2006-07-06 - 1:33 PM

a visit from a old cousin of ours today. he took mamaw with him to another reunion over near Lubbock.
she won't be back for a week .

dad went to his Monday night at the jail. he goes there to minister to the low security inmates. him and fawn made choc chip cookies that he took for them. he has been a member of the Gideons for many years and does this work through their ministry.

we went over to town for the 4th of July fireworks display.
it was a cool evening with a nice breeze. we watched a thunderstorm blow in from the west as we sat in the cool night air and watched the small town fireworks that lasted about 10 minutes. everyone sitting in the back of their trucks with their big hunting dogs howling with each explosion.

dad is switching to a DSL and dropping the cable line. its really too costly for him. when he only uses it for email mostly. but in the two days hes had it going its been down half the time. i guess he doesn't mind... its down now.. but i switched the plug to the cable modem since its still on line till the end of the month. personally i think cable is really hard to beat even though it costs too much. i rarely have any trouble with my cable line and i prefer to not have to worry about it when i need to do book research.

i am feeling better though i still have the cough. that will probably linger for a while.

i think ill head home next week. id like to stay long enough to help mom get this stuff of my aunts unpacked and moved around. i haven't been much help since I've been sick. but I'm very ready to head home and i think fawn is too.

we plan to take her to the water slide another time and to go out on the boat this week and have a picnic. swim in the lake.. that will be fun.

took Yoshi for his ck up today..the vet here put him on lasix to pull the fluid off his heart. hes doing much better. but will have to stay on that medication for the rest of his life . the vet told me he has a pretty bad heart and that i should keep his stress levels low and just remember that in his activity. poor dear is just an old guy now.. he became really scared in the vet office and just quivered. i hate that. hes such a sweetheart.. i really love this dog.. i told him he will be with me till the end and ill always take care of him the best i can. somehow i do think they know what we say to them. poor baby i can't imagine anyone abandoning him like they did. it will break my heart when he dies. but the vet did say he would prob live a good while longer.

i don't know if it was my imagination or not but that vet sure did seem like he was flirting with me.. him and his blue eyes, big hands and country charm leaning over and talking in that slow southern okie drawl. asking me about colorado and how long i was going to be here. or maybe he was just trying to make up for me having to wait over an hour. that place was packed. guess he does a pretty good business.
they fussed over yoshi , saying they didn't see many dogs like him. around here its mostly hunting dogs and farm animals. it was really cute when they brought in a kitten for yoshi to look at.. he just pressed his nose forward and smelled it.. he never seems to mind other animals at all as long as they are nice.. he is nice too.
but it was cute the kitten and him nose to nose for a minute or so.

dad is cleaning the boat. mom and i are sorting boxes. yoshi is asleep at our feet.

thats life in a small town.

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