HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 27 VOL 14
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 27TH 2008
WEATHER; WARM, MED HUMIDITY, 57/86 DEGREES
MOM HAD TO GO IN AND HELP SHANNON DO A NEW PROCEEDURE THE DOCTOR GAVE HER! HER FOOT 5 MIN IN ICE WATER THEN 5 MIN IN HOT WATER ONCE A DAY FOR 5 TIMES! THEN SHE HAD TO GO DO SOME SHOPPING TO GET A BOLT TO FIX MY WALKER! NOW IT’S BACK UP TO WHERE IT SUPPOSED TO BE!
I’M SETTING ON THE SEAT I GOT FROM MY CHIROPRACTOR, IT HELPS QUIT A BIT BUT MY TALI BONE IS PRETTY SORE AS WELL AS THE UNDERSIDE OF MY LEFT LEG WHERE I MUST HAVE HIT IT ON A PIECE OF THE CHAIR FRAME! I’LL WAIT TILL TOMORROW TO DECIDE IF I NEED TO GO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. THE ER OF THE LOCAL HOSPITAL CAN TAKE CARE OF IT AND BILL THE VA OR THE VA IN BONHAM WILL SEND ME TO ONE OF THE NEW SATELITE CLINICS THEY’VE SET UP IN SHERMAN TX.! I DON’T THINK IT’LL BE NECESSARY BUT, IF IT STILL BOTHERS ME ON THE 2ND OF OCTOBER WHEN I HAVE MY NEXT VA APPOINTMENT I’LL ASK THEM TO LOOK AT IT! WE DON’T HAVE A BATHTUB, ONLY A SHOWER OR I’D SOAK IN EPSOM SALTS, THAT ALWAYS HELPS THINGS LIKE THIS!
WE WATCHED A REAL GOOD MOVIE TONIGHT; “CAPTAIN COURAGEOUS” WITH FREDDIE BARTHALEMEW, SPENCER TRACEY, LIONAL BARRYMORE, MELVIN DOUGLAS AND OTHERS THAT CAN BE RECOGNIZED EVEN THOUGH THEY’RE YOUNG! ONE THING ABOUT THESE OLD MOVIES THEY DIDN’T USE AS MANY STANDINS AS THEY DO NOW! FREDDIE BARTHALEMEW DID HIS OWN ACTING AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE WILD SEA SCENES WHICH TAKE PLACE! WE STARTED WATCHING IT QUITE A WHILE BACK BUT THE POWER WENT OFF AND MOM SET IT UP TO RECORD THE NEXT TIME IT SHOWED!
AFTER MOM WENT TO BED I WATCHED A MILITARY DOCUMENTRY ABOUT THE FIRE ON THE USS ENTERPRIASE OFF OF VIETNAM IN 1959! IT ALMOST SANK THE SHIP BUT THE MEN FOUGHT THE FIRES AND SAVED IT! WHAT A MESS BUT IT MADE IT TO PEARL HARBOR AND WAS BACK ON THE LINE IN 51 DAYS! IF YOU WATCH THE DOCUMENTRY AND SEE THE DAMAGE DONE TO IT THERE DOESN’T LOOK LIKE ANY WAY POSSIBLE IT COULD BE RETURNED TO VIETNAM TO FIGHT IN 51 DAYS! THERE WAS ANOTHER AIRCRAFT CARRIER IN WWII THAT DID ALMOST THE SAME THING, THE USS HORNET! THE JAPANESE THOUGHT THEY HAD SUNK IT IN THE BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA BUT IT WAS REPAIRED AND PUT TO SEA IN 2 ½ WEEKS TO FIGHT AND DIE IN THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY, IT HAD TO BE SUNK BY OUR OWN DESTROYERS USING TORPEDOES SO IT WOULDN’T BE A HAZARD TO OTHER SHIPS! THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO OUR MEN AND THE SHIPS THEY SAIL ON! I CAN HEAR MY DAD ARGUING THE POINT WITH MY BROTHER AND COUSIN, “I WAS IN THE NAVY WHEN WE HAD IRON MEN AND WOODEN SHIPS” HE WOULD SAY AND I WAS INCLINED TO BELIEVE HIM EVEN THOUGH I WAS ONLY 12-13 AT THE TIME, AND MY BROTHER AND COUSIN HAD JUST ENLISTED IN THE NAVY, JERRY TO AVIATION ORDANANCE SCHOOL AND CHARLEY TO CORPMAN SCHOOL!
IT LOOKS LIKE KELLY HAS BLOWN THE ENGINE IN HIS TRUCK, HE SAID THE OIL JUST POURS OUT OF THE REAR MAIN SEAL AREA! HE IS GETTING AN ENGINE OUT OF A 1991 CHEVY PICK UP NEXT WEEK ALONG WITH AN ENGINE HOIST! HE’S GOT OTHER THINGS HE’S BEEN PUTTING OFF BUT NOW WILL BE A GOOD TIME TO GET EVERYTHING DONE! SHANNON HAD HIM BRING HER CAR OUT HERE UNTIL SHE CAN DRIVE AGAIN BECAUSE EVERYONE SAW IT SETTING AT HER APPARTMENT AND WANTED TO BORROW IT! SHE HASN’T LEARNED HOW TO SAY “NO” YET BUT SHE WILL I’M SURE! SO KELLY IS DRIVING HER CAR, WITH HER PERMISSION AFTER ALL WHEN SHE NEED SOMETHING DONE THAT HE CAN DO SHE CALLS ON HIM! TURN ABOUT IS FAIR PLAY, RIGHT?
MOM SAYS KONNER IS REALLY STARTING TO TALK IN SENTENCES, I STILL HAVEN’T HEARD HIM TALK BUT I HOPE TO SOON! WHEN HE COMES IN HE COMES OVER AND TOUCHES ME ON THE ARM AND THEN GOES OFF TO PLAY! HE’S FACINATED BY MY MODEL OF THE PBY HANGING ABOVE THE TV AND WILL STAND AND LOOK AT IT FOR QUITE A WHILE! ONE OF THESE DAYS I’LL TAKE IT DOWN AND REALLY LET HIM SEE IT BUT HE HAS TO LEARN HE CAN’T TOUCH IT. HE’S SO ROUGH HE’D HAVE IT ALL OVER THE FLOOR IN NOTHING FLAT!
BECAUSE I WON’T BE ABLE TO SLEEP ON MY BACK ON ACCOUNT OF THE TAIL BONE INJURY I TOOK THE “COMFORT PILLOW” OFF THE BED! SINCE I’VE BEEN SLEEPING WITH IT MOM HASN’T HAD TO POKE MY TO ROLL OVER SO I’M SURE IT WORKS FOR SLEEP APENEA!
THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.
HOWARD
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