Hello on Friday Morning

Dear Friends,



Another day went pretty much as planned!



Linda made it through her two body maintenance procedures, and I went to Retro Fitness (not today), attended two wakes, and visited Mom in the nursing home before we hooked up at the Olde Heritage House in Lenox a little after 6 PM. Of course, there was a good deal of stress in between which affected Linda more than me. What is really good is that I didn’t cause much of the stress.

The first stressor involved the DVR formatting changes brought by the Warner Cable as she was trying to DVR her favorite programs. She had the Cable guy on the telephone trying to help her get through the maze of new ways of recording programs. Of course she had to tell the cable guy what important changes needed to be made since the new system doesn’t do everything that she wants to make happen. It got to the point where the technician said to return the cable box and replace it with a new one. Luckily, the cable company is less than a mile from our home. This was all taking place just before she had to go to her second body maintenance procedure.

A second stressor was that she was in the middle of packing for a trip. For her it is like our grandparents packing what ever they could fit in those trunks as they made their voyages from Italy and Ireland to the United States at the turn of the century.

A third stressor was the multiple telephones calls with our daughter-in-law with Linda offering advice (from her days selling real estate) on helping to make the house signing deal work instead of being delayed.

A fourth stressor was the telephone call from our friends the Brodeur’s saying that Jerry was having some problems, and he ended up back in Bringham & Women’s hospital for a good portion of the day and evening on Thursday. They were back home as of 11:15 PM last evening.

A fifth stressor was the conversation which Linda had with the claims department of Liberty Mutual for our water damage of a few months ago. Since the person we were dealing with at Liberty Mutual went on maternity leave a week ago, the person she talked with yesterday had only a semi clue of what was going on.

The sixth stressor was me (but that is normal)!



By the time Linda arrived at the Heritage Tavern, she was ready for a beverage or two. Happiness arrived quickly when she won $25 on her first Keno game that she played. She won a second $25 game later on in the evening.

During that first game which she won, she decided not to play the bonus multiplier. The payout for that game would have been four times the winning amount. She could have started off the evening winning $100 instead of $25. Oh Darn!



A UNICO friend and I did our bartending shift at the assigned time for the Celebrity Bartending Fundraiser. We were leading the competition after our shift with respect to how much tips we collected from the patrons. Since we didn’t stay for the whole evening, I am not sure if the temporary lead turned into the winning one.



As we left for the evening, another friend at our table won a $25 game at Keno, and a door prize of two pizzas at The East Side Café, and a bottle of wine. Sitting at the Curley table continues to be good luck for our friends and sometimes us too.



I should be sleeping, but I am wired once again. I am like the little kid who gets excited when he is going on a trip. We are leaving the house at 7:30 AM which will be a real chore for Linda. You know me! I am ready for action at any time. I can rise for any occasion.



It does appear that there will be some kind of signing agreement for Kevin and Kyla taking place today with a contingency plan related to the conservation committee meeting which doesn’t occur until April 7, 2010 (which is when the committee has their next meeting). It appears that Kevin, and Kyla, and Max will not be homeless if the agreement is signed late morning today. We will be taking care of Max, and doing so at the Brodeur’s. Linda and I will be sleeping at the Brodeur’s too for at least the weekend.

If all goes well with the signing, the movers will be taking all their stuff from East Boston to North Tewksbury on Saturday morning. We will have Max and the Dogs to deal with. Oh, I forgot about their two cats! I am not sure who will be in charge of them or how they will be transported!



Since I am up so early today, I will be taking naps when Max is ready to do so. The last time Max was with us, my naps were longer than his.



Max is healing quite well from his injury the other day.



Kyla said that Max is starting to wake up earlier and earlier each day. I think that he picked up a bit too much of Grandpa Curley’s waking up early gene!



Well, I made a list of all the things which need to be done before we leave the house today. Some of these things are not of the quiet variety.

I am guessing that Linda will be getting a little shut eye on the way east on the Mass Pike this morning. To bad she wasn’t like me who can take a nap at any time during the day (not while I am driving).



Linda will be missing her once a month retiree breakfast! Oh Darn!



Have to go!

Have a great weekend!

Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad