blue pot in front of house

We were up at o’dark hundred Tuesday morning (8/4) to get Michael to Charlotte in time for his cataract surgery.  The hardest part of the entire day was finding the parking garage, and then finding the office!  After that, it was pretty much a breeze.  Michael didn’t have to undress to put on a gown, or even take off his shoes….they put booties over his shoes and he was covered by a blanket, other than that they gave him some happy juice and away he went.  I swear I barely got settled in the waiting room, and had read 2 pages of my book when they announced I should go to room 17 for recovery…and there he was.  Although he was hoping for a “pirate patch” (mostly so that he could say ar-r-r-rg all day), he just had a small plastic shield taped to his face over the affected eye.  We headed back home, stopping for breakfast/lunch on the way (we were both starving as he wasn’t allowed to eat before the surgery) and finally arrived home around 1:30 PM.  I ran up to Stitch and Chat to say hello and deliver some hand cream, then headed back home.  We both took a short nap in the afternoon before heading back to the doctor’s office for a post surgery check up.  Michael’s pressure was slightly high in his eye…so get this prescription…the doctor (after asking if Michael liked wine) told him to have a glass with dinner and then another before bed!!!  They also game him drops to be used 3 times…but Michael was ALL OVER that wine prescription  :~).  We had leftover pizza for dinner, then Larry picked up Michael to go and see the new MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, while I stayed home to socialize with Joanne, Paula & Donna, who all came for a visit.  Michael got home after 10 and said his vision had already improved (as the doctor indicated it might) and after a glass of wine we headed to bed.

When I did our garden pictures, I forgot to include this picture of the pot in front of our garage…those red flowers are blooming for the second time and they look quite spectacular: