Good morning all, actually it’s 2:25PM but it’s morning to me. I have gotten into the bad habit of staying up late and consequently getting up late. Cough is still with me but only now and then. Beautiful day out with sun. Same for the coming week. Might try to go out for a hamburger or something for lunch. Haven’t eaten out for two week due to flu. Hope all are doing well and taking care of what ails you. Paper says a lot of flu going around this year. Hope to be well enough to go to TCA meet this month. Went to Christmas meet but had to leave early. Sister in N.C. is scheduled for surgery tomorrow to repair broken bones caused by cancer. She is tough but she is fighting a losing battle I fear. Still have to undecorate my artificial tree and put away ornaments. Son will take down the tree next week when he comes. I don’t mind having it up late. It’s not bothering anything. Have a nice weekend all.
Cold. Started in high 20’s this am - made it to 44
A bit better again today. Lingering cough. Just tired from 12 days of little sleep. Slept better last night - only woke up coughing 3 times.
Ray - we were “lucky” as we “only” had bronchitis and not the flu. Miserable but not as miserable as flu. Like you we have not been out except for doc and groceries for 2 weeks.
We finally decided to go out for some quick seafood tonight, and came immediately home after. Wore us out!
Mustered the energy to help with some housework. I vacuumed the house. Had not been done since the Fri before Christmas when my sister came. We were too sick the last 2 weeks to mess with it.
Anj - hope you hang in there. I always hated traveling and being sick.
Joe - the countdown is on!
DJ - around here one has to go to an RV place to refill a propane tank.
MikeC - thanks for the feedback on “Darkest Hour.”!
Watched Tottenham whip up on Everton 4-0 today. Went to Mass, speaker system was out. People have forgotten how to speak with out microphones. Worked on jigsaw puzzle again. Still cold. SP Ray, thoughts and prayers for you and your family. I hope everyone has a good day.
Have had a good day, spent time in the train room working on details. Can’t get over the weather today, we had 84 deg! And would you believe that not so smart kid of mine thought it would be better in NYC this weekend, than in So Cal?? So he and his gf flew out last night and return Sun night. Oh to be young.
The bad news is they found another person in the mudslide, brings the total killed to 19. Unfortunately I dont thing that will be the last, still 5 more missing. I believe the mudslide claimed more houses than the fires did. The Thomas fire has been reported finally as being “out”. The 101 Fwy is still closed, and I doubt it will be open before the end of the week.
Ray, Sure hope things start getting better for you real soon.
Fife, Glad your getting the broken pipe fiasco under control.
Hope all you guys get to feeling better soon. Fortunately we haven’t had much of it out here. Hope it stays that way.
Mike C, I too really liked the Money … movie. It was great.
I’m burning the midnight oil again tonight. Took all my meds but don’t feel sleepy yet. I went out for a hamburger this afternoon for the first time in two weeks. Might try going to church tomorrow if I feel up to it. Roy, it sounds like you and I are in the same boat. At least we are getting Spring weather for the next few days. In the eighties today. Update on my sister in N.C… is that she has a broken femor in one leg. She did not fall or get hurt. Doctor says her bones are so fragile from cancer that she could break something just with a sneeze. They are going to surgery Sunday morning and will install a metal rod to support her better. She is surrounded by her family and they were eating cookies in a photo I got on facebook. She is comfortable now and getting good care.
Only two more wake ups left in Germany. I need to go into my office for a few hours today and consolidate some email and electronic files, but other than that it should be another easy day. We have so much food we need to eat before we leave; I hate to throw it away. I might get to watch a NCAA basketball game or NHL game this evening.
Ray - I am glad your sister in comfortable and surrounded by family.
I still have a few sniffles, but I’m much better than a week ago. ( The Glenlivet works quite well, Spank!) I hope the rest of you are starting to feel better soon.
We had another wicked storm here Friday. I was out of town for work and ended up getting stranded there Friday night.
Not much on the go today. Probably just church, some domestic duties and football. I knew it was a long shot for Tennessee to beat New England, but I was hoping to knock my wife off of her Patriots pedestal! Man, Dick LeBeau looks good for 80!!
I talked to two friends last night at church who had the flu really bad and their old. Flu is especally dangerious when your old. Mine was kind of flu light with a bad cold.
Afternoon all. Not a lot going on here, just a quick fly through to say hi and hope all doing well. Thouse with cold/crud/flu get better. I have been fighting a slight cold for about 2 weeks now, just won’t go away.
50 here but it feels colder for some reason. Near freezing tonight. Some are predicting snowhizo for tomorrow afternoon! What?
We had purchased tics around Christmas for a play this afternoon. So we pulled ourselves together and made it out. Glad we did. Tired though. Kids joined us, so that was good.
Wife is doing way better but still hacking crud up. I am way better and hope the rest of you are as well.
The little guy showed up yesterday for some Grandpa time and went right to work on devastation on the layout. So, Jordan had recreated the train wreck they had in Washington state. Just turn on all the spurs and every other switch at once and push the throttles to full speed ahead. What a mess!!! It had to be the better stuff and at the back wall where I could not reach anything to fix it.
This afternoon before Jordan left, Brian from down the lane stopped buy and we over drank. Katie, picked up Jordan just now but not after he rode his BMX bike till his back side was frozen off.
Good evening all, my sister came through the surgery OK and is resting comfortably in the hospital in N.C. I made it to church this morning for the first time in two weeks and spent some time with my oldest son after mass. Cough is still with me but not all the time. Have a good week all,
Wife and I stayed up working on the jig saw puzzle. Made some progress but still slow going. Did 9 miles in 2:27 for 3.69 MPH average. Was hoping to do more, but still plenty of time to work up to 13.1. Still cold here. Have Monday off. I hope everyone has a good day.
Today is our last full day in Germany. I have a few more office tasks to finish and then we have dinner plans with some friends. We need to repack our suitcases sometime today as well and prep some items for a post office shipment tomorrow.
SP Ray - I am glad you received a positive update.
Morning. Was cold out but warming. Mayors’ meeting tonight. Strange. Never change it for MLK day.
Speaking of crud. Had lunch with the “gang” yesterday. All including Grandkids have had a version of it. Think I will go to Walgreens [contracted with VA] and get my second flu shot as its free.
So I’m at work but the kids are off school. Tyler normally has swim practice around 3, but since school was off today they scheduled it at 7AM. What? They practice at our local Y, which is where we have a membership, so I took him, worked out while he swam, then headed back home. Unfortunately, apparently they didn’t announce this to Y members, as there were a couple irate members on the aerobic equipment who had come to swim. And I’m trying to figure out why they just didn’t have them swim at their normal practice time. That doesn’t make sense.
On top of all that, had to get dinner going this morning, and also had to swing by ShopRite to pick up a missing ingredient, cream of mushroom soup. Making crockpot with a top sirloin roast, potatoes , carrots, etc. Chopped up the potatoes and carrots last night, but when we got back from the Y had to chop up the meat into chunks, put it all in the crockpot, mix up the other ingredients and get it cooking for the day. At least dinner will be ready when I get home, and since I won’t be going to the gym I can eat early and get to bed early.
Hey, did anyone mention that it’s cold outside? I’ve had the locks and windows freeze on the Mercury I drive - couldn’t get one of the backdoors open on Saturday, as well as couldn’t get the driver’s window down until after the car warmed up. And now we’re supposed to get some snow tomorrow afternoon/evening. Wonderful!