Monday morning, September 18th. We are still at Deaconess Midtown Hospital. But the hope is that Kate will get to go home today. Dr. Gessfora, the hospitalist, was just in and checked her out and also expressed that she hopes Kate gets to go home today too. but, I guess it will have to be someone from the surgeon’s group that actually releases her. So, we could easily be here until this evening. But that’s alright; —- boring but alright, as long as she gets to go home. She wouldn’t have been doing anything more than resting at home anyway. But, it would have given me a chance to get some preps done for the trip. I have my suitcase mostly packed but I know that I’ll be packing hers too. 

So, I’m officially on vacation. That’s our first since March when we ran down and back to North Carolina for Amanda’s wedding, and that was a whirlwind trip. We’re really hoping that this trip will be relaxing. Our current plan, (and they change daily) is that we will now leave on Wednesday and will arrive at our rental house on Thursday evening. Then we leave Texas and will drive to Biloxi, Mississippi. We have reservations at two different resorts while we are in that area. One in Biloxi and one in Gulfport. We have stayed in both before several times and really like both places. We have certain restaurants in the area that we like to go to. One of our favorites is over in a small town called Bay St. John. They have some seafood dishes that Kate really like’s and the seafood is of course fresh out of the Gulf. 

My favorite place is the Beau Rivage Hotel and casino. Kate and I do like to play the penny slot machines. We take along a certain amount of money that expect to lose and just consider it the price of entertainment. Kate’s sister, has in the past won some good hits on the slots there but certainly none of us have become paupers or rich. And, I really like the coffee shop restaurant and the buffet at the Beau Rivage. Having said all of that, if when we get ready to leave Texas Kate isn’t feeling well, we will just head back home and finish our vacation as a “stay-cation”. 

That’s it for today. I donn’t know how often we I will be writing this week, because our plans our fluid. So, I pray you will have great days. Peace