Back in motion, and other stuff

Susan and I are finally away from ‘home base’ again: spent a weekend back in Branson, and now we’re in Iola, KS for maybe a month. Susan has family here, and doubtless she’ll find museums or other stuff for us to visit.

She’s currently at 58 pounds lost following her gastric bypass surgery; in fact, she’s barely a pound heavier now than I am, which hasn’t been the case for several years. Unsurprisingly, some of her clothes are too big for her now, but she’s in no rush to buy new ones because she doesn’t know how long she’ll keep losing weight. She thinks she’ll take a try at getting by with stuff from Goodwill till she stabilizes.

Finally, the wife of one of my nephews is due to give birth sometime in the next 2 to 4 weeks. Currently, my brothers and I are tied in number of descendants; I have two children and two grandchildren (4), my younger brother has one daughter and three grandchildren (4), and my youngest brother has three children and one grandchild (4) … but the impending birth will break the tie, and not with me the winner. I like winning … but then, my grandchildren are the most adorable BY FAR, so that counts.

Earlier this week, I was guessed at fifteen years younger than my actual age. (So was Susan.) Even if the guesser was deliberately underestimating, I figure he was trying to stay within the bounds of plausibility, meaning he probably did think I was 7 to 10 years below what the calendar tells me. I’ll mark that as another win.

Hey, we take what we can.