Wednesday, June 19, 2019 - Happy Birthday to Son, Marc; Phone Calls; Packing; Escapee Casual Camp-out Pot Luck; and Health Insurance Info

Wednesday, June 19, 2019 - Happy Birthday to Son, Marc; Phone Calls; Packing;  Escapee Casual Camp-out Pot Luck; and Health Insurance Info

I woke shortly before 5 this morning.  I got up and turned on the coffeepot.  My morning habit!

Almost the first thing on my mind this morning was what happened 38 years ago today, where I was and what I was doing.  I was in the Labette County Medical Center (now Labette Health) in Parsons, Kansas waiting to give birth to my son Marc William Blair.  Happy birthday Marc!  I love you!

I immediately started working on the blog post for the past two days, and was able to post them later in the morning.

Even though Dean ate a good dinner last night and a snack before bed, he was hungry when he woke up this morning.  He missed two meals yesterday and didn't drink near the water he would normally have in a day.  I asked him if he wanted to have his normal breakfast or did he feel up to going out for breakfast.  His ears perked up, and he was ready to go in no time!  He loves breakfast - and going to a restaurant for breakfast is even better.  We chose the Hungry Hunter.  I really cheated on my order this morning.  I had 1 biscuit, sausage gravy and some hash browns.  Dean had the regular 2 eggs, sausage, hash browns and toast.  They had some great looking cinnamon rolls and we decided to get one to take home.  I really intended to take a picture but it never happened.

The breakfast was delicious.  I think a few of our grandsons would enjoy this diner.  It had a small scale train that ran around the wall sitting just below the ceiling.  There was a table of children sitting next to us and the smallest boys couldn't take their eyes off of that little train engine.

The track went into two of the three seating areas.  

Two things here - first, see the little engine right above the door on the track, and second, the sign pointing to the bathroom door - Outhouse!

Back at Bentley, I finished up the blog post, then turned my attention to several phone calls I needed to make.  A follow up visit for Dean with his doctor (had to leave a message); finding out how to access my KS Wildlife & Parks account to make a reservation (done); changing my hair appointment for Thursday the 27 (done); called All Seasons in Wichita to change our reservation (done); and made the first reservations for our trip west.  Later Dean's doctor office returned my call and we set up a follow-up visit in September.  I felt like I had really managed to accomplish a lot this morning.

For dinner we ate half of that cinnamon roll and some watermelon.  Sounds like a bunch of kids, doesn't it?  The cinnamon roll was just okay - nothing special.  We were disappointed.  

Knowing we are leaving tomorrow, I also packed up or stored several things we won't be using before we leave; hopefully it will help the morning moving prep go a little faster.  We hope to leave here around 9.  It's a four hour drive to Garnett, a little longer than we usually drive in a day.  We are meeting some friends for dinner tomorrow night in Ottawa, so we want to have a chance to rest a bit before we take off again.  Fortunately, it's not far to Ottawa from Garnett.

I have been eyeing the "screen" door of our neighbor here in the park.  Instead of screen, they had plexiglass in their door.  It allows them to leave the door open in both warm and cold weather, and allows so much more light in.  I have wanted something like this for quite some time now.  Marie was sitting outside, so I walked over to ask her about it.  She said they took it to a home improvement store, where they cut the plexiglass to fit it.  She really loves it.  I'd sure love to have this done.  Marie was such a nice lady and I enjoyed visiting with her for the next 15-20 minutes, before I had to get back to make my dish for the pot luck.

I didn't have much on hand, but I had the ingredients for macaroni & cheese.  I really love my convection oven where I can bake without heating the trailer up, especially when it's warm outside. 

The potluck was at 5, and I think we were the last to arrive.  After Connie said a blessing over the food, we all enjoyed a wonderful meal.  There were some really good cookies on the dessert table.  I complimented the cook and learned they were Nestle cookies you buy in the dairy aisle.  Wow, those cookies have come a long way since I last bought some for the kids to make.  I really thought they were made from scratch!  I think I'll keep a roll of those on hand for a quick snack for the grandkids or if someone is going to stop by for a visit.  It's nice to have a snack to offer someone.

Members from our Escapees RV group at the potluck dinner.  Thanks for the good food and visit with you all!

It was great to catch up with everyone in this group as we have not seen several of them since last year.  They invited us back to their site to visit, but we declined.  I wanted to finish this blog post and put more things away in preparation for our move tomorrow morning.  I also needed to get in touch with my health insurance agent.  I was supposed to receive an email with all of my documents for my new health insurance plan.  After checking my emails - both the inboxes and spam, the documents were not there.  I sent a text to let her know, and she resent the information.  Upon receipt, I activated my account (although it doesn't go into effect until July 1), and built a file where I could bookmark various documents they sent.  I may need to reference these in the future.  

All in all it has been another busy day, but a very productive one, and another day spent with good friends.  We are truly blessed to have met so many wonderful people through our RV groups and travels.