TERRY
Wow, I missed posting yesterday but then not a whole lot has been happening. Actually Terry missed her walk as well. I played tennis at 9:00 and I guess that messed up out walk. Terry did sleep again in the early morning so that also came into play. WE will be sure to get out today. One needs to get out kind of early as the temps have been in the mid 90s lately. I would say Terry is about the same. No therapy for the last few days and that does not help. We will see what a new week brings. I do know Terry has at least one doctor appt which is on Wednesday.
Kim drove back to Peachtree City GA yesterday so Terry and I are again are on our own for a while. We have not visited the topic of in home care for some time. We will see how the next few days go. Kim left enough food in the fridge for a few days and then we have had friends bring over food the last two Wednesdays so we are not starving! Actually this may be because we are kind of old but what has become one of our favorite meals is a tuna sandwich with chopped up dill pickles and a tablespoon of Mayo with olive oil. It is kind of funny but the tuna says "wild caught with pole and line and NO oil or water added! It says "do not drain the liquid off" Opps I have been doing that so maybe I will try it without draining next time. I am so used to draining the oil or water off I did not even read it before just now! If anyone is into Tuna it is called "Wild Planet" and we get it at Costco. So one can see what my culinary skills consist of! I am best at stirring things together and then serving them!!! A FAR cry from the wonderful meals Kim would fix.
Oh my gosh it is just too too early. Terry needed some attention at 3:00 AM and again at 4:30. After that I just could not get to sleep so I got up. I rushed to the computer to read about another Twins victory!
Not sure what we will do today. Most likely will stay home and keep busy here. I actually did get some work done yesterday. The garage looked like someone went through it and ransacked it. I torn up boxes that needed to be recycled and there were about 7 or 8. Then I just straightened up some things and now it looks like normal people live here. I also took the ramp for the wheelchair, which I had built for getting Terry in the car, and I took it apart. Then I modified it and will use it for going in and out of the house. There is only about a 3" step up but having a ram will make it easier. Well I did need to get my woodworking skills into play just a tiny bit!!!
I have resolved to lose some weight. I am about 15 pounds more than I would like and it shows up on the tennis courts. Yes I am still dealing with playing in the heat but those extra pounds come into play in a way that I do not like. I have a goal to meet by next Sunday, we will see how it goes.
Monday, January 27th, 1958
It is my 11th birthday and Dad said I could invite my best friend for an overnight this Monday. Larry and I are in the 5th grade and have become great friends. (to this day I do not have a friend as special as Larry) Mom often would say that she would make the meal of our choice on our birthday. I had asked for fried spring chicken which we had in the freezer. I am kind of surprised that I did not ask for venison burgers but actually spring chicken was about the best. Mom always was super about making a birthday cake for us. As one can see Dad was being silly but I promise that look on his face was actually real and that was maybe the thank you that Mom needed. I did not get to invite Larry for an over night very often so I was one happy guy. Mom had her homemade buns as well. After we ate Larry and I played Monopoly and a game of Touring with the cards. I had told Larry to be sure and bring something warm to sleep in as my room was COLD in the winter. Larry was special in many ways. The 5th grade was my second year in Cayuga school and I am being totally honest when I say that there were not many scholars in our class. I am talking about boys now. AND I would say that was true of the class ahead of us as well. In Cayuga there were two grades in a room so as 5th graders we were with the 6th grade. Larry and I went to bed kind of late and as the nails in the ceiling frosted over we talked and talked ourselves to sleep. I promise you at that age it was NOT about girls but instead about school, baseball, friends and also about what we wanted to do when we were old enough to leave home. I perceived my home life as not ideal and I think Larry may have had some of the same thoughts about his. If I am wrong about Larry I am sorry. In the morning we are up bright and early as the bus comes about 7:05 or so. As usual Mom is ahead of us and she wanted to make the morning kind of special so she has pancakes with chokecherry syrup.
I would say that for every time Larry came for an overnight I probably asked at least a dozen so this "for sure" was one of my best birthdays.
One can notice how fancy our house is as one can see our light in the living room in the background! I perhaps should add that even tho, in our upbringing, we did not have a lot of money or fancy things I am so so thankful for what we had. It was a wonderful life. Also behind Mom's arm is a door that opened to the basement steps but behind that door was a hot water heater and a sink. That was our indoor plumbing. The bathtub--oh that was a galvanize tub that we brought in on Saturday night and put water in as it was placed in the living room. Each person took turns with a bath and then when everyone was finished we carried it outside and dumped the water out! One can probably note that for the most part I do not talk about "the good old days"
My FP is almost finished so will end my writing for the day.
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