Saturday, June 30, 2018

Three Beautiful Things 06/29/18: Christy Continues to Improve, Lighter House and Mind, Elks Burgers at the Lounge

1.  After a hearty breakfast with Scott, Jerry, Ed, and Buff at 6 o'clock at Sam's, I went over to Christy's house and got the ice therapy machine stocked up with water and ice and helped her ice her knee after she did her physical therapy exercises.  Later in the day, Rusty, the physical therapist, returned and put Christy through some paces and she responded very well. He also freed her from her walker and so know Christy can walk around the house with the aid of her cane. Christy did another half an hour of ice therapy after her session with Rusty. Christy's home care nurse, Christine, also paid a visit earlier in the day and, among other things, recommended that Christy cut pack on pain medication, another good sign that her recovery and rehabilitation are going well.

2. In our slow and sure efforts to get our house set up after the remodel, we made a little more progress today. We knew it was possible that our new furniture might not arrive today. That turned out to be true. One of the delivery guys has been ill. But, I made a trip to St. Vincent de Paul's today and donated three vacuum cleaners, a small stack of towels, a set of curtains, some random cords,  and a couple of lamps. Every time I take more things out of our house that are extra, that we don't really use, I feel lighter inside.

3. The Deke and I were undecided about dinner late this afternoon and decided to take our uncertainty to the Inland Lounge. We settled in. We ordered beers. Cas told us about his trip with Tracy last weekend to Seattle to see his son and granddaughter. Eddie Joe caught me up on the Jeff Foster Memorial event at St. Regis earlier today. Mike Grebil updated me on his daughter's upcoming wedding and whether I might see his brother and American Legion baseball teammate, Steve. Before long, Cas presented us with the opportunity to order burgers and fries from the weekly hamburger feed across the street at the Elks. We seized upon it and, after a while, Candy strolled across the broken asphalt and rough surface of McKinley Ave., which is under repair, with a stack of styrofoam dinner boxes, and soon the Deke and I dove into our burgers and fries. While we were eating, Kellogg's mayor, Mac Pooler and his wife Francie strolled in just ahead of Ed. We gabbed with them, made some tentative plans for tomorrow with Ed, and, after a bit, we called it a night. We were home by 7:30, at ease after a fine couple of hours of relaxing at the Lounge.

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