Birthday Party

Baptist Center. Told by director to crack down on showing address. More people are coming in. I track people coming in for groceries.

Came home, took a nap. Took dogs early to dog park. The humidity was low. So a cold scarf around my neck kept me cool.

And what an evening this was!!!! Oda Mae and Russ had a birthday party for three of s, Mildred, Clara and me. So Marilyn in her wheel chair, Jessie, Peggy, Mildred, Clara and I were sitting with our hosts, waiting for Helen. Oda Mae kept calling Helen. No answer. I thot they were being overly protective.
Oda Mae, Clara and Mildred went over to see about Helen. She was lying on the bathroom floor. So Russ called 911 and her neice and her daughter. The ambulance came and carried Helen off on a stretcher. Later Oda Mae informed us that Helen had not broken anything. She was in the hospital with IVs attached.
We think Helen had the flu or something and passed out.
So eventually we had our ice cream and cake.



BOOK REVIEW
Gerry Boyle, *Bloodline*
The title is something of a stretch. I thot it was going to be a book about pedigreed dogs. (Nobody ever has a mutt. or a generic dog, like Blitzen)
The author is a man but this reads like a woman's book. The man is sensitive. Jack McMorrow is a former reporter for the New York Times who has retired to the woods of Maine. He contracts to do a free lance article on "babies having babies", that is, teen age mothers. That does not sound dangerous, does it? Nevertheless, he is almost killed.