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Seeing how light the patronage is here tonite/this AM, I thought I'd pop in for a moment. Have switched to tea - enough coffee today. My daughter in California gave birth to a healthy, almost 8 pound, little girl today. Mommy and baby (Taylor) are doing fine. This is her third child - or another way to look at it - my third grandchild, and boy does that make me feel older than dirt ! And my grandson is a star baseball player in his third year of high school, if that doesn't really ice the cake ! Speaking of aging, I'm going to be most likely having surgery quite soon on my leg, so I may not be drinking coffee with you folks as often, for the next few days. A lump on my knee had been getting larger, and has migrated down the inside of my leg a couple of inches, and has changed shape and size from an almond to a small lemon, and now resembles a squished tomato, as it has tripled in size the past few days. It now feels very warm to the touch, and has caused my leg to swell up all the way to the ankle. And it burns a bit, like muscles do after a good workout. I'm scheduled to see the surgeon in two weeks, but am attempting to get in tomorrow, so I may be offline for a bit. This may provide me with an opportunity to get a 'leg up' (sorry - couldn't resist the opportunity !) on some long overdue reading and designing I've been neglecting for awhile, but will set back my actual remodeling for awhile. Drat, as I was getting a good start on the framing of the model railroad room. Speaking of moving big and heavy stuff, I had a 8' square hot tub/spa moved out of the yard two weeks ago. I took the easy approach - I sold it to someone with a truck, a trailer, and 9 helpers ! I just watched, counted my money, and drank iced tea while they uttered all kinds of normally censored, but typical construction worker, language. It was great, for I was dreading moving it. . . And traveling with animals can be "fun", especially when you are driving an extended cab pickup loaded to the headliner - front and back, with a bed full of hardwood boards, hauling UHaul's largest trailer they rent - loaded w/ power tools and other 'lightweight' stuff in the middle of the night on 400 miles of icy roads w/ 2 large tom cats (18 and 23 pounds and not de-clawed) that hate to travel because it almost always means a trip to the vet or to be boarded somewhere. Well, that's what I did this past winter, when we moved from NC to our new home in GA. We had moved everything else in UHaul's largest rental truck and still had to make two more such trips in my GMC, and this last one was the most challenging ! Scariest moment was when my largest cat - a very furry Norwegian Forest Cat and a devout coward, got freaked-out (while I was sandwiched in the center lane with very loud 18 wheelers on either side of me, and one behind me right on my butt, while crossing a long, rather crappily paved bridge). In a moment of stupidity, he decided to jump from the back seat area into my lap. In the process, he misjudged - he's a really clutsy and not particularly bright cat - and frantically grabbed onto my head with his claws to keep from slipping. That we didn't wreck at that time, is simply amazing. Then he puked all over me. Then the other cat, apparantly couldn't stand the stench, and threw up all over himself and the other cat that started it all. . .Try and wash off two cats at a rest center in the middle of the night. I got a lot of wierd glances from some travelers ! It's late - gotta go. Save my table - I'll be back soon. BILL
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