Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

I had to be up really early this morning to take my cousin Barbara to Galena for a couple of tests.  We had to leave Oswego by 5:15, so I set my alarm for 4:00 to be sure I had plenty of time.  I felt pretty good when I got up which surprised me since I had a hard time falling asleep last night.

Dean has plans for today and needed the truck, so Barbara drove out to get me and I drove her car to and from Galena.  It's nice not to have a lot of traffic on the road - 5:15am is a good time to travel.  We turned at 4 corners and headed south toward Galena.  A few miles down the road I thought I saw a shadow and put on the brakes.  A deer was in the left lane and one on the right shoulder.  Fortunately, they both stopped and did not move while I passed between the two of them.  I just thank God everyday for his protection.  He tells us to trust him - and I'm learning to do just that.   

I dropped Barbara off at the entrance and parked the car.  After she finished checking in we visited in the waiting room.  It wasn't too long before they came to get her.  It was a good time to start reading my RV blogs.  Before I knew it, they called me back so I could sit with her until it was time for her procedures.

Once she left, I went back to the main waiting room and it didn't seem like much time had passed before they came to get me so I could talk to the doctor.  When he finished giving me the report, he walked me back to Barbara's cubicle.  

We left State Line Surgery around 8:30 and I drove into our site at the RV Park before 9:30.

Dean showed up about 15 minutes later and was surprised I was back already.  He had a few things he wanted to get done around the RV before we leave tomorrow.  So he went on outside to work on them.  I worked on a blog post and did a little around the RV but I was tired.

The nurse at the Cherokee Health Center called me after the results of my blood test came back and wanted to change two of my prescriptions,  We were driving at the time, so I told them I would call them back with the address of where to send it to - thinking I would have it sent to Wichita to one of the boys' houses.  Sometimes things do not get mailed when you think they will and rather than have them get here after we leave, we decided to drive to Vinita and pick them up.  It turned out to be a good decision - I napped most of the way - and I felt much better when I woke up.  After picking up the RX we stopped at McDonald's to get something to drink before driving over to Bernice, OK just to look around, and then down by Horse Creek Resort.  We had travel trailers at both of these locations for several years.  Grand Lake is really special to us.  We enjoyed lots of fun times with our kids and friends here for most of the time pre-Bently.  We enjoyed the drive and visiting together.

Once we returned to Oswego I worked on some travel plans we have for next year.  We plan to head northwest after our trip to Colorado in June.  I wanted to input the information in a new app, RV WIzard.  It was quite a challenge working through a new program.  I have a 30 day trial period, which means I need to stay with it to see if it's going to work for me or not.  If I'm not happy I can get a refund for the fee of $39.  The jury is still out on whether I'll like it any better than RV Parky which I've been using for 4 years and is free.  RIght now I'm not too impressed with the map size compared to RV Parky, but one day using it isn't really a fair comparison.  For some reason I was under the impression it integrated with Roadtrippers, and I have not found that to be true.  Most likely my error, and if so, I'm not sure it will be worth the fee.  

I wanted to say thank you to my sisters who each brought me the nicest birthday cards.  I am so blessed to have sisters who are also my best friends.  I love you!

For supper tonight we had the rest of the "beef tips" I made the other night - I'm so glad we both love leftovers.  On a night like this it sure was easy to fix and easy to clean up afterwards.

We are leaving Oswego tomorrow headed to Wichita for several days to see the oldest and youngest of the boys and their families.  It will be a busy, but fun time.