Awake: 5:55am Temp 68 sleep 5:09 partly sunny overnight @ Watertown, WI.
"Happy Father's day to me!" I wear my cell phone all day in anticipation of hearing from our kids.
The Rabbi in Madison called Larry late last night telling him he was one man short for a minion (must be 10 men) on Monday, a time of special prayers as it is the beginning of the Jewish month of Tomas, & asked him if he could fill the spot. So Larry left @ 8:30 & will be absent for several hrs.
Meanwhile, Sallie is ready to start organizing the lower basement rooms; notice I typed rooms. Sallie’s brother, Bruce, has a dumpster just down the driveway that we can use. In prep for this next challenge, I detach the flat bed trailer from the Ford pickup & drive the pickup around to the back of the house for loading “stuff.”
Meanwhile, Kathy & Sallie have already lined up a bunch of miscellaneous “stuff” to be hauled to the dumpster. I make numerous trips from the basement to the pickup & from the basement to the toy/exercise room. We accomplished a lot before Larry returns. He arrived around noon time & he was impressed.
After lunch, Larry digs in; more rooms are cleaned out of “no longer usable stuff.” The photo developing room; electronics room; bookshelves are rearranged with more books destined for the library or filed in the dumpster; unwanted desks moved to the pickup truck; full size “Space Invaders” commercial game lifted onto the pickup truck, etc, etc. Larry & I filled that pickup with “stuff” (3) times, making (3) trips to the dumpster on Bruce’s property. Tough guy Bruce helped us with getting that Space Invaders game onto the dumpster; it was very heavy.
@ 4:45 we were pretty much worn out; next, showers for everyone & then wine time. Marsha’s Brother, Josh & his wife, Stacy, visit briefly & asks for a bus tour. Kathy complies but emphasizes that the bus is not for sale.
I did enjoy having "Father's Day wishes" from all our kids today @ various times. A proud father I am & so lucky to have such a wonderful & caring family. Had I known that our kids would have been so gracious & thoughtful as adults, I would have gladly given them more ice cream when they were younger.
Outside patio dinner: hamburgers, vodka pasta, American fried potatoes, mushroom & wild rice soup & bread.
We all felt good about our organizing progress that we made in the basement today.
Lights out: 11:44pm
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