July 9
On this day . . .
1948 Took care of Thiel boys. $1.00. Washed hair.
1949 Saw Connecticut Yankee.
1950 Went out with Phil
1952 Jerry picked me up from work
1957 Office picnic. Went dancing.
1958 Put butterflies on bed for Sue.
1959 Filled in river sand. Hard work. No help.
1960 Kathleen and Frank arrived at 11:30 p.m.
1961 Saw Ben Hur at drive-in. Pretty good but very long.
Janine and Sue had polio shots at Metairie Clinic.
1985 Mrs. F. had minor accident.
1987 Catherine called to say Aunt Emma died.
1988 New fan motor in AC. $275.
1989 Mexican Fiesta at Soule’s.
1990 Robbie had 7 stitches in leg yesterday. Fell from ladder.
17 years. Still have the scar. I still have the work bench and table saw I bought that day to do the job, too. The date is stenciled into the surface of the work bench (07/08/90). Scott Soule had to come over and finish the job temporarily. I ended up paying a friend $200 to do the permanent work. After spending $450 for the saw and $99 for the bench, someone might say I should have just let the friend do the job to begin with. I'd agree with them.
Oh, and it was ten stitches. It was doubled. I think there was one layer with three stitches and another with seven.
For those who don't know or remember, I was working on my roof. I was on my aluminum ladder. It shifted and one leg fell into a hole. Instead of falling with the ladder, I tried to hold on to the roof. This allowed the ladder to fall into perfect position so that I could land on it with my right shin. The ladder cut all the way to the bone and the fall pulled all of that skin up about 6 inches, exposing my shin bone (Wasn't as interesting to see as you'd think). It really didn't hurt much but I told Patsy I was going to take a shower and we were going to the hospital. Seems surreal to think of it now.