Greene County Fairgrounds

After a year and a half of not posting I have decided to start again and see if I can stay with it, so here goes.

We have been in Illinois since August, mostly in Carrollton visiting Tonya's mother. Tonya is trying to convince her to move in to a supported living apartment 15 miles away. She has been interviewed by a social worker to confirm that she qualifies and has put money down to hold one of the apartments there until the first of November, but every other day says she is not going. In the meantime Tonya is going through all of her old copies of bills etc. sorting, organizing, and shredding as needed. We have found all the documents she'll need if and when she decides to move. We think she is ready for supported living, which is not a nursing home but a place where meals, cleaning services, organized activities and other minimal support are provided to people with similar needs. All we can do at this point is get everything ready and encourage her to move.

We have spent some time visiting my family that lives about 2 1/2 hours north of here. While there I went to a high school class reunion and a memorial service for my aunt. I saw a lot of classmates I only see every 5 years, if I make it to the reunion, and relatives I haven't seen in 20 years or more, including some I have never met. Because I have been giving updates to so many people about how our family is doing a new "Moserism" occurred to me. "If bragging about your kids is a sin, I'm going to Hell."






We have been staying at the Greene County Fairgrounds, about a mile from Tonya's mom's house. It only has one 50 amp plug and we are the only RV here. The fairgrounds has a track for harness racing just behind us. Every morning several cart drivers exercise there horses around the track.