At some point earlier this evening there were four fire trucks outside in the driveway. We have no idea why they were there. The local newspaper may or may not tell us Tuesday (there is no Monday or Saturday paper).
It was a little hard sleeping last night because the wind was rattling our windows, and Andy plowed today because of the drifting snow. We only received about 2″ of snow, which wouldn’t be enough to cause problems if it hadn’t been for the wind.
We were supposed to meet with our kitchen designer yesterday, but I suddenly got very sick Friday evening and spent most of Saturday in bed. Andy checked to see if it made sense for him to keep the appointment, and the designer was happy to postpone it. For some reason she is having trouble with utilities to her house and needed to deal with that.
The most interesting thing for me was that after being so sick and spending 14 hours in bed, I was almost back to normal last night. Who knows what was going on? Another mystery of the universe.
Has anything unusual been going on where you are?
Up at 4 am to head out to NW Arkansas where mother-in-law is having surgery for stage one uterine cancer. Leaving in a few minutes.
All pretty quiet and usual in my part of the blogosphere
Mike,
I’m sorry to hear that. At least the prognosis is good if it’s stage one. Good luck to you all.
Evan,
That sounds just fine!
Surgery went well, though the robot lost power and would have taken an hour to “reboot” after power was restored, so surgery was done “laparoscopically” according to the doctor. (After a short night’s sleep and too much coffee, I was dozing off with an upset stomach by the middle of the afternoon. Now I’m awake in the middle of the night.)
Sorry to hear about your sudden illness, Jean. The simplest of flu-y things really do knock the wind out of our sails, don’t they?
>The most interesting thing for me was that after being so sick and spending 14 hours in bed,
– I think it was the 14 hours in bed that played a significant role in helping you recover quickly. We are in such a rush today and turn to medication so easily, that we forget that sometimes, we just need to slow down and give our bodies a chance to heal themselves.
>I was almost back to normal last night.
– Yaay!
>Who knows what was going on? Another mystery of the universe.
– Absolutely! Your quick recovery was karma giving you a peck on the cheek. 🙂
Has the mystery of the fire trucks in your driveway been cracked yet?
Kate
Mike,
I’m glad the surgery went well. I had to look up the advantage of robotic surgery. It’s too bad the robot lost power, but at least it’s over with. That was quite a trip for you. Hope you’re almost back to normal by the time you read this.
Kate,
Still no word about the fire trucks. I’ll let you know if the paper mentions it tomorrow.
I’m a great believer in rest if I think I’m coming down with something. Mostly I can head off colds, but didn’t expect to bounce back this quickly for that “flu-y” thing.
As I write this, I had a grand week end with my brother and am yet to recover from the heart break of his departure earlier this morning.
hey little monk… some bugs are fierce! i’m glad you’re better. just proof you can’t keep a good monk down. your tales of building are starting to sound more and more like angus in the france profonde!
mike… my heartfelt wishes for a speedy recovery for your mother in law. like monk, “stage one” are encouraging words.
rummy… my dearest friend is my only brother. i know just exactly how you must be feeling. i’m glad i live in the same town as mine.
hi kate! you’re a little ray of sunshine. you and always calm and sweet, evan.
where are you bhb???
are you cleaning out more closets? or are you just realizing you could let it all hang in there and simply enjoy your wonderful house! 🙂
Thanks, My mother-in-law is spending at least one additional day in the hospital. She’s age 87 and gets around by wheel-chair and recovery is a little more difficult for her.
Rummuser,
I’m glad you had a good visit, even though saying goodbye is sad. Do you keep in touch with telephone calls? That helps a lot for us.
tammy,
Thanks. I was surprised that the bug went away so soon. I expected it to be a longer haul.
Mike,
Yes, we do heal a lot more slowly as we get older. It sounds as if she’s in good hands though.
nothing untoward happening here
unless…
you are looking at the sky – it’s a brilliant blue, someone just remembered it was supposed to be Summertime here! And got up and switched on the sunshine yellow bulb 🙂
unless…
you were looking at my blank schedule appointment diary yesterday and then this morning it filled up even more than it was before! Lovely though, all the events that have unfolded or will unfold 🙂 🙂
Happy outcome for you Jean on the mysterious illness that forced the “cheerful monk” to take a long horizontal rest 🙂
Cathy,
Sounds as if things are going well for you I’m glad. 🙂
I’m intrigued. I wonder what was going on? Recently there was a big flurry of police jeeps etc on our road. Eventually we discovered the reason. Sadly, one of our neighbours had committed suicide.