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Margaret is home from hospital ! I haven't spoken to her yet and won't disturb her and Jack for awhile. Wonderful news for all.
Perry had surgery on his right forearm today.....long long day. He drove us to the local hospital and I could have left him there until after 4 pm....however I am was very covetous of the free parking space we had and also the day still would have dragged if I had roamed around the mall or driven home and back....thought I might as well just stay there for the day even if it was tedious and boring. I can cope with such things quite well. Read quite a lot....had lunch in the cafeteria....etc. He felt very well after a general anesthesia and his arm is bandaged in a huge bandage. I drove home as he wasn't allowed to and a cab wasn't an option either....don't know why and didn't bother enquiring. He can remove it in forty eight hours and leave it uncovered. Glad that part is over....stitches will be removed in about two weeks.
Called my brother Peter and sister in law Lorri last night....just for a catchup. They will be up here attending a wedding sometime during September and there is a good chance we will be able to get together with them for a day and evening. Pete semi retires at the end of this month. He will be 64 years old October 27 and has been looking forward to this stage of life for quite awhile. He is an accountant and like most accountants leads a very stressful life doing his best to keep the company he works for on track financially.
When I last saw him December/January this year I was surprised to notice that the older he is getting the more I see a fairly strong resemblance to our father!
Phone was quite busy...Libby called to let us know she and Doug were flying to Western Australia this morning to catch up with their son James and spend a few days with him. The course James is doing will lead to him one day following in his fathers footsteps. Doug is a master or captain of one of the ships that supply some of the oil rigs off the coast. Doug has the credentials to captain a ship around the world. He works shifts of up to six weeks on and then three or four weeks off and is paid very well for doing so ! James has spent the past four weeks getting started on one of the courses he is taking and living in a bed sit. Lib and Doug have found him a one bedroom apartment which will be more suitable....accomodation in W.A. and Queensland is at a premium as both states have booming economies due to mining. One hundred thousand people a year have been migrating to Queensland the past few years....attracted by the job market and lifestyle. That has the natural downside which is a shortage of good rental property and infrastructure that needs a very quick upgrade.
Uh oh....another phone call !