End of week 2 in December 2020

 TERRY

I posted last evening about 5:00 so there is nothing new about Terry.  As I write it is about 7:15 AM and I think Terry is sleeping.  The next big thing for her will be next Tuesday when she has water therapy for the first time in maybe 3 weeks or so.  Well I have mentioned she does get her hand looked at Monday and I think that will be important.

So here I am having gotten up at 5:15.  Terry needed some help about 4:30 and by the time I got in bed again I was wide awake.  I tried my best to sleep but it did not come so up it was.  No breakfast this morning before tennis which is at 9:00.  I somehow have to get much much better at passing the fridge without opening it.  This staying home much of the time and not much of importance to do lends itself to stopping at that darn fridge way way too often.  

We will have Sonia here again today as she did not come yesterday.  With us leaving at 9:55 for Terry's evaluation at water therapy there really was no reason for her to come.  

Those darn pictures that John M sent and then I put them on the blog yesterday got me into the "times of the past" mode.  I do not mind those times most of the time but for some reason yesterday it was not a good thing.  I have many many memories of our Christmas times on the farm so I probably better brace myself for some rocky days ahead as those memories come and I promise they are good BUT with them of course there is much sadness too with Dave not with us this year.  I do not have a lot of memories of Ronald and Janet being home for Christmas.  Some but not many.  When Ronald went off to college I was only 7 and when Janet left I was 9.  IF I remember right I am sure Janet spent time at home around Christmas but really she was in Lidgerwood much of the time as she boarded with the Pop family.  

We still do not have the pool fixed but when it does get fixed I am not sure how much I will use it.  With temps in the 50s/60s at night and mostly 70s but some 60s during the day heating it becomes an issue.  Regardless it does need to get fixed and soon.

NO this picture is not about me.  It is about MOM.  When her brother Jim died Mom got a small amount of money from his estate.  Well Mom NEVER had money so what does she do with the money that she got?  She gave each of her kids a sheep skin throw!  As one can see ours was pink!  This picture was taken in our very first place we lived.  It was Old Main at the School for the Deaf.  The building had been the girls dorm but when a new administration building was built Old Main was vacant for many years.  It had 12 foot ceilings and the electricity in the building was pretty iffy!  When one went to turn on the light in the bathroom it was 50/50 if it would go on or not!  We paid $90 a month and that included everything like heat and lights.  In the winter I could go down the stairs into the basement and there was a tunnel that connected to the school building.  It also led to a kitchen in the basement of the administration building which was the ONLY place we had to cook as the place we lived in was large but NO kitchen!  So during my first year of teaching we had MANY dinners prepared on a one burner hot plate!  The pink throw is no longer with us but it lasted many many years as most of the time it had it's home on the piano stool.

So here it is 7:45 and time to stop.  Terry just asked for the paper so she is awake and ready for the day.  I have another hour+ before tennis.  My FP is gone and I am ready for the day.