Mar 3rd - Back in Tennessee

I drove back to Tennessee Wednesday, Mar 1st. The heaviest traffic I encountered was driving through Jefferson City. Traffic in the left lane was backed up a couple of miles. It was all the state workers waiting to make a left turn, at a traffic light, to get in the parking lot. I wonder how many thousands of them are on the payroll, just in Jefferson City?

Yesterday I went to Cookeville in the AM to sit with Tom & Mary Lou while Mary Lou waited for back surgery to start. Tom called after the surgery was done. The report from the Doctor was good. She will be in the hospital for 4 or 5 days.

I had received, and lost, a notice to renew the license on my truck. This morning I walked into the court house at 8:59, without the renewal form. I walked back out at 9:02 with my renewal sticker. I LOVE DEALING WITH FOLKS IN TENNESSEE!

I had quit wearing my $3,700 hearing aids because I had given up on getting them adjusted to the point where I thought they were worth the bother of wearing. I found out that the place where I have my eyes examined, here in Crossville, also has a hearing center. I made an appointment before leaving Missouri and went to the appointment this AM.

I had copies of my last 2 hearing tests. The newest one was about 1.5 years old so Emily, my audiologist, gave me another test. The result was good news, the hearing in my good ear shows no deterioration since the last test. Emily reprogrammed my hearing aids and seemed reasonably sure that she could make adjustments that would improve them to the point where I thought they were worth the bother of wearing them. Time will tell. She asked me to wear them for a couple of weeks and then come back in so that she could "tweak" the programming based on my experience with the adjustments she made today.

They had lots of rain here Wednesday. It is still to wet to start digging to extend the drainage tile I started the last time I was here. The good news is that even with all the rain the floor of my storage shed was dry. The drainage tile I installed is working fine.

God is good. May He bless you and yours.