This morning, Eve Cheeks came over to take blood and urine samples, measure my height, weight, chest and waist, and ask a bunch of health questions. She is a nurse collecting information for my new USAA life insurance policy.

Danny and Nicole each fixed themselves some breakfast as they watched my examination in the kitchen.

Nicole went to a fair with Anna. She got a free fly swatter among other trinkets.

Carol, Bob, and Eric came over for the evening. I was tired from mowing the lawn twice to get it short then running the motorized aerator rented by John Homolak across the street. Bob and I went on a beer run to Kroger where I used the self-swiping credit card machine that threatens to wipe out the check industry.

All four of us had gone to the biannual used clothes sale at the abandoned mall on Oak and River. I got a coat, some pants, a shirt, a dreaded (by Kathy) sweater vest, a red Lacrosse button up sweater, some golf shoes and a sports coat, all for just under $50. Kathy spent $22 on a couple pairs of jeans and a short winter coat.

We watched the video of Kelly dancing to Jimmy Buffet’s volcano song. Carol suggested sending it into America’s Funniest Home Videos so we could win $10,000.

Carol has the early pregnancy blahs.