090320 - Up, packed, nice bfast and then to C w/ P for the last day
of this testing... it went by pretty fast. Andre and I jumped in a cab and headed to the airport. We were there early and customs was empty so I made it through fast. I got to an early flight and they got me on! YIPEE, 4 hours of my life back!!! and NO Chicago flight!!! Flying home over Lake Erie I got to see Jacobs field, the Cavs and the Browns stadium. I watched out the window until I could see home! That horse shoe shaped landmark I don't mind flying over! I landed and started calling, but no one
answered... I grabbed a cab and made my way home, meeting everyone there. Grant saw me getting out of the cab and thought I was brought home by the police and had LOTS to say about it... J was at soccer practice with the fam and Gma&paW. Everyone had a snack and played. I helped L get the boys to bed and then worked a couple hours before bed. Lilly looks like I feel...
090319 - Up bfst w/ Andre. In to C w/ P, there all day & night... Andre and I went to the Dr. for him. It was a bit of an experience... As we were in Canada we were subject to the Canadian Medical/Socialist Medicine... We were taken to a walk in clinic where we were surrounded by people that were next to or already dead... Our escort walked in and right past all of the people waiting, past the counter and down the hall... Andre and I waited and then our guide was back, saying 'follow me, follow me...' We walked out suddenly and down a hall and to a door held open by a trash can... we entered and were suddenly in a storage area for the clinic. in a few minutes a nurse came in and got us and took us straight away to a room... I went with Andre to help translate, good thing... The Dr. came in and checked his throat, ears, lungs and started writing a prescription. This happened all very quickly, I mean 3 minutes or less... I slowed things down a bit, asked the Dr. if Andre would be fit to fly tomorrow. The Dr. looked at Andre, asked him if he had insurance (Andre said 'yes') and the Dr said 'yeah you'll be fine'. HUH? what does Andre having insurance have to do with his ability to fly and his head not explode? Oh well, we got the prescription and headed back into work... D went to his pack meeting with Jeff and Cole. almost through this week...
090318 - J did not have school today, but parent teacher conferences. L reports that it was all good! More P @ C from me... rough day for the P project manger... Andre sick but in. Howdy called me to give me the scoop on his baseball tryouts; he did great! Jack is taking his juice, Grant is being bad, L is holding up ok.
090317 - Up met Andre for bfast. Then into the big C all day. Worked all day w/ P, Andre headed out @ 6pm to get some rest. Dinner w/ Andre, exhausted...
090316 - Up met Glenn & Elizabeth, into the big C. worked all day a bit stressful, especially with out Andre, he stayed in the room still sick... but I felt like such crap that I didn't really notice. Had a near brush w/ death: Glenn choked. He told a joke, took a drink of water, thinking about his joke he started laughing and then choking... I mean he started shaking, turning purple, foaming at the mouth and nearly fell out of his chair. Jeremy and Elizabeth gave him the Heimlich until he spit it up and started breathing.... This was very scary... After things settled down and the fright was gone we lightened it up a bit. Saying that if he had died it would have been ruled a suicide, it was his own joke after all... After work we headed to a Japanese steakhouse for dinner. Back to the hotel, called L and then met Andre in the lounge to give him an update. To the room and out like a light...
090315 - Up and completely exhausted. LD&J to church, G and I vegged out. Boys home and I am trying to watch them and get ready for this trip. L out shopping to prepare for the long week ahead. DJG&I shot bb gun out back, played some kick ball. JG&I dropped of D at a friends b-day party and G didn't want to leave his big brother there. Home and more kick ball, dinner, kickball, then to the sick L and the boys took me to the airport to head for Toronto. I don't remember the take off and was woken up by the landing... To the hotel and dropped off some medicine to Andre who has been sick for several days. And GREAT, now my stomach is doing flip flops....
Home and L&GmaB headed out to do some shopping, D&G got ready to head up to the farm, J went out to eat with some friends and I got the car washed at the Gahanna Swim Team car wash day and got a haircut. Home and D&G gone, L left to go to her room and change the decorations to the October theme. J home doing his chores and I am at the PC on the back porch trying to keep ahead of the curve. J had a couple of buddies come over and headed back to the school. L got home and we headed back to watch some of Brady's game, it was COLD. We watched a bit and then headed home to watch the Buckeye game. I ordered some pizzas and L picked them up. We watched the game and had dinner, The game was boring so I got a lot of things done. J and his buddies played the xbox and we got some pics from D&G at the Indians game. They had a good time, a bit cold, but fun. They made it back to the farm and D and his buddy Chad were up late working on an old go-kart I had bought the boys years ago.
