~cattleman cafe~ & another 24...

[Slo]

Renting the beach house for two weeks during the kite festival sounds so fun for you & your family, Ginger!

I have potentially two more grandchildren coming on top of the six that are already here, but I have made such a mess of my life and my body that I’m not of much use or service to them, unfortunately. I hope I can heal. My left foot has been giving me a lot of pain so that I can hardly walk. And this despite getting laser treatments and chiropractic manipulation to the calcanius / heel bone that is apparently misaligned. I hope it’s not making things worse…
…and I wish the new orthotics would get here! I’m pinning my hopes on those. I hate being lame. It’s scary not being able to do much of anything.

I had D4 with me yesterday, and my sister here too yesterday evening as well, and both overnight! I loved it. My house felt like a home with people staying! Now Young Daughter has left to go on a road trip to visit her sister.

I love seeing deer and the little fawns too.

My alcoholic little brother didn’t attend his twin sons’ high school graduation (unless he lurked at the fence), and wasn’t there at the end to congratulate them and get a picture taken with them.
Well, he hates his in-laws, so he won’t get near them; and they were there. Plus his mother was there; our Mommy Dearest who narcissistically abused and rejected him (covertly, as they do, so no one knows).
So he is paranoid now, and massively drinks to drown the pain (and the pain of his beloved wife’s death).
My sister saw him that day, and noted that he is turning yellow. I thought he might make it into his early 60s at the rate he is going, but maybe he won’t make it through his early 50s. He’s 50 now.

So let’s keep keeping on!

[dill]

Quick check in here today. I was working the info desk at the hospital all morning and I'm feeling kind of tired. Things are still not up and running so my job is to turn people away. It's wearing. At least we are now able to offer simple x-rays and lab work but only to patients whose doctors are in network. Very limited. Phone system is up and running....sort of. The recovery from this attack is painfully slow. They are losing millions of dollars and I don't know if they are going to recover from this or not.

24 more for all of us here, please and thank you.

[Rava]

Late check in today. Ginger, so glad you got the beach house for the kite festival. That should be a great time. Slo, congrats on 2 more grands coming. Boy your daughter still breastfeeding the 3rd and pregnant again. WOW she is gonna be busy. Cowboy your tooth saga continues. Hopefully it will all be over soon. My dad has been placed on a full code status now to include chest compressions if needed and step mother has requested no visitors. That woman will not be in my life at all after all this is over. It’s unbelievable how crazy she is. My only hope is that the hospital with shut this nonsense down. 24 more please and thank you.

[Jude58]

Who wants to join me in another 24 hours of sanity?

[Rava]

Good morning Cafe. I will join you Jude for 24 more! Hope everyone has a great day.

[abcowboy]

5:17am in Alberta, another 24 for me please, and thanks...

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Today is going to be a darn good day not to drink!

[abcowboy]

2 weeks in a beach house during a kite festival?? Sounds like a great time to me Ginger!

I'm sure your daughters appreciate all the help that you give them Slo, and so sad about your brother.

I'm not sure what your stepmom is trying to accomplish regarding your dad Rava, what does the rest of the family think?

Sure sounds like a long process to recover all that data at the hospital dill, the closure might come sooner rather than later.

I'll join you as well Jude!

And for me, not much new but definitely...not today...

[dill]

I will join you too, Jude.

Cowboy, the planning for the reunion is coming along just fine. I have decided to order a variety of trays and platters from the local Kroger and keep the food prep to a minimum.

Ginger that kite festival sounds like a really fun event. What a great idea to rent a house.

Slo, so exciting about the coming babies! Wonderful!

Rava, I cannot believe your step mom requested that. That's cruel.

24 more, please and thank you.

[Ginger999]

Slo, congrats on two more gbabies!

Rava, chest compression on a man that age? Is that woman crazy. Good God that's cruel. I'm so very sorry.

ABC, I'm glad the extractions havent made you miserable but something tells me, you're tough as nails!

Dill, sucks about what your local hospital is going through. Hopefully, they can get through it.

Hey, Jude! Hey, Mul!

I'll take another day of freedom

[Slo]

Such a nice Summer day! A neighbor taught me how to play cribbage today, and I appreciated the time with her. It is a nice distraction from the body-wide nerve pain that I endure and the very bad foot pain that has me hobbled.
My sister needed me to pick something up from her, so I was able to have dinner with her, and we sat in the park for awhile in the sun.

Dill, your hospital was already under threat of closure before all these problems from being hacked. So sad and frustrating.
Food trays for the family reunion is the way to go!

Rava, that is cruel to do CPR on a dying elderly man. Ribs will be broken. What a delusional fool that stepmother is!

Well, I can’t count those g-babies yet until they get closer to being hatched.

I joined you all in another day of freedom today.

[Jude58]

Good morning cafe! It's pouring rain at the moment at 65

[Jude58]

Grrr! 24 more please...

[abcowboy]

5:02am in Alberta, I'll have 24 more please, and thanks...

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Today is going to be a darn good day not to drink!

[abcowboy]

Sorry about your shortened posts Jude, can you send the rain our way please, we definitely need it!

Is the reunion a weekend thing dill, that's always the way our reunions go. There is one big potluck supper held on the Saturday but the rest of the meals are up to each family. Our reunion is this year as well, being held at a campground in a Provincial Park in Saskatchewan the first weekend in August.

We used to play a lot of crib with the kids Slo, but seems Uno is the game of choice now.

Y'all will have to fend for yourselves tomorrow morning as I'll be out at Adam and Darcie's cabin. Adam and I are headed there this morning to get started on the plumbing and waterlines in and under the cabin. The sewer line from the cabin to the holding tank will be for another weekend. See y'all Monday my friends!

[Ginger999]

ABC, he's installing a holding take instead of a septic system? Do you need permits for that too? How big will the tank be and how often does Adam think it will need to be emptied? Love that idea for a summer home!

Slo, sounds like you had a fun time despite your ailments. Happy for you!

We will be having various family members coming and going at the beach house this summer but nothing organized like you, Dill. I think your platters sounds like a great solution though!

Hey Rava, Slo and Jude!

I got another steroid shot yesterday in my knee. Damn those things hurt! We will see if it helps this time. It's my third so I'm skeptical it will. Headed to the mountains today to see my kids that are camping up there. I'll take another day of freedom!