Nice Visit

Sunday morning I slept in a little bit, just can't do those late nights anymore! As if midnight is really all that late. Did a few things around the house and then had to go and get groceries as I didn't get there on Saturday. While I was putting groceries away, Dad phoned to see what we were doing, and since we had no plans he said he was thinking about driving down. So he came down and we had a nice visit. He seemed better to me than he did on Wednesday, so that was nice. Not long before he got here my aunt, his sister, phoned me just to talk. I told her about Ryan coming home and we will surprise dad with his visit. We talked about Dad's birthday too, and have now decided that I will have a small party at his house for him. Usually when I have them it is my aunts, uncles and cousins and families, but I am not doing that this time. It just gets TOO big so it will just be aunts and uncles this time. I haven't gotten ahold of my brother and sister in law yet but will hopefully today. This way Ryan can have a visit with everyone and if we can have it on Saturday then we might just stay overnight and he can have more of a visit with his Poppa on Sunday.

Today Gary is off to Winnipeg for his last doctor's appointment in there. After he had his by-pass surgery he agreed to take part in a study drug program. It entailed going into the city a few times a year for a check up and blood work etc. While it doesn't sound like much, it seems that the appointment always seem to come on a day that it would be better if they didn't. This morning he went into work earlier so he could do up his inventory counts, get any paperwork out that they guys might need etc. When he got in there was a note from his boss saying that he wouldn't be in because he had a funeral, and the salesmen wouldn't be in because they were in the city for meetings. Then the phone rang and it was the other inside sales guy phoning in sick! Gary told him what the situation was and all he had to say was, oh well I am sick so won't be in. This guy takes MANY sick days and they are thinking that this one just might be the end of his job. You can't run a business, a small business, with such an unreliable employee.