I missed writing, so Chris took over. I'm still a little groggy over my small surgery. I can't wear my glasses over my scar from the minor surgery on my head. But I have used a magnifying glass to read a little, but I slept most of today, waking just for meals and a little bit of trying to read the paper. There's not much on TV, so sleeping works fine for me. Now it's time to get ready for bed, so I'll go do that, and I'll try writing again tomorrow.

2:00 PM. I will try to fill in for Mom while she is recovering from her illness and associated medicine. Today Karen picked us up and we went to the beach to watch the waves. It was a beautiful day and the beach was well used but we managed to have a nice time in spite of it. At home here we have been bringing our meals to the room because it is a lot quieter and less stressful than in the big group. Almeda had a good night last night and seems to have had no major changes. it will be fine until the pills run out. Love- DAD

After yesterday this has been a very quiet day. We slept in a while and then got up and went to breakfast. One of these days we will be back in our house, fixing our own cereal and eggs and stuff. I guess we will just have to wait until I'm over this queer illness I have. After breakfast we came back to the apartment, and I went to sleep and slept on a recliner until noon. We went to lunch, and when we got back to the apartment I was able to stay awake the rest of the day. My visiting teacher came for a visit, and that helped. She told me when her daughter will be back in town. She is the person who will come to bring or fix a hot meal for us 5 days a week. We can manage at least Saturdays and Sundays, I think, with frozen dinners. Karen will be here in town most of the time, until we all move up north.

Great Grandson in July

This movie was filmed in July at Kaye's house. You can hear him saying choo choo and playing with the train he made of appliance coasters...

This will be a quick report on our trip to San Diego today. We left here at 11:30 and quickly drove to the Vandever Kaiser Clinic. We were early for the appointment, so we went to Carl's Jr. and had some lunch while we waited. Then we went to check in with the proper department, and there the woman at the desk said she had been trying all morning to call us to cancel the appointment. Well, after some 15 minutes or so of discussion, she was able to set me up with an afternoon appointment at the other San Diego clinic, on Zion street. So we went over there, and waited another hour, and finally got to see a doctor. This doctor, another woman, and her assistant set up the surgery to get a biopsy from an artery in front of my right ear. The doctor said the artery was dead. Later I saw a bunch of rubbuge with some blood on it. Maybe that was just from the inch-long cut in front of my ear. Anyway the surgery was soon over and we came back to the apartment.

I have been watching TV, and that has put my own day in a different mode. I worry about other people instead of me. We have had a good day. We got up in time for breakfast, and after that, we came back to the apartment until Karen called. She suggested she drive us down to the beach to watch the waves for a while. We did, and the beach was covered with people, with some going in the water and others just lying on the sand, or kids digging in it. There was an article in this morning's paper about someone digging a tunnel, and couldn't get out. That was awful. I'm glad we weren't where that happened. Back at the apartment we had our lunch, and then we just tried to plan when we would move back to the house. We will stay here as long as we have these medical tests to go to. It's just too much of a strain to move and do that too. My head is still a problem; we will go to San Diego for a biopsy, and that will be the end of the tests, for me, except for one more. Then Chris has one in San Diego. Karen has been so sweet to drive us where we have to go.

This has been a quiet day. We got up in time for breakfast, and I had oatmeal and juice. Then we came back to the apartment and read the paper. I just rested in one of the recliners, watched a little TV, and then just as we were having lunch in the apartment, Karen came over and visited while. It was nice to have her here. This illness in my throat, mouth and eyes is a real bother. I don't feel like doing anything, but I'm not really sick. I've just done dumb things like filing my fingernails, and wondering just when we will move back into our house. I hope it's soon, at least it will be a different setting to feeling this way in. I talked to a lady who has had this problem. She said it lasts a long time, and then quits suddenly. I hope it isn't very long. I dread the trip to San Diego for the biopsy, but maybe they can find something that will cure the disease in a hurry.

I have not being feeling very well, and we have been going to doctors. Well, as a result I have been taking new medications, and this afternoon I had a reaction. I was sitting in the living room of the apartment looking at a clothing catalog, and I saw a dress that suddenly transformed me to Europe. I was with Candace and Danya, in a town in Italy. I guess my mind just picked it up, and I had to go ask Chris if this all really happened. And he said yes, I did take the granddaughters when Karen and Bob had planned the trip for them, and then they couldn't go. And I had also been on a trip to Europe with Carla. I am amazed at all this, that I just now remembered. It has been a strange experience. When I woke up to where I actually am, and I did do these things years ago, it's a strange experience. Chris thinks the medications the doctors have given me have probably caused it all to come back. Now that I'm back to myself here in the apartment, the visions have completely stopped!

Today I have stayed in the apartment all day, except for short stays on the balcony, and one trip to the lobby to get a newspaper. We have one change in our plans. We will stay here for the rest of this month, and then move back to the house. It may be before the end of the month, but we will just have to wait and see. We might as well stay here as long as we have these doctor appointments to go to. My health isn't bad, it's just a darn bother. My head will ache, my eyes be tired, and my mouth hurt somewhat. I haven't even been to a meal, I'm just too tired to bother, when Chris will go get them and bring them back to the apartment. Karen came oveer twice, for short visits, and bringing our dinner to us. That was very nice of her. She and the other two daughters are our pride and joy. My eyes are beginning to be fuzzy, so I will stop writing now and go back to my chair in the little living room here at the apartment.