Wednesday 31 December 2008

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Awake: 5:37am Temp 29 sleep 5+05 snow…wind overnight @ Indiana, PA.

I awoke minutes before a streak of lighting flashed into our room, followed by a bolt of thunder; as I gazed out our window & saw what appeared to be a light blizzard, I thought to myself: “well I’ll be darned!” I think we just experienced what they call: “Thunder Snow.” I thought it was a little early to wake Kathy up, but she was awakened by the thunder. We have things to do & places to go today, so she moved along swiftly.

After coffee & our small breakfast, we motor to Nicktown; Nicktown being about (600) ft higher in elevation, was truly having blizzard like conditions. We aim our Suzuki toward the community center, tramp thru the small but growing snow drifts & prepare to enter the social room & join the KK meeting. But….wait a minute; the lights are out & the door is locked. What’s going on? Most of the cars outside represent the people we know who should be inside. Kathy knocks on the door but no response.

Ah ha, these guys tried to trick us into thinking: nobody’s home. They saw us coming, turned out the lights & locked the door. No late Christmas gifts for them! Although my voice was reduced to a scratchy whisper, we enjoyed more good talk & much laughter for the next (1.5) hrs. Then we had to scoot to the doctor’s office in Carrollton, not taking the time to pick up our mail.

Kathy talked to Michelle & asked to have the doctor take a look @ my condition to see if an antibiotic might help; Kathy’s thyroid medicine didn’t need any changing & the doc wrote an Amoxicillin prescription for me to treat what is diagnosed as a “sinus infection.”

From here, we motor to the care center in Hastings; visiting both 1st cousins Richard & Bernie. Richard, who looks great, talks wonderfully, has that wry sense of humor, etc, still has those fragile bones that keep him in a wheelchair.

Bernie, on the other hand, has made a miraculous recovery, graduated to a powered wheelchair, & talks much better, but still does not have control of his lower body. We say our goodbyes for now & hope they are both in better condition when we return in April.

Another stop in Nicktown to pick up our mail; bad timing, the P.O. is closed for lunch.

Back to our hotel, change clothes & then get our prescriptions filled. While the pharmacy is doing that, we make some prints from the memory stick of the latest grandkids & family pictures.

Dinner @ the Foote Castle; leftovers. K & I select turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, cranberries & salad.

And now, tra-lah: we celebrate Andrew's 3rd birthday with a snowman ice cream cookie cake, made by Melissa & decorated by her & Karina. The usual birthday song was sung & Andrew blew out his candles, saying:" I am (3) now" as he held up (3) fingers. He opened several presents, including more Brio train tracks + an orange engine, a 180 piece "Geomegs" magnetic building set & pajamas.

After Andrew's birthday celebration, Nick & I got into a broad discussion, comparing each of our lives & how & when we did what. When did we start saving for the kids college; how did we invest; how much to save for retirement, etc, etc. I don’t remember how long this intense conversation lasted but I do remember Nick getting closer & closer due to my whisper. It was amazingly interesting to do these comparisons & I am thankful that he brought up the idea.

Just as we were getting things organized to leave for our motel, the adults & Jerry were setting up to watch the movie: “Cars” on Katrina’s computer.

Back to our motel @ 10:40pm; Kathy was asleep by 11:05pm.

Lights out: 12:08am

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