Stuff

 

A few odds and ends of things that have been percolating in my mind:

• My Mother-in-Law tripped and fell on Thursday.  She hit her head on the carpeting at her assisted living space.  She was bruised around the eye and had a small cut.  Policy at the place (happily) necessitated a trip to the Emergency Room to assess and make sure there were no more dangerous issues from the fall (brain bleed, hip fracture, etc).  She received a clean bill of health fortunately.  It was a big relief.  My wife met her at the hospital (the assisted living facility required my MIL take an ambulance).  Unfortunately, the ER was so, so jam packed that my wife did not return home until 3:00am (she went there around 2:00pm).  

• I was able to go to the "Shoppe" on Wednesday, and my friend Jim did show up too, because he knew that was the only time I could go.   It was a very nice feeling that he did come to so we could talk.  BUT, starting NEXT WEEK, I should be able to go at the regular time to the Thursday "Retiree's Cigar Group" so I can talk with EVERYONE.  It should be great, even though probably I will get a fair amount of "ribbing" from the regulars this first week I have been there in a helluva long time. 

• Besides the concert I talked about my wife and I attending during last weekend, I forgot to mention that she and I went to a cheap, "Kid's Matinee" last weekend too.  During the Summer, each week, our Movie-Plex will show an early morning movie of a previous kids movie (the film is usually somewhere between two and 10 years old).  We have gone occasionally when it is either a) a movie we missed originally but wanted to see, or b) a movie we really liked..... and willingly want to watch again on the "big screen".  Both of us (probably me the most,  though) love the "Paddington Bear" series of movies.  Last Sunday, they were showing the 2024 "Paddington in Peru"..... so I was completely on board with going.  The Paddington films always help me feel happier.  I have a print/small poster of one of the color drawings of Paddington from the books hanging in my outer office at the U right next to another small poster image of Don Quixote I also have in that outer office.  

I hope this will be a good weekend!

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