I have so much to say about the past month and I don’t know where to start. I guess the beginning would be the smart way to do it, so here goes.


 Tuesday morning I got turned loose from the Hospital and was back in the Gate House working by about 1pm. The cardiologist just said to do nothing strenuous for a while. I’m pretty sure that a Gate Attendant position qualifies as non strenuous!

The Corps lost their “B” team for the weekend Gate Attendants at McCown Valley Park, which is just on the other side of Whitney Lake from where we are here at Cedron Creek. They quit after only one day on the job. Here-say has it that their excuse was that it wouldn’t allow enough time for traveling with their friends, or something to that effect. We were asked if we could fill in at the end of April as the “A” team over there would work 7 days a week but only until April 30th. That means we will be working 7 days a week but only until May 31, at which time the Corps temporary funding for us would run out.

As we were dealing with my heart attack, we also were dealing with our Emma's back injury. She evidently had jumped off the bed while we were at work just before I went into the hospital. Sue was trying to Dr. her as best she could, as well as driving to Waco to visit me. Well after administering some Steroid medication and trying to keep her resting comfortably, we still lost her. Her internal organs started shutting down and eventually she passed away on April 27th.

We have worked the past 2 weekends at McCown and other than being super busy compared to here at Cedron, but we handled it with ease. Instead of commuting back and forth we have been moving the motor home over there for the 3 days so we were able to tend to the dogs on a more regular basis and prepare meals much easier.

On Monday, May 13^th we found out that a couple, we met this past winter, are taking over the weekend duties at McCown as of the first of June. They worked that same park during the past 2 winters so they will have no learning curve to go through. Even though the extra money is nice, we are glad that we won’t have to work 7 days a week all summer. We still might help occasionally at the McCown Day-Use Gate House if they don’t find anyone to work it. (17 days and counting)