The Rhythms of Home

I've been fighting off a cold the past couple days, and I think I've conquered it in time for Easter Sunday.  We are looking forward to attending church in the morning and then going to Debbie's & Glen's house for Easter dinner.

Dad did come home on Thursday. He certainly is glad to be home, and we certainly are glad to have him home. The cats even are happy! They both were off their normal routines while he was gone, and now they are back in their usual rhythms. Animals are interesting that way; they know when there is a change.

Lew and I continue to watch many of the NCAA tournament games. It's fun.

Wishing everyone a blessed Easter!

Tomorrow... Only a Day Away

Dad is getting discharged from short-stay rehab tomorrow. He was ready to leave before he even got there (ha ha!), so this is welcome news.

It will be nice to have him home.

🏠🍪🏠  Home, Sweet Home!

March is Mad

Lots of stuff the past few days:

March Madness! The NCAA basketball tournaments (both men and women) are great sporting events. I love watching the games. Lew likes filling out the brackets.

More March Madness! It SNOWED on Saturday. Then it turned into an ice storm. We lost our electricity around 7:40pm on Saturday evening and didn't get it back until last night around 7:30pm... so almost a whole 24 hours without power. Besides being cold, we also missed watching lots of basketball.

Many area churches lost power as well and had to cancel services yesterday. Our church was one of them. A strange Palm Sunday indeed.

Dad had a good follow-up appointment with his foot surgeon today. The nurse at rehab is doing an evaluation tomorrow, so I expect he will be home within the next couple days. He still needs to stay off his foot as much as he can, but it is healing nicely.

Thanks for checking in!

A Step Closer

Dad left the hospital and entered the short-term stay facility today.  He is there so his foot can heal a bit more.  Then he can come home.  It will probably be several days.  At least he is right down the street from us.  Easy to visit!

Sunday Update

Nothing too new to report on the hospital patient. His foot needs to heal before he can walk on it, so a decision probably will be made tomorrow about where he will be heading to rehabilitate.

Stay tuned!

Foot Update

Dad's foot surgeon called me after the surgery today. She told me she removed all of the bad stuff. ("Bad stuff" is my term; her words were more clinical.)

I spoke with Dad, too, and he sounded good.

Now it's time to wait for some test results, as they need to make sure the infection is under control.

So Dad probably is in the hospital at least over the weekend.  At least he likes selecting his hospital meals; he gets to call in his order himself.  Little things.... 😊

Dad's Foot

Dad is not writing his usual Wednesday post because he is in the hospital on IV antibiotics.

Tomorrow at 3PM he will get a little nubby removed from his right foot.  (When he had his first toe removed a few years ago, they didn't take the whole toe.  The remaining portion is what I refer to as the "nubby.")

The nubby is infected, as is some of the bone near it.  So perhaps they will need to take a bit more.  We'll find out soon enough.

So, here we go again!

Prayers are appreciated.  Thank you!

DST Day One

At 6:15 PM today, I commented to Lew, "It's still light outside!"

Here's hoping I can get to work by 8:00 AM tomorrow.

More Daylight On Its Way

I do like Daylight Savings Time.

The later Mr. Sun stays up, the better.

What I don't like is the start of Daylight Savings Time.

I am not really a morning person, so moving the clocks ahead makes for a difficult adjustment.

There has been talk of doing away with the semi-annual time change.

Please, let's do it and have Daylight Savings Time all year.

Happy "Spring Ahead" to you!

Work Anniversary

I had to take Tuesday off this week, so I went into the office today.

On my drive home I remembered that I started this job on March 7, 2023 — one year ago today.

This means I've been through a whole cycle.  I think I pretty much know what I'm doing now, ha ha!

Dad 707: Future Foot Fun

(By request, Dad writes a short post today. Thank you, Dad! ~ Tracy)

Derf Here! Not a great day to be out. Damp, wet, and about 50 degrees.

A one-liner tonight:

Things seem to be going on as usual, but a final foot surgery is coming!

Until next time!

Toodle Pip!

Derf!

A Record is Broken

🏀  Caitlin Clark!  🏀

Do I need to say more?

The Book After Titus

We just had a two-week sermon series on the book of Philemon at our church.

How is Philemon pronounced?

During the sermon series, the preacher said it like this: fill-EE-mun. Emphasis on the middle syllable.

A variation that I thought I heard him say a couple times: file-EE-mun.  Fill vs. file.

Either way, emphasis on the middle.

Now we need a series on Habakkuk! 😁

Leaplings

Yesterday was Leap Year Day. I just saw a headline that more than 20 babies were born in Maine yesterday.

I wonder when these babies will celebrate their birthday. Biologically they will be four years old the next time a February 29th rolls around.

In non-leap years, they should have a two-day birthday celebration. My reasoning: The birth was in the month of February but it was on the day after February 28th.

So, leaplings, I encourage you to celebrate on February 28 and again on March 1! You are worth it!