Where did May go?

I can't believe it is almost gone. Two more days. Yuk.

On a high note, ten more days until we leave for Cozumel. I am so ready. The only thing I have to do is go buy some books to read. I can't decide whether to take four or five. I think maybe five and one of them will be the Grisham Playing for Pizza that I some how missed reading upon its release.

I have gone in to the parts store the last two days. Today I didn't because I had a post op appointment with my surgeon. I don't really know what the post op appointments are for except to poke and prod. I think I felt better prior to than I did afterward. I got a brief lecture about if he were a betting man this will be an ongoing process, he would prefer not to take this many out in one procedure again. Let's keep this manageable. In passing he did say the lab work came back and it is all benign. So that is good.

Monday we received a call from Dr. Urban's office with the results of the biopsies they had removed. They too were good (which was a change from last year's basil cells).

So. MRI- clear. Multiple lipoma excisions-done. Skin Biopsies-done. Lab results good!

Now let's do something fun!

During my half day at the parts store Tuesday, the store manager took me aside. He told me he was fed up with the remarks of our hardware specialist and it might mean it was his last day at work but he was fixing to straighten things out. I told him I didn't think that would be wise for him. I had heard the same remarks and was not excluded from them but I just let them slide. I told the store manager that we should all be professional enough to get along and let all the petty stuff drop. I guess my thoughts are if everyone is doing their job they have nothing to worry about, and if they are worried about it they might want to review their job performance.

I don't believe for a moment that any given employee in that store can carry out their assigned duties to the nnth degree. The problem as I see it is that they need to do it without being prodded or threatened, or without doing it for show.

For what ever reasons, Wednesday at the store was much better.

The entire area has been blessed with good rainfall. Many farmers were planting cotton, some were harvesting wheat. It is fixing to be a really busy time on the farm.

One of the enjoyable thing about the parts store is getting to see friends I have known all my life and visit with them. Probably the hottest topic has been four dollar a gallon farm diesel. I can remember when I was still farming and it hit .96 cents a gallon I almost stroked out!

It is always a lot more enjoyable visit after a good crop or a good rain!

I had a call from Rian this morning and he left me a message. It seems that one of his former girlfriends had called him to tell him her Dad had been diagnosed with liver and lung cancer. Rian was very close to this entire family and he was asked to spread the word in our family and to put her Dad on our prayer lists. I'm, not sure but the last time I knew, the former girlfriend and her Dad were in the Permian Basin area.

One other note, Weston, Pat and Hag's nephew from Pflugerville (one of the two kids Pat has been taking care of since Hank's death) injured his leg playing in a baseball tournament this past weekend. This morning Pat and Hag were taking him to an orthopedic surgeon to have his knee checked out. That could mean an early end to his baseball season which could mean the kid's move to Amarillo might be accelerated.

Have a day!

FATHER, thank YOU for my recovery, I ask that it continue. We lift up Ronnie Shields to YOU for YOUR gifts of healing. We pray for his care and comfort as well as his family's.