{"id":832,"date":"2013-03-24T08:57:57","date_gmt":"2013-03-24T05:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dknolte.com\/?p=832"},"modified":"2013-03-24T08:57:57","modified_gmt":"2013-03-24T05:57:57","slug":"a-little-more-catching-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dknolte.com\/?p=832","title":{"rendered":"A Little More Catching Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

I<\/strong>\u2019m flying out again this afternoon and wanted to give a quick catching up post before leaving.<\/p>\n

As I noted before, Hyw\u00e4t has the two little dots above the \u201ca\u201d on her name, like a little creature peeking out from behind it.\u00a0 I asked her if she puts the two little dots there like my computer does, and after a tussle with translation, and with Terese\u2019s help, she basically said, what \u201ca\u201d?\u00a0\u00a0 I asked her to write her name in English and she did.\u00a0 In a way I think it may have been a mistake.\u00a0 Turns out she spells it \u201cHiwot\u201d.<\/p>\n

So I have a bit of a quandary.\u00a0 Should I continue using \u201cHyw\u00e4t\u201d with the two little dots, or succumb to her<\/i> spelling of it.\u00a0 I spent no little time thinking about this and decided to go by her spelling but refuse to go back and change her name in the past.\u00a0 What is past is past.<\/p>\n

So she will henceforth be known as Hyw\u00e4t<\/span>, \u2026 er,\u00a0 Hiwot.<\/p>\n

A few months ago, I gave blood at the Embassy.\u00a0 It had been more than two years since I was able to and it felt good to do it again.\u00a0 In the States they ask you a battery of questions which include if I had sex with this person or that person.\u00a0 Or if I ever used illegal drugs?\u00a0 What countries I had been it, etc.\u00a0 Giving blood here was simple. \u00a0How much do you weigh and what pills do you take?\u00a0 Quick and simple.<\/p>\n

Michael, our Day Guard\/Gardener, lives with his Grandparents who basically raised him.\u00a0 Grandfather passed away a few weeks ago.\u00a0 I met the 87 year old gentleman last year and was instantly fond of him.\u00a0 His hand shake was firm and his smile was genuine.\u00a0 We both started bowing to each other and soon we were both bouncing up and down.<\/p>\n

Grandfather had arthritis and took cortisone shots for the pain.\u00a0 Somewhere in there, he acquired a staph infection that he was not able to shake.\u00a0 Surgery just made it worse and he became bed ridden.\u00a0 Terese, being a very compassionate lady, suggested we help Michael purchase a wheelchair for him so Grandfather could be moved around and retain some semblance of normalcy.\u00a0 But before Michael could get him one, he passes away.\u00a0 Terese told Michael to keep the money to help bury the good man.\u00a0 He was most gracious.<\/p>\n

Okay.\u00a0 Enough for now.\u00a0 I\u2019ll be back later.\u00a0 Until then, kick butt and whatever anyone else tells you, don\u2019t stop.<\/p>\n

D.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m flying out again this afternoon and wanted to give a quick catching up post before leaving. As I noted …<\/p>\n

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