Holiday Harry (a reluctant pose)

Check out the expression on his face.  Not thrilled even reticent at best.  Although I'm not much of a Ho Ho holiday guy, this photo of Harry says it all.  We are stuck in this lockdown situation and still supposed to be warm and happy.  I am doing my best, but this is about all I can muster today.  Just look at the f*cking hat on his head.  That says it all. 

We are all well and thankful to be so.  Friends are going thru some big challanges with health and injury maladies.  
I send them all the empathy I can muster and wish for their bad times to be over . 

Our littlest guys are moving with their parents to Grand Rapids to start a new adventure today.  We will miss them terribly but have learned that we can take a bus to get there for a reasonable cost.  Planning to make the trip in January for birthdays.  Masked up and fully sanitized, we should be ok.

Shannon had a visit from Santa at New Gateways this week.  As expected, she was thrilled.  Lynn and her staff to a terrific job with the participants.  Shannon loves it.

She is coming to stay with us Christmas Eve for the holidays. 

 

We will see our other Navy son Alvin for dinner this week with his new bride to be for dinner.  He as meant so much to us since serving with Katey.  We are thrilled he has found happiness with his Katy.  

Andrew crossed the road of 40 this year here with his happy (Marie) and reluctant (Eli) kids.  

I donated blood thru the Red Cross yesterday.  Am trying to get back into the habit of being a decent person and helping others. I learned that my O positive blood is identified as CMV negative.  This is a virus that most people get and recover from without incident.  Apparently, I have never had this virus.  This means that my donation can be used to save babies lives, up to 3 per donation. I have to admit that I got emotional learning this, still feeling it now even writing it down.  Always wanted to do something positive.  This may be it.  In 54 days I will hold out my arm again.  If you are not terrified of needles and can spare about an hour, consider the positive step of blood donation.  The Red Cross team does  an exemplary job of sanitizing the environment and making sure you are well before you leave.  That's my pitch for today.

On the downside of this experience, too much vigorous activity yesterday caused the vein to reopen and let loose.  A disquieting event to say the least. But Nurse Judy wrapped it up with a new compression bandage and all is well today.  

Marshall Law!! WTF!! 45 is still ranting and has about 30 days to eviction.  I become increasingly weary of his antics and the news media's coverage.  On our way to Highland to visit our kids, we encountered a police barrier in Troy that moved us thru the neighborhood only to discover they were protecting a MAGA rally of SUV's and pickup trucks with people waving 45 flags and chanting that they will not be silenced.  These vocal proponents do scare me with their loaded firearms and lunatic attitudes.

Oh well vaccine hopefully by March for us.

stay safe

all for now