Tuesday Update

Today will be a bit of a busy day.  The fridge repair guy will return with the new part and we will finally have it back to normal.  We have done OK without the icemaker/water dispenser, it's just a little inconvenient to have to rely on bottles of water and bags of ice.  They take up a lot of room and we have to move things around to find what we are looking for.  I drink a lot of water and sometimes I forget to replace the bottles I have used and then I am without my cold water.  We also have the pest control coming out for his quarterly visit.  I am not sure how good his spray will work outside since we are currently having a small thunderstorm and a good amount of rain.  At least I can get him inside, which he didn't do on his last visit due to the health restrictions they are under from the chinaman kung flu.  

We will get the baby today and she will stay a day or two.  That will be decided during her stay, how long she is here.  Their dog is sick again.  He was very sick the last time she was here.  We kept her because she won't leave him alone and he just didn't feel good at all.  She lays all over him and tries to play with him.  They are best buds, except he is miserable right now and needs a break.  They have really hit a rough patch here lately.  Things breaking down, sick dog, sick baby, car issues and it all hits their small income pretty hard which just compounds things.  We help out when they let us and it is hard to see them struggle with these things along with all the bad news in the world.  It takes it's toll on a young family.  We know very well how it is and brings back some not so pleasant memories for us.  I try to keep the 'fatherly' advice down as much as possible.  In fact, no advice has been given, I know that it can always be worse and try to stay positive and not interfere.

The weather here will be somewhat stormy over the rest of the week.  We had hoped to head down to Padre Island for a day drip and just sit on the beach for a couple hours and take the kids with us if they could get away.  They could use the break too.  But with inclement weather predicted we will not go and take a look at weather conditions for  next week.  I will need to look for something to keep the sun off of us for a few hours while we are there.  We all have some pretty fair skin and need to avoid the burns we can get down there.

Hope y'all had a great Father's Day and are avoiding the kung flu.  It has hit closer to home here lately.  We are on our guard for that as much as I hate it.

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