Thurs. & Fri. Dec. 28 & 29
From what has been an almost temperate day in Iowa and MO,
The past two days have been full. I enjoyed breakfast with the ladies yesterday morning. Later in the a.m. we took the girls to the kennel for a two night stay. I picked Sandy up at 11:00 and took her to the local hospital to be prepped for her colonoscopy.
Her doctor usually runs late so we took our time - and of course this time he was running on schedule. I left her and had lunch with Jim - then returned before she was out of the procedure. I stayed with her until she was released and took her home. For those of you who know Sandy, you can easily figure out that she had no plans on my staying, but of course I had "signed" her out of the hospital.
Sandy's mom came at about 4:00 and she was insistent that she could stay until John got home from work. I knew that Sandy would give her mom the business about leaving so I probably laid it on a little thick as to why someone needed to stay and that I was trusting her that she would stay, etc., etc., - and promised Corine that she would have to deal with me if she left early! Poor Corine I guess took a lot of verbalization from Sandy (of course Sandy would have done the same to me, but I'm not her mother!)
Jim and I decided not to wait until early this morning to make our trek to Ames, Iowa to meet Carolyn, but finished packing and headed towards Des Moines. We had a very nice drive to the motel that we had considered staying at either Thursday or Friday night. A Cracker Barrel was next door to the motel so we also had a good meal.
We left Des Moines about 8:30 or a little later this a.m. and did some cruising around Ames (about a 30 minute drive) before meeting Carolyn at the hotel where the various girls' basketball teams were staying. They were eating breakfast when we arrived and called Carolyn and she invited us to join them at the table. We were at the staff table and met coaches, trainers, etc. - all seemed like a very nice group.
We left the hotel about 10:00 with Carolyn and ended up at a mall on the north side of Ames - not fancy, but clean and had a good variety for a community of that size. We ended up eating at Old Chicago - and I probably had more "fat" than I've had in months - food was delightful. I had what was called a "Chicago" calazone. Afterwards, Jim and I split a piece of cheesecake and Carolyn had what was called a small chocolate chip cookie - nothing small about it.
We thoroughly enjoyed our time with Carolyn. She looks great, is working on getting some weight off, caught us up on family happenings, and in general the time went way too fast before we needed to get her back so she could get ready to go with the team to the scheduled game at 5:00. I hope the "oldsters" didn't bore her too much.
We had packed to stay either one night or two, but decided to head on home. We had the option of staying for their game and then getting up early this morning so as to be safely back in Chillicothe before noon so as to pick up the girls. As it turned out, we came home on 65 - many turns and twists, but still made it back to Chillicothe about 5:00. The trip on I-35 was much easier as we didn't have to keep watching for turns, but it was a daylight trip today - as opposed to a night drive on Thursday. We alternated listening to the last of the newest Michael Connelly book and listening to the MU football game on the XM radio. I guess MU didn't want the win as badly as they thought.
We hope to be able to walk on Saturday a.m., do some housework, pick up mail, pick up the girls, and then spend much of the rest of the day cuddling with the girls.
Be safe.
B.
The past two days have been full. I enjoyed breakfast with the ladies yesterday morning. Later in the a.m. we took the girls to the kennel for a two night stay. I picked Sandy up at 11:00 and took her to the local hospital to be prepped for her colonoscopy.
Her doctor usually runs late so we took our time - and of course this time he was running on schedule. I left her and had lunch with Jim - then returned before she was out of the procedure. I stayed with her until she was released and took her home. For those of you who know Sandy, you can easily figure out that she had no plans on my staying, but of course I had "signed" her out of the hospital.
Sandy's mom came at about 4:00 and she was insistent that she could stay until John got home from work. I knew that Sandy would give her mom the business about leaving so I probably laid it on a little thick as to why someone needed to stay and that I was trusting her that she would stay, etc., etc., - and promised Corine that she would have to deal with me if she left early! Poor Corine I guess took a lot of verbalization from Sandy (of course Sandy would have done the same to me, but I'm not her mother!)
Jim and I decided not to wait until early this morning to make our trek to Ames, Iowa to meet Carolyn, but finished packing and headed towards Des Moines. We had a very nice drive to the motel that we had considered staying at either Thursday or Friday night. A Cracker Barrel was next door to the motel so we also had a good meal.
We left Des Moines about 8:30 or a little later this a.m. and did some cruising around Ames (about a 30 minute drive) before meeting Carolyn at the hotel where the various girls' basketball teams were staying. They were eating breakfast when we arrived and called Carolyn and she invited us to join them at the table. We were at the staff table and met coaches, trainers, etc. - all seemed like a very nice group.
We left the hotel about 10:00 with Carolyn and ended up at a mall on the north side of Ames - not fancy, but clean and had a good variety for a community of that size. We ended up eating at Old Chicago - and I probably had more "fat" than I've had in months - food was delightful. I had what was called a "Chicago" calazone. Afterwards, Jim and I split a piece of cheesecake and Carolyn had what was called a small chocolate chip cookie - nothing small about it.
We thoroughly enjoyed our time with Carolyn. She looks great, is working on getting some weight off, caught us up on family happenings, and in general the time went way too fast before we needed to get her back so she could get ready to go with the team to the scheduled game at 5:00. I hope the "oldsters" didn't bore her too much.
We had packed to stay either one night or two, but decided to head on home. We had the option of staying for their game and then getting up early this morning so as to be safely back in Chillicothe before noon so as to pick up the girls. As it turned out, we came home on 65 - many turns and twists, but still made it back to Chillicothe about 5:00. The trip on I-35 was much easier as we didn't have to keep watching for turns, but it was a daylight trip today - as opposed to a night drive on Thursday. We alternated listening to the last of the newest Michael Connelly book and listening to the MU football game on the XM radio. I guess MU didn't want the win as badly as they thought.
We hope to be able to walk on Saturday a.m., do some housework, pick up mail, pick up the girls, and then spend much of the rest of the day cuddling with the girls.
Be safe.
B.
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