman and Groves. They each put $5.00 on the game and Groves won the $20.00. I went to bed long before the game was finished. Groves had played Black Jack at Ameristar to toward morning the night before so I'm sure he slept most of yesterday. Doug was tired and was playing hockey last night. I had an email from Goldman. He and Doug play on the same hockey team. They did win! I love it that all these guys call me 'mom'.
I wanted to put in this little story about the dog. Suzanne loves their dog. I believe they both do. I was watching CNN yesterday morning and they showed or told about a dog that swallowed a $20,000.00 diamond. I asked Doug "Which one of you's dog would Shady be if she did that?" Doug's reply "It wouldn't matter. It would be a DEAD dog. I wouldn't wait for it to s--t it out!"
Ding picked me up at Doug and Suzanne's yesterday evening. Suzanne wasn't feeling very well. The kids had coughs and colds. I ask Doug how they would feel today on a school day. He said Luke's legs sometimes hurt really badly so he can hardly walk or get out of bed and he can't eat and various symptoms and then Doug remembered this is Spring break. Then Doug said both kids will be up and at em' at the crack of dawn.
Ding and I had supper at Albert Puhol's Restaurant last night. It's near Doug and Suzanne's. It was great. I went to bed fairly early and Ding said he fell asleep watching television. When we got back here to the house last night, something was beeping. Ding was going to update the blog about their Idaho trip but that something was beeping. He talked to Aunt Rose and after a long while finally figured out what it was and how to get it to stop beeping.
He talked a lot about their Idaho trip but I'm eager to see Mark Lary and Karen and to see Ding's update to this blog. Kelly sent some pictures that I'll get Aunt Rose to post. That's another one of those things I don't know how to do.
We had Starbucks for breakfast and Ding is bringing lunch. Jalen had sent me a message on Facebook after he read the blog on Friday that he's SO happy that my hands are showing some improvement. I keep just moving my hands and fingers as much as I can. I have both therapies Wednesday and Friday but Rose worries if I ride the exercycle when no one is here.
Work weekend at the lakehouse is the last weekend of the month. So far we have 6 guys coming. They even suggested I be there but then I remembered I'm having that stent on the 25th and having an IVIG sometime soon. These young people are too good to me! If any other guys want to come for work weekend, just let us know! I'm thinking about getting two sets of two bunkbeds for the dungeon. That will give us two more sleeping beds. Doug says if couples want to sleep together they can sleep on the floor!I haven't heard from the Abbotts yet today. I left them a message and maybe they're just away from their phone. Sabrina says they're fine and if she hears from them she'll remind them to call me. Rose and Shirley will get back from Chicago this afternoon. We'll get back to semi-normal then. Goldman and I are going to the lake next week Monday and Tuesday. I'm praying for nice weather. The sun is shining today. Janet did say it was snowing in Idaho Saturday morning. It was only raining here.