COFFEE'S ON

I woke up just about 30 minutes ago. Seems to be my habit to sleep for 6 hours and then I'm up. Wish I could sleep for at least 8. I think perhaps it might help with the grand crash in the early evening that seems to plague me.
That is so frustrating when I'm gainfully employed and can't keep my eyes open or think straight for a couple hours.
Even a cup of coffee doesn't normally make it at that point. It 's one of the reasons I need to retire.
I have a pot of coffee on and in a few minutes I'll have my first cup...it's hard to wait .. but at least it's not the 30 minute wait of the last coffeepot.

I was just looking at my birthday calendar and realized that today is February 9, and it's been 30 years today since my dad, George Imm, passed into glory. Dad loved electronic things and was a television repairman for many years. I remember when he went to school to learn "color tv" repair.. it was new then.
The first personal computers were put on the market in 1977 and these could be run with your tv as a monitor screen and of course, your memory was a cassette tape.
Jimmy Carter was President that year and the Yankees won the World Series. The first MRI was tested in 1977. Tagamet went on the market and smallpox was finally eradicated on the globe except for the small amount stored as biologic weaponry.
1977 was also the year Amanda was born..she never met her Grandpa Imm- he would have loved her as he did all his grandchildren. I remember groaning about that fact one day when Wendell put things into stark perspective for me.. "My mother never knew ANY of our children". Well.. he's right.

Yesterday evening I spoke with Wendell's doctor and made some plans for his care and treatment. He will be scheduled for the HIDA scan and some labs, and also an endoscopy to look at his stomach and small bowel. He has an appointment with the GI specialist in March.

It's still early.. and perhaps if I crawl back into bed, I might sleep for a couple more hours. The coffee has been good, but I don't think it'll keep me awake this morning.
Have a wonderful day.. Pray for us.