TERRY
Terry's left foot is bothering her a lot. It was injured when she fell out of bed about a week ago. She does have a Dr. appt. early tomorrow so we should fine out if there is more damage than we thought. She did go to the hospital after the fall and they said her little toe was broken BUT the foot remains very bruised and bothers her a lot so hopefully we find out more tomorrow. I am not sure how I will get her into the car as she can not put any weight on her foot BUT we will make it work. Her appt is early, like 8:30 so we will have to start getting ready to get into the car maybe by 7:30 or so. Another day and another adventure for sure!!!
It is cloudy out but I think I can get in a tennis game this morning. I have played very little tennis this week and it will remain that way for the summer. There are a few guys here but they think they are too good for some of us so our numbers are reduced to maybe a hand full. It does not bother me to reduce my playing time but it would be nice to play say 3 or 4 times a week which I think it will be a challenge to get that much in.
People of Praise is having their 50 year celebration in the twin cities this weekend. I am guessing there will be much activity and many guests coming in from out of town. I think it goes through the weekend. It would be nice to be there but that is not to be.
We are now in the rainy season. I would say you could almost set your watches by when the thunder and rain come in each afternoon. Really there is much more thunder than rain. I would say in the last few days we have gotten between .2 and .5" each day. One thing it does is it gets things growing and greening really nicely.
With time on my hands now I have time to think and remember about times past.
I perhaps have written about this in the past but will do it again. Larry and I went on a Saturday evening cycling ride in July of 1966. We rode to Forman where many of the kids we knew were from but did not hook up with any. So after riding around Forman and stopping at the ice cream stand we headed back home. I would say as we arrived back at Cayuga the time was perhaps 10:00 or so. In Cayuga the main road goes right past the two liquor stores, past the implement dealer and out of town going south. Well Larry was maybe 20 feet ahead of me as we entered Cayuga. As he went past a parked car a drunk put the car in reverse and back into me. It put my cycle on the side and my left leg was burned from the exhaust. The sheriff was called and I think nothing happened to the guy. The next day Larry, JoEllen and Patty came out to the farm to see how I was. I was fine but I had a permanent scar on my upper leg from the burn. I do not know but it seemed that the drunk simply went home with no consequents of any kind. I guess the sheriff felt the young motorcycle guys were in the wrong!!! In the two years I had my Harly 250 Sprint that was the only accident I had and of course it was NOT my fault. As I remember it now I wish I had taken some action but back then I just let it go.
So here it is about 8:15. I will clean some things up in the house and then get dressed for tennis. I will be a bit rusty as I have not played for a few days but then with the state of my game a bit of rust may not be that bad!
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