We had an enjoyable time with Marjorie and Mom, but it came to a halt 1/2 way thru when Marjorie came down with Omicron. She felt as if a cold was coming on,but a home test for covid was positive. She then had a PCR test done week after she began to quarantine which confirmed the diagnosis. Mom, Nancy and I got a test the following day and we were all negative. But it did put the cabash on our activities the rest of our stay. We put up a small greenhouse for mom's plants and completed a list of items they had created for us.
Last Thursday mom fell when getting a cup of coffee and was taken by ambulance to a nearby emergency room. Her scalp was cut and bruised a rib, as well as a possibly bruised liver. That further restricted any possible activities for us. I regret I didn't get to visit the cemetery to see Dad or Rob. Sunday when we were getting ready toleave Ron came over to say goodbye. He was sneezing but denied having covid. Marjorie gave him a home test to use and he says it was negative, but today he is feeling horrible and nauseous. Hope he is right, but I doubt it.
We left Sunday morning and drove 5-1/2 hours back to McKinney where we had our new shades installed in November. The front windshield shade was fraying. They looked at it today and are working on a solution, but said we probably wouldn't be done til Thursday. So I called our next two location's to modify our reservations. Later I was told they might get us done tomorrow, so I may have to change reservations again. We'll have to wait until tomorrow to find out.
We are parked in the parking lot of the factory where they have numbered spots for the RVs. This afternoon a guy backed into the spot just to our left but was told that spot and the next further ones were to be left empty so tractor trailers can utilize the spots to maneuver when backing up to the loading docks. He was told to use the spot to our right, between us and another RV. He had pulled in very close to us. and when pulling out to changes spots cut his wheel to early. He didn't wait for his wife to move their car and guide him and when pulling out to change spots cut his wheel too early. I banged on the side of his rig to stop him, but it took him a few seconds to realize I wanted him to stop. Too late, for he snapped off our drivers side mirror, but early enough before he hit and crushed our slide out. But only by about two inches.
He apologized, offered to pay for a repair, but the earliest we could arrange is the end of the month in Fort Worth. We have other appointments before then, so I will have to drive 600 miles to Red Bay, AL, without the mirror. It worries me not to be able to see down the driver's side while on highways. The company that will be installing our new dishwasher said they would be able to procure and install a new mirror the same day, almost 2 weeks earlier than here, so that is our plan.
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