This morning I had my yearly physical.  Everything went great until time for me to have blood drawn because the lab technician couldn't get my veins to cooperate.  After a very tiring situation, I was told that they were "not allowed to stick me anymore" and that I have to come back tomorrow.  I'm not sure what will be different tomorrow. #blah

Greta Love

Greta is a very affectionate cat.  If we are home, Greta is with one of us.  Every night she likes to sit on Scott's shoulder.  Here are a few pictures I took last week. (Note that Scott is on his laptop in all of the pictures!)

 Another night:

Notice how interested she is in what Scott is doing here:

 

She really does "own" us:

 

The next night....hugs and kisses. 

"She thinks she's people."

Wooooooooooo!

Last night, Christy and I went to the Charlotte Checkers game. 

Here we are on the LYNX headed downtown:

At the game:

 

As you can see, we were right behind the visiting team's bench.  

We had an awesome time!  We missed you Sandra!

How Now....

Go Checkers

Last month I ordered a scarf from Checkers Hockey.  It arrived along with 2 free tickets to today's Checkers' game.  I invited my sister-in-law, Rana, to go with me.  Rana is from Syria.  She quickly informed me that there is "no such game" where she comes from.  She was to be the first in her family to enjoy a hockey game.

We took the Blue Line to the game and had a blast.  Here's Rana:

Sorry for the blurry picture.  That comes from having a dumb ol' hand tremor.  Here are a couple of pictures from the game.

We had a great afternoon in spite of some very obnoxious Detroit Red Wings fans that gave a very loud, running commentary of how bad they thought the Checkers were (despite the fact that they are #1 in the league) and that they were also a "bunch of rednecks".  The Checkers are the AHL affiliate of the Carolina Hurricanes and they were playing the Grand Rapids Griffins which are the AHL affiliate of the Detroit Red Wings.  The highlight of my evening was when the Checkers scored their final goal which sealed the win.  I turned to one of the obnoxious fans and said with a gentle smile, "What happened?"  Thankfully he did not reply back to me!

What Would Be Good Right Now

 

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