Errands and Visits

 

I had to be at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, PA, this morning at 8:40. I was on time, amazingly enough. I got behind a school bus almost first thing and then another slow-moving vehicle, but I stayed calm and it worked out just right. They listened to my heart and drew three vials of blood for testing and discussed my surgery. I was out by 10:00 and headed toward home. I checked on my father's land in Lockwood and managed to talk to a couple of the neighbors and they are both interested in buying the land. That will help, as I have been paying the taxes on it since 1989. I just need to figure out a fair price. I stopped to visit my cousin Kathy for awhile. We were more like sisters than cousins back in the sixties. We both got married (she at 14 and me at 18) and drifted apart somewhat since our respective husband's didn't care for each other. Her husband was killed in a car accident a few years ago. Mine died six years ago from pancreatitis complications. Her new husband and my boyfriend seem to be able to get along with each other, so hopefully we will see more of each other. As long as I was out, I stopped to see my sister and her significant other before heading home. I was just in time to drive in the downpour. I had to drive very slowly most of the way home because the rain was coming down so hard and fast it was difficult to see. By the time I pulled into my driveway, the rain had subsided. I took a look at the flowers and decided it would be a good time to take some pictures of the flowers to show my grandson, Matthew. Since he helped me plant the flowers, I thought he might like to see how well they had survived and grown. This flower is a lisianthus. I wish it were a perennial, but am told it is not. I am going to try to put it in a pot and bring it indoors before the fall frost hits it. I love the purple and white flowers.

Short and Sweet

I know its been awhile since I've posted here. I've been busy and very tired. I got a call from the co-manager of the Subway where I used to work. The building that housed that Subway and some other shops as well as the bowling alley has been torn down and replaced with a new RiteAid. So anyway, she wanted me to help her out because she had to fire the manager at the Dryden Subway and said it would only be until she could hire and train someone else. I was hired almost five years ago on that same line..."help me out until I can get someone else trained" and I was there for three years. Left in February of 2006 when I went to Costa Rica for two months. Its good to have a reason to get out of the house and keep me on my feet, but with the sleep apnea thing it is really tiring for me. I was scheduled to go back for re-evaluation at the sleep study center, but in the meantime I saw an Ear, Nose and Throat specialist and they have scheduled me for surgery this next Thursday. So I cancelled the sleep study. Made no sense to me to be evaluated before the surgery.

Anyway, I am at John's house this weekend. Earlier today we took a ride out in the country to look at properties that are being foreclosed on for taxes. He's not buying, just wanted to see what stuff goes for. While we were looking for one property today we had the opportunity to get some pictures of a "red shouldered" hawk, which I think is also a "chicken" hawk. I will share a pic of it with you now and get back to posting another time.