I started Monday with my usual before 6 roll out to my cup of hot green tea laced with turmeric and fresh ginger while I post this ramble and then spend some quiet time with my Creator giving thanks and lifting up several by name. All seem as well as can be expected as I've heard nothing to the contrary. My uncle Junior will be laid to rest today at my old church I attended as a child and where I visit every year when I go back to my old stomping grounds in the Mountain Falls area near the W.Va. line which is west of Winchester. As the crow flies its just a few miles over the mountain which I saw every day until I left home in '64 after graduating from high school.
Well I got ready and headed out on my bike a little before 8 to the Rec. for some 2 plus hours of pickle ball and most of that time was on the outside court. It's a much better workout for some reason and of course the high humidity helps with sweating off the fat as well. We had some great games and long rallies as you battle the elements along with your opponents. The inside gym has so many B players and if you get paired up with a C player you may lose your court and have to sit and wait before playing again; so we A players go outside and have the court all to ourselves which makes for a great workout and better play. I was soaked with sweat and whupped by the time I got home around 10:30 and jumped in the shower as I had a 11:15 appointment at the VA for a blood draw as my annual physical is due next week.
That event took about 30 minutes from the time I parked until I got back from the blood draw. We grabbed a healthy garden salad before heading out to TGH and the Nicu unit to visit with the boys and Katie. She has made it known it would help her if we didn't come everyday which gives her time to now nurse and pump for the boys since she is attempting to have enough milk for two instead of one. She relax's better without us around and now she is spending the nights at home and spends the days at the hospital. This suits us just fine as its nearly an hour each way depending on traffic. We will head over to TGH during the weekend for a visit and they are hoping the biggest boy Ryder may go home in the next week or so as he is doing quite well with his breathing. Huck needs to put on some meat on his bones which he is doing daily before they release him I'm guessing. Both seem to be doing as well as can be expected for preemies.
We made a Sam's Club stop on the way home for some goodies for the New Years Day feast and again a stop at Aldi's for some items before getting home around 4'ish. I decided to mow the yard one more time before the new year then hoed weeds in the gardens. The cukes have tons of blooms and I'm excited for the fruit as well as do the tomato and egg plants. The whole garden is producing and I'm harvesting and giving away tons of leafy greens as well as eating a salad every day. We finished up the smashed taters from Christmas day meal and mixed them in with a Marie Callander's chicken pot pie. My oh my she does make a tasty pie. We settled into the Fox Cable News until the Gators came on at 8 in the Orange Bowl game so I hit the showers again and then stayed in the bedroom horizontally watching the first half. The sandman was calling so I turned out the lights at 10, LATER
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