Sore Throat and .........

Who would ever believe that anyone could talk so much catching up that the throat would hurt. Listerine is my new best friend. Larry and Gerry Clark pulled into Duff's Marina and campground Monday afternoon following a visit with family in Concord NC. This was the first time the new electric service was used to power something substantial like a MH. It was hot and there were no complaints so the AC must have worked OK I'm just glad that we didn't burn up wiring and appliances on their MH. I was afraid to try plugging ours in. Everyone always tried to tell me that there's something special about the way you wire the electric service for a camper but I just set it up like you would for a 240 V range or something like that. I must be right since there were no fireworks.

Tuesday was filled with more chit chat and a delicious shrimp dinner. Time flies when you're having fun. It seamed like our friends had just arrived when it was time to move on.

My final question, would you buy a used car fro this man?

My Favorite Grook

A grook is a form of short aphoristic poem. My favorite is titled TTT. It goes as follows: Things Take Time. Do you get the connection between tile and lyrics? A couple of weeks ago I went in for surgery expecting that I'd feel fine after a day or two. Well, here we are two weeks and a day later and I'm finally beginning to think everything is going to be OK. Things take time!

This week Carolyn and I are out in the Motor Home with grandson Dustin. This seemed like a good chance to spend some time with him and at the same time take it easy and try to recuperate. The week got off to a rough start when Dustin crashed his bike and skinned himself up pretty good. Carolyn and I were near by watching him ride when he just flew over the handlebars onto the road. None of us could figure out how it happened. Our hope is that he'll be none the worse for wear when we return him on Sunday.

Today is Thursday so the week is passing by quickly. We only have a few more days of put put, ping pong, swimming pools and game rooms. Thankfully, Carolyn seems to have enough energy to keep up.

Speaking of keeping up, there's a new car in the garage at home which we hope can keep up.

Note that it is white. More on this later

RADIOACTIVE

It's been almost a month since our last post and what a month it's been. When we returned home this spring we had all the usual doctors appointments expecting all the usual results. Well, the results weren't all usual, Mann's PSA had almost doubled in the six months since last checked. Following numerous visits to Urologists and Oncologist for opinions and second opinions, today our day started a bit earlier than usual at 5 AM for a visit to the hospital. I'm now Radioactive
according to the arm band provided and the certificate provided for passage through customs if asked. Fortunately, my cancer was caught early and there's every reason to expect a good outcome. Hopefully this is just another bump in road of life.

In the midst of all this medical stuff, Carolyn and I spent the last week across town at the Richmond International Raceway. No racing was going on, just a great big motor home rally called GEAR (Greater Eastern Area Rally). We got to spend the week in the company of about 800 of our closest friends. Every day was filled with seminars, games and social activities like ice cream socials etc. Every evening was filled with "Happy hours", meals out, entertainment etc. This is almost too much for all of us "old folks".