March 1 through March 15
Wednesday, 3/2, was Kellie’s birthday. She had to work and go to school, so they just had a quiet family dinner at home and went out to eat over the weekend. On Sunday evening, 3/6, I returned to church to attend a children’s safety course which is required of all church staff and volunteers, and includes a background check, every two years. Monday, 3/7, was a very big day for Dad. All of his teeth were pulled and a set of interim dentures fitted. We had a rough few hours after leaving the dentist, as his mouth kept bleeding. He had been given lots of novocaine, making it hard for him to communicate with me. In the process of trying to get the bleeding stopped, both his upper and lower dentures came out. After calling the dentist, at home, we decided to leave the dentures out overnight. Tuesday, 3/8, would have been Mother’s 93rd birthday. She died in 2003. I took Dad back to the dentist’s office in the afternoon. The technician said that his mouth looked really good and he had done well during the procedure yesterday, but when she tried to replace the dentures, it caused him a lot of pain. After consulting with the dentist, it was decided to leave the dentures out a while longer to give his gums more time to heal. He has another appointment next Thursday and she said she would also give him a soft liner at that time. On Wednesday, 3/9, I went to church for a Senior Saints planning meeting where we planned meeting activities for the next six months. Thursday, 3/10, with no appointments or meetings on the schedule, I took some time to start re-organizing my garage moving all my plant-related items (both artificial flowers and gardening items) to a new shelf that JP moved into my garage before Christmas. The original placement made it hard for Dad to get in the car, so I moved it to the corner closest to the garage door.
While I did volunteer work at the church’s food bank Friday, 3/11, my friend, Jackie Sosville, was flying to Las Vegas which her daughter, René, and son-in-law, Tommy, to celebrate his 50th birthday. René was really good about posting pictures to Facebook and it looks like they are having a great time.
Sunday, 3/13, we changed to daylight savings time – springing forward an hour on the clock. A cold front came through overnight, so it was 42 degrees when Emma and I left for church. Dad decided to stay home because of the cold. Emma started a week of Spring Break vacation from school on Monday, 3/14; and my brother, Bill, came to visit with Dad and me for the day while his wife, Mary, spent the day with her mother. They are going to be leaving the area next week in their 5th wheel trailer and do not anticipate being back until next November. We had a nice visit. Several of the church buildings were tented for termite treatment. This is what the sanctuary, fellowship hall and education building looked like when I arrived Tuesday, 3/15, for my volunteer work.
March 16 through March 31
Emma suggested last week that I should let my hair grow long again, so with that in mind, I told my hairdresser on Wednesday, 3/16, to start toward that goal. Thursday was St. Patrick’s Day, 3/17, and a busy one. I took Dad to the dentist in the morning. They added a soft liner to his new dentures and even though they still caused Dad some pain, Dr. Lee asked him to please try to leave them in until he got used to them. He also told me that I might need to puree Dad’s food for the next month. We are going back next Monday for a recheck. In the afternoon, I went for my second 30-minute massage on my shoulder before returning home to prepare to attend the Senior Saints March meeting – a traditional St. Patrick’s Day Dinner of corned beef and cabbage with potatoes and carrots. The 30 attendees supplemented this dinner with some sides and desserts. Everything was delicious and we learned a lot about the real St. Patrick from our Senior Adult Pastor George Heiland. There was one attendee who didn’t bring anything. His name was Lucky and I am pictured below with him.
On Friday, 3/18, I had my annual eye exam by Dr. Michael Mackie at the Eye Center. He said everything looked good and he’d see me next year. The two hours that I worked at the church’s food bank in the afternoon raced by as we saw a steady stream of cars, golf carts and bicycles come through the line for food. It is amazing how many people we are able to help.
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Dad decided to stay home on Sunday, 3/20, as he continues to get used to his new dentures.
Monday morning, 3/21, I took Dad back to the dentist for his recheck. Then, I left him at home while I went to spend the rest of the day at the North River Care Pregnancy Center. Teri Giles, the director of the center, had an out-of-town doctor’s appointment and asked me to work in the office today so the secretary would not be alone on what is usually a busy day of the week for them. I intentionally did not schedule any outside appointments or obligations on Tuesday or Wednesday, 3/22 and 3/23, (except choir practice on Wednesday night) to give me time for a closet project. I used some Christmas money to buy two shelving units to put in my walk-in closet to get it better organized and they have remained in the boxes waiting for me to put them together for more than a month. I put the first one together on Tuesday morning and then moved things around in the closet in the afternoon. I put the second one together on Wednesday morning and JP came over in the afternoon to pick it up and stack it on top of the first one. Combined, they are 4 feet tall by 3 feet wide and I will use them for a lot of my sewing and craft items. Eventually, I hope this grows into a complete closet reorganization project; but, for now, I am just taking baby steps.
On Thursday, 3/24, I started with this
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Before attending a monthly board meeting of the North River Care Pregnancy Center.
On Saturday, 3/26, I received text from my friend Sallie saying she and Ron Zifer were married on March 22nd.
Sallie was our next-door-neighbor in Tallahasee. J.P. spent the first few years of his life calling her Aunt Sallie (as Southern people often do with totally unrelated people). Rick and I moved to the Tampa Bay area from Tallahassee in October, 1982, and to Manatee County in 1984. Much has changed in Sallie’s life since we moved, but we have kept in touch. She has moved back to the small town in Florida where she grew up and actually went to school with some of my cousins. I am very happy for her and Ron and hope to get to meet him soon.
Sunday, 3/27, Dad did not feel like going to church again today. The rest of the month was filled with routine activities.
