Sad departure

Wednesday we got up and the family began preparing to leave. I scrambled a dozen eggs and cooked them while Evelyn cooked some hash brown potatoes. I broke some bacon into the eggs, and we all seemed to enjoy the breakfast. They left around 11:30. We were sad to see them go because we had such a good time with them. The kids are always doing something: reciting poems, playing songs on the piano, hugging us, singing songs and helping clean things up. It is different now that they live close enough to visit once in a while. We have been blessed to visit with both our families of grandchildren 3 times this year. That is more than ever before. After they left Evelyn took me to the golf course and went to walk around the lake. She tried to deliver 2 German dinner tickets but couldn’t. Our friends, the Montieths have to leave to go to the coast where they have to foreclose on a family that is buying a house they own. They really feel terrible about having to do it but can’t pick up the payments for them. I finished the first 9 holes but had to stop on 10 because it began to rain gently. In July I would have stayed, but the rain was cold as was the air temperature. I called Doris who told Evelyn I needed to come home. She got me and brought me home. I showered because I was wet. We had a light supper and went to choir practice. We came home hoping our friends, the Bollingers, would come to get their German dinner tickets after their choir practice but we never heard from them. I worked on the computer despite the broken screen. Andrew and I had decided we could hook it up to the TV monitor and see the script. It worked well but I couldn’t do anything else while working. I can watch TV and work on the computer at the same time when the computer screen is working. It is also uncomfortable to sit in the chair close to the monitor because one of the cords is short. I wore out and went to bed around 10.