Unfortunately Grandma didn't see the new year in as well. Mary and John stopped by and saw her coming back from Pittsfield. The next day, she had some chest pains and ended up in the emergency room at Princeton hospital, with first thoughts on a heart attack. Now, not so sure, but she is still in the hospital and having a tough time breathing. She will have a test tomorrow to determine a spot in her lung. The doctors think it might be a TB type cough which is treatable. And, which means she'll be back on her feet and playing touch football soon enough.
We had a very nice break away. First we stopped by to see Grandma on the day after Christmas and we went to Charlie Brown's. Now John can't complain that he never gets to go there. Saturday morning, we headed into NYC and, as soon as we checked in, we headed over to the 1/2 price tickets. We had a little bit of a scare as Annie and Margaret who were coming later in the day, got caught in a horrendous traffic jam, and we barely made the play - Avenue Q, kind of a grown-up Sesame Street, cute and funny and a little edgy. Fun, I think.
The next day we went for a walk. From Little Italy through Chinatown and then to a new neighborhood for us - Seaport. We headed back to midtown to watch the Patriots football game and then Sean joined us for Joe's birthday celebration. We also came upon a pro-Palestine demonstration where one participant lectured/shouted at John for a a few minutes. Passions are high.
We then went to Pittsfield and started our research into the history of the house, in order to get a waiver to demolish the two additions. We learned a lot, and there's a lot more to do, but we think we have traced the house back to its original owners, having found maps and deeds showing Mary's great grandfather purchasing the property in 1882.
Our friend from Peace Corps, Cliff and his wife Sheila, joined us for New Years. We went skiing one day and saw John and Marilyn a couple of times. They had just come back from a cruise to South America where they weaved their way through the cold straits of Magellan at the very tip of the continent.
And now we're home. And the house is finally cleaned up and we're back to work. We had a birthday party for Margaret on Friday and hope that they wish Jeffrey a Happy Birthday who celebrated his big day on Wednesday.
It looks like snow everywhere, but here - New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts and Illinois. We got a lot of rain.
So let's wish Grandma a speedy recovery. Love from down here.
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