Personal Update, 8 Sept
Yesterday Ms. Hollie and I had lunch with my old friend Ms. A., who also evacuated to Jacksonville. A. has decided to stay here for the time being, already found some part-time work, and Hollie & I helped her move the first load of stuff into her new apartment. (She had left town with only 2 changes of clothes; the stuff was from Target.)
My dad had a pacemaker installed last night (he had heart valve repair last week). He's doing well. He may be out of the hospital in a couple days, and heading back home to south Florida maybe Monday. So our time here in Jacksonville will soon be over.
Tropical Storm Ophelia has been giving alternating bands of gloom and rain to Jacksonville. I promised Ms. Hollie a visit to the beach since we got all the way to Florida, but have not yet been able to fullfill that. If we don't have cooperative weather at a time we can jaunt over to the beach here in Jacksonville, we may visit a fellow refugee on the Florida Gulf coast for a day before heading further west. Or something, by gosh, we demand a bit of sunshine on the beach as a minimal silver lining to this refugee stuff.
My dad had a pacemaker installed last night (he had heart valve repair last week). He's doing well. He may be out of the hospital in a couple days, and heading back home to south Florida maybe Monday. So our time here in Jacksonville will soon be over.
Tropical Storm Ophelia has been giving alternating bands of gloom and rain to Jacksonville. I promised Ms. Hollie a visit to the beach since we got all the way to Florida, but have not yet been able to fullfill that. If we don't have cooperative weather at a time we can jaunt over to the beach here in Jacksonville, we may visit a fellow refugee on the Florida Gulf coast for a day before heading further west. Or something, by gosh, we demand a bit of sunshine on the beach as a minimal silver lining to this refugee stuff.