The breathing, excessive phlegm, and hacking all day have been eliminated from my system. It's been almost two weeks, and several days have passed horizontally! I am looking forward to a good start to the week. I leave on Saturday for a three-week trip. I will babysit my son's dog for part of the time, but I look forward to sightseeing, biking, and relaxing for most of the trip. I return on April 18, giving me two weeks at home before Selley retires.
I also took the time to thoroughly clean the garage. It was such an unorganized mess, and I added to a pegboard and a shelf, tossing so many items I rarely use. Shelley has been away all week as she moved her dad from a one-bedroom apartment to a small assisted-living unit. The small room has a bed, chair, dresser, and TV. How good is the quality of life when you get to that point? He needs help getting up to use the bathroom and can only walk short distances. It may improve in four years when he is 89. You know, as they say, "Nothing’s better than being 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, or 97 years old. Those are the years you're in your prime." That is a pun!
Tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day; it will just be another day for me. As I get older, many holidays lose their appeal as celebrations. Additionally, over the decades, many holidays have become commercialized, encouraging people to spend money they do not have, get intoxicated, or behave in unusual ways. It is not a celebration I remember from my childhood, when it was about a feast of corned beef and other Irish foods with friends.
As I close, I have scanned in items from my mom's home when we moved her. I found the image below, which was taken as an award for my grandfather for many years. The photo was taken with North Dakota Governor Ed Schafer and his wife, Nancy, a few months before his 100th birthday. He died on October 13, 1999, 21 days before his 100th birthday, so he did not make it.
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