Tess's day

Chloe spent the night with a friend and was not here with Grandma today. Tess came in time for lunch. She had raisin bread, cream cheese and honey sandwiches and a banana. She is not a huge eater. We had a gift certificate from a local book store. She wanted to see if they had a book by an author she has read, Mo Willems, she brought the book to show me. It's called Nuffle Bunny. Tess was looking for Nuffle Bunny, too. We found that and she was happy. Then we went to the swim club and she swam awhile. I watched. She can jump into the deep end and swim back now. She has become quite confident this summer. Her mom wanted to know if I was watching real closely, which I was. She got a thumbs up. I wasn't worried about the deep end. Apparently they are supposed to pass some test with the lifeguard before they go in the deep end. I didn't know that and I guess neither Tess nor the lifeguard knew either. The afternoon was cut short by the mysterious appearance of some poop in the pool. Ms lifeguard made everyone get out and called whoever. I guess she was closing up shop. We came home. Tess had a dechlorinization shampoo and then we read the new book twice.

I also had my granddog, Sid, who mostly stays outside, but she does like the house, the car, anywhere you are. If you look her in the eye for a moment , she lays on her back with her legs all spread out for you to pet her tummy. She is indiscriminate, she spreads out for strangers, any one who looks like they might pet her.

My childhood friend Janet tells me that her mom just got out of the hospital. She has been in maybe two weeks. They discovered a cancerous place in her colon, and removed a section and felt they got the whole problem. She came through the surgery fine, then got terribly sick to her stomach for several days. She is not able to eat and I guess is in pretty fine shape. We celebrated her 90th birthday last August in Phoenix. We were raised together in Wyoming, then they moved to Tucson. We were all in Arizona for several years, but Janet now lives in the LA area. So we are celebrating in our hearts that Hazel is doing better. I was pretty worried about her for several days.

You all know how sappy I am. I could go on and on about what a blessing this summer in this little house has been for me. But that says it, I think.