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EllieMay

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It is Thursday everyone. Have a good one today.

@EllieMay How is your dad doing?
Good morning Carol! At the moment, he’s like a chicken with very ruffled feathers... it’s just past 4am here and we are just up and fixing to go check in at the hospital.. the hotel is right down the block and is a medical suite chain for extended stay guests. They will actually begin his surgery in around 3 hours and expect a 3-5 hour procedure.. I will have to drop him off and come back here to wait due to Covid.. They will be removing the cancerous tumor and the upper lobe of his lung along with some lymph nodes.. everything will be checked in the lab during the procedure to determine the need for any additional surgery while they are in there.. no complications are expected . Thank you for Checking on us..by noon, this will hopefully all be behind us and he will be in better shape ?.
 

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Good morning Carol! At the moment, he’s like a chicken with very ruffled feathers... it’s just past 4am here and we are just up and fixing to go check in at the hospital.. the hotel is right down the block and is a medical suite chain for extended stay guests. They will actually begin his surgery in around 3 hours and expect a 3-5 hour procedure.. I will have to drop him off and come back here to wait due to Covid.. They will be removing the cancerous tumor and the upper lobe of his lung along with some lymph nodes.. everything will be checked in the lab during the procedure to determine the need for any additional surgery while they are in there.. no complications are expected . Thank you for Checking on us..by noon, this will hopefully all be behind us and he will be in better shape ?.
Good Luck, i will be thinking of the two of you. Although by the sounds of it, they know exactly what they are doing and I am sure he will come out of it totally fine again. A big Electronic hug for you both.?
 

CarolM

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Good morning, Reckless Roommates! :)
Today is World Mosquito Day, so I guess that means it's time to offer a little of your blood to our hungry friends.
Only female mosquitoes bite, you know.
Always the women.
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No thank you, in summer time they take enough blood from me, Thank you very much. !
 

CarolM

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I used to live in Winnipeg which is mosquito country, there were swarms and swarms of them. Now in Colorado, there is none of them. No more mosquitos ? yay! I hate those blood sucking vampires. I’ve always been jealous of my dad, he doesn‘t react to them.
They don't like biting the rest of my family. But love biting me.
 

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Last night I was surprised to actually be able to see the physical sun in the western sky when I went out in the late afternoon to take care of my evening chores. It was quite a pretty sight, and the first time in my memory that I've actually seen the sun itself. I wondered if it were smoke or clouds that made it so easy to see that beautiful orange disc in the sky. Then later, when I was getting ready to turn off the TV, and had it on the news station, I heard that there are over 100 fires across California and our fire fighters are spread very thin. I wish I had gotten a picture of it. I just now tried to get Google to show me, but nothing about last night's sky came up in the results.
 

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Good morning Carol! At the moment, he’s like a chicken with very ruffled feathers... it’s just past 4am here and we are just up and fixing to go check in at the hospital.. the hotel is right down the block and is a medical suite chain for extended stay guests. They will actually begin his surgery in around 3 hours and expect a 3-5 hour procedure.. I will have to drop him off and come back here to wait due to Covid.. They will be removing the cancerous tumor and the upper lobe of his lung along with some lymph nodes.. everything will be checked in the lab during the procedure to determine the need for any additional surgery while they are in there.. no complications are expected . Thank you for Checking on us..by noon, this will hopefully all be behind us and he will be in better shape ?.

All fingers crossed! Best of luck. ?
 

CarolM

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Last night I was surprised to actually be able to see the physical sun in the western sky when I went out in the late afternoon to take care of my evening chores. It was quite a pretty sight, and the first time in my memory that I've actually seen the sun itself. I wondered if it were smoke or clouds that made it so easy to see that beautiful orange disc in the sky. Then later, when I was getting ready to turn off the TV, and had it on the news station, I heard that there are over 100 fires across California and our fire fighters are spread very thin. I wish I had gotten a picture of it. I just now tried to get Google to show me, but nothing about last night's sky came up in the results.
What a pity.
 

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Good morning Carol! At the moment, he’s like a chicken with very ruffled feathers... it’s just past 4am here and we are just up and fixing to go check in at the hospital.. the hotel is right down the block and is a medical suite chain for extended stay guests. They will actually begin his surgery in around 3 hours and expect a 3-5 hour procedure.. I will have to drop him off and come back here to wait due to Covid.. They will be removing the cancerous tumor and the upper lobe of his lung along with some lymph nodes.. everything will be checked in the lab during the procedure to determine the need for any additional surgery while they are in there.. no complications are expected . Thank you for Checking on us..by noon, this will hopefully all be behind us and he will be in better shape ?.
Wishing your Dad all the very best for his surgery.I hope he makes a speedy recovery. Thinking of you all x
 

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Good morning, Reckless Roommates! :)
Today is World Mosquito Day, so I guess that means it's time to offer a little of your blood to our hungry friends.
Only female mosquitoes bite, you know.
Always the women.
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Thankfully they don't seem to like the taste of my blood so I'm rarely bothered by them or other insects. Mind you if they were desperate I'm sure I could be on the menu.
 

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It's so hard to lose the favorite ones. I've had a few in my lifetime. Still makes me cry now when I remember them, so I try to not think about it. Sophie, Ida, Molly. Now I have my Misty Girl. Hopefully I go before she does. Life wouldn't be the same without her, my faithful companion.

You have that great picture of Jilly to bring back the memories. So sorry you've lost her.
Yes. The Taz was my favorite house bunny. He was a satin. We always love the new animals too but some are just so special they are irreplaceable. Sapphire is one of those. I've had 2 bunnies since and they've helped. If I lose Sapphire I won't be able to replace that hole and feel right about it.
 
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