Final Go Ahead!

Today we got the final drawings of our new home for approval, with all the changes we have requested. We gave the go-ahead for construction to begin, so now we are counting the days until we can move in. From this point on, changes may still be possible, but they would require approval and incur an administrative change fee. So of course we're hoping that we won't feel a need to make any changes.

When we stopped to see Gary and Judy this morning, we heard some rather alarming news. Judy had a pretty scary experience of finding her heart racing and skipping beats. They went to the ER, where she was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation.

This afternoon we missed Steve and Jan at the dance. At first we thought maybe Jan had gone to the eye doctor to have her bruised eye checked out. Instead we found out that Steve was definitely not feeling well and has abdominal pain, so they're planning to call Dr. Alhalel, the gastroenterologist that they referred Ken to. We are sure hoping that all is well and that Steve will be back on his feet and on the dance floor soon.

Judy had a follow-up consultation with a cardiologist this afternoon. We stopped on the way home to check on her, and it seems the news is pretty good. She'll be taking some medication (to prevent blood clots), but no restrictions on her activity. Next week she has a heart catherization and stress test scheduled, just to be sure there are no physical changes detected in her heart. We ended up spending an informal happy hour celebrating the good news with Gary and Judy and neighbors Ron and Marie.

It was cold here again today. We had chicken soup for lunch and butternut squash soup for dinner. Nothing like hot soup on a cold day.