Things are looking up

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood folks!  The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and we are 1/2 way through the week.  Yeah!
 
Members of my family spent all day Sunday helping my brother Terry with some cleanup efforts at his home.  We moved some remaining items from 1st floor up to 2nd floor, swept the river muck out of 1st floor, removed sandbags from the inside of the garage and placed them outside the garage, removed the river muck (as much as we could) from the garage, righted a tipped gas tank (to stop leakage), tore down a sandbag dike at Kathy's home (right off Beaver Creek) put them on pallets and transported them to Adrian (to have on hand in case they are needed)  and had lots of beers while doing it. 
 
I made a scrumptious hot dish of sauerkraut, knephfla and hamburger to help fuel our cleanup efforts, Peggy made delicious scotcheroos, Marna made sandwiches, chips and pickles.  Did I mention we had many beers?  ~L~  
 
Terry was optimistic and it was good to hear him laugh a little as we were working.  Although we are a little nervous about what the dam releases (expected to be at 4000 cfs today) will do downstream (Adrian), Terry is cautiously optimistic that his home will not be affected.   We have a forecast of rain (and snow!) for this weekend.  Hopefully not measurable amounts of either - as that could just take this flood fight to a whole new level.  
 
I joined a new gym this week.  As much as I hated to leave the wellness center at the hospital, I feel this will be a good move for me.  I have been at the wellness center since 07/2001.  Everyone there has been good to me - almost like family. However I was finding more difficulty in getting there recently; my yoga teaching schedule and the hours that the wellness center was open weren't meshing well.  The hours that I found myself available to work out were not coinciding with the hours the wellness center was open.   I will try the new facility as it is open 24 hours a day.  There should NOT be an excuse for me now!    Of course, the tried and true adage of "customer service" will always win out.  If I find that I do not like the atmosphere, I will not hesitate to head back to the wellness center at the hospital.   The main thing is to get my butt back in to the workout mode and lose some of these added poundage I find myself carrying around.  Not healthy!
 
Well, that is my update on things for this day.  Will write more as I find time. 
 
Namaste'
 

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