A long day after a long night before. It was an uncomfortable night's sleep for me on Thursday night. I ached. But usually that is a one night event and as busy as I was today I should really drift into dreamland when I get to bed and stay in dreamland until morning.

When Chelsea and I went out the first time this morning the plows were just making their way into the driveway area of the complex. The main roads were plowed and the man that comes and shovels the walks had already done his magic. This was just a bit after 6AM. By 7:30 they were all done. This IS the nice thing about living in the condo and the nicer thing of being retired and NEVER having to leave before 8AM or so. It was cold this morning, 7 degrees but warmed up to the teens before the day was over and there was a bit of sunshine which is so very welcome at this dark time of the year. I cleaned the kitchen early this morning too. With all the grime that is hauled in on boots with all this snow, I just can't let it go for a week. By the way, we believe that yesterday added about 10 inches to the accumulation. I am taking pictures of some of the "mountain range" in the empty lot in front of our condo and of some of the other extreme winter scenes. I will share next week. We have another storm supposedly to arrive on Sunday.

Dick was scheduled for 11:45AM for his first vein work. We allowed for extra drive time so were there 45 minutes early. They took him in a bit early too.

By 12:45pM we were all done and ready to come home. He said it was a cakewalk. It was in the lower right leg. There was no pain. Dr. Siddique told him that this one is the easiest one. He said there will be some discomfort with the future procedures but we won't dwell on that. The procedure was done with Dick lying on his stomach which made him VERY happy too. He is so uncomfortable on his back. We have a list of things to do but they are easy. He cannot shower for 24 hours, he needs to be sure to exercise (get up and walk around) often, he needs to keep the stocking on. Then next Wednesday he will have an ultrasound and on Friday, Dr. Siddique will go in again. He was quite excited that that sore on his left foot healed. Did I tell you that there is an infection (not a serious one) in his right foot sore but he is on antibiotics.

Anyway. We are home in our nice warm cave to heal. I am going to the Fireside tomorrow as planned. Dick was not comfortable going with us not having gone through this type of procedure, so I called Bobbie. I think I told you that yesterday. She is going with me. That is good. I don't get to visit with her anymore like we did because she no longer belongs to Rhine Plymouth. I miss our visits.

I went to St. John the Baptist tonight to pick up fish fries for our supper. BOY are they good. Makes you forget that Lent is supposed to be a time of discipline. Not to hard to give up meat when the perch tastes SO good.

Have a nice weekend.

Later

Mary