Last Look at a Full Moon for a While
The University Guest House
Debbie Moves Us Into the Guest House
Up by about 5, showered and we were ready to leave for Pinedale by 6. I HATE early, but had to do it. Joe got his breakfast and got the car out. We loaded up the dogs and my bags and I drove us in. It was still pitch dark when we got to Falers. Melita and Hank were already waiting and in a few minutes Nancy drove up. She was taking her car. Words can't explain what wonderful friends I have. At first I wasn't sure how I would get down there, but as soon as they knew I needed some help Nancy and Melita said they would drive me down to the hospital.
It was such a nice drive with being able to visit all the way down. We had to be there to get one more bit of blood drawn before 2:30. When they took all the 10 vials of blood they found that I had had a transfusion at some point in the past in one of my surgeries (I suspect it was the hysterectomy) and that I had developed antibodies to it, so they had to make sure they had a match in case I needed a transfusion so it wouldn't be rejected. That sounded pretty serious.
We came down off Parley's Summit, turned north on foothill and then up Wasatch and right to the hospital. We had to find the right parking lot and the right door to go in. We ended up at the Research Institute again and a nice graduate student took us through the elevators and over to the right place in the hospital. You have to go to the 6th floor and walk through a long hall and back down to the 3rd floor to get there because of the construction. We've got the directions right to get in the front door of the hospital now anyway. Even though it was Sunday, Evan was there and soon came right over to the waiting room they had sent us to, and quickly took the blood. He assure us that they would have a correct match if it was needed.
Next we went and found the Chuckarama for lunch. Nancy wasn't afraid to drive around the blocks until we came across it. After that we went to the Guesthouse and soon they decided they would go to Costco to shop. Melita likes to stock up for her catering there and they did load up the back of Nancy's car with groceries. I waited in the room for Debbie to get there, and it wasn't long before she came. Debbie got her things unloaded and we rested.
I had called Cousin Iris and asked if she would like to have dinner with us. We had planned to go to TGIF Fridays for dinner, mainly because none of us had ever eaten at one, and because we knew where it was, and it was nearby. It was odd that there weren't that many restaurants near the University. You had to go more downtown, not something we really wanted to do when we didn't know where anything was. So after they shopped Melita and Nancy were to meet Debbie and I there. And Iris said she would be there too. When we got there Iris changed the plan to going to the Red Bluff next door, I should have said no the plan was already made. She said it had better food, probably true. So there was Debbie left standing in the parking lot looking for two people she had never seen before while Iris took me off to the Red Bluff. After some anxious time, they all showed up and I don't think any of us thought the food there was so great but we did all find something on the menu.
It was good to see Iris and she said she would be at the hospital when she could to visit. She is right in the midst of moving from her long time home to Houston to be near her daughter because the house and yard in SLC are getting too much for her to take care of. I hope she likes it there. The packing and sorting to scale down must be a daunting task. Her son Steve and others have been there to help her. She was flying out on Thursday to go look for a condo down there and has to be out of the house by the end of the month.
After dinner we all went back to our rooms. Melita and Nancy would head back to Pinedale in the morning after checking out out a few art and craft stores on the way. Thank you so much for your help, wonderful friends.
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