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Beau Wann, Jr.
It's me again Margaret, ol frankenfoot. Doc Sawbones says I can wear any boot and or shoe I can manage to get on and off. MRI did not show any further damage. Doc did show us again on paper a drawing of what he did. I didnt know that there are two achillies tendons, actually a Y off of the main one. They cut the One loose from the main one and that allows the achillies to stretch more, or elongate more. So now, I'm big bad and nationwide.
I still limp some, really more of a swagger...no actually it's just a limp, but I can move a tad faster than before. Doc Sawbones said to be careful and dont make him go get JC and his handcuffs and cuff me to the iron bed. As long as there is a coffee pot handy, good whiskey and good cigars, a couple of wild women, some BBQ, cinnimon rolls....yeah yeah yeah....and people in hell want ice water...dream on Mac Frankenfoot....
Got the hill mowed, around the house inside the fence, and the ball field, except down by the creek and the bridge and the road. If nothing else, having this foot problem/surgery has made me more cautious of my movement. No more do I go charging around like a billy goat on speed! I really try to exagerate my movements, or am more cognizant of them. I dont take movement for granted anylonger. One wrong move, bam, broken hip, shoulder, busted head etc....so watch it out there youse youtes.
My beloved is leaving me ! ! ! Well, till Sunday anyway. She is leaving today in an hour or so to go to her professional teachers organization meeting in the Galleria. Beta Eta/delta kappa gamma or whatever. I am so glad she is going to get away from this mad house, sick husbands, sick critters, for 4 days and be with her worker/friends. It is so good for ladies to have other ladies to talk to and pal around with. I have been encouraging Diane to do just that for 33 years.
SO NOW, I AM ON MY OWN FOR THE NEXT 4 DAYS....OH NO MR BILL.....I have my itinerary all planned out: Today, go back to bed; Tomorrow, sleep late, at least till daylight hopefully, then feed critters and medicate critters and go back to bed; Saturday and Sunday, more of the same. I might watch a movie in there somewhere. I have a bunch of DVDs and the entire collection of HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL on VHS. I've never watched but a couple of the HGWT ones. I do have the entire TWILIGHT ZONE collection on DVD and do like to watch certain ones.
Got the Thin man collection, just 6 of those. Plus whatever I've recorded on the DVR. I probably wont watch much, I grow restless sitting down to watch anything. I need to find something to do in the house that is safe. I promised Diane I would not go outside to do any work lest I fall down and hurt something and then have to lay there for 4 days with the aints and other critters gnawin on my carcass. I will have my cell phone with me at all times, even in the shower.
We havent gotten any rain save a heavy dew. Yesterday the dogs pools were bone dry, this morning they are overflowing. We use that to water the trees and plants when it doesnt rain enough. Not much wind to speak of, it's pretty much allus windy here. Riding the tractor mowing the hill was really pleasant. Wind blowing out of the NE/NW. Of course I start mowing about 7Pm which gives me about 2 hours of daylight to git er done.
Sure gonna be quiet around her for next 4 days. Laid in a supply of good cigars, and good whiskey. Cant get delivery pizza or delivery anything unless you order it from amazon. I may go out for lunch everyday, just to have something to do. The eateries up here are iffy at best in the quality department. YUMMs on the square in downtown Brenham is the exception. We've eaten there seems like hundreds of times, and it is always the same, good better best! ! !
The CHAPPELL HILL CAFE that's been here since 1932 finally closed down mercifully. that was the worst cooked food and service in America. They sold out to someone who is in the process of renovating it and keeping the same name. I will try it once and see if it is any better than their predecessor! I sure hope so! The Chappell Hill Bakery and BBQ place is iffy, sometimes good, sometimes not so good. Their pies are always good and kolaches and cimininoijukmmon rolls are good to also!
How did I get on food???? Hmmmm, life seems to always revolve around food, whether for the body, mind or soul! Food for the soul is hearing the Mockingbirds and cardinals sing, seeing the flash of red from the cardinals, the fire flies, the blue birds, except when they are crapping on my veeehicles.
I thought the bluebirds were "of happiness"! Lorda mighty they are messy and narcicissticly vain. They sit on the mirrors of the truck, car and bummer and look at themselves and I guess they are just so happy to see how pretty they are, they just let go, if you catch my drift.
Sure be glad when the hot weather isnt hot ! ! ! Scary arent I! Well, you gno what I mean! I think they said it was 120 in Arizona and 114 in Las Vegas yestermaday. Las Vegas doesnt seem like a problem to me, because everyone stays inside the gamblin rooms anyhoo.
I remember on a cross country hop when I was in the service, we stopped to refuel in Phoenix, Az around midnight. I think it was 102 at midnight. Had to get off the plane because they arent air conditioned or pressurized, at least the ones I flew in werent. We wore flight jackets, goat skin leather with a fur collar when we flew. We came out of those real fast once we touched down. The temperature drops 15 degrees for every thousand foot you ascend, so the jackets come in handy 10K foot and above, plus we looked jaunty sportin one of those jackets.
I wished I had kept/stolen mine, had my name on it on one side and US NAVY on the other and fit just right. Of ccourse I was a 38 back then, and now a 48, so it wouldnt fit any longer. They cost the gov 46 dollars back then, and that was a lot of money. I think we only made 90 dollars a month back in them good ol days.
You could add 55 dollars a month for hazardous duty/ flight pay if you had around 14 hours or more in the air a month, or 55 dollars for being in a combat zone. It might have been more hours a month, so dont quite recolect the perzact amount, I've slept many times since then. Good thing they furnished food, else I'd a starved to death, and they dont give out no medals for starving to death, not that I got any medals for doing anything nohow, or deserved any! Just doing a job!
Ok, time to deplane....gotta hep Diane get on down the road...Opened the gate early this morn and took her car to get it filled up with petrol, cleaned all the winderlights and mirrors and light lenses, so she should be ready to go.
Keep the sun at your six and ride baldy ride...
Your frien and resident resident, Ol Frankenfoot
WARNING; It is known to the state of California that California is in a sorry state....
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