We've had a busy few days, and it's been great. Late Thursday afternoon, hubby got a phone call that he could be seen Friday morning at the Kansas City VA Hospital. He'd been trying for probably six weeks to get in, so we definitely grabbed that appointment. So, instead of our usual weekday routine, we got up early and hit the (rainy) road by 7 am Friday. We ended up driving through water over the road in two spots on Highway 23 (mental note: take another route home), but it was otherwise uneventful. In fact, the heavy rain subsided to a light sprinkle shortly after we got on I-70. It's always amazing to see what hubby calls the "sea of humanity" at that VA Hospital - all ages, both sexes. Bless those people who opt to work there and provide medical services to our veterans.
Last fall, the original battery died on my vehicle and we replaced it - since hubby's vehicle is the same age, we figured we should have it replaced as well. That hadn't been done yet, and he sensed some hesitation in his Jeep starting Friday morning. So as we hit KC, I called son and asked him if we could stop by his Firestone store in Independence once we were done. Always happy to collect a commission, he said to come on by.
Hubby's appointment went well, except for his dermatologist being completely confused when we asked if he might be related to William H. Macy - he had no idea who actor William H. Macy was, so we and the intern were coming up with movies he'd been in (with "Fargo in the lead). He still had no clue, so we changed the subject! But he really does look like William H. Macy!
We headed to the Jeep, only to find it didn't want to start. We sat a minute, figuring what we should do - hubby tried one more time and it started! We headed toward Independence by the shortest route, hoping nothing would cause the engine to stop. We got to Firestone and the techs started on the car - turns out the battery is still at full charged, which surprised us all. The starter, however, was a different story. It's replaced now and running fine - we were thankful to have son so close when we had out-of-town engine trouble.
Yesterday, we and Mom slipped out of church early, grabbed a quick sandwich, and headed to Independence. Miss Jocelyn, the 4-year-old whirlwind, was in a dance recital at William Chrisman High School. We stayed until intermission, which gave us time to see the stellar performance of "Lollipop". So cute! Being a second-year student, Jocelyn was also in the finale - but considering we were already home (a one-hour + drive) when that occurred, I'm glad we didn't stay for that! As we were leaving the recital, we ran into fellow Carrolltonians Keith and Susan Stark......who would've thought all those years ago when Keith and I were classmates at Bogard that we would have ended up at the same dance recital watching our granddaughters!
With all that busy-ness the last few days, the house was more than ready for me to stay home and give it some TLC today. And so I did. Tonight it doesn't seem to be showing any signs of neglect, and that's a good feeling.
P.S. We ended up with 8.1" rain last week......we had a break over the weekend, but more is forecast the next couple of days.
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