The Hobbit Hole VI - And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...

[ecurbh]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...

• First thread: New Zealander builds Hobbit hole
• Second thread: The New Hobbit Hole
• Third thread: The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads! (Congratulations, we filled it up!)
• Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IV - The Road Goes Ever On...
• Fifth Thread: The Hobbit Hole V - Where Many Paths and Errands Meet...

The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.

[PurpleQ]

That is what I am afraid of but if it is God's will then that is what I want. Maybe that, getting in trouble at work is what it will take for him to wake up and see. I still don't know how he made it so many years in an air traffic control tower, made it to a Master Sergent and passed a postal exam. And the fact that he hasn't killed anyone is God's hand upon him and everyone's path he crosses.

[Wneighbor]

WN < --- is doing a happy dance, got 2 of her favorite girls here right now! :-) *shimmy shimmy shimmy*

[SuziQ]

Hey, girl, how's it going? Are you in school full time now?

[schlohweiss]

I'm praying for Dana's dad Joe then

Hugs Hugs, Kisses, etc.

[Wneighbor]

Ya know... also.... there's all his family in Waco prayin' for him too. There's a lot going for him PQ. He may get himself in so much trouble one of these days he ends up having to come home to Waco. Then, he'd be under some better influence.

[PurpleQ]

Hey there stranger!

[ecurbh]

*shimmy shimmy shimmy*

Yikes!

[PurpleQ]

Thanks

[schlohweiss]

Hey, I'm glad that I got on and caught ya!

[PurpleQ]

Thank you! The more prayers the better! Thanks again!

[Wneighbor]

So, technically I'm off work for the next week!

I'd go over to Sams and pick up a HUGH pack of ribeyes if you 2 would take off and drive up here right now! :-)

[PurpleQ]

I know! Me too! You brought a much needed smile to my face ;-)

[Wneighbor]

:-)

[schlohweiss]

Since your in Waco and I'm in Temple we should do lunch or something some time, when I have the car

[PurpleQ]

THAT is exactly what I am praying for. His sisters and brothers are here, two of his kids, his grand babies! Why he has been in LA I will never understand.

[Corin Stormhands]

Did your Dad win his battle?

Yes and no. It's complicated.

At the worst of it he lost his job, not over the alcohol, but over a labor dispute. He then went to work part time with my uncle who had a meat cutting business on the side. My uncle simply didn't allow my dad time to go get a drink, and he quit. This is after years of treatments, prayers and everything else that I'm sure you're familiar with.

Later my dad had gastric bypass surgery. This was back in the days when it was experimental enough that he got the whole procedure, including the month and a half in the hospital paid for by the facility. One of the complications from his surgery was kidney stones.

Three or four years later, his doctor, not knowing the history said he should drink a beer a day for the kidney stones. So he started drinking again, but it never got to the point it had been before.

There were further complications from the surgery, not alcohol related, and he passed away not long after that.

[Wneighbor]

eeek!! ya'll are gonna have lunch without me!!!!

[PurpleQ]

yes we should! Bring your lit'l tail to Waco one day (cuz I know you have more free time than me) and we will go to lunch. My treat!

[schlohweiss]

I would, I really really would, but some how I suspect that when they get back, look at the milage on the car and realize that I drove to San Antonio, they're going to be a little upset.

[schlohweiss]

Waco, however being closer than Wichita could work