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Enjoying A Spring Day

This morning I had the chance to sit outside and watch the kids play. It truly was a perfect spring morning.

Sam bought sand for the sandbox yesterday, so the kids have been playing in it with their new sand toys. Just sitting back with a cup of coffee and watching them run around barefoot was a treat. Andrew is Ella’s biggest follower and always plays along. Today, she was a source of many laughs. For five minutes I just listened and heard some of the funniest stuff:

“Grandpa’s phone never works because he always breaks it.”

“Bubby, pretend you are a super hero, but you have no powers!”

“Look at me! I’m a flying dolphin!”

“Here is my baby’s home. She hides here so the bad guys won’t get her.”

“…and that’s all because he turned into a chicken!”

“Be careful not to fall in the river, because the water is on fire!”

She is a source of so many chuckles.

Another source of chuckles is our dumb dog, LOL. We took her to the vet this week to get her spayed. She is not supposed to be running around or anything like that. Well, she is naturally crazy, so I’m not sure how we can make that happen. Today, as the kids and I were outside, she was chewing on a plastic watering can, various toys, and fetched a stick. Ok, so maybe it is a tree limb….

Watching her run with this huge thing in her mouth was more than comical.

In other news, Ella got her eyes checked this week and she needs glasses. She is farsighted, while Andrew is nearsighted. She doesn’t have hers yet, but she picked out some cute frames.

Andrew has had his glasses for a week or so now and he loves them. They are transitions, so they become sunglasses when he is outside. He’s so cool!

I’m looking forward to many more sunny mornings outside!

Crazy Day or Two

So Tuesday night, we headed down to the hotel near the hospital where I prepped for my colonoscopy. I was up the majority of the night for obvious reasons.

When I finally did fall asleep, I was awakened by noises from a huge thunderstorm. Debris was hitting the hotel windows, the thunder was loud and lightning was bright. I was able to fall back to sleep, but had to be up at 3am to finish the rest of the prep.

When I woke up, I was surprised to see that a tornado had touched down where I used to live. As a matter of fact, I learned that it actually went through the back yard of my sister-in-law’s house! It destroyed one of the parks in the area among other things.

Needless to say, many people lost power. At last check, there were no fatalities, but there was plenty of damage. One Facebook post read, “Ok, who had February tornadoes on their 2024 Bingo card?!”

When they called me back to get ready, the staff I worked with was top notch. The first nurse and I could have been twins, and one of his coworkers told us that! The nurses kept me laughing and before I knew it, I was coming out of the anesthesia.

I guess my procedure went well. I was happy that the doctor’s report noted that “The quality of
the bowel preparation was excellent.” Good Job, Keith!! LOL They removed something that they are looking at and I will have results soon. Praying all is good.

Looks like I’ll be going in for an upper GI scope soon. They want to check out something else. At least the prep for that scope is a whole lot easier!!

This morning, I had my eyes examined. I guess it has been two years. My prescription is about the same, but needed tweaking. I’ll have new specs in a couple weeks. I did take advantage of grabbing some prescription sunglasses because they had a good deal on them.

You know, I got out of radio because I was sick of management changes and such. Every time that happened, everyone got fired or shuffled around. I thought I was done worrying about things. Not so.

Since I have moved to afternoons, my demeanor is happier, my blood pressure is down, and the stress levels are manageable. However, while I was off yesterday, I found out that there were major changes in our company. There were many people in big positions let go. There will be new job postings and many of us are worried as to what might happen.

I guess that is the natural thing to do – worry. I also know that worry can make things worse. I just hope and pray that whatever happens, I still have a position and that things here remain as pleasant as they have been. Sending up many prayers about this ….