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Bust might be an understatement. At 5:45 am, I jumped out of bed and headed to Los Alamitos to see the dermatologist. He removed three samples from my delicate head/neck and will probably call us over the weekend.
As I entered the elevator to return to the car, I saw the Boeing Building in the distance.
Perhaps five miles away, as the Crow flies!
After the appointment, I raced home to help Mary get her artwork displayed at the seniors’ center. We were there first and got to enter Mary’s paintings first. She entered three paintings this time, and on one, she set a price of $100 to see what would happen.
While at the center, we got a call from the heart doctor, a) thanking us for the T-Shirt we got him, and b) telling us that the test results from yesterday show I have a blockage in the heart and NOT to do anything strenuous. He would have someone from the hospital get with us to perform an angiogram and perhaps an angioplasty ASAP.
An angiogram is a medical imaging test that visualizes blood vessels—usually the arteries in the heart, brain, lungs, kidneys, or legs. If they find a blockage, they will do an angioplasty. Angioplasty is a procedure used to open a narrowed or blocked blood vessel, usually an artery. A doctor threads a thin catheter with a small balloon on the end into the blocked artery. The balloon is inflated to widen the vessel and improve blood flow.
Angioplasty stretches the arterial walls to increase blood flow.
Often, a stent (a tiny mesh tube) is placed to keep the artery open.
We headed home right away because we had an appointment with the movers. They relocated our stair stepper from a spare bedroom to the upstairs area, leaving us a nice new space to watch TV or read—basically, the room got promoted.
The machine weighs 450 pounds, but these two relatively small “kids” had it out of the bedroom in a flash and carried it upstairs like it was a lightweight bicycle. Mary and I just stood there in awe, questioning our entire understanding of physics, gravity, and what exactly these guys had for breakfast.
We have a new TV room!
We had plenty of room upstairs.
It’s now adjacent to the stationary bike, so Mary and I can exercise together.
While upstairs, I captured a picture of our garden.
The rest of the day, we worked in the patio—trimming and talking and talking and trimming, our favorite cardio. The weather was so perfect that it was basically showing off.
At 4:00 pm, we stopped and got ready to go to the Packards International Dinner Party/Fund Raiser at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Newport Beach. The theme was Parkards On 66 (1926-2026). We bid on a surprise for Vicky & Jim, who returned from a trip down 66 from Chicago to LA. We do not know if we can wait until Christmas!
We sat with friends we have known for years.
The cars were in the parking lot, and tomorrow morning, they will be judged, and we will go to the awards banquet dressed in our 1950s clothes.
We love those old cars!
Mary made a large donation to the club when bidding on the Route 66 Monopoly Game, which we plan to give to Vicky as a surprise.
We know Vicky and her family love board games, so this will commemorate her recent trip!
By the time we got home, we were bushed, so we went VFR to be, not stopping at go, and NOT collecting $200.
