Up 'n' at 'em

Dad called me today while I was out fishing after work. He is up and walking and sounding like he always has. He said he had walked a long ways and his legs didn't hurt whereas a week ago he wouldn't have even been able to come close. He said his scars are pretty big. Right down from his sternum, around the "boys" and down the front of his legs. He's off the intravenous and on pill painkillers. Nice work Willie!! He stopped smoking a while back and he's been sober for as long as the surgery...your guess is as good as mine as to whether or not he smartens up. I don't think he'll go back on the smokes, but the beer...I think that's pushing it. I'm looking foreword to visiting him without having to endure the heavy nicotine fog.

Went fishing\canoeing with Mary on Saturday morning on Fuller Lake. Fuller Lake is on the south side of Chemainus (the place with all the murals). No luck on the fish but it was a beautiful day to be trying. Mary worked on Sunday at 1 so I took the belly boat out to a lake I'd never fished called Green Lake. I got 2 on Sunday and then went back after work today and got 3. They are all small but fun to catch. I will take Mary there with the canoe next chance we get. Mary has been working a lot lately so we haven’t been able to spend a lot of time together but, hey, any time with Mary is quality time.

Austin is on his way home from his dad’s and then we’ll pick Mary up at 9:00.