04-27-2014, 06:54 AM
Greetings, gang.
It's cloudy, windy, rainy, and cold in the remote reaches of northern Iowa this morning. Right now it's 43 degrees with winds of 30 mph gusting to 40. Wind chill is 36. Not your typical late April day.
On Friday we had the first running of the Afternoon Special. Over the winter I picked up a couple of passengers cars to go with the Bachmann 4-6-0 for the Backyard and Southern. It looked cool but the event was spoiled by the track work on the east loop. Over the winter the track shifted and there were frequent derailments.
My Fair Lady is doing well at the moment. Scalp hurts as the hair is preparing to fall out. That should happen fairly soon. We received a call this past week that her wig is in. We'll be going to Ames to pick it up sometime this week. We have her on on a good medication schedule to keep the pain under control but it does leave her somewhat confused sometimes. A week from tomorrow we go for her second chemo session. The session lasts about 5 hours and when you include travel time it pretty much takes up the entire day. One day every three weeks is not too bad.
The last of the visitors left yesterday morning. They all come to see My Fair Lady and help while letting me have a little rest. Their "help" consist of leaving messes all over the house. I work twice as hard just to stay even. Case in point: my brother-in-law asked if there was anything he could do. I didn't bother to point out the sink full of dirty dishes or the dishwasher which needed to be emptied. I just let him continue updating his phone. Another instance: my sister-in-law was going to cook for us. Her cooking consisted of making pancakes for breakfast.
Well that's enough venting for now. Thank you all for your kind thoughts and prayers.
All stay safe.
Tom
It's cloudy, windy, rainy, and cold in the remote reaches of northern Iowa this morning. Right now it's 43 degrees with winds of 30 mph gusting to 40. Wind chill is 36. Not your typical late April day.
On Friday we had the first running of the Afternoon Special. Over the winter I picked up a couple of passengers cars to go with the Bachmann 4-6-0 for the Backyard and Southern. It looked cool but the event was spoiled by the track work on the east loop. Over the winter the track shifted and there were frequent derailments.
My Fair Lady is doing well at the moment. Scalp hurts as the hair is preparing to fall out. That should happen fairly soon. We received a call this past week that her wig is in. We'll be going to Ames to pick it up sometime this week. We have her on on a good medication schedule to keep the pain under control but it does leave her somewhat confused sometimes. A week from tomorrow we go for her second chemo session. The session lasts about 5 hours and when you include travel time it pretty much takes up the entire day. One day every three weeks is not too bad.
The last of the visitors left yesterday morning. They all come to see My Fair Lady and help while letting me have a little rest. Their "help" consist of leaving messes all over the house. I work twice as hard just to stay even. Case in point: my brother-in-law asked if there was anything he could do. I didn't bother to point out the sink full of dirty dishes or the dishwasher which needed to be emptied. I just let him continue updating his phone. Another instance: my sister-in-law was going to cook for us. Her cooking consisted of making pancakes for breakfast.
Well that's enough venting for now. Thank you all for your kind thoughts and prayers.
All stay safe.
Tom
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Occupation: Professional Old Guy (The government pays me to be old.)
Dinosaur Rider