Memento Mori

Dan has moved that we not go to Pedee until this afternoon. I approve. This will give me time to make a casserole to take along so Donna doesn't have to cook us anything and then we won't have to take Spot either since we won't be gone as long.

Spot was cuddly last night but I do feel like I got a fairly good stretch of sleep. I woke up at 5 am instead of 2 to go to the bathroom. I also had this huge crusty glob of dried blood almost completely closing one nostril. That was gross.


Also, this has me drooling:

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CHOCOLATE AND CHERRIES.

Book 32: Prince Caspian. 186pp

Dan says he is glad we are not in a reading competition together. He seems to think it unfair that I'm already through P.C.

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I'm really tired. I'm making potato soup for tomorrow.

I already made a pie. I tried an oil crust on request of Mr Baldwin. It was made of fail.

So I made a normal crust instead and baked him the oil crust on a cookie sheet to have with cinnamon and sugar or some such.

Donna is sick, so they're not coming tomorrow after all. Upside: I don't have to wait until then to cut into the pie. Still, though, it's too bad.

We'll probably go to church in Lebanon tomorrow because Andrew is preaching.

There's always so much to do. Why do I never seem to get it all done?

Up at five again. We said goodbye to Grandma and were out the door at 5.45 and by the time we got gas and were on the road it was 6, so we were out in a timely fashion. This was good. I was crocheting on the road, but I have nothing to cut my yarn with and since I was sick of this project I was not trying very hard to find something to cut with.

Dan getting out another layer of shirt because the Subway Cave is cold.

Sign at the cave

Dan inspecting local flora

Dan

Jael at entrance of cave

Entrance of cave. It was pretty dark.

Dan coming out the other end of the cave.

Scenery

Scenery and a husband

Smoky California

Mr Baldwin in the car.

Musings on the trip... as undemonstrative as Dan's family can be, there is a definite love and caring going on. I think the Acts of Service Love Language is spoken pretty fluently. Dan and Norman spent a long time out in the heat pruning and cleaning up Grandma's yard when they could have been comfortably relaxing in the cool house or something.

Grandma was very nice and apparently told Dan that I fit right in. This was good. She also told us she hoped we would be as happy as she and her husband were. He died nine years ago. She said she wished I could have known him.

Home is nice. The heat was intense and outside was so bright I have had this empty-headed feeling that hurts, not to mention just feeling really lethargic and faint. I did have a good time though.

Woke up and did take temperature and then went back to sleep until about 8.30 when Mr Baldwin decided to arise. Had some Cheerios to fix my low blood sugar and then Donna made fried potatoes and cantaloupe. It is ten now and we are about to go to Costco. Dan and Norman are out doing yard work.


Later...
Well, we went to Costco and came home briefly... then we went to Dollar Tree where Donna bought us some Coke glasses - the nifty green type - and then to Grocery Outlet. After we got home we sat and rested a bit before heading to the Nugget again for lunch. I had a double cheeseburger. I had more luck with Keno and won a whopping four dollars. I also had an ice cream sundae that was a tad bit messy. I suspect the chocolate syrup was heated up and caused everything to melt.


Norman spreading ketchup on crackers as an appetizer while Donna scolds him.


The ceiling was backlit stained glass and this reflected in my flatware.


Sceptical Dan is sceptical.


Messy Sundae, Inc.


I fan myself with my huge $4 winnings.

After that, we went to Virginia City. Now that was a spot I could have spent many many hours enjoying. I have to confess I had a definite fascination with the Red Light Museum, but I had a feeling no-one else would share this fascination, so we didn't go. *cackle* Grandma and Donna stayed in a casino and played while the rest of us walked around and looked at things. We saw a shop full of really neat minerals and rocks - they had some huge amethyst geodes that were like $3000 - and in another place beheld the Famous Suicide Table and the $100,000 world globe (which was actually only a $450 world globe at the time of its purchase). We went down to the Catholic Church but of course it was closed. So we took photos in front of the statue of Mary and a red door. Then we went back to meet with the others, who got kicked out of the Bonanza because it was closing time, but there was a place to sit so they were waiting for us.


I will give you nightmares.
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