Catching Up for Being Behind
Yeah, it has been too long since my last post. Not sure I can remember ten percent of what has transpired in the interim.
Went to Columbia on August 3 for closing ceremony for LIONS Youth Exchange students. Got to see Mads and Samy, and they preferred to spend that night with us in Winnsboro, as did Maria from Italy and Aisling from Ireland. So, four of the youth exchange teens went home with me that night. We arose early Saturday morning as all had early flights home, beginning at 8:55 AM, meaning we had to be at the Columbia airport by 7 AM, which meant we had to leave Winnsboro by 6 AM for the drive. Got to see some of the other youth exchange teens at the airport and got to bid a fond farewell and "Godspeed" to our international visitors. I have missed Mads and Samy as they were very congenial young men and easy to entertain. Both emailed me that they had arrived home (Denmark and Switzerland) safely, which I was thankful to learn.
Katelyn Ann Dove was born July 25 at the Easley Baptist Hospital. She is the daughter of my son Kevin and his wife Christine. Katelyn had a rough entry into this world, with respiratory complications from the breech and C-section birth and spent three days in the Easley neonatal unit before she was moved to the neonatal intensive care unit at Greenville Memorial. Once the pneumonia was under control she improved, although she was on a PIC line for nourishment due to aspiration possibilities. She was finally released on August 4, and Christine and Kevin were happy to get her home! Katelyn is doing much better now, although she has had problems with formulas, so four or five different ones have been tried. She is tiny (6 lbs 9 ounces at birth and lost about a pound that first week) but slowly picking up an ounce or two.
September 2 was Tucker's second birthday, so Shannon and Tim had a big party for him. Mom and I went to Easley for the day and enjoyed the festivities. Austin and Chelsey had ridden from here to Winnsboro with me Friday night, and Kevin and Christine met us there and took them on the Easley for the weekend. They are Tim's children by his first marriage (my step-grandchildren). Chelsey was eleven in August, and Austin will be six this month. They rode back to Pee Dee with me Sunday night, where their mother met us. Kevin's mom had kept Katelyn Friday night so that Kev and Christine could get one night's sleep for a change.
Progress at the Lebanon house, my retirement home, has been slow. We have done a lot of painting ourselves and are now awaiting completion work by the plumber/electrician/HVAC crew. Hopefully they will finish up soon as a dozen or so of my high school classmates are coming to the farm for a semi-annual luncheon meeting on October 12, and we will need the kitchen and the new bathroom for that day. All the Stevenson clan is due in for Thanksgiving for the annual family gathering, so time is short. Also, I hope to have an "Open House" celebration in December at Lebanon. Shannon told me this week that their second child is to be delivered by C-section on December 12, so that preempts that day if not most of that week for that special event. She and Tim have been told that he is another little guy, so they have begun to think of names for him. Hope Tucker will be ready for a little brother by then!
I am teaching two sections of University Life 100 for pre-nursing students this fall, and that is keeping me hopping. Each class has 23 students, but I really enjoy being in the classroom with these FMU freshmen. Pre-nursing students are usually more focused, dedicated, and studious than the average freshman I have found, so working with them is an added pleasure.
Have had little time to ride the Harley this summer. It has been horrendously hot here and dry too but cooler and wetter weather is said to be headed our way later this week. I did not get to Sturgis this year but hope to atone for that next summer as I should be retired by then (HOORAY!). Just got some chromed visors installed on the front and rear lights this morning, so am getting ready for a trip somewhere sometime soon. College roomie Mike and I are to meet last weekend in October for some riding, either in the mountains were he and his wife have access to her family house, or in central SC, maybe even using Lebanon house as hub.
Am taking both classes to Pizza Hut tonight, so wish me luck. About half indicated they would attend.
Hopefully my next post will be shorter but with less time between posts. Until then, "Vaya con Dios."
Went to Columbia on August 3 for closing ceremony for LIONS Youth Exchange students. Got to see Mads and Samy, and they preferred to spend that night with us in Winnsboro, as did Maria from Italy and Aisling from Ireland. So, four of the youth exchange teens went home with me that night. We arose early Saturday morning as all had early flights home, beginning at 8:55 AM, meaning we had to be at the Columbia airport by 7 AM, which meant we had to leave Winnsboro by 6 AM for the drive. Got to see some of the other youth exchange teens at the airport and got to bid a fond farewell and "Godspeed" to our international visitors. I have missed Mads and Samy as they were very congenial young men and easy to entertain. Both emailed me that they had arrived home (Denmark and Switzerland) safely, which I was thankful to learn.
Katelyn Ann Dove was born July 25 at the Easley Baptist Hospital. She is the daughter of my son Kevin and his wife Christine. Katelyn had a rough entry into this world, with respiratory complications from the breech and C-section birth and spent three days in the Easley neonatal unit before she was moved to the neonatal intensive care unit at Greenville Memorial. Once the pneumonia was under control she improved, although she was on a PIC line for nourishment due to aspiration possibilities. She was finally released on August 4, and Christine and Kevin were happy to get her home! Katelyn is doing much better now, although she has had problems with formulas, so four or five different ones have been tried. She is tiny (6 lbs 9 ounces at birth and lost about a pound that first week) but slowly picking up an ounce or two.
September 2 was Tucker's second birthday, so Shannon and Tim had a big party for him. Mom and I went to Easley for the day and enjoyed the festivities. Austin and Chelsey had ridden from here to Winnsboro with me Friday night, and Kevin and Christine met us there and took them on the Easley for the weekend. They are Tim's children by his first marriage (my step-grandchildren). Chelsey was eleven in August, and Austin will be six this month. They rode back to Pee Dee with me Sunday night, where their mother met us. Kevin's mom had kept Katelyn Friday night so that Kev and Christine could get one night's sleep for a change.
Progress at the Lebanon house, my retirement home, has been slow. We have done a lot of painting ourselves and are now awaiting completion work by the plumber/electrician/HVAC crew. Hopefully they will finish up soon as a dozen or so of my high school classmates are coming to the farm for a semi-annual luncheon meeting on October 12, and we will need the kitchen and the new bathroom for that day. All the Stevenson clan is due in for Thanksgiving for the annual family gathering, so time is short. Also, I hope to have an "Open House" celebration in December at Lebanon. Shannon told me this week that their second child is to be delivered by C-section on December 12, so that preempts that day if not most of that week for that special event. She and Tim have been told that he is another little guy, so they have begun to think of names for him. Hope Tucker will be ready for a little brother by then!
I am teaching two sections of University Life 100 for pre-nursing students this fall, and that is keeping me hopping. Each class has 23 students, but I really enjoy being in the classroom with these FMU freshmen. Pre-nursing students are usually more focused, dedicated, and studious than the average freshman I have found, so working with them is an added pleasure.
Have had little time to ride the Harley this summer. It has been horrendously hot here and dry too but cooler and wetter weather is said to be headed our way later this week. I did not get to Sturgis this year but hope to atone for that next summer as I should be retired by then (HOORAY!). Just got some chromed visors installed on the front and rear lights this morning, so am getting ready for a trip somewhere sometime soon. College roomie Mike and I are to meet last weekend in October for some riding, either in the mountains were he and his wife have access to her family house, or in central SC, maybe even using Lebanon house as hub.
Am taking both classes to Pizza Hut tonight, so wish me luck. About half indicated they would attend.
Hopefully my next post will be shorter but with less time between posts. Until then, "Vaya con Dios."
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