I have arrived in "chilly" MN again. My sojourn in Utah is done...for a while. I had a very pleasant driving trip back, and stopped in Evanstan, WY to see my dear friend, Nola for a few hours, and then on to Upton, WY in the Northeast corner of the State, to spend a night and a day with my brother, Joe and his wife Denice. Sure do LOVE to see them now and again! We had such a nice visit.
I was on a mission to get home in time to see my friend, Suzanne and her husband, Kim before they left for Corona, CA for good. I made it to the Bloomington Hilton by 6:05 pm. I was amazed at how easy the trip was! I left Joe's at 6:30 am, and stopped quite frequently, so I was pleased. Even lost an hour on the way.
We met Casie and went out to dinner together, and went back to the hotel and talked, and laughed, and had a phone skype conversation with the Harpers (who have recently moved to Seattle, WA). (Gary was up in Ashland, Wisconsin at the car races with his friend, Todd, who was driving in the race. Gary got to be pit crew, and loved every minute of it!)
I am truly going to miss them ALL! Our little group has dwindled down to Casie and I. Girlfriends will prevail, however! Thank goodness for phones and computers!
I had my third round of chemo yesterday [Monday] afternoon, and met Sandy afterwards to have dinner together. It is so good to have dear friends to come home to!
I went in for my shot to keep my white blood cell count up today. Casie accompanied me all afternoon. It was great to have a buddy along! We also went to lunch and did grocery shopping and stopped-by my employer's to drop off my letter excusing me from working. Then we picked up her daughter, Kenzie, and came back to my house, put all the groceries away, and made BLT's for supper.
Now, I am missing my grandbabies. I have some great memories of my time in Utah, and saw some dear friends while I was out there, too. Tacy was a trooper and had such an ideal labor and delivery. Chuck was there the whole while and it went along quickly. They arrived at the hospital at noon, and Daphnie was born at 1:4o pm. Great work! Daphnie is beautiful, with a full head of thick, black hair like her daddy.
Fiona spent the day with her Aunt Julia, and myself. They left with the little girls so go to Salt Lake City for the afternoon & evening, and I went back to the apartment, picked up Great Grandma, Edith, and we took the opportunity to go see Daphnie. Edith was so thrilled to get to see her before she had to leave the next day to return to MN by plane.
Daphnie was having some digestive problems for the first five days or so, but that seemed to diminish just before I was leaving. She had some problem with her bilirubin count being elevated, but that was coming down by the time I left for MN.
Fiona is adjusting to a new baby sister, and she is keeping Mommy busy with her antics! If you want to see a video of Fiona meeting Daphnie for the first time, Go to YouTube.com, and in the search bar, type-in "Daphnie and Fiona Meet". Tacy's YouTube name is "Tasinhas23" just in case you want to see any of the other videos of Fiona, etc. You can also type that name into the search bar to find all her videos.
I must say, good video, Chuck. Such a CUTE first meeting! I was so thrilled to be there for it!
I was fortunate to get to hold Daphnie a lot, and did not leave until the following Wednesday. So sad to leave, though... :( I don't like being so far away. Tacy told me Fiona misses me. I miss her so much, too! I shall look forward to next time. And, I am sure to be feeling a LOT better by then!!!
Love to ALL!
Mary :)
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