Sunday, October 28, 2012
Judy has been in Minneapolis for a
week or so being with her mother Bev while she is in he hospital. She had a
disc that they worked on because leg problems; collapsing etc. today supposedly
the were to a CAT Scan on her brain to see there are problems because some of
if not all her symptoms are still manifesting themselves. She is wearing a
catheter and hasn’t had a bowl movement the last I heard. The last I heard they
are going to put her in a facility where they will help her get up and around and
with any other needs.
At that point Judy will come at
least for a while. She is hoping that will be tomorrow; Monday.
I have been spending a lot of time
with Corey and family. We had lunch together Friday (?) at Joy Luck or Sum Dum
Luc as I call it. Last night Corey and Stacey went on a date. I don’t remember
the name, but it sounded like a lot of violence. Jayden and Bailey stayed over
a my house while they were at the movie. The intent was that they would sleep
over.
We watched funny You Tube movies
for a long time laughing. At first it was funny cats like cats falling in the
water and running away. One cat climbed into a small garble ball; stuff like
that. It went from cats to dogs or cats starring down dogs and the like.
Finally I put in ear plugs and a mask over my eyes and fell asleep. When I woke
up it was dark and quiet. The kids had gone to bed in the small bedroom.
After while Bailey came into my
bedroom and asked if she could sleep with me…she said that “Jaden won’t stop
talking.”
Jay said that he would sleep for a
few minutes and then wake up…over and over again.
After their movie was over, Stacey
texted Jayden to see how they were doing. Jayden said that he couldn’t sleep.
She asked him if he wanted to go home. He said yes so then swung by our house
and got the kids and took them home.
Today Bailey was supposed to say a
part in the Primary Sacrament Meeting today. She was well prepared though she
hadn’t gone to any of the practices. This morning Corey was hoarse and
generally feeling bad so none of them went to church. Good thing they told me
so I wouldn’t drive up there for nothing. I got dressed and was to our church
in time for choir practice. It turned out that my bedroom clock was an hour
show. It is old and programmed to change time automatically for Day Light
Saving Time each spring and fall. The problem is that they decided to make
daylight saving to last longer in the fall and start sooner in the spring.
I got to church fifteen minutes
after the meeting had started. I got the water but not the bread. The choir
sang after the first speaker; Scott Johnson of the bishopric. At that time the
choir sang. Even though I had been to no practices and had never seen the music
I went up and joined them. The music was easy and I had no problem with it. In
the last couple of years or so I have gotten to where I have no problem finding
the bass notes and usually the tenor. I sometimes can sing with the altos with
my falsetto. After the choir, Bishop Hanson spoke and was followed by Brother
Gonzales who is in the high counsel and from our ward. He is quite the wit.
They are from a small city (I think) in Argentina and he was made a bishop when
he was very young. He said that his ward was very poor and that he made the
people promise to pay a full tithing and told them that if they needed help
after paying their tithing they would give then whatever assistance they
needed. They all accepted the challenge and none of them ever came back for
assistance.
As a side note; I was speaking with
his wife a few weeks back and said something about her husband’s sense of
humor. She laughed and said that when they were dating, she almost didn’t marry
him because he was too funny.
He is a super funny-nice and their
three sons are just like him.
Tonight Jayden invited me to their
house for dinner at seven. Corey made an excellent white bean and chicken
chili. It was excellent and I brought some of the leftovers home with me.
Bailey and I played catch with a
5-6 inch orange soft plastic ball. After that Bailey got Corey’s i-pad (probably
a different brand) and we played games and such on a Disneyland app. When I was
getting ready to leave for home, Bailey said “It’s so much fun when Grandpa
comes over!”
I was—flattered of course.
