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Cheri invited her whole family, (2 kids, her Mom and Karly and grandson) out to the park for pizza.  One of Cheri's kids has an enormous dog.  Cheri was sitting at a picnic table holding the dog's leash when it pulled her off the seat onto her side.  For a few days her back and ribs hurt.  She finally went to the doctor today where they told her, pretty much nothing.  They took an X-ray but never said what it showed.  They just prescribed some mild pain medication.

Karly came home from school the other day limping a bit from running in gym class.  The next day her guidance councilor asked her what she described as (a thousand questions) about Cheri and I and whether we might be hurting her, and why we had her instead of her parents.  I'm not sure that Karly could explain the complicated way we came about having her but she assured her councilor we were her "besties".

Security is really tight at Karly's school.  Kids are only allowed out 2 at a time under armed guard who directs the traffic.  You sit in 2 lines of cars for a long time.  You have big cards with their names in your windshield so they know who to call out.  I hope it's that tight during the day with all the craziness going on.  Makes me a nervous wreck.

The band just finished an outdoor job and I've got 2 more coming up this month.  It's too late in the season to be playing outdoors when the weather can be anything from 100 to 40.  (It was 50 Saturday night.)  I'm also tired of climbing on and off flatbed trailers and freezing my fingers off.  We were set up on 2 trailers Saturday.  Between the drummer and the singer dancing around, you've got to have your sea legs when those trailers are bouncing up and down and side to side.  It's hard to stabilize the equipment too.  The things I do for money!

Hope Cheri's pains get better from the fall (pull down?).

Why would the school be asking Karky that kind of thing? I would not like that.

Are you enjoying the playing again? So the season is closing, or will you get indoor winter work too?

 

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Cheri is feeling much better today, thank you.  I wondered whether maybe she cracked a rib or just bruised it.  I was pretty sure she didn't break it.

I understand the school wanting to watch out for child abuse and I'm kind of glad they do, but it does make me a little paranoid because if they really suspect you, they'll send people out to inspect your house, ask you, as Karly said, "a thousand questions" and generally scare the hell out of you.

I'm not sure I'd quit playing entirely if I could.  I make more money now than I ever did, (which still isn't much) and I live for the validation people give me in what they say.  We are booked pretty much through next year.  It is a lot of work though, a lot of time and a lot of driving.  I might not work as often, and I'd certainly be more picky about where I worked.  Still, aside from taking care of Cheri, Karly and the animals, it gives me a reason for existing, and I couldn't take very good care of any of them if I didn't.  John

First picture I've got of our outdoor buddy.

Very pretty!

 

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A little hard to see and he/she won't yet let me get very close.  I haven't worked very hard on getting close yet, but the weather will be turning soon and I need to fix a place to stay.  I have no idea where she goes during the day.  (I think it's a she, but I'm not sure.)  John