Yesterday was dizzy!!!

 TERRY

Terry is about the same BUT she did have a long night.  At 2:00 AM she needed some attention and now she is awake at 8:00 so she may need a nap later today even though she seldom naps.  She does have PT this afternoon and I am beginning to worry about myself as for the second time in a week I forgot her doctor appointment.  For the next time I will need to put an alarm on my phone.

The pictures show what my day was like yesterday.  We had filed for an extension on our taxes with everything on our plate but yesterday was D day.  The day before we got a HUGE shock as the story that we got when Terry sold her home in Minnesota led us to believe she would have a small tax bill for it BUT I guess we had incorrect info!  The story was the bill was very large.  That meant we had to scramble to get funds and get the bill in the mail in time.  So there were phone calls, documents scanned and sent, bank visits and more as I looked for things, sent things on the computer and finally by mid afternoon was able to drive to the post office with things that needed to be sent.  By the time every thing was finished I felt like I had made a trip through the wringer on the wash machine that Mom had in the entry way on the farm.  Well, yes, I know that would have been impossible but I still kind of felt like maybe that had happened.  Perhaps I am getting old and not too strong as I settled my nerves and body with a cold beer and then felt better!!!

I do have a tennis match today at 9:00.  I also did get in an hour yesterday morning before the RUSH happened.  I feel that my game is getting close to 75% of what it was last year.  BUT maybe only 50% of what I would LIKE!

Our weather is getting a tiny bit better as fall comes on.  As I write it is 79 and in the 10 day forcast there is not one 90 which makes me happy.  It does look like possible rain 5 of the next 10 days.

I do not know what is happening in my mind but for some crazy reason over the last few nights I have dreamt and had thoughts about the farm.  I mean they just come in wave after wave.  Maybe I need a book like Dad often used.  We called it his dream book as I THINK he would look up his dreams to see what they maybe meant.  Do not worry as I think IF that is what he did it is kind of a "not good" thing to do.  I think I will just try to forget them.  I mean I loved my upbringing but what happened to the farmstead, the land etc. is something I am sad about and need not allow it to occupy my mind in any way.

By the way if you noticed the book in one of the pictures go ahead and order it on Amazon.  I could use the $.96 that I get from a $10 book after paying our large tax bill!!!  In reading it you also will understand why growing up on a farm in ND was a good thing!  I will add that "The Innocent Days of a North Dakota Farm Boy" does portray me as very innocent and that was true but adulthood is very different and I would say that is true for Helen, Joan and Dave as well.  Well I know I can not speak for Dave now as he can not defend himself but I promise you he was not so innocent in adulthood too!!!

No I am going to pour myself another cup of FP and then get ready for 9:00 tennis.