Monday - March 18

 Posted by Mark:

Quiet day today.  Pat woke up with scratchy throat this morning. We cancelled a lunch date with Margaret and Paul, friends from Bloomington.

This afternoon we went to urgent care.  The PA said everything else looks good, but throat is sore.  Thinks it is viral, but since she is having surgery later this week he prescribed an antibiotic for extra safety.  Drink lots of fluid, gargle with salt water solution, etc.

I went back out later to get the drugs, had to wait a bit as they were very busy filling prescriptions.

For dinner I had some left over BBQ and Pat had chicken soup.  We both had a small cup of ice cream and strawberries with some chocolate sauce that Linda had found and recommended.

As I said, quiet and low key day. 

Sunday - March 17

 Posted by Mark:

Happy St. Patrick's Day to everyone.

We started of with church at St. Xavier, then to Christof's on McGregor. Met Allie and Owen there for breakfast.   Their brunch menu is very nice.

Pat, Mark, Owen, Allie
Owen, Allie

We came back to Flo and visited some more.

Later this afternoon Maeve wanted to facetime.  Turns out she had something she wanted us to see.

Maeve before:

Maeve after getting her ears pierced

Annette said she was a real trooper.  No tears, no flinching, just held still while they did it.  She must have wanted it real bad.   😀

Zoom tonight with 9 of us joining.  Good way to keep up on the families.  Tom and Beth leave this week to fly to Japan to see their daughter Meghan.










Saturday - March 16

 Posted by Mark:

Breakfast in Flo then got busy cleaning Flo and preparing for our guest.  Gatlin was preforming at our park tonight, so Allie and Owen were coming along with Doug and Charlotte.  Jim and Lydia were bringing Joe and Joan.

I finished putting the table top back together.

Allie and Owen arrived at 2 p.m.  We sat outside and enjoyed the nice breeze and caught up on each others activities.

Charlotte and Doug arrived at 5.   We all walked over to the food truck at 5:15 which was "That smokin' butt".  Pat and I had the brisket sandwich which was excellent.

Ready for Dinner - Pat, Allie, Owen, Mark, Charlotte, Doug

Gatlin show started at 6:30.  They put on a very good show.

Darryl and Andrea Gatlin
Jim, Lydia, Owen, Allie, Pat, Charlotte, Doug, Mark, Joan, Joe


Allie and Pat - Long time friends

Joe caught us dancing.

Joe told Joan it looks like we still like each other.  We Do! 😍


Friday - March 15

 Posted by Mark:

Day started with a phone call to Pat from the Sanctuary Surgery Center needing a few questions.  After 20 minutes with a very nice young RN they had all the medical history they should ever need.  Tuesday they will call to give us the surgery time for Wednesday.

Since the call was taking so long we headed to the Sanctuary for Therapy while she was still talking.

Jeff gave her another good workout today.

After therapy we went to Target for a few items.

Back home I finished painting the table top boards.

We met our new neighbors Kathy and John across the street in Liz and Dave's old lot.  We also helped them hang their new 75 inch TV.  They are from Kentucky.

Tonight we went to the End of Season party with Jim and Lydia.  Then back to Jim's place for Euchre and SkyJo.   Euchre cards were much better tonight for Jim and I.  Pat and Jim tied as winners of SkyJo, but final scores were very close.

Nice walk back home tonight, weather was perfect.


Thursday - March 14

 Posted by Mark:

Headed downtown this morning to drop Pat off at Peter's for coffee and manicure and pedicure.  I then ran a few errands and headed home until she was done.  From downtown we headed to Panera for lunch.

At 1:20 we had appointment with Dr. Collins to cover the results of Pat's nerve study.  She was very thorough and explained the results.  Bottom line she needs carpal tunnel surgery as the study shows damage to the hand and palm and muscles will atrophy more if nothing is done.

After surgery she should get some definite relief.

Since she knew we were snowbirds she said they'd work hard to get everything done.   The worked some wonders with the schedule.  Surgery next Wednesday at the Sanctuary Outpatient Surgical Center.  Same building Pat has therapy in.

Stitches come out 8 days later.  She should be able to drive after that.  4 weeks with a brace day and night and then 2 weeks with brace at night.  

Played Euchre tonight. 3 tables - 12 people.  Both Pat and I had very poor cards, but met some new people.