Weekend update

Thomas and Lois went to church on Saturday for a special meeting. They had in attendance, all church members who have been married for 45 years or longer. Bravo! Thomas will finally have to write about this. Thomas will have to write about it, because I was not there.

Lois is still tired, but doctor's visits are on the back burner next week. Thomas and Lois are going to Indy to be with Debbie during her surgery. As she tends, like Thomas, to be a surgical bleeder, it might be a long time. She is there to work on more adhesions. I hope this time the surgery about ends this series of more surgeries..

Thomas got a chance to paint a bit more, but far more importantly -- golf! Lois went with Thomas to Barnes & Noble to buy a couple of books. Lois was seeking a PDR (Physician's Desk Reference). The newest is $95, but some are cheaper. The print is generally tiny, and the internet is more up to date, but Lois doesn't use that. So, they bought a book. Lois also wanted a large print bible. She has one, but there was a debate about it.

Thomas purposed that the print, as large as it was, was large print. Lois contested. I contested on the basis that it was annotated and the notes were in smaller print. I also argued that the book itself didn't have "LARGE PRINT" on it. Thomas copied pages from the book and took them in with him. Upon review, the "Large Print" were labeled only on the paper cover, not the book itself. How stupid is that? He was right, the bible Lois has is Large Print, but it still isn't as large as she'd want it.

She got new glasses that are clear, fixed, and the frames are not bent. She finds them to be a blessing.

In eight days, Thomas goes to the doctor for a check on his ever-itchy back. I believe that they will do nothing, but look and set up another appointment for him. Great.

Thomas has KLUB (engineer's club) on Monday, so Marcus has decided to bring pizza to Lois, so that they can eat. The pizza will have the one item Thomas detests ... anchovies.

As of this writing, Thomas is still not online, as his DSL modem died. He called Verizon and they agreed that it was dead. They are sending another one -- poke, poke, poke ... via tectonic plates or I mean regular postal service, which is terribly slow.

Thomas and Marcus have yet one more big chore for the living room --- the wicked doll cabinet. Two legs with casters came off, so they will have to move the thing -- heavy as it is filled, then carefully place the gluey pegs into position. Joy of joys. I guess, in one respect, it is nice that the legs are from one side, not diagonal of each other.

Marcus turned in lots of applications and resume's before getting where he is right now. Primarily because of the smoking in the area where he works, he would consider leaving this potentially right job for a different one. He had an interview on Friday that went well. He has a second one on Tuesday with the same place. The place is in town -- short drive. The following Thursday, if he gets off, he has a test for yet another job. Marcus figures that the last job, while he has a slim chance of getting it, may be something he wouldn't want anyway, but ... options are always better than no options at all.