We had an entire week without tornadoes in Howard county, but we did have a severe storm with high winds. Trees were down all over the place. Roads were closed. 3000 people were without power. The only effect to us was an evening’s loss of internet. Within 2 days, the roads and power were restored. Columbia has over 100 miles of pedestrian trails. Our neighborhood is “land locked” by major roads. I use a couple of trails to break out when I ride. It was easy enough to walk around the downed trees. I figured it would be a week at least before the trails were clear. But they were clear by the third day. That surprised me.

The contractor said the construction on Mom’s house should start next week. Mom is looking forward to that.

Danita sees the doctor tomorrow. Until now, Danita has received treatment for her symptoms. She’s hoping that tomorrow will be the beginning of finding the cause.

I’m getting a crown Tuesday. Our dentist does the entire crown in one sitting. I go in at 9 AM and I’m home for lunch, complete with a permanent crown. (And a pretty hefty bill. But hey, that’s life.)

We had a neighborhood concert/pot luck dinner last night. We don’t have another party until Friday’s Grill & Chill (bad hamburgers and good neighbors).

Danita successfully applied for Medicare. That was harder than it sounds. She kept getting a message that she couldn’t be verified. She called the help line, and was told she had to un-freeze her credit report at Equifax. That should have been streight forward, but Equifax switched from a PIN verification to a password verification, and we weren’t able to get the switch-over to a password to work. Danita finally called Equifax to un-freeze her report. We’ll have to fix the password later. Danita is also also applying for her pension benefit at Raytheon and Honeywell.

We decided to pay for access to shows on cbs.com for the summer. They have several series that are not broadcast, and are available only online. Yesterday, Danita was watching Bonanza on ME TV and I wanted to watch Twilight Zone on cbs.com. There being only one TV, I decided to watch Twilight Zone on my computer. Somehow, I accidentally switched the TV to Roku mode. It was no big deal, but it sure surprised both of us.

I hope this finds everybody doing well.