TLOC
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Good morning from Arizona. We got to the brother’s place around 7 last night and I was tired. Being here is contrary to the road trip’s original idea of Austin and then eastward, but it’s fine. We had to get back to Austin to deliver my sister to her plane when Terry asked if she had ever been in El Paso. So from San Antonio to Fredericksburg with stops in between we changed the trip to Arizona, via El Paso, Tucson and stops in between. In Tucson, we stayed in the hills at my sister’s friend place. There was a very noticeable shift in humidity as we headed west on I10. We might leave Monday heading HOME. I have a friend who retired to Cottonwood that we are trying to contact, a stop in Sedona is a must and overnight in Flagstaff. From there???
The change in plans was to have more time with my sister. She told us that on 6/23/2021 she will have a now considered minor operation to remove her para-thyroids. Our family has major issues with our thyroids and my endocrinologist actually would like to do a case study on us. Maternal side my grandmother and my mom also had the thyroid removed, mom also had her para-thyroids taken out. We know my paternal grandmother had her thyroid radiated and killed. My sister had her thyroid out as an 11 year old back in the day. Of course I had my thyroid out 2011, along with cancerous lymp nodes in the throat twice now, 2012 and 2015. Terry and her sister have had their thyroids irradiated. So we will head home and I will fly back to Arizona for my sisters operation. At 74, no surgery with anesthesia is minor in my book. The brother thinks it’s great I am coming back and none of us have told my sister.
I have seen glimpses of trains mostly off in the distance so no pictures for that. My pictures on the phone for some reason didn’t transfer to the “cloud” so I can’t post them from the IPadPro. I fell to sleep out on the pool deck last night and they put a sheet over me and closed the screens around me. My brother says he and the g/f will sleep out there occasionally and have learned to be extra safe he closes the screens. SEEMS, he will occasionally after grilling on the deck that he gets the curious mountain lion or bobcat that comes visiting. I will be sleeping inside in a bed tonight. Be safe be well TomO
The change in plans was to have more time with my sister. She told us that on 6/23/2021 she will have a now considered minor operation to remove her para-thyroids. Our family has major issues with our thyroids and my endocrinologist actually would like to do a case study on us. Maternal side my grandmother and my mom also had the thyroid removed, mom also had her para-thyroids taken out. We know my paternal grandmother had her thyroid radiated and killed. My sister had her thyroid out as an 11 year old back in the day. Of course I had my thyroid out 2011, along with cancerous lymp nodes in the throat twice now, 2012 and 2015. Terry and her sister have had their thyroids irradiated. So we will head home and I will fly back to Arizona for my sisters operation. At 74, no surgery with anesthesia is minor in my book. The brother thinks it’s great I am coming back and none of us have told my sister.
I have seen glimpses of trains mostly off in the distance so no pictures for that. My pictures on the phone for some reason didn’t transfer to the “cloud” so I can’t post them from the IPadPro. I fell to sleep out on the pool deck last night and they put a sheet over me and closed the screens around me. My brother says he and the g/f will sleep out there occasionally and have learned to be extra safe he closes the screens. SEEMS, he will occasionally after grilling on the deck that he gets the curious mountain lion or bobcat that comes visiting. I will be sleeping inside in a bed tonight. Be safe be well TomO