Sunday, October 22, 2006

FALL'S HERE - WINTER'S COMING

It's just been two months this time. I'm getting better. My how the time flies. We are still in Grandview, having been here since January. Maybe we are finally through with the doctors for this year. Emily's thyroid condition is better and the last scan didn't show anything unusual. I have to have another biopsy in January, but we are through until then.

We had to cancel out at Medora this year because we not through with the doctors in time. We were really disappointed but that's the way it goes. We hope to get away somewhere soon but don't have any plans yet. It always seems extra hard to get up and go when we have been in one spot for so long. Larry and Evelyn say that they are coming south this winter, so maybe we will go with them. The weather has changed abruptly. We seemed to have gone from 100+ every day to lows in the 40's and 50's at night. Some days when the air conditioning and the furnace are both on they start fighting each other. This surely beats those hot days that we have suffered through all summer.

Emily's aunt and two cousins from Alabama dropped in to see us yesterday. They had told Emily that they were planning to come. She didn't believe them, though, since they have said that before so we were surprised. We enjoyed the visit even if it was short. We went out to eat at the Blackeyed Pea and Rebecca and Caitlyn went with us.

The kids are all extremely busy. What with football, soccer, jump-rope, track, cheerleading, and talent shows, they are always doing something. Rebecca is going back to college at night to get her Master's Degree. She got a new job at the school as Counselor. That really adds to the hectic pace. Emily tries to go to as many of their activities as possible, but I can't keep up.