Good morning all.
Buppies you are up very early, couldn't sleep?
Sounds like a really long day David, glad your wife did ok.
I have found that doctors rarely consider other folks time schedules, the only one that matters is theirs.
A few simple "sorry to hold you ups" would go a long way.
drinking my coffee, bit of a headache, otherwise doing fine.
Need to do laundry today, they say they provide weekly laundry service but I see where the laundry room is, rather do it myself.
Meeting a few more of the residents, mostly ancients, one said "oh you are the guy we see walking all the time". Yes ma'am.
I really am an outlier here, but that was caused because I sold my farm and had nothing to go home to. These folks are here probably for more
serious reasons.
worked on new net worth and cash flow spreadsheets yesterday, trying to figure out where I stood after farm sold. All my original financial planning on another computer now long since packed up. I had a lot of training on this so easy for me to do, having my CPA brother check my figures. Lot of little checks outstanding for implement purchases which haven't made their way to me, have to wait until dust settles. My fireman neighbor bought about 6 grand worth of my good implements, scrapers, rakes, almost new Bush hog cutter. He and his wife have been so incredibly helpful in this process, leading the effort to get locals to come in and buy things, like my big Massey, that am considering simply waiving the debt entirely. I would have paid someone else to accomplish the same thing, and likely not gotten half the attention or caring. They have really stepped up and my family has repeatedly thanked them. Also has taken big load off my brothers, one of whom got sick and could not come and help, leaving everything to my eldest brother. I know he was happy not being the person to clean out all the storage areas in the barn.
Because the farm buyer beat me down on price for unreasonable things, I told neighbor to cherry pick all the optionals, extra grease, motor oil, tractor upper links, pins, and lots of hand tools. He will come out of this with a lot of good supplies, and he has earned it. Thankfully all my stuff fits his new JD 5 series, so sometimes it all just works out. Neighbor's wife has led effort to clean out pantry, drawers, arrange deliveries to local charities, most of house furnishings now cleaned out or spoken for. Cleaning ladies arranged to come in and leave home spotless, broom clean requirement irrelevant to me, I know how I want my home left, the way it has always been maintained. Buyer had home inspector go find lots of invented stuff "clean up mold from prior event", as in prior owner to me? Fix top of gazebo which was perfectly fine,we just painted it.
He knew he had me over a barrel being in the hospital. So I ate 10 grand off the price. The man was penny wise and pound foolish. And this was after I made a point of leaving farm "fully working", as in small Massey tractor, diesel JD garden tractor, Echo weed eaters, full diesel tank,etc etc etc. I'm a generous guy and this time it was not appreciated at all. But I'm not going to change for the buyer. Maybe someday he will appreciate it more. Like when he is eating my pears and apples...
I've been really lucky in this process, not with health but with help. Good family and good friends. Just drives me nuts sitting here like a covid prisoner unable to help.
I could too, am physically up to it. I read all these wonderful projects you guys get involved in, gardening, landscaping, fixing things, reminds me of how little I am doing right now. Ultimately, no whining.
Have a funny little story about when I first got to hospital here. Local hospital knew I needed to go to bigger hospital, the teaching hospital in Greenville where I went, so older brother came down next day to drive me over. Big confusing parking lot with tons of signs, hard to figure out where to go. We were walking towards the building and I got separated from brother, I think around a big dumpster. I hear SIR SIR being yelled at me and a security guard was running up to me. This was surprising. He then asked me fairly politely "do you know you are peeing in our bushes". Oh no....clearly I was really, really out of it, and remained that way for several weeks due to stroke.
But then thank all the prayers I got, because the stroke damage all cleared up except for incontinence, and that cleared up a week ago. To have strokes with no long lasting damage, very lucky. Everyone says " you sound like your old self again", meaning overly wordy I'm sure...

Sure is nice to be back and have a future to look forward to.
We take so much for granted.
Chunk of meat loaf in fridge talking to me, think that may be my lunch instead of sandwich they provide. Then maybe some squash casserole for dinner. Another Garden Club lady got in touch, hope to get something once a week to supplement the food here.
Have an enjoyable Sunday guys, prayers for Jay he is doing ok.