Well, we got our plane and lodging settled for our trip to Europe. Four days in Paris where we’ll meet up with Marnnie, then on to Ireland where we join Travis for four days there before returning to Cleveland.
We’re renting an apartment in the Latin Quarter in Paris, so named because it is part of the city developed when the Romans were there. It’s a very active, fun section of the city and in great walking distance from the areas we want to see. I’ll play tour guide in Paris since I’ve been there.
In Ireland we’re putting ourselves in Marnnie and Travis’ capable hands, having simply stated that we’d like to see how they live, and know something of genuine Irish life when we leave.
We’re renting an apartment in the Latin Quarter in Paris, so named because it is part of the city developed when the Romans were there. It’s a very active, fun section of the city and in great walking distance from the areas we want to see. I’ll play tour guide in Paris since I’ve been there.
In Ireland we’re putting ourselves in Marnnie and Travis’ capable hands, having simply stated that we’d like to see how they live, and know something of genuine Irish life when we leave.
We’ve also set some tentative dates in late August for the four day motorcycle trip through Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky. Of course I’m looking forward to that one.
Lots going on in our health arena:
Kim’s been feeling a bit under the weather the past couple of weeks. Nothing incredibly serious, but it seems she either contracted food poisoning or got a gastrointestinal virus of some kind and she’s gotten to deal with all the fun things that go along with that for almost two weeks now. She seems to be on the tail end of whatever it is.
I went to the Dr. today as a follow-up to my check-up a few weeks ago. Cholesterol is high at 257 and he wanted to discuss it (HDL 76/LDL 164). Since everything else is in good shape he’s not overly concerned even though it’s high. It was at 193 just a few years ago, but he says it can rise over time like this… most likely reason is genetic (thanks Mom!). We went through the numbers and he asked how I’d like to approach it. I told him I prefer to treat it as naturally as possible, so he recommends fish oil and niacin and we’ll follow up with another check in November. If it continues to climb and we see any other indicators move in a bad direction then we’ll consider meds, but if not we’ll deal with it this way.
We sound old don’t we!
Work is going well. Like all businesses, and in particular those manufacturing related, the numbers are still not good, but I am still gainfully employed as of this writing and enjoying some of the things we’re doing. We’re experimenting with use of social networking tools for communications, so it’s interesting to figure out how to use Twitter, LinkedIn, blogs and such to inform potential customers and move them to our corner.
Well, off to bed…
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