Disappointing News

Tuesday night we went out to eat with Sue and Niles.  We have spent very little time with just them. We all enjoyed our time together and talked of us stopping at their Minnesota home this summer.  We came back to a bad evening,  A camping and Words With Friends lady wrote to say her 53 year old daughter had a heart attack.  They put a stent in a 100% blocked artery and she is stable.  Then I saw some info on FB and called our friend Jay and he confirmed another camping couple had lost their 36 year old son.  He was found dead in bed and there were no results yet of the autopsy.  Then Gerre wrote and said her daughter in law was hospitalized with pneumonia and was seriously ill and on a respirator.  They called this morning to say they cannot come because she was taken to a Philadelphia hospital to be put on a machine to put oxygen into her bloodstream.  It is touch and go.  They have no children so her son could use some moral support.  I was afraid to answer the phone or open my IPad.    Please keep all these folks in your prayers.  Parents losing a child at any age is a tremendous loss to bear.

Last Saturday we went to another show after church and dinner.  On the way home we were stopped on the entrance ramp by a Mission policeman.  Tom pulled into the safety zone and the cop knocked on the back window next to me.  I couldn't get the window down because Tom had to unlock it.  When I did get it open he asked me if everything was ok.  Then he asked where we were coming from and we told him and that we were on our way home.  He ran Tom’s license and then said he made an improper lane change.  He came to a full stop at the entrance to the frontage road because two cars went by.  Then he pulled out, put his blinker on, then entered the left lane and onto the entrance ramp.  Whatever!  Everyone said they were probably looking for a red Jeep and he made up something to stop us.  That was The excitement for the night.

Sunday I did laundry and played mahjong.  Monday night we went to Mission West for their burger night.  Ted doesn’t have to ask me twice.

Tuesday after mahjong there was a Mardi Gras parade.  It normally comes down Lark Drive but they changed the route this year.  So a friendly (?) little snake showed up in the middle of the street to entertain us all.  Richard, the critter control guy, was in the parade so we had to keep an eye on where the snake went until he could come back to relocate him.