Fall Activities Continued

I had planned to continue my blog, but got sidetracked by Bill's training sessions on the computer.  He has been at the computer for as much as 12 hours a day for the past week.  In addition to his job for the testing company, he was offered a music teaching job with Oklahoma Virtual K-12 School.  It is part of the public school system.  He has to finish his training within in the next week because we were gone on vacation.  It will be a 10 hour per week class.  The on-line training has been so intense that Bill is now trying to decide why he ever agreed to teach it.  He admitted is might have been for his ego.  If it is too much, he can give it up. 

Last night, Galen and Sondra brought Gramma over for a pot roast dinner.  They showed off their new sport car.  It's a beautiful Hyundai hybrid.  When coming back from California this week, the car got 42 mpg.  Not bad!  Sondra loves the leather heated seats.  Galen loves the push button ignition.  I still miss the convertible.

I feel like I'm still catching up from our trip. My piano students did very well and practiced while I was gone.  That was a surprise.  When I went back to the hospital last Tuesday, the fellow who is interim chaplain told me that he is divorcing his wife.  I was surprised because he is nearly 50 years old.  He wanted my advice.  That's a tough issue when you don't know the people well.  While at the hospital, I entered a room where a tech was working on the TV.  I just ignored him and prayed with the patient.  After, the tech thanked me and told me that the TV began working at the moment I began to pray.  That made the patient happy as well.

I complained to Bill that I needed another pair of blue pants to match my hospital smock.  He suggested we go to Red Lobster for lunch with my coupon and then go to Dillard's.  I'm so glad he went with me!  While there, he saw a  teal blue pant suit that he thought would look great on me and bought it.  I wouldn't have thought of buying anything else but the blue pants I needed.  Later, when I thanked him, he said he is proud of me when I look nice.

Well, I guess I should write a bit about the train ride in North Conway, New Hampshire.  We rode in the dining car and had lunch with another retired couple who were from New York.  I laughed when the lady told us she thought people in New Hampshire were ignorant.  (We had to agree with her because while eating breakfast in a restaurant on Sunday morning, Bill asked the waitress who the State's governor is.  She had no idea and had to ask about 4 or 5 more people before she found the answer.  I thought of "Watter's World" on Fox News.)  After our train ride, we bought some Hampshire Pewter from a nearby shop.  Bill got hooked on pewter while traveling in Europe.

Before heading back to Michigan, we took a ride on a paddle boat on Lake Winnepasaukee in upper New Hampshire.  Many famous people live there.  We saw summer homes that belonged to Mitt Romney, the CEO of Black and Decker, the owner of NASCAR, and  several old movie stars.  In the winter, the lake freezes over and the ski resorts open.  It was just fun to enjoy the water, the fall colors and just relax with many new friends.  It was a once in a lifetime experience for me and I'm glad it was on my bucket list. God's world is a big place and I'm blessed to have seen so much!  I don't take it for granted.  I guess I will put pictures on later.  I haven't forgotten.