Anniversary dinner Long overdue

Dennis took me to Manhattan last evening to finally celebrate our 54th wedding anniversary, which was January 2. This is certainly not the only time we've had to celebrate long after the actual date, but this is probably the longest we have waited.  Usually, it is due to poor health issues, which is what happened this year. Both of us have had poor health this past few years: his is mostly due to Agent Orange Poisoning, cancer treatments, heart attacks, surgeries, and back/leg pain. Mine is usually chronic bronchitis, and asthma, sinus infections, and back issues.

We're both hot messes. I seriously doubt either of us will live to 2030.

Anyway, yesterday started with a grooming appointment for Maizie with Dr. Fakler in Concordia. He is a small animal clinic vet, who is wheelchair bound, due to a serious spine injury while he was in the Army. He was held up by a gunman and shot, the bullet damaging his spinal column and rendering him wheelchair restricted for mobility. So sad.  We had a nice chat while waiting for Maizie to be finished. She looked like a different dog when she came out. She still has the Wonky Donkey ears, which are hilarious, but the rest of her is closely trimmed to her body. She looks like she is half the size that she was when we dropped her off. But it's the same dog. 

It was raining in Clyde and Concordia in the morning, and then it stopped for a while before resuming raining in the afternoon, and even into the late evening.  But we only ended up with 0.66 inches of rain in our gauge. It did green things up nicely for our trip to Manhattan.

While we were shopping in Manhattan, prior to eating, I called our two granddaughters there, who are attending KSU. Karsyn is in pre-vet classes, and Whitley is studying pre-nursing classes. We invited them to join us for supper at Texas Roadhouse, one of our favorite eateries. They joined us for our meal and each of us had a different entree. I had the chicken fingers, which were delicious. Dennis had his usual 6 oz. sirloin steak, baked tater, and corn, Whitley had what looked like a pork chop, but was actually a chicken steak. That had to be a really large chicken! Karsyn had herbal chicken. That looked tasty too. We had a great time chatting and sharing pictures.

Today, we've been relaxing at home. I've been working on my computer and Dennis is watching his CSI and other crime shows. I don't mind. At least it's not gold miners or alligator hunting. Those shows are so repetitive they get boring to me.

I'm hoping to get back to my writing and art this week. And I've got scholarship chores to attend to. Senior Awards Night is coming up fast. This month is looking to be very busy and very expensive.