{"id":154,"date":"2008-01-28T20:59:45","date_gmt":"2008-01-29T00:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dulcimers.com\/sharonsblog\/?p=154"},"modified":"2008-01-28T21:26:14","modified_gmt":"2008-01-29T01:26:14","slug":"warming-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharons-blog.com\/?p=154","title":{"rendered":"Warming Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Half of today was spent with my mother in the outpatient facility at the local hospital. She needed an ultrasound test so I accompanied her.<\/p>\n

All went smoothly although I don’t have the results of the test.<\/p>\n

I picked her up at about 8:30 and we rode her facility’s bus to the outpatient center. We had quite a wait. <\/p>\n

I noticed she was looking at me closely and I asked her if anything was wrong. She said “no” but I asked if maybe she’d like to fix my hair for me. She took my comb and fussed with my hair like I was a child. Mom doesn’t remember a lot, but those old memories are sometimes there. It felt good to let her be my mother. Our relationship is obviously reversed, but for that moment, I was her little girl again.<\/p>\n

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\nTomorrow night we’re going to see the ’60’s group, The Temptations, at the main clubhouse. It’s also supposed to warm up into the mid-70’s so we’ll be at the pool all day. In fact, it appears that we’ll have wonderful weather for the next week. We’ve had a few days of cool temps, so it’ll be great to get back to the social center of Kings Point, the pool.<\/p>\n

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\n\"JohnI haven’t mentioned that Saturday we went to a John McCain rally. It’s not that I’m a big fan of McCain, but I think my husband, John, is leaning that direction. (I’m totally undecided.) <\/p>\n

It was interesting. The place was packed with loyal supporters. It was much better organized than what I witnessed back about 25 years ago when Jimmy Carter was running for re-election and visited Saginaw Valley State University (where I worked). Back then, we were given the day off. It was a mad house. People pushing and shoving. Security this time as much better. <\/p>\n

I’ve been asked how McCain looked (older? younger?) I’d say he looked exactly as I’d seen him on TV. He was a good speaker. His answers were concise and impressive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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