TERRY
Terry is awake and reading the paper. She gets her second covid shot today. No need to make an appointment as one can now just walk in. We will go to the Publix grocery store that has a pharmacy as well. That is where she got her first shot. I am hoping she does not have any side effects from it. I remember the day I got my last one I was just feeling like of punk and stayed in bed much of the day. Other than that no plans for Terry today.
I have no real plans today. I will try to get a bike ride in and get some work done in the house to clean up papers etc but that is it. I know it is three weeks down the road but I am trying to figure out how to make things good for Terry as I go to ND over the weekend of 17-19. I do need to talk to Heidi who lives down the street. I did talk to her at one time but not since I made the plane reservations.
I would not say I am struggling but I may put it more mildly in saying that my life at this time is somewhat difficult. I find that cooking, cleaning, laundry and trying to take care of Terry in a good way often seems kind of like an uphill journey. If one were to ask me how I am doing I would say "fine". But then I look around the house and see things that should be done and then often I sit at the computer and waste time. I think that is not the best sign. I try to help the time pass by looking at my investments on line. My goal was to get my nest egg up to a million and then I would have something to be proud of. Well a friend mentioned that one needs to start with more than a 4 figure account at my age. So now in my quest to find something to take my time I am looking at Amazon and maybe will purchase old time games like Chinese Checkers, Connect Four or Jenga. I will just have to figure out how to play me against I!!!
I just talked to Terry and she thinks she will be ready to get in the car and go for her shot about 10 or so. She said she does need a shower first. So I am guessing my morning is kind of planned.
I think I will have time to get a short bike ride in before we head out for the shot. When I sign off here I will do that.
DAKOTA ATTITUDE
A little from the book today.
From Devils Lake
I used to go out to the hobo pit. Judi's Dad Ed was a conductor on the railroad and they lived in Devils Lake. I wonder if he knew about the hobos? I would sit there and drink coffee with them. I was just a young fella. They slept in boxcars, and they would go there and sleep in the hay. The wintertime we didn't seem. They just jumped a freight train and took off for the south. They were nice people. We called'em hobos, but they were out lookin for work on the farms. They had to eat, you know, so they could find work. I remember one time when Mom had put up pickles in a big barrel. One day she went out to see what they were like, and by damn, they had emptied the barrel. Well, Dad says, if that's all they had to eat then I guess it's OK. God must have showed' em to get here!!!
I will sign off today with a salute to my great FP and a picture that ALL of us more mature folks will remember from days of long ago!
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