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No longer on the river and, again, an empty nester. Back to living on Fleming Island and making some more friends!

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

My poor boy!

I am feeling badly for Justin, who went to the dentist today. At first he was excited because she (Peggy, our dentist) has DISH TV in her office, shown on the ceiling, so he could watch the radio show of which we are fans while getting his work done. He is not happy now....

Since I had not heard from him, I finally sent him a text message asking if he was okay. His brief answer was "lots of pain". He is with his father today and probably is limited on the ability to communicate with me so was not too wordy in his answers. What he did say was "No" to my question if he is okay, and "No" to my question of "Should I call the dentist?" I wish I knew more of what he was feeling and why. I hope he is not putting on a brave face for his father. 

He did have to drive to Ponte Vedra to meet his father after getting done at the dentist which likely adds to his misery. Justin hates to use his car any more than necessary and that is quite a trip to PV from here. I had so wished he would not inherit my goofy teeth!
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I made up for the lost sleep of the night before, finally waking up for good around 8:00 a.m. I had awakened once, before 6:00, and heard some of the 'before' news prior to "Fox and Friends", and then was gone again to la la land for a couple more hours. Wow! I did nap a couple times yesterday afternoon which seemingly did not affect my night's rest. The bad news is that I did not get to chat with Linda before she left her home for the day. 

Justin left for the dentist as I was waking up but he did get a chance to say 'good-bye' before going out the door. He was surprised to find me yet asleep. The next hour or so was used to catch up on the missed computer time, getting my daily Bible passage posted, and checking on what happened overnight. All caught up!
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Over at The Club, machinery has been at work, as men remove the huge A/C units and air cleaners from the roof, in order to access the roofing material. A replacement roof is being installed, about 5 years after it was originally built (the garden room). Patching and temporary fixes were insufficient so the whole works had to come off and started over. I walked over there to take some pictures, and, of course, offer my assistance to the project. Thankfully, my offer was declined!

Mitch, the maintenance man, was busily mixing up concrete to fill in the hole where the water main was ruptured (in two places, I am told). I assumed wrongly that the big crane did something to the main as the rupture occurred in the courtyard entrance to The Club, far from the crane. Mitch was just dripping in sweat as he worked, so I did not offer him any help, fearing he might take it!

Speaking of The Club, during one of my relaxation moments yesterday, I got a phone call from Chef Sheldon. He wanted to ask if I had any suggestions to improve the Happy Hour night prix fixe menu. They are thinking of adjusting the fare as some are growing weary of it or something. These meals are offered once or twice a month at a reasonable charge.

The manatees enjoying the weather September 25

Normally I am not there for HH on Wednesdays during the year because of choir, but now, with no choir, I can attend! I asked for sirloin sliders like we used to get at the cabana, being a meat 'n potatoes girl. Also, I told Chef that I am not a fish lover but many people with whom I associate are fish lovers. Hopefully I was helpful and supportive of the effort to please the masses! I told him I was about the people and the food mattered little, unless I really like it!

Eight years ago at this time, my part of the world here in North Florida was bracing for Hurricane Jeanne. Without it being a direct hit, the First Coast was slammed pretty good, wreaking all sorts of damage. It was also during this storm that our pastor and his wife (Pete and Tarren) were having their first baby, Lucas. It is hard to believe he is 8 years old already, and harder yet to think it was that long ago I bought the house on the lake!
My nephew, Gabe, and Lucas playing on the floor at The Palace, June 2006, after Justin's graduation. They are eating donut holes. Not sure where Manny was for all this....