Here we are at another Friday, February 19th

 TERRY

Terry did therapy in the gym yesterday and then right after that she did therapy in the pool.  The gal who did the gym therapy talked to me and said Terry did very well and was much better than on Tuesday.  She was very tired when we arrived home and spent some time in bed but later in the afternoon she wanted to be in the living room.  She used the walker to get into the living room but by early evening she wanted to go back to the bedroom and she used the wheelchair.  I am thinking I MAY suggest today that we get her into our pool.  I am not sure IF she wants that but I know she can do it.  We do have steps going into the pool and a hand rail so with my help I know it can be done but we will see.

I was embarrassed yesterday.  On Thursdays we have an in house tennis league.  It is at 1:30.  I had played tennis in the morning and totally forgot about the afternoon play.  At 1:34 I got a call.  It took me about 10 minutes to get there but in the end it was fun.  My partner Charlie and I lost the first set 2-6 but came back and won the second set 6-3 so it went to a tie breaker, 10 points.  We won the tie breaker 10-7.  Not sure we should have won as one of the opponents was 6' 10" Dan Anderson who in his younger days played pro basketball for several years.  If you hit it even remotely close to him it will come back like a bullet!  So the way to play is keep it away from Dan and DO NOT TRY TO LOB OVER HIM!!!  Anyway it was fun.  The in house league was set up by one of our pros and I guess the pairings are randomly done by a computer program.  One of the guys said they go by games won and a tie breaker is counted only as one game so IF that is true we were even yesterday as we both would have gotten 9 points.  Really it makes NO difference to me as it is just fun to play with different guys.  A person can get a great pairing one week and the next week just the opposite.  I must admit that often tennis is the least important thing on my mind.

From time to time I get a picture that I think is extra ordinary in color and in story.  Here is one.  This is John at the age of 10 months.  We were living in Old Main on the campus of the North Dakota School for the Deaf and it was 1970.  He is sitting on the piano bench and as one might guess it is the end of October.  I think the dark wood grain piano with the gordes and pumpkin is a wonderful contrast.  AND then of course you get the idea that it is kind of a cute, fun, almost romantic time with the way John is leaning on the big orange pumpkin.  An entire whole other story could be how we got the piano up to the second floor as the building had 12 foot ceilings and the piano was perhaps one of the heaviest pianos I have ever seen. Well I did get kind of a tongue lashing from superintendent Hayek as I had used several of the high school boys to help and IF I had been a tad bit older and wiser I would have known that was a HUGE NO NO.  If someone had gotten hurt I may still be paying the price!  Anyway I love the picture.  I could also go into the story of how I spent many many hours refinishing the wood to a lighter color.  I would say to anyone who may be thinking of undertaking a job like that, "NO".

Here we are at 8:30 and I am about finished.  I do not have tennis today but need to go over to the club as I left my orange towel after the match yesterday.  I think I will spend some time today gathering tax things and seeing what I am missing.  My FP is almost finished so my story for the day is the same!