Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries!

I’m back from Florida. I’m happy to report that Grandpa is doing much better. Grandma has bronchitis (sp?), but she’s on medication and feeling much better. Here’s an excerpt from a letter that Grandpa wrote to a friend about the incident;

The last few days have been a bit hectic and scary at times. I did feel very important while I was in the hospitial as every morning they would send someone to my room to ask me what day it was. I found out they didn’t even know who our President was, They asked me that as well. I knew they were in serious trouble when they asked me to spell words backwards.
I do hope that they are not planning on reverse spelling of their records because the doctor’s handwriting is hard enough to read at the present time.
I do not have any pain now and feel pretty good. When our grandson heard that I was in the hospital he jumped in his car and drove here from Nashville, TN. He has been a wonderful help to both Reta and I. Who says today’s young people are self centered or undependable? My kids and grandkids have kept the cell phone industry working overtime to keep in touch. Much appreciated.

It’s good to see that he still has a good sense of humor. So thanks for all of the good thoughts.

So I went to Michigan last weekend, and actually had a really good time. Yes, the weather sucked, but that was to be expected. I really enjoyed seeing some friendly faces. I stayed at my Aunt Sharon’s house in Shelby Township, where most of my musical instruments were being stored. I really enjoyed seing her, and getting my stuff (When I moved to California, everyone dispersed around the country and my stuff went different places, so I’m piecing it all together).
I drove up Thursday and got into town at around 5:00pm. My first stop was microcenter which is the last place I worked before I moved. I saw some of my old coworkers. Then I headed over to Somerset Mall, where I also used to work, but my particular store went out of business just over 2 years ago (it was definately my favorite job). After leaving the mall, I drove past my old house in Troy where I lived the first 18 1/2 years of my life. While I was there, I decided to stop to see one of my friends that lived right down the street. Rhonda was excited to see me, and I her. We decided to walk around Somerset and have a bite to eat at the food court.
On Friday, I started the day buy heading to Classic Auto Showplace, which was a father/son hangout for Dad and I. I talked to Dave who owns the place (and who has also sold a car to each Dad and I), and he was happy to hear we were both doing well. Then I headed back to microcenter to see some of the people that hadn’t been working the day before. After that I went to my old schools to see some of my favorite teachers. At Troy High, I saw Mr. Mastrovito and Ms. Yax. At Boulan I saw Mrs. Griffith. And at Bemis I saw Ms. Charbeneau, Mrs. Buczek, and Mrs. Rekucki. And by coincidence, while I was at Bemis, Mary Doyle, Jake, and Brooke were there too. It was really nice to see them. After getting done there, I went to Oakland Mall where I saw my friend Robbin (she was my boss at Dapy, and she’s now working at Aeropostale). She found me some really good deals at her store, so now I actually have nice clothes again.
On Saturday I drove around for a while just seeing the old sites. Then Alexis came over to Sharon’s house for dinner and it was nice seeing her again. After dinner I saw my friend Meghan. We walked around Birmingham for a while (and yes, we were crazy for doing that) with some of her friends, the went back to her house to watch some T.V.
On sunday I saw Rhonda again, and we went to petco to see some cute critters, then we drove to Great Lakes Crossing and walked around for a while. After I drove her back home I went to my friend Brian’s house in Royal Oak. Robbin also came so it was great seeing both of them again.
Then unfortunately I drove back on Monday. I actually kind of want to move back to Michigan again, but hopefully that thought will pass.

I just got back from Palm Springs visiting Steve and Mike and it was great. It was 113 degrees today, but it was dry so it was tolerable. I’m going back next weekend for a bbq, so that should be fun. If anyone wants to check out their resort, go to The Triangle Inn.