It is done--the feeding tube is in!

TERRY

Terry sounded good yesterday.  She did get a feeding tube in.  I have this idea that a feeding tube is terrible but I know it will be a good thing as she will now get the nutrition that she needs.  I did talk to her and she said that the procedure was not a fun one but once it was in it is not all that bad.  I am hoping that this can be the jump start to a stronger Terry and then on to rehab and then home.  I have not heard from any doctor this week which surprises me, maybe today.

This is the entrance to the high school that Terry and I attended in Forman North Dakota.  The front door is where I was dropped off for school about 700 times.  The place where I represented the Cadets in over a hundred games and the place where the world of today seemed so so far away.   

I post this as I sit here in St. Paul and watch and listen to what is happening in the Twin Cities.  My house is about 2 miles from Lake Street and University Ave.  The report is that as many as 120 fires have been set along those streets and as many as 100 businesses have been broken into and looted.  As I watched TV this morning I, in my mind, rambled back to the early 60s and what my world was like.  I do know that there were terrible things happening in the world back then but they seemed almost not real as they were so far away.  AND it seemed like they were done by people that I had no idea what they were like.  Well here I am almost in the middle of terrible things happening and it almost seems like it can not be true.  I have lived 73+ years and have seen and heard about these things from afar but to have them in your back yard sort of just seems unthinkable.  BUT it is here and sounds like it is far from over.  I know there is racial injustice and it needs to stop but for people to destroy and steal as they protest is just beyond my understanding.  As I say this I am positive that I do not want to go back to "The Innocent Days of a North Dakota Farm Boy".  I will be satisfied with the memories and live today as if we are all living in 2020!

We have cool temps this morning as it was 53 at 7:00.  It is cloudy but the sun is supposed to show itself by afternoon and then the temps should be in the upper 60s.

The Adkins came over for dinner last night.  We all enjoyed Mac/Cheese and a ground beef hot dish. I should say it was a fun time but really I miss my HOTDISH who is in the hospital.

Once again it was POD coffee but maybe it will be different tomorrow.  On the other hand I did buy that box of pods at Costco and there are 120 in the box.  What am I to do IF I stop drinking it?

Last night I had a fun conversation with my friend Larry F who lives in Harve, Montana. I needed a bit of "memories' last night and talking to Larry always provides that as we have been friends since 4th grade and I guess that was 1956/1957.  

Enough for now.