Journaling November 22-30, 2009

November 22, 2009

We didn’t make it to church. Paul woke up and now he is not feeling well. He woke me to tell me he was staying home. My leg is bothering me so much that driving myself was out of the question, so we both went back to sleep.

We both got up later for breakfast. I played on the computer, wrote letters and read stories.

After a little while Paul had to go back to bed. I am going to go and read Cami’s book 29 days of giving. Today it finally dawned me that all three of us have been at various stages of some kind of flu. Kathy and I are starting to feel a little better. I still feel weak and tired, but I think it, whatever it is, finally hit Paul.

November 23, 2009

We went over to the single mom’s apartment to take her and her daughter to their appointment. When we got there the mom was waiting for the police to come and interview her daughter about a separate incident. We drove her to the school to pick up her little girl and take her to the apartments. I let the mom use my phone to call and let the officer know that she was at the house with her daughter. Then she called about the appointment that she had and got the address. It is in the same town that we went to for the dance a half hour drive away. We waited for the officer to come back until we had to go.

It was kind of a gloomy day, but the route to Sedalia is full of history and Civil War era homes so we passed the time away wondering about the history of those big old houses.

Paul and I stayed in the car while they went in for the appointment. The little girl was molested by a cousin. She doesn’t want to talk about it, and she has been acting out quite a bit. The officials are trying to prepare her for court, scary time for a ten year old.

After we finally got back into town we dropped them at home and came home. We watched TV. Then we played on the computer for a while and tried to go to bed early. It really didn’t work. By the time we were ready to sleep it was over 2 again.

November 24, 2009

We actually got out of bed at an almost decent hour. We had to go to the Airbase to try to get my prescriptions. I am almost out of everything.

On the way to the Air Base we saw a B-2 bomber taking off and one landing. What an awesome sight. I have always loved to see the Air Force fly and in this area I get the privilege of watching the newest and best fly.

We have to go through the security at the front gate. Both Paul and I have to show our military ID. We have gone to the clinic a number of times, but today was the first time we actually got things taken care of. We found out today by being enrolled we will be seen by a doctor at the clinic on base. The only time we will have to pay for co-pay is when we have a referral for something off base. I am pretty excited. I was assigned a primary care PA today and they told me that appointments are usually made in a couple of days. Wow. We have to go back tomorrow and see if Fort Leonard Wood will transfer my prescriptions. If not, I will see my new PA next week and get started with him.

We explored a little more today, getting to know the area that we are living in now. It has so much history here. I hope to be able to learn much about the history of this town and those surrounding us.

November 25, 2009

Paul had to be at the VA medical center today for an eye exam. It really was a pretty drive, very sunny out today but cold and blustery. It is about an hour away. We arrived a half hour early like they asked. Paul was seen by a young women doctor.

Paul’s eyes have changed very little and the diabetes has not affected his eyes at all. He picked out his frames. The frames will be mailed to our house in about 3 weeks. He is pretty happy to have new glasses coming. He got travel pay, enough to fill our gas tank and eat.

On the way home we stopped at Bob Evan’s to eat. We both chose to eat omelets for breakfast. Our waitress was very sweet and very good at service. It really was a treat

Today was payday. That used to mean a little more than it does now. We had the dues for our Tri-Care coming out of this check, so we are very short. A little grocery shopping, and we were done for the week.

We watched a movie and went to bed, but we were pretty tired. We had been out of the house all day.

November 26, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving. Our plans for today was to make our dishes to take to my son and his girlfriend’s house, enjoy time with family and come home.
Before the day even started Paul got a phone call from my son, Kathy’s dad. He received a text message that Paul was stranded in Nigeria and needed thousands of dollars to get make home.

My daughter and my sister called with the same message. Then I got an email outlining Paul’s dilemma and wanting money to be sent to him in Nigeria. Someone had hijacked Paul’s MSN account. He tried to get into the account the night before and he couldn’t. He immediately reported the problem, but still could not get into the account.

Then I got an email from a friend. She forwarded the same email that I got to me. I assured her that Paul was here, and that there was absolutely no way that he would mass mail asking for money. She already knew that.

Paul sent out an email to everyone he could think of letting everyone know that his email account had been compromised and he was safe at home.

A few of my friends received the same email and checked with me to see if I had indeed been left at home while Paul traveled. We finally just left for dinner at my son and his girlfriend’s house.

The drive over to their house was incredible. We were feeling quite picked on with the email hijacking. I haven’t seen many hawks since we moved, I hear one in the mornings often, but no sightings. Today on our 30 minute drive we saw no less than 6 different hawks flying in different fields all the way to our destination. The sight of one hawk always lifts my spirit, so by the time we reached the house I felt like I too was soaring.

Dinner was wonderful, ready as we walked into the house. Paul craved the turkey and we all sat down to a wonderfully prepared meal. We enjoyed our time with the family. Kathy came home with us for a couple of days.

When we got home we watched White Christmas with Bing Crosby. When he started to sing Kathy was memorized. She said oh who is he? I told her that was Bing and she watch every move he made the rest of the evening. We had to turn off the movie because it was past her bedtime. She went to bed with the promise she would get to see the rest of the movie tomorrow.

November 27, 2009

Kathy up early, around 6:00. I got up with her. We ate breakfast together and put a puzzle together. Then she watched some TV and played with her toys. I really think she likes the one on one time she gets here from each of us.

Paul got up much later. He sent me to bed. Can you imagine, he said I was a little grumpy? I took a nap. Kathy was able to have one on one time with Grandpa. She was very happy. After they played and watched a little more TV, Grandpa feed her and put her down for a nap. When I got up I felt much better.

We left for Sedalia in the early evening. It was still light when we got to the dollar store. While we were in the store Kathy found a Santa hat that she just couldn’t live without. We bought her the hat because she looked so cute.

From the Dollar Store we went to Burger King for dinner. Kathy wanted to go play. We had to remind her of the rule about eating first before playing. When she realized that we weren’t going to change the rule for her, she ate. This play yard was different than the one she plays on in our town. She had a choice between 4 different slides. She loves wandering around the maze and yelling down at us, making sure that we follow her progress. When we left she was sure it wasn’t time to go, but again, we got to play the boss.

Vanessa called and talked with Kathy. Kathy was looking at lights and chattering, but not really to Vanessa. We could hear Vanessa being coached by someone as to questions she should ask.

We stopped at the hotel that Paul and I went to last week in town. As we walked in Kathy saw 2 large nutcracker figures as tall as grandpa. She would have been happy if that was the end of the tour. But we had her look forward and pointed out a 7 foot tall tree that she could see from the door. She was excited about that, but then as she walked forward she saw two other trees in the entrance of the lobby. Then she turned and saw the big tree. She was so very excited. She checked out all of the ornaments. She saw their Santa figure and was ready to hug him. The lady at the desk had us take her up to the second floor where she could see the lobby from above. Kathy really loves Christmas trees and any Santa that is stuffed or stationary. I posted the pictures of the tree and hotel in a previous blog.

When we got home we watched the rest of White Christmas. It is official. Kathy loves Bing Crosby. She was a little upset when he kissed the leading lady, but she quickly forgave him when he sang one more song.

November 28, 2009

Realized I miscalculated the check book, we are $3.88 short. The check hasn’t gone through yet, but when it does we will be short. Paul has enough cash to cover my mistake, so Monday we will go to the bank.

Kathy loves her Santa hat. She puts it on and is who who whoing all over the house. We can’t get her to say HO HO HO. I have an animated Santa that is almost as tall as Kathy. She loves this Santa (live Santas are evil in Kathy’s mind. She screams if she thinks she has to talk to a live Santa)

When Tom and Sandy came to get Kathy she shared her Santa hat and the new Santa in my house. She asked what that was, I told her it was Santa’s beard. She noticed that Santa didn’t have any hair and asked about that. I told her that Santa was bald. She said oh and began to give Santa Reiki. This Santa in my house is the best loved animated Santa ever.

We cannot get Kathy to hold still for a picture, but when we asked her to hug Santa, she did and she posed for a picture. She spent several minutes posing for pictures and then looking at them with great delight.

They left and Paul and I spent the rest of the evening quietly watching TV. We actually went to bed early.

November 29,

I woke up to a strange dream. In my dream when I woke up my legs and ankles looked great. They were skinny. I thought, how did that happen? Then I realized that all of me was skinny. My friend from Oregon was visiting and Scar the Heart Warrior was visiting. I got out of bed and went to visit with my friends. They didn’t seemed surprised to see a skinny me.

Paul and I both were able to go to church. It was a very good meeting. We stayed for the entire time. Wow, going to bed early makes such a difference when you need to get up at a early hour.

None the less, we took naps after we got home. We really need to get on schedule, Paul will have to be getting up for classes soon.

I made a yummy breakfast for dinner. We spent the day quietly.

My friend from Oregon, the one I dreamed about called. She is going to come see us and spend a few days here. I am so excited. I tried to get her here when I lived near Branson. We would have been able to take her to a few shows. But we will have to find new activities here.
I heard from Scar, the Heart Warrior’s daughter. Scar went into the hospital for tests. They were afraid that she had another heart attack. I sent word to the daughter that I would be sending Reiki.

Now both of my friends that I dreamed about I heard from today. My question is does that mean I will be skinny someday? Now that is a change that I could live with.

I also sent Reiki to my son, the Fed Ex driver. He is going through a rough spot and feels pretty low.

November 30, 2009

We had to go to the bank and fix my mistake today. We drove to Lexington. It is a pretty drive to the bank and usually the traffic is nonexistent. Today we sat in a line of traffic. There was no cars coming toward us and no one was going forward. When we were finally able to move just up the road a bit was a small car totally burned up. I have no idea if anyone was hurt, but there was nothing left of the car except for charred metal.

On the way back to Warrensburg we stopped at a Wal-Mart in a different town. This was the smallest Wal-Mart I have ever seen. We decided to just go on home. Well, actually Paul drove me over to the Air Base. My prescriptions were ready. We saw several hawks hunting on this part of the trip.

We stopped to check with the single mother we drove the other day. She wasn’t at home, but I left her a message. She has been doing her laundry in her tub. We are trying to find a day that she could come and do her laundry at my house.

We got home and ate leftovers. We had a quiet evening. It had been a good day.

This is the last day of November. I have no idea how the year passed so quickly. We have seen lots of changes in our lives, mostly for the good. Just one more month and we will be in a whole new year.