Reacquainted

We had Andrew and his kids over for the last two days.  His air conditioning went out and they were waiting on its repairs.  Because of the extreme heat in his apartment, he slept in odd positions and injured his back as well.  So we were filled up for a couple of days.  I did lots of cooking and we did lots of laundry.  He tried to work from under these crowded and at times noisy circumstances.  Despite being in unrelenting pain, he did not lose patience with the kids or even us.  Eli and I made a trip back to his place for clothes and cat care all which turned out to be good.  Kids were bored at times because it was too hot to do much outside but mostly retained their pleasant demeanors.  

Had a nice surprise yesterday from a boyhood friend that I haven't talked to in over 50 years.  His name is Allan Wyckhuys.  He and I knew each other from the early sixties and like most, our lives had taken different paths.  He completed college and went on to become an educator and

school principal.  I barely scraped thru college and went to work typing freight manifests for Matty Moroun.  Al recalled in detail the trip we along with friend Tom to Ft Lauderdale FL  when I finished high school and they were one year out. A lot of those details have escaped me. Rather than trying to communicating with messenger, we decided a phone call would be better. He was always meant to be a leader, me, a foot soldier.  We all have our lots in life, excelling. in some but faltering in others.  He said he thought of me looking thru old wedding photos of their 51 year old marriage service seeing me there.  I would love to see this, not remembering who my date was.

Our long elevator saga is probably over.  Even with all the regulatory agencies being informed as to the dangers to seniors, nothing is being done.  The weather is cooling so things will work properly and all complaints will be forgotten.  The residents collective hands will be patted and they will have more Bible studies, bingo games and coffee klatches and all will be right with the world till next summer. It seems to be a truth in our era that bureaucrats are required to accomplish nothing and still get to collect their pay.  Even though they profess to be looking out for us, when they are MIA in the discussions, no repercussions.

On a happier note, I am still getting tomatoes to pick and the weather is cool and pleasant today.  Had to include a photo of Simon today and the 20 year old Jerry with his mystery date

all for now

stay safe