Time Flies.....

when you are having fun. Everyone except my favorite daughter-in-law came over yesterday (Memorial Day) for lunch. Other than eating, we just played outside in the yard. Holly's kids broke the expensive swing I had spent hours and hours contructing from scratch, but then they tied the rope back together and continued to use it.
Holly's group had been at the pool in the morning and were headed back when they left our house... then to dinner with David's parents. Jonathan, Marissa and Griffin had been at the lake for the weekend and Marissa was working yesterday, so it was just Griffin and his dad for lunch. They stuck around awhile in the afternoon.
Manchie has had a decent month at the Greenville store so she went in for a couple of hours and moved things around. Not sure if she had any furniture in inventory that she could display. The antique store has also been pretty good this month. Charlotte is so-so.
Manchie and I are now back in Charlotte for another short week. Two weeks in a row that I have had to work 4 days. I could get use to this. Of course I would then want a 3 day week, then a 2 day week and ....... Manchie and I went to Lake Lure the weekend before. One of my high school classmates offered us the use of his condo timeshare in a beautiful resort in the mountains. It was a nice getaway. "Thanks Marvin"
Holly and Joyce have just about convinced us to go to Littleton the weekend the kids get picked up from camp. Guess our spring and summer will be short weekend trips. It will be nice to see everyone again.

Hello

Well, the "patient" hasn't recovered yet. He/she came through the operations and the tests ok, but had to be readmitted for a continuing problem. The specialists are now discussing a total memory wipe and reloading new. Guess that means she/he won't remember me after the procedure........ how sad.
Hannah was in a talent show at her school last Friday night and the girl can sing. She and a friend sang a Hannah Montana (?) song. They were really good and not just because we had to sit through some who were not.
We had a wonderful Mother's Day and Manchie's birthday party at our house this past Sunday. The guys cooked. To be honest, Jonathan cooked. Thank goodness for us. David brought a chocolate, chocolate, chocolate ice cream cake. Oh yeah, she got presents too.
Last night, Manchie and I went out to eat on her actual birthday. The restaurant she wanted has closed in Charlotte so we ended up in one we knew little about. Boy, was it GOOD..!
Later.

The Week

It has been an interesting week. Holly's kids had a choral concert at a local church Monday night that Manchie attended. My computer's hard drive suffered a major failure and was put on life support until a transplant was available. I am glad to report that the transplant was successfully completed today and the patient seems to be doing fine. We have to monitor (no pun intended) it for a few days, but I am optimistic.
Manchie went to Mooresville today to meet up with her best friend from high school to go out to eat dinner with her, her mother and Frank. We have to get home tomorrow in time ...... for something I'm sure.

Update: I rushed the patient back to the emergency room this morning and it turns out that the original diagnosis may have been incorrect. The transplant failed and we may be looking for another donor or we may just need a significant transfusion. It may be a system disorder instead of a major organ issue. The specialists are running all the appropriate tests and hope to have a treatment plan this morning. (Guess at my age I shouldn't be using a medical emergency as the metaphor, simile or analogy.... which one is it?)

Gotta See......!!!

Nothing like...... ".... all my life" video...!!! You gotta see this one.

http://www.foxcarolina.com/video/16134262/

Clink on link to watch. You may have to put up with an ad at the beginning.

Also, you can also link to reunion pictures on either of the hometown sites. Slightly different pictures on each one.
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