244 years ago our Country celebrated its independence for the first time. Wonder what our founding fathers would think of us if they were here today. I think they’d be disappointed yet still hopeful. In a way there’s a battle going on right now but not the one you think. It’s not the BLM or protestors fighting the establishment, it’s the rest of us, the silent majority, that is disgusted with what’s going on and about to come out of the shadows. Americans overwhelmingly do not want statues and history destroyed, we don’t want to defund the police and we certainly don’t want to live in fear and beat the hell out of each other for no clear reason at all. We will prevail.
Today we’re going to our 4th of July bbq at James’s house. He volunteered to host so that’s where we’ll be. It’ll be us, Marty and Melanie, their son Max and Marty’s nephew, who is now living with them as his sister is headed to rehab, and James. We have so much food we could feed twice as many. The town and valley is packed. The private jet parking lot at the airport is full. I’m sure most are from Texas. Our builders wife who runs the ski patrol at Beaver Creek said the other day that they had 750 mountain bikers an hour using the chair lifts compared to a normal number of 350 people. For this weekend masks are required everywhere which is probably smart. I know half of Denver came up here too as when I drove up Thursday morning the roads were already packed. So we’re staying away from the crowds until things wind down and everyone goes home.
The house is coming along. Next week and for about the next 10 days lots of stuff is getting delivered. I think we have all the necessary things we need to move in (beds, essential furniture, tv’s, mattresses, our new couch and bar stools, etc.) except for rugs and window shades. The days of putting blinds on every single window are gone. You do the bedrooms and maybe the main room and that’s it. You also use coverings like Roman Shades instead of the old fashioned blinds. They’ll take about a month once we order them on Monday. Who knew rugs were so expensive. We’re buying synthetic ones rather than handmade wool as those run about $5000 and up! We’re super excited to get in and get the townhome cleaned out. We’re also excited to host you all and you can start putting in your request for reservations now! Lori is already visualizing how she’s going to decorate for Thanksgiving and Christmas!
Speaking of Lori, she applied for the Director of Clinic Operations for Vail Summit Orthopedics yesterday. The only problem is it’s based in Frisco which is about an hour drive from our new house. It will pay handsomely though and while she’d be in charge of 15 to 20 people, she can handle it. We’ll see though as I’m sure people from all over the Country with impressive resumes will be applying. Anyhow the point is she’s moving forward. It’s like a huge weight has been lifted off her shoulders. She too feels like she is now free from the bullshit at the clinic which basically started after the buyout in November but ramped up with Covid. As Mom used to say, everything happens for a reason.
The boys are well. Jag might invite Lexi to come with us today. She’s fine as her family has been in virtual lockdown as her mom had breast cancer and I think her dad was sick a few months ago. I think we’ll go to the gym as we had to leave early yesterday so Lori could do another virtual blind appointment down at the house. I’m ready to give up food and fast for a week but that’ll have to wait for another day. That’s it, Happy 4th of July! Take a moment and remember what the day means to you. Try to put yourself in our founders shoes 244 years ago today. That’ll give you some perspective. God Bless you all and God Bless America.