Hello on Tuesday Morning

Dear Friends,

We are down to our last day and one half left of our visit. Monday went well
especially for Isabelle since her Mom flew in from Denver. We happened to be
playing in the front yard as Mike and Danielle came in from the airport.
Isabelle knows who her mother and father are!

The crock pot dinner went well for supper last evening.

Politics -- They finished the Rush Limbaugh interview on the "Today Show" this
morning. He was asked to think of a word when the interviewer responded with a
name. The interviewer said: "Obama". Rush Limbaugh responded with: "Disaster." I
would bet that many of my readers would agree with his assessment.
Today there is a vote on the Health Care Issue. The vote might be strictly
along party lines.
I am so glad that our President hasn't given up the fight to reform Health
Care. It also would be good if the Congress men and women didn't have their
health care system, and got on board with whatever plan is agreed upon. "What is
good for the goose, is good for the gander" as the saying goes.

Weather -- We have another cool one here in Kansas for today. There is a 70 %
chance of rain as we fly back to Logan on Wednesday.

Parents-- I chatted with my father yesterday by way of a cell phone call, and
asked how things were going for him, and mom? He did say that the therapists are
really working on getting Mom to use her one leg. It is not at easy task since
they are dealing with a 93 year old woman who has to be reminded about working
hard to strengthen the leg. Oh well, my sister and I are not the only ones who
have to deal with aging parents.

Social Calendar -- I think Danielle wants to bond with Isabelle since she has
seen her since she left to visit some military friends in Denver on Friday
night.
Supper for tonight is already set. Mike is going to make pizza on the grill. He
made the dough last night after supper. All we have to do was choose what we
want for toppings on the pizza.

Observation -- I finished savoring another book. It was a Michael Crighton book
with a 1968 copyright. The author was a former doctor.
A black person in the book was called a "Negro" when this book was written.
The setting of the book was in the medical community. How appropriate with the
Health Care issue up for a vote today. Basically what I learned from this book
that medical community is very similar to the political community. There is a
hierarchy among doctors just like in the political community. You can be a young
"hotshot" doctor, but you still have to play by the rules of the established
doctors. If you butt heads with the establishment, you can end up at some
hospital in the middle of nowhere.
Some of the established doctors were some of the worst surgeons.
I found a connection between the medical profession and the teaching
profession. When I first started teaching, you were given the toughest classes.
If you survived them, then you might be rewarded with an upper level class of
some of the best students in the school.
If you butted heads with the establishment, you could be guaranteed the worst
schedule possible.

Have a great Tuesday.
Talk to you soon! The Curley Lad