A Month of Celebrations

Hi there, welcome back.  Our last chapter concluded on Sunday, January 22^nd, while we were on our home lot in Pahrump.  Monday would have been my dad’s 102^nd birthday.  Although he was my step-dad, he raised me from about age 11, so I always think of him as dad.  Today was sunny and dry, but very cold and very windy.  Although I have a lot of outside chores to try to do, it was way too cold.  I did a few inside chores and after lunch we went out and ran some errands.  Went to Walmart and a couple of other stores and picked up mail.  Our mail at the UPS store is dwindling as we make address changes to our mailbox at the RV park.  After our errands we went back home, put stuff away and went to happy hour in the clubhouse.  After happy hour we went home and had dinner, then spent the night with the TV.

Tuesday, January 24^th was a stay at home day.  I did some chores around the house and had a fairly relaxing day.  The weather finally cleared up, although it was still pretty chilly.  We had happy hour with the group in the clubhouse, then came home and had dinner, then watched TV until it was time for bed.  Wednesday, we had another stay at home day.  I was supposed to go into Las Vegas to the Urologist for another “flow test” but there was a mix up on times and by the time I Realized it I wouldn’t have been able to get there in time.  I rescheduled the appointment for early next month.  Jackie had her Pokeno group at 1:00 and I had an executive meeting of the Board of Directors in the Co-op office.  That meeting went until about 3:30.  We went to 4:00 happy hour, then came home and had dinner.  I had my first night of security duty this month.  After I finished, about 9:00, we relaxed with the TV the rest of the night.

Thursday, January 26^th, Jackie had a ladies luncheon with some of the women from the park at 11:30.  I did a few chores around the house  After she got home from the lunch we went out and ran some errands.  We went to happy hour and then spent the rest of the evening relaxing.  Friday I went to the park office about 10:30 for a meeting and then spent a couple of hours working on some projects up there.  Jackie had another doctor’s appointment at 2:00, after which we ran some errands.  We were home for happy hour and then dinner.

Saturday, January 28^th, we went out for a late lunch at 5280 Mexican Grub, a local restaurant on the North end of town.  They have really good Mexican food.  After lunch we stopped at the mail store, then headed back to the park.  A little before 5:00 we left to go to the Elks for karaoke.  There was a real crowd there tonight with 29 singers, so I only got two songs in all night.  We may have to explore some of the other karaoke venues in town to see if we can find one with smaller groups.  After karaoke we went home, watched an hour of TV then went to bed.  Sunday was a stay-at-home day.  We went to the root beer floats get together in the clubhouse at 2:00, but there were no games afterwards, so we came back to the house.  We spent the rest of the day relaxing.

Monday, January 29^th, I went down to the Co-op office after lunch to do some things related to the Board of Directors.  After I got home did a few chores in the house.  Today was very cloudy and cold, a really gloomy day.  We were supposed to get rain, but we didn’t.  However, parts of Las Vegas got about an inch of snow, which was the big deal on the news.  We had dinner and then watched TV until bedtime.  Tuesday we went out after lunch to run some local errands.  At 4:00 we went to Johnny’s Mexican restaurant for another of the park’s monthly dine-outs.  There are usually two a month, one sponsored by the Lucky Rollers travel club, the other by the silver Seekers clubhouse group.  This was the Silver Seekers one.  We had a nice meal with a dozen or so other members of the park.  After dinner we went home and watched TV until bedtime.

Wednesday, February 1^st, Happy February.  Today was a stay-at-home day.  Jackie went to Pokeno at 1:00 and I went into the office to do some Co-op work.  We had dinner and spent the night with the TV.  Thursday I had a 10:00 meeting in the Clubhouse with one of the committees of the park.  A little before 2:00 we left and took Jackie to the eye doctor, the same office where she had her cataracts fixed.  She had a sore in her right eye, said it felt like something was in it, although I couldn’t see anything.  She was in there a while and afterwards said the doctor pulled some little thing out of the eye, probably an eye lash or something, and told her she still had dry eye.  She had been using medicine for that but quit a while back.  The doctor this time prescribed an over the counter product.  After the eye doctor we ran a couple of errands, then went back to the house.  We had dinner and watched TV.

Friday, February 3^rd, I had some work to do in the Co-op office in the early afternoon.  At 2:00 I took Jackie to her manicure appointment and ran a couple of errands.  After the mani we did a Walmart run, then headed back to the house for happy hour.  After happy hour we stayed for Bingo.  Jackie won one of the pots, I didn’t get anything.  After Bingo we went home and watched some TV before heading to bed.  Saturday was another stay-at-home day.  I spent an hour or so in the morning in the office, then did some chores around the house.  Karaoke at the Elks was cancelled, so we spent the entire evening with the TV.  Saturday was pretty much a stay-at-home day.  I did go into the office for a little work in the early afternoon.

Sunday, February 5^th, Happy Birthday to me.  We had a fun day, went to the root beer floats social in the clubhouse in the afternoon, then stayed for a few games of left-right-center.  After that we went back to the house and relaxed.  We left the park around 4:30 and drove to the Pahrump Nugget casino where we gamed for a little while before going into Stockman’s Steakhouse for our birthday/anniversary dinner.  Our anniversary is Tuesday, but the steakhouse is closed Mondays and Tuesdays.  We had a wonderful meal, steak for me, rack of lamb for Jackie.  After dinner we went back home and relaxed for the rest of the evening.  Monday I had to go in the office early for some Co-op work.  We are hiring a couple of new office people so I had some interviews too.  Other than that it was a stay at home day.

Tuesday, February 7^th, our 19^th wedding anniversary.  I spent some time in the morning doing our taxes and we had a Town Hall meeting at 1:00 in the clubhouse.  After that meeting I went to the office for an Executive meeting of the Board to talk about employees.  After that meeting we went out and ran some errands.  We spent the rest of the evening in the house with the TV.  Wednesday Jackie had her Pokeno group and I went to the office again to do some work.  After that we had dinner and relaxed for the rest of the evening.

Thursday, February 9^th I had an planning meeting for the Board of Directors at 9:00.  The meeting was pretty quiet and only ran about two hours.  After the meeting we went out and did some shopping.  We had dinner and relaxed with the TV the rest of the night.  Friday we left the park about 1:00 and drove into Las Vegas so I could make what I hope is the last appointment with my Urologist.  This was another flow test.  After that we did some shopping before heading back over the hill.  After that we had dinner and watched TV until bedtime.

 Saturday, February 11^th, I was feeling pretty icky, so we had a stay at home day.  DayQuil and Nyquil are keeping the symptoms tolerable, but I didn’t want to be around anyone so I skipped happy hour.  Jackie went to let everyone know that we finally got our confirmed reservations on Delta Airlines from Las Vegas to Los Angeles.  We had a real runaround between NCL and Delta over the flight.  We just spent the rest of the night relaxing  Sunday was Super Bowl Sunday.  We learned that some of the people on the Board that I have had off and on contact with all week have covid.  So we decided to isolate ourselves and stay in.  We didn’t go to the root beer floats or the super bowl party in the clubhouse.  We did watch the game and enjoyed what was a pretty exciting game.  Didn’t win anything in the pool though.  After the Superbowl we had dinner, then watched some TV and went to bed.

 Monday, February 13^th, I woke up feeling a little better and Jackie woke up feeling much worse.  She stayed in bed most of the day.  This is usually what happens with us, she follows me by about four days.  We spent the day just nursing our illness and staying isolated with the TV.  Tuesday was more of the same.  I am still doing OK and Jackie is still in the worst part with cough, headache and runny nose.  We spent the whole day with the TV.  Wednesday was pretty much a repeat of Tuesday.  Jackie didn’t go to Pokeno.  I went out and did a quick supply run to Walmart.  Getting better, but slowly.

 Thursday, February 16^th I had a Board meeting at 9:00.  Although I am feeling much better, I still didn’t want to be in a large group, so I called in on the phone and watched on Zoom.  That way I was a part of the meeting without being around people.  It was a pretty quiet meeting that went a little over an hour.  We spent the rest of the day doing a few chores, some packing, laundry and other stuff.  Other than that it was a stay at home day.  Friday was also a stay-at-home day.  Jackie seems to have turned the corner and is on the mend also.  Yea looks like we will be all well for our cruise next week.

 Saturday, February 18^th, we actually went out about 1:00 and had lunch at one of our favorite places, El Jefe Mexican restaurant.  We met our friends Don and Julie, who live in our park and are also going on the cruise this week.  We had a very nice lunch.  After lunch we ran some errands before heading back home.  We had a Pokeno game in the clubhouse at 6:00 that was set up at the last minute because a couple who belong to the Lucky Rollers RV club came in for a one night stay and wanted to play,  They are Escapees, but don’t have a spot in our park.  The live in Las Vegas but usually come up for the various dine outs and outings of the Lucky Rollers.  We had a fun two hours, after which we went home and watched TV the rest of the evening.

 Sunday, February 19^th, we went to the ice cream social in the clubhouse in the afternoon, then came back home and relaxed for the rest of the day.  Monday, Presidents Day, we went out to do some last-minute shopping at Walmart and spent the rest of the day in the house, working on getting ready to leave for our cruise.

 Tuesday, February 21^st, I dropped Jackie off for her mani and pedi about 1:00.  I also got my toenails trimmed, but it only took a few minutes.  While she was busy I ran some errands.  After we got home we completed most of our packing for the trip.  Tomorrow, we leave for our overnight in Las Vegas and the beginning of our cruise vacation.  Since tomorrow starts our 17 day vacation period, this is a good time to close this episode out and get it posted.  The next episode will be posted after we get back from the cruise.  Until next time, remember to enjoy life, you only get one trip.  See ya soon.