This has not been a good week for us. No, Bill has not had any major issues. It has just been a very emotionally draining week.

Early Monday morning, my best friend's father passed away suddenly. He would have been 90 next month, and while it was not totally unexpected, it was still a shock. Then, on Tuesday, the mother of my other friend, who I had requested prayer for last week, passed away just before midnight. We managed to get through the visitation and funeral of Phillis's dad, but just barely. There was a full regular Army Honor Guard and that part of the service was hard on both of us. I don't know when the other funeral is to be held, and I haven't seen Berta yet. I've talked to her and she is holding on. She has a large family and her kids are all here by now, so she's not alone.

We did have a bright spot. Bryan came over Monday and tried to find where the water was coming in. He tried everything he could think of, where it looked like it could be, but no water. Ron came over on Tuesday morning and started cleaning the gutters for us and still no water. It also rained some and no water. So, we think that the gutters were too clogged and it was raining so hard that they overflowed at the flashing. We'll just have to keep an eye on them for awhile. But, at least we have clean gutters all around the house now.

Today we took my car to Jackson Tn. to have the 30,0000 mile maintenance done. When I told them how rough it was driving with the new tires, they re-balanced them and now it drives beautifully. The technician said there were too many weights in them, and in the wrong places. Now, since we bought them at a tire specialty store, you would think that they would know how to balance tires. Anyway, I should get better gas mileage and it rides like it did when we first bought it.

Bill got his first Hepatitis A and B shots this week. Gets the 2nd shot of 1 next month and for a couple of months after that. The 2nd shot of the other one is in 6 months.

I've had a terrible time breathing this week. Sunday was a full-blown allergy attack where it took all of my effort to just breathe. I didn't make it to church. Felt better most of the week except for a headache, but today I'm hurting some when I breathe. I've used my inhaler and it hasn't helped a whole lot. It feels like the Pleurisy is back. The only thing they can give for that is Prednisone and I'm allergic to that. So, I guess I'm just going to have to suffer with it.

We had a security light installed yesterday. There's only a small monthly charge and it's just like a street light, maintained by the power company. It's in the back and lights the entire backyard and part of our neighbor's yard. That house is empty and for rent and it was broken into and all of the copper stripped from the air conditioner. Since we had someone prowling around while we were in Illinois, we figured we'd better do something else. We also had to get a locking mailbox since our neighbor Joe caught some kids going through the box. We may have to get sleep masks to keep the light out, but I don't think anyone will be nosing around the backyard in the middle of the night anymore.

All for this week. Hopefully yours was better than ours was. At least this next week should be better, except for "Momma's" funeral.