Dad 576: The Eventful July 20, 2021

(Lots going on next Tuesday. Enjoy Dad's post! ~ Tracy)

 

Derf Here! Another early-June-type day today. Very cloudy and damp and temperature in the 60s. Supposed to get better the next two days. Please!

 

Well, Kim got back to Illinois on Tuesday in the early afternoon. Now she must help Joe get ready for his hip replacement next week.

 

There is a lot of activity happening on July 20, 2021. The big event is my birthday (83). I will be as old as Mary Lou after eight days of being the younger of the two of us. Joe will get his hip replacement, probably the toughest of the activities. Then it is on to Glen & Debbie and Lew & Tracy. Both couples will celebrate their marriages (20-something years for both)! At one time I was the only July 20th celebrant. Now the rest of the family has taken over. I'll take a backseat to them from now on. Good luck to Joe. Our prayers are with him.

 

Visited Mary Lou the last two afternoons from 3:00 to 5:15. Lew gave me a ride up and then picked me up afterwards. Hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to drive again, as I hope to get my shoe on my toeless foot after last week's surgery. Will find out at my appointment tomorrow. (Did get a preview of tomorrow because my bandage fell off on Sunday. Was quick to get to the doctor on Monday to have bandage redone.)

 

Waiting for Kelsey, Zach, and Bode to arrive one week from Friday!

 

Until next time!

 

Toodle Pip!

 

Derf!

Wave Two

Wave Two of our summer visitor schedule ended today when Kim flew home to Illinois.  Debbie picked her up at our house at 4:15am to take her to the airport for a 6:00am flight.  (I did get up to say good-bye to her and my internal clock still hasn't recovered, ha ha!)  I received a text message from Kim at 3:05pm announcing that she was home.

Yesterday was Mom's 83rd birthday! I missed the family celebration mid-day, but I did stop in to see Mom after work. I sang "Happy Birthday" to her and she even helped me sing it. I stopped to see her again tonight after work.... Mom is always glad to see me. 💗

Saturday Summary

Dad has no toes left on his right foot. He is behaving (most of the time) after his surgery yesterday by staying off his feet as much as possible and keeping his foot elevated.

After fighting a cold this past week during which I did not visit my mother, I finally felt like it was okay to visit her today. Dad won't be going in to visit her again until Monday (her birthday!) so we did a FaceTime video chat with him. She enjoyed that.

I did make it to work all week (short week because of the Monday observance of July 4th holiday), and it was not the greatest of times. In addition to my not feeling well, it was also crazy with month-end tasks which we had only four days to do instead of the usual five. But we persevered and completed everything.

Lew and I finished watching the first season of The Chosen. We really enjoyed it. The second season isn't as easy to watch on our television, but I figured out how to mirror my iPhone to it. Modern technology is very fascinating and is wonderful if it works the way it is supposed to.

My Facebook friends are already aware that I did a fun LEGO kit last weekend. (A perfect project when confined to home due to illness.)  I had a blast building this typewriter!

Dad 575: Two Toes

(A newsy update from Dad today! ~ Tracy)

 

Derf Here! Another day for the AC. Hadn't needed it for the last few days.

 

Busy schedule coming up the next week or so. Explained below.

 

Tomorrow I stop my blood thinner (Eliquis) in preparation for surgery on Friday. Must report to the surgery center at 6:30 AM to remove my last two toes on my right foot. Toes number four and five (little toe) will go. More about this next week.

 

Construction crew Phil and company have cut out a section of the cellar wall to put in a door to get into the cellar. Now they are ready to put the door on. We're ready for it. They are doing a great job. We now can get into the basement from outside. Hooray! No more taking large articles up and down the stairway to the basement.

 

Still trying to visit Mary Lou every day at Pine Point Center. Don't know how I'll do after surgery, but I'll try to visit as much as possible.

 

Kim will be returning to Illinois next Tuesday to help Joe get set up for his hip replacement.

 

More next time....

 

Until then!

 

Toodle Pip!

 

Derf!

Still Cold

I mentioned in the intro to Dad's post last week that I had a sore throat. It lingered for a few days, and now I'm just a little stuffed up.  (How does one catch a cold in July??!)

I did make it to work today, but I am glad to have had the three-day weekend.  

I work the rest of this week and all of the next. Then I am on vacation for a week. I sure hope my cold is gone by then!

Happy Birthday, America!

God bless America, the land that I love, my home sweet home!

Dad 574: Hot and Cold

(I have a sore throat, so I came directly home after work. Dad has a cold, so something must be going around. He writes today... a Thursday Derf! ~ Tracy)

 

Derf Here! Finishing up another heat wave. Have had the AC on for four days straight. Don't know how we lived through times without AC.

 

Currently I'm at home when normally I would be visiting with Mary Lou. I try to visit her every afternoon from around 2:30 to 5:15 PM. After that time, Mary Lou goes across the hall from her room to eat her dinner, and I disappear to go home. It is not a great time leaving Mary Lou behind. I feel as though she should be with me. I wish this would work out, but it probably never will. It causes me guilt feelings.

 

Kim is visiting her mother alone this afternoon. Perhaps Tracy will stop in on her way home from work. (She often does visit her at this time.) Mary Lou has some good times doing puzzles that are boards with cut outs. She does quite well with those.

 

Joe and Kaelen arrived home yesterday after three days on the road. Joe made the trip without totally destroying his hip and back. For the next three weeks Joe will be attending meetings to prepare him for his hip replacement. We in Maine all wish you well, Joe!

 

Stay tuned for more news.

 

Until next time!

 

Toodle Pip!

 

Derf!