death and life

Last night was another miserable one. I wakened coughing at 2 AM and was up until 5. I worked on some invitations to a party and other things but went right back to sleep until 8:30. I got up and went to the park meeting, thinking she would see the doctor in my appointment time. She decided overnight that she wasn’t that ill. We came home and I did some vacuum/dusting done while she organized laundry after breakfast. We tried to rest after lunch and got ready to go to the funeral of one of our friends from church. I thought it was at 2:30 so we left for Mercedes at 1:30. I wanted to take a camp stool to a boot factory to have the stitching replaced. They were closed. I also went to the hardware store to get a replacement valve for the toilet. Since we had more time, we went to the grocery for some more supplies but were still very early. We were home by 4:45 and ready for our friends to take us to dinner at a local Italian night club. They can not have us come to their house here because it is much too small. We enjoyed the dinner and were entertained by the owners who are also a husband/wife entertainment team. We returned home by 8 and read the e-mail. We reconsidered our decision about the Alabama reunion and called Emily to talk with her. The more we talked, the more we realized that the financial expenditure was not worth it for just a three day visit. Therefore, we will likely try for a reunion in July. She will call us if she learns something more agreeable but at this time, her family will not join the Georges and us at the Grand Hotel. I hope we can sleep better tonight.