Miscellany Monday

My mind is in a whirl but I thought that doing an MM entry might serve as very good therapy for me today. 

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Dodge City

Clancy decided to ride on the cart with our luggage

  Poppa and I arrived  Thursday afternoon here in Dodge City.  We were to arrive in Wichita at 10:30AM but due to thunderstorms we had to take a quick trip to Oklahoma City and wait for the thunderstorms to pass.  That took about an hour and a half and then back to Wichita where we landed safely.  We got our rental car and were off to Dodge City.  We arrived around 4:00PM and the fun began.  

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 Taking pictures - NOT

 Do you know that kids do develop a mind of their own and if they do not want you to take their picture, they will NOT co-operate!  And, I can assure you that all the bribing in the world will NOT change their minds.  Thus, you get pictures like the one above. ~smile~

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Little cowboy

 

Can I just tell you that our Clancy fits right in here in Dodge City.  He loves being a cowboy and this city is full of them and might I add, he is the cutest one of all! In the picture above he is doing  a little "jig" on Poppa and CiCi's bed and that is CiCi's toe you see in the lower right hand corner. ~grin~

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Cattle Trucks

I have never seen as many cattle trucks in my entire life as I have the past 4 days that I have been here in Dodge City.  Of course, there are two beef packing houses here (our SIL is a USDA inspector at one of them).  Believe it or not, each of the packing houses processes 6200 cows a day.  Yep, that's what I said, 6200 cows a day!  That equals all kinds of cattle trucks coming and going all day long.

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Father's Day

 It would have been nice if we could have been with both of our children today and I could have been with my precious Dad.  But, that was not possible due to the 750 miles that separate  us all today.  But, we did enjoy the day being with Bridget and her family and I am extremely grateful that my brother is with my Dad today. 

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Final Words 

Speaking of my Dad.........my dear friends, things were progressing forward until he was moved to rehab on Thursday.  Since that time, he has declined terribly.  I have talked back and forth with my brother and he feels that some of the trouble may be medications and the other, the Drs. do not have his condition diagnosed correctly.  Right now there are way more questions than answers and Daddy is so anxious and upset over the entire ordeal.  His mind remains very acute and he just wants to know what is wrong and why he has pretty much became an invalid in a mere 9 days.  It is insane and so, so unsettling to all of us. Again, I covet your prayers for him.  I know the Lord knows right where we are but this is  one of those times that He seems so far away.

We will fly home Tuesday morning and I ask that you pray that we will not have any "hitches" on our return trip. I will be more than anxious to get home and go see my Dad.  Meanwhile, I will catch up with each of you as I can.