I’ve been doing some driving each day, after a nap to be sure I am rested and alert. I drove to the airport on Monday night to pick up Pat & AJ and he drove back to my place, they spent the night and then I took them to the Amtrak station the next morning.
I did get involved with helping with food shelf on Wednesday and that went well. One of our residents passed away that morning, a friendly guy named Tim who always had a smile on his face and the thing I will remember about him most is the sign on his walker that said "I’m Fine" That’s what we have to look forward to, folks.
There is a Vietnamese lady named Haung who lives here and is always very friendly to me. I wish I could understand her better but I did understand that she was telling me that she was cooking on the weekend and she wanted to share some food with me. I just finished an egg roll that she delivered and it was delicious.
4th of July was not a big deal to me this year, mostly because of what is going on with our government. DT signed his ‘Big Beautiful Bill" that is going to benefit the rich and take away from the poor, once again. They are adding to the wall between the US and Mexico that was started during his previous administration and building huge holding facilities for immigrants that look like prisons. I just don’t understand how anyone could vote for some bratty privileged child still acts like one and couldn’t come close to understanding how the majority of Americans grew up.
I did have a nice conversation with my friend Leslie, we celebrated the 4th of July together for many years out at ‘The Land" in Richland Center. It was always tent city with lots of adults and kids and dogs running around everywhere, chicken and corn roasts, beer, chats around the fire pit and fireworks. Lots of good memories.