Good Morning All. Wishing you all the BEST DAVE as you have your surgery. Yikes that's a long time to have to wait!
Lee: So happy to hear that you got to talk to our Fr Dave and wish him well. Such a nice thing to do. This HUTCH FAMILY sure is considerate of each other. Love it.
25F here and overcast.
Mike: Get yourself a nice sturdy "walker" and when the weather turns decent and warmer (Lord only knows when that will happen) go out on the sidewalk and do some walking. If you do that you should invest in one of those "alert gizmos" that would ring for help if you take a tumble.
Speaking of tumbles. I was at the Kroger's grocery store yesterday about 3:00 pm in line at the Customer Service area. The line was going very slow because one person had a major issue with his bill. So, I went and did my 6-item shopping and then came back and the line was still as long. There was an older rather heavy-set gentleman 2 people in front of me and he was holding onto a ladies basket handle. I thought they were together. I mentioned that he might want to go sit down on the bench by the windows of the store. She told me she had mentioned that to him and he said he was okay to stand. (He was swaying a tad) She also told me he wasn't with her. DUH! Silly me to make that assumption.
Well, the man started to sway more and his knees buckled and he was going DOWN FAST. We all went into action. I told everyone around him to "GRAB HIM". Then we pulled him so he was sitting on his butt and not breaking his legs with his weight. (the guy must have weighed 300 pounds or more) I unbuttoned his heavy coat and took off his hat, felt his head and he was sweating and warm. The store manager shows up and I yelled we need some water. Then a YOUNG MAN walking around with a clipboard walks by and I grab his arm and tell him to go over to the Starbucks and bring back a chair. He looks at me "LIKE WHAT"?? I repeated "Just go get this man a chair". The water came and chair came and we all were asking if he had someone with him. He finally managed to tell us his wife was in the car outside. The man BEHIND me get him to tell him what color and that the car was in the handicap area. He went and got the wife. She comes in CALM AS CAN BE and states, he just had DIALYASIS this morning. LORDY what is he doing standing in a line to cash in Scratch Off Lotto tickets. He didn't want EMS and the store manager got him a wheelchair and the men lifted him into it. That's when I got out of the line for the 2nd time and went to pay for my groceries. What scary situation. The store manager ticked me off because at first he just stood there doing nothing. I asked him to get water from the WATER ISLE which was right across from all this and his reply was those aren't single waters they're bundled. REALLY, the man looks like he's going to pass out and you're worried about opening up a bundle of water. What an idiot.
Okay, sorry that was so long, but I wanted to let you know just what can happen at any moment in life. I'm just so HAPPY the man didn't fall and hit his head. It could have been so much worse.
DAVE: AGAIN all the best buddy. Make sure Kathi gets back to us or you get back to us.
And thanks for the info on Smuckers!
I'm off to get my coffee.
Karen: Hope you're having a good week. We totally miss you girl.
