And I would drive 500 miles
Back from our trip to ND. Got back last night around 8, a little later than planned. More on that in a moment.
Had a most enjoyable visit with Grandpa and Grandma. The kids enjoyed themselves immensely. We went to the water park on Sunday. Water was spectacularly cold, but John and Hanna liked going down the Yellow Slide, after anticipating it since our trip last year. John and I even went down the Orange Slide. It's faster than the yellow one, and was much harder to hold on to John, so at the bottom we both went under. Since the water was cold, we spent more than a few minutes in the hot tub, which itself was not all that hot.
We had some good meals. Grandpa took the kids to the park. Ventured out to see Keith and April's new place. (A place that cries out for Irish Wolfhounds and Scottish Deerhounds and Borzois!)
Tuesday it was snowing when we awoke. The forecast the day before hadn't said anything about snow. Oh well. It came up through the central Dakotas. Roads going out of Minot were quite sloppy, slowed us down. (By the time we got to Jamestown, we were out of it, and things were all dry.)
We had talked to Grandma the night before about stopping in to say hi, and we got to Martin about 10:30. Went in the house, and didn't see her. That was odd in itself, as usually she is up and about if she knows we're coming. She was in her bed, looked to be sleeping, but when Rhonda checked her more closely to make sure she was alright, it was apparent she had had a stroke of some sort. Couldn't talk, couldn't move one side. So, we called Joan, and Joan arranged to have the ambulance come from Harvey. It arrived fairly quickly and took her to Harvey. By then she had improved somewhat, but still affected. Last report was that she was stable, and about the same. So, Grandma is in our prayers, for sure.
The kids didn't nap in the van, so they were ready to hit the hay by bedtime. As I was putting Hanna in her bed, I asked her if it was good to be in her own bed, and she said "Daddy fixed my bed". She was impressed when I put her little Princess toddler bed together and still comments on it. Then she said "you're strong like Samson". Awwwww. Ok Hanna, you can have a pony!
John slept in this morning, for him. He slept till 7:30 or so. He was tuckered out. He went to sleep very quickly last night, but then snored quite loudly. I haven't heard him snore quite like that before.
So now, back to the grind. Have an assignment due on Friday, but our group hasn't done much on it lately. We were all gone for the spring break. We're going to meet tonight, so I'll just stay down here.
Had a most enjoyable visit with Grandpa and Grandma. The kids enjoyed themselves immensely. We went to the water park on Sunday. Water was spectacularly cold, but John and Hanna liked going down the Yellow Slide, after anticipating it since our trip last year. John and I even went down the Orange Slide. It's faster than the yellow one, and was much harder to hold on to John, so at the bottom we both went under. Since the water was cold, we spent more than a few minutes in the hot tub, which itself was not all that hot.
We had some good meals. Grandpa took the kids to the park. Ventured out to see Keith and April's new place. (A place that cries out for Irish Wolfhounds and Scottish Deerhounds and Borzois!)
Tuesday it was snowing when we awoke. The forecast the day before hadn't said anything about snow. Oh well. It came up through the central Dakotas. Roads going out of Minot were quite sloppy, slowed us down. (By the time we got to Jamestown, we were out of it, and things were all dry.)
We had talked to Grandma the night before about stopping in to say hi, and we got to Martin about 10:30. Went in the house, and didn't see her. That was odd in itself, as usually she is up and about if she knows we're coming. She was in her bed, looked to be sleeping, but when Rhonda checked her more closely to make sure she was alright, it was apparent she had had a stroke of some sort. Couldn't talk, couldn't move one side. So, we called Joan, and Joan arranged to have the ambulance come from Harvey. It arrived fairly quickly and took her to Harvey. By then she had improved somewhat, but still affected. Last report was that she was stable, and about the same. So, Grandma is in our prayers, for sure.
The kids didn't nap in the van, so they were ready to hit the hay by bedtime. As I was putting Hanna in her bed, I asked her if it was good to be in her own bed, and she said "Daddy fixed my bed". She was impressed when I put her little Princess toddler bed together and still comments on it. Then she said "you're strong like Samson". Awwwww. Ok Hanna, you can have a pony!
John slept in this morning, for him. He slept till 7:30 or so. He was tuckered out. He went to sleep very quickly last night, but then snored quite loudly. I haven't heard him snore quite like that before.
So now, back to the grind. Have an assignment due on Friday, but our group hasn't done much on it lately. We were all gone for the spring break. We're going to meet tonight, so I'll just stay down here.
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