Wow, what a week (or ten days)

Well, the bad thing from the last post meant that my dad and Loretta (I have a tough time calling her my step-mom though she is married to my dad - but she is REALLY nice and great for him) flew in for a few days and stayed with us while the girls were here. Great to see them all together. It seems that every time I see him the past few years he comes up with another story from his past that I had never heard.

In this case, it was another Leroy and Dianna story. They were my parents best friends when I was a kid and after all the kids left home my parents took them on vacation a few times (since they had never travelled much and my parents wanted an excuse to go). This time he said that they passed a horse who had her foot caught in a fence. They stopped at the next house and tried to find the owner but those folks didn't know anything. They then went back to the where she was and flagged down a pickup truck that was driving by. With the guys from the truck they got her loose but she was on the road side of the fence. After prancing about a bit she ran over to another fence and backed up against it much to the interest of the stallion inside that fence. The stallion pawed the ground, snorted and generally displayed his interest (the old phrase "hung like a horse" comes to mind). Dianna asked Leroy why the stallion didn't just "do-it" through the fence, to which Leroy replied 'I don't think that I would risk it either'. Dianna is the very definition of the city girl and Leroy had the quickest, driest wit of any one that I have ever known.

Meanwhile, both girls brought their parents the gift of a cold. I think I got Sarah's and Alice got Jenna's. Thanks LOADS!!

But even though it was hectic, it was GREAT to see them and get to spend some time with them. I sure would like to strike a balance of getting to see them more while not necessarily seeing them too much. It was good to hear from both of them that they got home safely.

Now it is time to get back to work and settle into the grind waiting for the next big event (scheduled for the end of March).