Dang, it’s been eleven days since I’ve written anything and a lot has been happening. Most important is that my daughter-in-law Tracey had a stroke last Saturday and has been hospitalized since then. It affected the left side of her body with some paralysis and loss of peripheral vision. A bit of progress has been made in the last few days and I got to talk wit her yesterday. She sounded positive and ready to work toward recovery. It looks like she will be transported to a rehab facility tomorrow and will probably be there for 2-3 weeks.
I considered making a quick trip to Stoughton but Pat would rather have me come down when she gets back home and will need some assistance. He is working on getting a network together to help out while he is at work. Right now, my plan is to head down there on the 10th or 11th of April.
Winter is back this week and we saw a few inches of snow on Friday morning but it was mostly gone by the evening. Today and tomorrow are predicted to get some possible heavy snow, up to 10” or so.
Ben and I met up yesterday and walked around Staring Lake with the dogs. I so enjoy these walks because it’s about the only time we get any one on one time to talk and that is a convenient half-way between our homes. I wanted to see him as he is heading to Las Vegas today for a work trip. After the walk, I stopped by their house to see the kids and Jill. She gave me a box full of hair products from one of her salons and I will donate to some of my friends here at Penelope.
I spotted this cute little snow capped bird nest on our walk.
I had a real scare on Friday when I switched my phone service from T-Mobile to Xfinity as they were offering a pretty incredible price for both - $40/month. Everything was done and my new service was activated. I hung up with the technician and went to make a phone call and it didn’t work. I looked at my iPad and saw an email that said my phone number had been canceled and would be put back in service for other customers. PANIC! I got in the car and headed for the nearest xfinity store and was helped right away. The first thing the guy said was “don’t worry, your phone number isn’t canceled”. So he got my problem resolved although it took a while and he had to get someone involved who had more experience. All is good now and I still have the phone number that I got back in 2005 in San Francisco (I think I’m attached to it).
