June 23, 2025 Monday--5am

Good morning!

Another recovery week for me.

Stitches out on Thursday.  This was before I left.

This was after I got home.  I forgot to ask the lady to count the stitches, but I think there were 21.  If you count the long running stitch across the top as separate stitches.

Upper lip still protruding and drooping on that side...and cheek is swollen.  Numb in several places.  Like when you come home from the dentist and it's hard to drink because you can't feel half your lip and part of your cheek.  Nerves have to reprogram.  They are zipping and zapping about so that's a good sign, I would think.  Not sure how much is swelling and how much is the moved harder skin graft, actually.  Time will tell.  But I think she did a decent job.  It should look better in a couple of weeks, I would think.  All new to me--lol!

That same night we had a wicked thunderstorm come through around midnight.  I was pretty well shot and had just gone to sleep when the storm was hitting.  Didn't hear the later tornado sirens, but there were three people killed west of Fargo.  High winds in town here.  

McFamily...Leah said they heard the next-door neighbor's trampoline bang into the house!

The trampoline was from that grey house in the center back there.

They're sooo lucky it hit the drain pipe (really dented, twisted, and flattened it) instead of the siding or a window!

[Note: The neighbors carried it home the next day...destroyed...bent up and has holes.  They had to dismantle it.  Done for!]

Anyways, was definitely time to grab the boys and head downstairs for a good hour till the storm passed.  They were sitting around on my living room carpet--lol!  Was even hail, I guess.  I slept through it all...even with Leah texting me one time--lol!  When I didn't answer they figured I might be asleep.  Yup!

The next day they noticed this protection screen contraption that Ian had over his beets in the garden bed to save them from the birds had completely blow away.  (Yes, "his" beets...he loves beets but no one else can stand them.)  Couldn't find it anywhere.  But then later Ian spied what looked like it way over in the field behind their house.

Yes!  Rescued and was okay.  So they were very, very lucky only the drain pipe was damaged.  Things got blown about quite a bit but were all okay--chairs and such.  :)

They go every so often to see a movie on Tuesday nights when they have kids movies.  It was How To Train Your Dragon last week...with free paper Viking-like helmets!

BUT...because it was Ian's birthday and they had his birthday party at the house on Sunday...(Leah makes the cutest cakes!)...

...after the party they went for another movie!  Elio!  Was a 3D movie.  Leah said it was a good one.  Said I would probably like it.  I'll keep an eye out for it on streaming.

Along with the other pictures she sent I found this one she took of the front of my building to show me they had repainted the parking lot...and added another handicapped parking space (kind of in the center next to the striped lines).  So now that is all the room there is for anyone to pull in to pick someone up or drop them off if the cars are parked on either side.  Hardly room for a car--let alone if they have a walker or a wheelchair.  Oh well.  Nothing we can do about it.  They didn't plan ahead very well.

Anyways, not much happening here.  R&R.  Nothing else happened on the apartment yet.  And then there's too much happening out in the world.  I haven't been feeling decent enough to make it over to the house yet, either.  (Still recovering from antibiotics--lol!)  Not much to say.  Been another week of pajama days--lol!  Just how life is for now.  Feeling a bit overwhelmed and beaten down still.  A very short newsletter this week. 

 

Oh, can't leave without a picture of Allie spying between the blinds one night.  She loves to watch the rabbits running around in the dark.

Anyways, till next time...the very, very best to you!!