Cheap Trick
May has to be the best time of year in Northern California. The weather is normally great and most towns around are area are having there annual festivities (Winters Youth day, Picnic Day, Dixon May Fair and Fiesta Days). This year was no different for the May Fair and Parade on Saturday. The Fair kicked off on Thursday with the evening entertainment being Cheap Trick. I not sure if it’s the economy or what, but the stands were only half full. That was very disappointing, since I look at the band as Rock Legends. But they put on a great show never the less.
Friday was Kids day and I’m sure a lot of people ended up with a little sun burn. It was another great and warm day. We took are daughter and her friends for the day. What was going to be a couple of hours turned out to be 7 hours (my dogs were sore). Jessica Simpson was that night’s entertainment.
Saturday day started off with the May Fair parade in downtown Dixon. Pride gymnastics walked in the parade with a dance routine. Note to parade goers next year sit on the east side of the street to stay out of the sun! And what happened to the fancy floats that use to by in the parades, I guess people don’t have the time or money for them anymore. We decided not to go to the fair Saturday or Sunday to save a little money. It gets a little pricey paying $4 for a soda and $5 for a corn dog. Plus we decided to drive up North on Sunday to visit mom on Mothers Day.
Ok! I know it been a while since I’ve last updated. There’s a good reason for this. I figured my mom is the only one looking at my blog. And since November she’s been in and out of the hospital for a total of 4 months. I mean a total time in the place equaling over 4 months. The first stay was for a stomach operation in early Nov. that lasted only 2 weeks. Then after a hole developed in her colon a couple weeks later they kept her in for 31 days to monitor her progress. With things improving or so it seemed she was released just a few days before Christmas. In the first few days of February she was rushed back to the hospital with cramps. To make a long story short, the colon was not getting the necessary blood supply and was dying, a result of the original operation. After two emergence operations with in 4 days at a total weight of 79 lbs she laid in ICU for 3 weeks. While in ICU she laid unconscious on a breathing machine, which ended up giving her fluid on the lungs. After dealing with bed sores and fighting to building her strength back up she is final coming back home tomorrow April 26, 2009. And I’ll tell you if I never make it back to San Francisco that would be fine with me.
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