Meanwhile in West Virginia

65°f/18.3°C, clear until mid-day when the smoky haze returned.

This happened in Southern West Virginia, and was posted on Facebook.  I can only imagine how the driver felt! No one was hurt, but they did not have the owner's permission to drive the truck, so I expect their wallet is going to hurt pretty badly.

As you can imagine, the comments on this were hilarious.

That tree saved their lives.

Up in Parkersburg, this portly porker has been roaming freely for a couple days, and apparently no one knows where he belongs. 

Perhaps it escaped from the same place as this goat? Although probably about 20 miles apart, so not likely.

And on the eastern side of the state, this happened today.

Is it the weather making people and animals get a little strange? I don't know. But at least in my family, everyone is still safe and relatively sane. Here's news from my oldest son:

He's retiring, sort of, from his position as President of Grant County Bank in Petersburg, WV.  He will continue working part-time for a while to ensure a smooth transition, and will remain on the board, but it is nice to see him beginning this process at age 57.

Of course our #3 son Derek beat him to it by 10 years, retiring at 47 for the second time! He is 3rd from the left (and the handsomest in my prejudiced opinion), very busy doing what he loves best--golfing, and being a grandpa. He's 54 now.

As for me, I had a wee scare last week with dizzy spells, shortness of breath and a tight feeling in my chest, all potential signs of heart trouble. So I went to Urgent Care (after getting the laundry started, bed made, breakfast cleaned up, etc, because that's how women are). They sent me to the emergency room, and after some tests and stuff, they determined that I had a UTI! I would never in a million years have associated those symptoms with that! Came home with meds; went back to my doctor today for my routine semi-annual checkup, and retested for the infection. It's still lingering, so more meds and that should fix it. (AC, see what I did there in the beginning of this paragraph?)

That explains why I have been feeling so tired lately. I thought it was just summer-weariness!

A couple good things coming up this week: the next open mic, featuring a guy from the next county over,

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and then Thursday, our oldest son gave us the nicest birthdays/anniversary gift: tickets to see Vince Gill in concert, a room reservation at the Marriott, and dinner! This will be a wonderful break, and we are so looking forward to it.

Ending with this, from Facebook. Canadian friends, rest assured that most of us in the US understand how nature works. Lord knows you endure enough aggravation from us! Just a few idiots spouting stupidity,  as usual.

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