Hello of Friday Morning

Dear Friends,



What a difference a day makes! I feel so much better today than I did yesterday with respect to not being so tired.



Our day on Thursday was going fine until we received a telephone around 11 AM that Klya was on her way to their pediatrician because of an accident while Kevin was taking care of Max. Kevin tripped over a toy, and in a millisecond our grandchild was on floor crying out in pain. Kevin and the baby sitter, Bertha, who had just arrived at their apartment, took Max to the Neighborhood Clinic less than a mile away from their apartment. The pediatrician recommended that Max be taken to Massachusetts General Hospital for further testing. Our 7 month old grandchild has a small 2 inch crack in a bone in his shoulder area. There was no trauma to his head. Kevin and Kyla spent almost 8 hours going through this ordeal. Linda and I were on pins and needles until Kyla called last night to say that they were home. Max is not in any form of a cast. They put an ace bandage on his little body, and they supplied Kevin and Kyla with doses of Tylenol. Of course, Kevin is felling a whole lot of guilt because of the situation, but we have to keep reminding him that it was an accident.

The normal protocol is for the hospital to treat the situation as a possible domestic abuse problem which made Kevin feel even guiltier.



All this was taking place just one hour before we were to sit done to a corned beef and cabbage lunch with my father, Aunt Gladys, and Steve Gerardi. We didn’t even mention about Max’s fall because we wanted the lunch to be a happy occasion.

After our guests left and the kitchen was cleaned up, Linda prepared to corned beef and cabbage dinners for my Uncle Joe Curley, and Aunt Ruth Curley. I dropped the plastic ware containers off at 2 PM. I came directly home and took a nap.



Social calendar – We were going to make a day trip to East Boston, and see our grandchild, but Kevin is going to stay home and take care of Max today. We will be with them next Friday which is when they are closing on their house.

This means that we will be most likely hooking up with a couple of friends for supper this evening.



Sports – Linda and I both filled out one of those NCAA Basketball Poole’s. Every one of the favorites who lost on Thursday was the ones whom we picked which is not a good start.

Our golf course is open, but the greens will be closed. My golf clubs and golf cart are buried in our storage shed. After some yard work, I might go up to the golf course and play a few holes.



Weather – We have another near 60 degree day on tap for today before the bottom falls out in a couple of days. Our family in Kansas is experiencing the drop in temperature already as the cold front makes it way East. The drop will give us day time temperatures in the 40’s. We better not put away our snow shovels yet.



Well, I have to select my workout clothes because I will be at the gym at 4:30 AM today.

Have a great weekend.

Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad