November 21

Judy may have turned the corner. She has been keeping the creamsicle Ensure down and has been taking sips of ginger ale. Speaking of Ensure...on Friday I received a text from one of Judy's former teaching colleagues stating that a bottle of the right Ensure found at Werezak's Pharmacy was deposited in my mailbox. I also received a call from the manager of my ball team on Friday morning. He asked me to pick up a mystery package on my way home from teaching in Warman. As it turned out the mystery package was a 6 pack of the creamsicle Ensure aka "nectar of the gods". This is only the tip of the iceberg when acts of kindness are mentioned. Resurrection Lutheran Church took up a special collection to provide me with a parking pass for RUH. Of course, dear friends and family continue to drop off soup, baking, and other treats. Furthermore, my friends,team mates, neighbors, and family continue to provide me what I need the most-companionship, a listening ear, and conversation about normal things. Another bright spot from today was: Judy woke up this morning with a dry backside. Too early to say the bladder has healed, but there are hopeful signs. Perhaps creamsicle Ensure is like Barsleak, a product we used to pour into the leaky radiator on our 52 Fargo. Barsleak would plug the leak and off to town we would go. I know many of you will want to know how the dance went last night. I did the jive, two step, 7 step (Kelvington-style), old time waltz, cha cha, shottische, and a heaping helping of polka. The meal, from the pickled herring to the crumbkakken was top notch. I took it easy on the Aquavit, but there was plenty of "Skol!!!" echoing through the hall. I felt young again, but it was only because the average age at the Scandanavian Club is 85. There were some of the original Vikings in attendance. One guy actually thought he was "Leif the Lucky". I am not sure if he was. Good night.