Time Flies Whether Your having Fun or Not!

So the best thing to do is to enjoy every moment of your life! It has been a little over a month since my last post and much has happened during that period.

On Friday, July 30, Dad went to spend the weekend with Bruce and family in Redwood City, which is about 85 miles south from where we live in Santa Rosa. Drive time is about 2 hours and that requires a "rest" stop in San Francisco, which about the half-way mark. When we arrived at Bruce's we all went out to dinner at Celia's Mexican Restaurant (It is one of the closest Mexican restaurants that have San Antonio style cuisine). On Sunday Bruce and Bonnie drove Dad back to Santa Rosa and they were caught in nightmare traffic so they couldn't long to visit.

Then on August 18th Joyce flew in from San Antonio to care for Dad while Shelley and I traveled to Southern California with Tabitha and her husband Kevin. This was our first real vacation break in a few years and we really appreciated the time off! Meanwhile, Joyce was able to spend quality time with Dad. She even got him on a schedule of taking a shower every other day!

Now some behind the scenes news. On July 29th, the day before we took Dad to Bruce's place, Shelley had suffered a "mild" heart attack. She is doing fine and her doctor had cleared her for travel. However, our life has changed again. We are very aware of how things can change in the wink of an eye. Now Shelley has new medications to take, a diet to watch, and having to learn to read internal signs of what her body is telling her. Like I said at the beginning, she is doing fine and I'm proud of her positive attitude she has developed (of course some credit goes to our little vacation too).

Next week on September 9th, Dad is going to spend  about 5 days with Bruce - bonding time!

Here we are on our way back home on August 24th and it is 105 in the shade!