February 17, 2007

It's a true winter day in St. Louis. It's snowing lightly and the winds are pretty fierce. The main roads are clear, but side roads are still covered. Driving is not a problem. Today is the annual Mardi Gras parade. I believe we have the third largest Mardi Gras celebration in the country (we might be number two on the list by now). I'm sure there's a huge crowd in Soulard, but we are not going to go and stand in that cold wind to watch the parade. I'm sure most of the spectators and paradees have enough anti-freeze in them to stay warm....

We did go to a Mardi Gras house party last night. About 10 people there. Had Hurricanes and good food. Also watched a movie called Sordid Lives. Delta Burke, Olivia Newton John, Beau Bridges were some of actors in it. I thought it was hilarious, and the movie hit rather close to home... It could have been filmed in Southeast Missouri; we recognized several relatives in the movie's characters, I'm sorry to say.

Dennis' mom is still in the hospital. She was admitted on Monday to St. Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Her blood pressure kept dropping and she was passing out. We went down on Monday and spent the day with her. She had a really bad night on Wednesday, so we went back down there on Thursday morning. They put a pace-maker in that afternoon and she started doing much better. Then, the readings on her kidney functions was abnormal, so yesterday they did an ultrasound on her kidneys (everything looked fine) and a 24 hour urine test. Her catheter will be removed this afternoon, and if everything looks fine with that, she may be able to go home tomorrow. It's been a long week for everyone.

Presented the second contract to the sellers on Bancroft today. I hope we get this one negotiated and accepted. It's been a slow winter for me, so a sale would be nice right about now....

Today's Quote: "There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." Albert Einstein