Local travel and stuff

We are still having functions to attend, just local. One will be down in San Diego. This is an hour and a half away. Not a terrible drive but it will be at night and do we come back or stay overnight so Dad can drink his wine? We have a couple others next week and then we are already having them in December. One will be the Christmas Boat Parade, actually on one of the boats, which should be fun. I guess it is the season but I can't even remember when we had one whole week of being able to stay at home and not have to worry about going out to attend anything.

I shouldn't complain too much as it does get us out of the house doing things but we have been doing quite a bit lately. I have projects for the house that I want to focus on. PROJECTS FOR THE HOUSE - AGAIN! Well, yes and no. It isn't anything major. I just want to rework our second bedroom. Right now it is a "catch-all" and I hate it. I go in there and it is one of those projects where you don't see an end. The more you do, the more things show up. The room isn't a total wreck but I just want it to be more of a useful room. My ideas and Dad's so far aren't mixing well.

I have a new neurologist. He's specialty is MS. The doctor is actually in decent driving distance, as is the places I have to go for tests he orders. I will be having another MRI on Monday just to check on things. This one will be of my spinal column. I have never had an MRI of that area to check on areas of MS so it will interesting to see what it shows. The doctor did say my right leg is weaker than my left. He also said that I have foot drop with the right. What this means is that I don't pick up my foot and I have a tendency to trip, which my sneakers show by the scuff marks in the front of the shoe. So he recommended an AFO, which is a brace to be put into the shoe to help with lifting my foot. No big deal - just a "pain" to have them in my shoes. I have some other appointments for evaluations but that is it. I really like him and I am glad he is around as the area needed a doctor who dealt with MS.

We are so glad we got the tickets for Thanksgiving when we did as the prices for airline tickets now are absolutely ridiculous! The airlines complain that no one is flying but yet they are pricing themselves out of a person's wallet! By the time you buy your ticket, pay for all the extra stuff they add on, pay for the charge of having them take your luggage, then a rental car, hotel room, meals, etc., you can't afford to go anywhere. At least not "In Season". We will have to wait until after the rush to travel again on our "dime".

We are tired of traveling.... almost

We really have had our fill of trips this Fall. Thank goodness for the calendar to keep it all straight. Our vacation to Asheville North Carolina was very nice. Dad really needed to decompress and he did that very well. We didn't do much (Tony you probably would have gone crazy) but that was OK. We weren't there to really sight see but to enjoy the change of color, look at some houses and the area, and just relax.

We did have a couple of sunny days but the rest were either rainy or overcast. We aren't used to seeing rain or hearing thunder. It was enjoyable. California has been in a drought for the last 3 years and continues. We are under water restrictions. We had umbrellas that we used sometimes but it never rained that hard that we couldn't just go to the car. We were not going to melt if we got wet and as Dad said, we could lose a few pounds so melt away. haha

We did find a house in North Carolina that looked promising but we haven't done anything yet. The views are fabulous and the house is fantastic. http://www.pattonpropertygroup.com/real_estate/listings/Leicester/441112/176/83249?lid=203&sid=9786&RedirectURL=/realestate/search/9786%2F10%2F10%2F10%2F%3F

Take a look at that website and you will see better pictures than what I had taken but here the ones we did take.







The pictures were taken from the back of the house. This last picture shows our realtor but we were just taking a picture of the colorful trees.

The problem was the stairs. They were wide enough and easy enough for me to go up and down but just doing it for a few times and my legs started to give me problems. We could install a lift for the stair but Dad is undecided about that one. He is thinking he wants everything on one level. So no house purchase yet.

Our last business trip was to Indio California which is near Palm Springs. Dad is no longer with the State AGC so we won't have to be making the twice yearly trips, so at least we can cross off two business trips, I hope.

Our next big trip is back east to see all of you. We are so looking forward to Thanksgiving and having everyone together for the first time in such a long time. What a special time this will be for Dad and I!