Too late to blog much.. had a very full and productive day down in Raleigh. Didn’t get to see everyone i wanted to .. but did manage to see some old friends in a new setting as art of the meetings I’m attending

yikes .. its 2am and I have to wake up in 4 hours.. more tomorrow

nite all. nite sam

-me

yesterday would have been my dad’s 85th birthday.. he died last may t=at 84.. setting a new record for longevity for his side of the family. it was nice being all together as a family last week.. we even made a birthday cake for him..

I’ve been thinking about him so much these days.. it was really strange for me being together in his house.. and not seeing him there..

i miss you pa !

nite all, nite sm

-me

Nice break.. not as in “nice vacation” .. but as in “Gabe’s foot could have been broken much worse”.. Around 4 we got a call from babe that he’d probably broken his ankle Skateboarding. We were in the car  an heading for the Talent in minutes. We got there to find him being well cared for by the able staff

He had fallen off his boar and twisted his ankle. It had swollen up like a balloon. it was pretty clear something was pretty badly not right..

We got to the hospital about 15 min later.. then tied a longggkggg time to get checked in….

Once in, we har a really nice PA come in and arrange an Xray.. .. everyone there was really nice.. ..we ended up being there for more than 3 hours !

Eventually Jared the guy in charge came back and showed us the X-ray.. gabe has a small break in one of his metatarsals.. much better than a broken ankle..he’ll have to go easy for a couple of weeks.. but no cast or anything.. after how it looked, that seemed like relief.  they gave him a support boot to wear and set us up with an orthopedist to see this week.

all in all.. could have been much worse.. and it gave ius something meaningful to do today…

im greatful

night all, night sam

-me

Lots done today.. big news is ‘we’ finished painting the barn.. I say we because Gabe did 70 percent , diane did 29 percent and I did 1 percent.. but.. i did get a few brush strokes in today. First thing was to drive the lift from the front yard where Lee and team are using it and bring it around back

then a couple of hours of up and down.. and it was done !!!! helps to have just the right tool

gotta say it’s an amazing thing to use.. how else can you get 60 feet in the air in your own backyard ?

Beleive it or not, this thing is till not high enough to reach the weathervane on our house.   For that we will be  going  up with a rope over the top of the lift.  !

nite all, nite sam

-me