Saturday, June 23, 2012

Rain and common sense


"May 31, 1992:  Painted north steps.
June 1, 1992:  Slow rain all day -- amounted to about 3/4 inch.  Helen came and we Scrabbled in p.m.
June 2, 1992:  Clear -- I took Myrtle to Wilva's for a hair cut."

She doesn't say so, but I am pretty sure the rain probably interrupted the painting.  And regardless of weather, it's always a good day to play Scrabble.

It is a little strange for me to read about Grandma driving.  I know she did, of course, but it seemed so long that she didn't any more.  It was nice that she decided on her own, rather than having that taken away by the DMV or concerned family members.  As I recall, Grandma had an accident that spooked her and she was afraid she may hurt herself or someone else due to her vision, and so she stopped driving.  Common sense.  Like she was about leaving the house in Winside.  It wasn't practical, she said, for her to be there and have Mom have to mow and scoop and such.  So, she started putting things in motion to sell the house and move to Lincoln.  Common sense.  I don't know about the decision to quit driving, but I can safely bet the farm she did not regret moving to The Pioneer House.  There she had seven floors of new friends just an elevator ride away.

And here's a photo of Grandma doing something else that made sense -- continuing her education and teaching career once the kids were old enough that she could do that.  We need more common sense these days if you ask me.

1 comment:

  1. I think Mom was a little nervous about driving after that accident, but the deciding factor was when she was driving in Winside. She knew there was a stop sign there by Larry Wagner's house, but she couldn't see it. There was just a blank spot. So that did it. She was done.

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