Well, we got out of Chetek ahead of the snow on Wednesday. When I say “we” I’m referring to Chris Miller and me (the two Chris’ that run the Center – weird, I know!).  We had rain for a lot of the trip, but no snow. We actually made it all the way over to Appleton is just about what the Mapquest and Magellan had said – less than 4 hours. Yak, yak, yak all the way, so the trip went fast.

When Dad checked in with us on Thursday, there was 12 inches of snow in Rice Lake and still more falling. Everything was closed. We, however, awoke to a sunny, relatively mild day, but spent it all in rooms with no windows. We did walk down the street (we were in the heart of the city) around 6:30  for pizza and got rained on coming back. This morning the weather said there was more snow up our way. We drove home in the afternoon in rain all the way and began seeing snow along the road just west of Abbotsford. There is quite a lot here in Chetek. Even with the rain, there is probably close to a foot of really wet snow left.

And, of course, the ice isn’t out and tomorrow is Wisconsin’s fishing opener!  Ice fishing, anyone?

The conference was great. I got some new ideas and was inspired to start working on the dementia issue. I always hear what a problem it is becoming and didn’t know what I could do. But a speaker shared with us what they do in England, and it is so different than what we do. There are things in the community for people with dementia and people in businesses get trained to be able to serve people with dementia. People aren’t just kept home like they are here.  He was a very motivating speaker, who just “happened” to choose the seat right next to me to eat his lunch. Hmmmm….. I think maybe I’m supposed to pursue this. Like maybe even get a masters degree in gerontology, something I’d considered doing years ago, but sort of forgot about until today. I’m just thinking about it right now, so don’t worry that I’m jumping off the deep end! Again.