It occurred to me....

....that I have some scattered thoughts to share!

For one thing, the young ladies who shared the air bed in the guest room reported having a bad time sleeping their last night due to some sort of 'rupture'. Justin and I were aware of a small area at the foot of the bed, described by him as being a 'tumor', but I think that after all four of the kids would lie across the bed, the tumor grew! 

Justin reminded me we got this airbed, the walking one, in 2006 for when family came for graduation. After that, he used it as his full-time bed when he stayed with his friend in a loft and then later at an apartment. In the loft, he had to deflate the bed-walk it back, as it were-daily to allow space for moving around the room. This air bed was not really intended for that purpose, so he and I figure it ran it course. Or walked its course! 

The air bed is self-stored in a suitcase-looking wrap. It is unsnapped, with the flaps laid out to the side, and the cord is plugged into the wall. Once the dial is switched to INFLATE, the air fills the bed,  legs pop into place, moving along the floor, length of the mattress, like a robot!

Saturday, after the kids had left, I got online to look for the place from where I'd gotten the first one. Justin recalled it came from Frontgate (see your SkyMall Magazine for details!) so I looked on their site. There was one set which appeared to be double mattress height for less money, but it didn't seem like it would store as nicely as the original one does, or would. I opted to replace the bed with the exact same one simply based upon the ease of storage. It is on the way, and will be here in time for my next visitors in August!

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One evening, I sat up from my perch on the bed and found my necklace clasp had hooked a thread on the decorative pillow. I looked like Quasimodo as I went to Justin's room with a pillow choking me. I knew those pillows would be the death of me! He got it free without wrecking my necklace and we shared a chuckle over my dilemma!

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Sunday at church, while standing in line for my lunch, Sandy complimented me on my hair. She told me that during worship she was looking at me, trying to figure out what was different, then determined it was my hair. Sandy thought I had it done professionally, "sitting in a chair" and she was surprised to hear it was a patio chair. The highlights come quite naturally and I get many compliments on them as summer goes on. God gets the credit, not L'Oreal!

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A church fellowship outing is planned for going to a Jacksonville Suns game next week. The announcement was made to sign-up in the classroom, last chance that day. As we stood outside after worship, I heard someone calling my name and looked around to see Susan B. waving at me. She asked, "Are you going to the ball game next week? We aren't going unless you are..." I assured her mine was the first one on the list (since I posted it!) and she said they would go, too, under those circumstances. Yay!! 

Their son, Ryan, used to be a bat boy for the Suns, but he is currently in Washington, DC serving as an intern for the infamous Marco Rubio. Justin would LOVE a job like that and envies Ryan's opportunity to do it. Ryan is being 'watched over' by former members of GS who are now stationed in that area. Steve is taking Ryan around and showing him where everything is. I am not sure what his housing situation is, but I know Steve and Kris are watching out for him up there, much to Ethel's relief.

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Friday, when sitting poolside with Judy C., my neighbor, Pat, came around with a clipboard in hand. She was in charge of taking up the collection to help send our young friend, Julius, to Walter Reed Hospital to see his wounded warrior brother. The Navy hopper plane was not going to work out due to his work obligations, so our group is chipping together to buy a ticket plus send some cash along for meals, etc. Julius told me his brother wept when he heard what we were doing for him. Judy got a little teared up, too, hearing this story. The other good news was that Danny, the cabana boy from the previous years, will be filling in for Julius while he is away. Yay!!!!