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Beau Wann, Jr.
Hello myne fyne waltripynes....been away awhile...dealing with Ricks death and his estate. Trying to be as supportive of Diane and her mom and dad as I can possibly be. But we are talking about me here.....We've been to about half dozen funerals this year. Dealt with two different kinds of bronchial pneumonia....A dog with seizures, a cat with urinary tract infection....repairs to the driveway, and our wonderful new custom home....what a crock that is......Two college graduations of grandchildren. One from A&M and the other from UH. Trying to keep our house in order, which is just impossible. I can uderstand a messy house when there are 4 or 5 or more people living there, some of them being teenagers, but it's jus tthe two of us....oh, and 3 cats and 2 dogs, and a partridge in a pear tree.
We have been downsizing for the last 5 years, and still just a messy jumble of boxes and crud. It's taken me 70 years, but I'm finally learning to be patient, sort of ! Still havent wired my new garage for electricty yet. Got the conduit in and all the necessary parts and equipment, but too much other stuff has surfaced. plus I've been putting it off, because I have a few questions to ask a real electrician.
Had a couple of storms, but nothing like last year. Only one produced 9 inches of rain, the others were just lots of wind, 35 MPH sustained winds, and an inch here, and an inch there, which we'll take. About the height of the storm, I always manage to remember the lawn furniture and other unguided missiles. So I go out and lean into the wind and try to secure everything..."against the wind, still running against the wind, I'm older now, but still running against the wind..."
I know what your thinking, you know the storm is coming, so why dont you secure all the unguided missiles before it arrives ! ! ! You know, that's the very thing my beloved asks me, then I remind her of the "save the tomato plant" fiasco during a really bad storm. Then she reminds me of the John Dere lawnmower I ran in the swimming pool....."oh yeah, like no ones ever done that before me..." Have they? Oh well, no matter I didnt like that lawn mower anyway.
Went to a funeral just yesterday, and got caught in a storm. At 2 the same morning, Sunday, Jack had a grand mal seizure, and then again at 9 AM. It takes about an hour for him to calm down after one. So at 2 and 3 am yesterday, we're out running around the yard with him, and Dixie is running right along with us. Then we have to repeat that at 9 AM....We called the vet at 930 after Jacks seizure was over, and being Sunday I thought she would call us an hour or so later....she called at 931....our vet is really something special.
Well, maybe we can get back to normal, whatever normal is anymore ! ! ! Well, probably after all Ricks estate is settled we'll get back to normal....
Something really cool though, FIREFLIES, OR LIGHTNING BUGS as we use to call them. They came back this week or last week. They put on quite a show. You know, everytime we see them it's like seeing them for the first time. We sit on the porch and hold hands. Not much is said, except, "oh wow, did you see that"? ....I have always enjoyed and appreciated and been thankful for all the simple things in life, fireflies being at the top of the list. Maybe someday some of yall can come up and set on the porch, sip on some lemonade or ice tea, and watch em with us.
Time to go for now, one of the cats has her claws in my leg wanting me to come to bed so she can snuggle up and snore/purr in my ear....
Keep the sun at your six, and "ride boldly ride the shade replied, if you seek for eldorado"
Your frien and brother in classmate, Homer Stacy Jones Cephus....
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