Today is my Dad's Birthday

Today would have been my Dad’s 94^th Birthday.  I have been doing a lot of ‘What if’s lately.  What if he didn’t have high cholesterol, or kidney failure, or the alcoholism that affected his and our lives.  He battled the alcoholism before he died but it had lasting effects.  Would he be frail?  Would his memory be going like his sister RM?  Would his illnesses have caught up with him now?  As it did with his late Sister Patty?

I wonder if he would have been able to take care of Mom during her last days.  I wonder what the relationships would be with my remaining siblings.  I wonder so many things and sometimes I am glad he didn’t survive because I don’t know what would have happened.

So Today is Friday and it’s raining on and off.  Still humid. The sun is supposed to come out in the city and rain all day back home. 

Hopefully an early morning crisis has been averted.  One of the admins is waiting on a piece of mail for corporate uses and I know I saw it and mailed it out Tuesday (at least I think I did).  I don’t know how long things take to get to one end of the campus from the other. It’s not something I think about.  It allowed me to catch up with my shuttle bus buddy Mary Beth.

I think I will be spending a little more time today then I have lately on the readdress mail that’s here.  Shadow has been working on it as well.  I don’t want this to be hanging around here longer than it should be.

Right now, my regular scanner is being worked on for the final repair and update.  I am hoping it will be resolved soon.  I want to finish what’s on the desk and get ready for whatever the new project additions will be.

Tonight, is my session with Debra and then then gym.  I just signed up for the weekend exercise classes at the gym.

I will go grocery shopping this weekend and do laundry and odds and ends and probably sleep.

 

 

 

Today is Dad's Birthday

Today is Dad's 81st Birthday. We don't usually do anything for it. At least I don't think Mom does. She probably does what I do. "Oh today is Dad's Birthday". I don't know if Bob, Jim, or Liz do much either. He has been gone from us for 18 years. I don't think Mom goes to the Cemetary to visit his grave unless she is there for someone else. I seem to recall that Bob would go and place flowres or even keep up the marker. We all have different memories of my father some of them good and some not so good. I don't go to the cemetary because there are pictures of him all over the house and I have my memories of him.

I had a chance to talk to Mom while I was originally typing this. She says she didn't sleep well but not sure why she didn't. Today she is going to work on the cellar doors and then make dinner and then go to her meeting. It is a meeting she is not enjoying it.

Annette C thinks she may have whooping cough and has given it to us...Yeahhh..I am excited. I did tell her to go to the doctors but Stephanie and I are teasing her about the whole thing.