WOW!!! and another....WOW!!!!!! Today was incredible......cool, bright blue sky, breezy, and no humidity and more of the same tomorrow. Tonight in the mid-50's!!!! Can't get much better than this in Missouri during July!!!!!!!! How long will it last......hmmmmm!!
Yesterday went by in a blur......can't really remember too much ...guess there was not much of any consequence that happened. The best thing was that Jeremy/Jay's fiance's mother called and talked with me, to introduce herself and to chat about future plans. GREAT that she called and am anxious to meet her. She and I were going to meet for a drink in Washington DC during the Inaugural events, but she became ill and couldn't make the trip from Mobile to stand in the freezing weather for hours and hours and hours.......so, we didn't get to meet.
The 1st Lady left yesterday afternoon to go to her Mother's......and today she took her to Quincy, IL to the hospital for tests on various parts of her body. Seems OK so far.....and she had no problem with taking the tests.....which could have happened as she is allergic to soooo many different things/meds that they give in order to perform the tests.
Today......I spent the entire day in the yard: raking twigs, leaves, pieces of bark from the trees, etc., etc. all along the curbside. And then......I took the dirt that we had in a bricked in flower "box" along the side of the patio, tore down the bricks, and then took the dirt and used it to fill in the deep gouges in the back yard where our neighbor's trees fell into our yard....and their limbs went deep into our very wet dirt/grass/yard. Sooooo, most of these deep gouges are now filled up....and they will settle down some, I know, but at least it is a beginning for the yard to begin to heal THERE. The curbside is a different story.....what with bobcat tracks in the yard, truck/trailer tracks from the tree cutters/trimmers/ who came that first week and cut up the fallen trees, and of course.....the huge pit in the front yard from where the 200 year old maple tree was uprooted. All of that will have to take a load or two of dirt to begin it's healing processes.
The remainder of the afternoon I worked on getting the patio cleaned up....still tiny pieces of glass everywhere from the tree's crashing onto the patio table/chairs......and then I had to clean where the dirt had been on the old concrete. THAT I want to replace SOON......with flagstones, bricks, other flat stones, etc., etc. and enlarge the patio a bit. Ahhhh......always something to do when you own a house!!!!
Had a visitor....a former student, Chuck Lee, who is a band director in a school district in the north section of STL. We sat on the patio as the sun went down with wine and coffee.....and lots of conversation. Usually, he...or I...are always on the run when he stops by and we never have any time to just sit and talk....but, this evening we both had the evening to enjoy with drinks and conversation.
Then a great chat with another former student on Facebook chat line......he also is in STL as a Patent Engineer for a law firm in the city. We were always good friends when he was in high school here.....he was a percussionist..a good one....and he also went to Europe with me while in school. We are going to try to meet in STL next week for dinner and drinks......HOPEFULLY!!! Did learn he read this every morning as part of HIS "morning rituals".....hahaa!!!!
And soooo, the days have gone by....I am two days older than I was when I last wrote this little post on here.......and my body is screaming bloody murder at me tonight from all of the "work" I did outside in the yard today. With the 1st Lady out of town, I may have to call 911 in the morning just to help me get my sagging body into a vertical position!!!!!!! It is beginning to ache in a few unknown....until now....muscles!!! But......
As always.........
LIFE IS JUST REALLY, REALLY GREAT!!!!!!!......And, I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!!!
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This is how the weather was in Michigan and it was hard to come back down to the Sauna!
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