Monday this week was a kind of chill day, although I did get some nice walks in - in between the rain. We have sure been getting some good soakers around here lately. Deb and I had a nice walk that evening and I had a nice chat with Elaine in the afternoon.
Jill’s Dad is in a care center adjacent to the hospital after having a T-cell treatment for his cancer. I had planned to go visit them on Tuesday and thought maybe Charlotte would be interested in joining me. Yay - she was! So I went and picked her up and I couldn't believe how much she had grown since I last saw her - seems like at least 2". We drove to the University of MN Medical Center downtown Minneapolis - talk about some crazy construction and traffic conditions and finding the parking lot to that place. Since Charlotte has been to various camps over the previous three weeks, it had been some time since she had seen Granny and Papa and we had a really nice visit and heard all about her experience at the Boundary Waters and previous camp (?). She is such a good sport! I heard her say "love you, Grandma" many times while we were together and she always has plenty of hugs for me.
When Dennis got tired, we left and headed to my place and stopped for a DQ blizzard along the way and then Ben came to pick her up when he got off work. I was exhausted by then, but I’m so glad that Charlotte was willing to hang out with me. We didn’t get any photos - darn!
Yesterday started with dropping my car off at the repair shop. It has some small engine leaks, so had to have the oil drained, engine cleaned, oil with dye put in and then I drive it for 100 miles and take it back so they can see where the leaks are coming from. Fingers crossed that it isn’t anything too serious and costly.
Back home, I helped out with food shelf and we ended up having lots of volunteers this time and a pretty good selection of foods.
It poured and poured most of the day - 3 of our 4 walks were wet ones and even the last one, we walked in some drizzle. Some areas nearby got up to 3". There have been rivers and streams flooding for weeks. The Guadalupe River near Kerrville, TX flooded and has killed 134 people.
