Inauguration Central

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Maybe not latest, as we will update maybe once a week and as we missed the concert yesterday.  We understand Jeffrey and Melodie won the office  lottery and have tickets for the inauguration, so they may the best vantage point, except for the really smart ones among you, who will watch from the warmth and comfort of your home or office.

Mary and John drove up to Hightstown yesterday to see Grandma, back in Meadow Lakes, but in the health care section, ready to do physical therapy.  She is still short of breath and trying to figure out what's been happening.  None of the tests came back conclusive, other than ruling out the worst case scenarios.  We flipped back and forth between football and CNN, awaiting the speech and trying to see any music, but that was blocked by HBO which had exclusive access.  So much for the people's concert.

Anyway, Peter, Janet and Johanna came over and visited as well.  Peter had helped Mom move back in Saturday, and Janet has also been dealing with her father's health issues, as he apparently had a mini-stroke (is that what they call a TIA?) last week.  Peter had to go back to grade finals.  Uggh.

Saturday, Mary and John went down to the mall for a little advance scouting work.  It was Ottawa-type cold, but not in the American Indian museum where one of John's colleagues ffrom work was dancing in a Hawaiian group during the Smithsonian's multi-cultural festival.  We then headed across the mall to see the preparations, and saw lots of people, lots of hawkers selling Obama trinkets (we got a bobble-head doll), and lots of port-o-potties lined up along the mall.  We stopped by the MSNBC booth and then went over to the recently renovated American History Museum, where we ran into Abraham Lincoln.  And Jon Bon Jovi.  No kidding.  The former was an actor (duh) and the latter was getting a tour with his family, while they were waiting for the concert the next day.

We stopped by Joe's on the way home and mapped out our strategy/game plan for Tuesday.  We'll tell you how it worked out.

Margaret had gone to Pittsfield with friends and they did ice fishing and sledding.  Her friend's dog helped out by killing a possum that had built its home under the porch.  There's a new sheriff in town.

Annie departed back for her final semester of college early Saturday morning, getting a ride with her friend Anthony who had driven down Friday.

Rounding out the week were our social events: the next generation brunch with Jeffrey and Melodie and dinner with Mary's friends Gerry and Dennis.  

It's history down here.  And it's hard not to get swept up into the excitement.  Love