Still Around

 Three months again of waiting or avoiding starts with a new loveseat, ottoman and cuddle chair from Becker's in Fowler purchased the end of July and delivered Friday August 6th the same day Granger brought the dumpster to begin the big clean out. The garage attic was cleared and everywhere else 45 years of saving that had accumulated for one week of dumping and filling the bin. I mounted the TV on the bedroom wall had a new kitchen faucet put in with a new board under the sink over the next week before we dropped Gramma at Addie's as we went to Valpo for the weekend with the grandchildren. But we had to have Covid tests as we found out Jim and Betty had Covid and we had seen them the week before and Jim was hospitalized.  The end of August I went to TCI at Sparrow as heart palpitations were detected at my Wellness exam and would need a 24 hour monitor and an echocardiogram in September. The doctor upped one of my blood pressure meds but overall everything turned out good. Mark has been seeing Gramma about every other weekend and it has been good for her to see her baby boy. She has also begun PT with Melissa and OT with Monique since September 21st which we asked for from her doctor and was much needed and will go on for a few more visits. Gloria was here for a few weeks and her and Petra got to visit with Gramma twice with Mark taking her to the park and to Petra's. On September 29th my oldest nephew Jamie died of cancer after going through chemo less than a year after being diagnosed at stage 4. He was buried in Zeeland on his birth date October 4. Linda has moved back to Lansing and is living with Jim and Betty and working at a dental office right on Coolidge Rd. Lukas began working at Accidental Fund in the mail room August the 30th so Jane and I take turns going to the YMCA with her going Tuesdays and Thursdays and I go Fridays. The grandchildren were up last weekend, October 15 and 16, as the Autumn has been very mild with cold weather just starting this weekend. The Covid stats due to the Delta variant are 243 million cases and 4.94 million deaths worldwide, 45.4 million cases and 736,000 deaths in the U S with 1,24 million cases in Michigan and 23,300 deaths. 90% of the new cases are unvaccinated people who in general have refused to get vaccinated in the name of freedom who also are anti-maskers. Where we are headed as a country is very tenuous and the leadership in this country caught up in extremist politics is leaving a void we all will pay for economically and socially. MSU football is 7-0 playing U of M next weekend what a surprise. Thank you, GOD!