My Most Interesting Story this month

 Went on a picnic with friends today. We met at Joanne Lammer's place and sat out among her trees with our sandwiches. Here's me, Mary, Polly Rogers, and Joanne and another of me and Mary as I opened my birthday gifts from her.

After about an hour and half we left there and decided to stop by and see how an old classmate of ours was doing. He lives next door.  Jud Gammage was looking fine.

Granddaughter Maddie and her boyfriend are stopping in tomorrow so I'm excited to meet him.  Saturday, another classmate is coming over from Issaquah to spend a little time. (Ann Robson) Looking forward to both visits.  Jen and I are planning to have lunch next weekend.

My youngest brother, Dana, is 70 today.  How can that possibly be?! 

In 1970 my diary notation read:  

9-15 Dana is 20 years old. Where have the years gone?  Yeah, my diary notes have always been pretty exciting.

This next part is kind of gross but bear with me.  Sunday morning I noticed this black substance in the toilet.  It scared me half to death as I figured it must be dried blood or something.  Later,  I found a tiny speck of toilet paper with this substance on it that didn't get flushed so I immediately pulled it out and took a picture. (It's what I do)  I downloaded it on my computer and enlarged it so I could study it more. Also googled it to death.  

As I studied it magnified it appeared to have a mesh like substance to it. I wondered if my insides were infected with worms or something.  I have a very vivid imagination and Google doesn't help that.  Anyhow, I promptly made a doctor appt and accepted the fact I was probably going to have to submit to one of those dang blasted colonoscopies!  Ugh!

Luckily, I got an appt for next Monday.  I had another little ailment I was worried about too so I figured I'd also bring that up.  I fretted all day and all night thinking I had colon cancer.  And then, out of the blue...it occured to me what it might possibly be.  This roll of Trump toilet paper I have (use it to blow my nose with).  I grabbed the roll, threw in a few pieces and left on my picnic.  I was hoping and praying that when I returned, that same black and white pattern would be floating in my toilet. And praise the Lord!  There it was.  Hooray.

I took more pictures of it to compare just to be on the safe side but I'm sure that's what was causing my anxiety. 

Maddie gave me the roll Xmas before last, bless her heart.  hahahahahaha