Oh yes, I do have it! Always have. My parents have it too. He mentioned it last visit cause it fluctuated like 15 points while I was there. Today the nurse took it and it was like 174/75. Talked to the dtr and he then took it. 127/73. Nurse took at end and it was 134/78. It goes all over the place. lol He said since I am really healthy, except for the asthma, we will keep an eye on the bp if it gets worse. At least, no pills for now. Thanks Figgy--me too!!
So sorry, still so far behind...
You're very welcome.
Glad to hear the soon-to-be SIL finally accepted the inevitable. Hopefully, everyone can amicably move on, and the craziness will all fade away.
As always, continued prayers.
I love maps too. I was the designated the map reader for the car. I always liked doing that, and no one else was interested. I used to know every town we drove through to Florida. Now, hubby uses the gps.
maybe if people parented instead of relying on devices for entertainment . Never had any gadgets on long drives/boat journeys when i were a child. we just read books or talked as a family .
I still think the travel ban on these devices to be exaggerated in the family front.. but very understandable on business groups.
Some of the countries mentioned in the ban list are a must-pass to get to business areas. Imagine having no laptop to work while you prepare an urgent presentation...
I would definitively freak out of I had not my laptop (to see movies I want without having to dish money to see it on screen lol) on 5+ hours flights.
Reading was the early I-phone! I remember when we did our first road trip from Vermont to Florida (WDW). My girls were 7 and 9 years old. Both avid readers** so their faces were stuck in books all 1500 miles. This was our first trip into the south and back then there were a lot of things to see. Crop sharers shacks, Tobacco fields and drying barns, live Oaks and Spanish Moss... just generally a lot of different terrains and buildings.
I'd point something out and they would pause briefly to look up and within 2 seconds were back to reading. I think reading is great, but, there are also other things to actually see and not just read about.
I have to stifle myself when I read posts where people ask, "what things do you bring to keep the kids amused while in a queue line?" We talked to each other, pointed out things of interest and, with a little pride, taught them patience and the ability to get lost in their own thoughts. Never had a single complaint from them unless there was, back to the hotel, pool time pending. I really believe that they would have traded every moment at WDW for an hour in the pool. And the weird thing was we had a 24 foot above ground pool at home. Go figure. My grandchildren spend most of their waking hours with their noses buried in their electronic device. (Even the 5 year old. She could find and startup her own Netflix programs at age 3.)
**They loved Dave Barry and would read his stuff, out loud, to each other, and of course, by default all of us. Sort of an early "Books on Tape" situation. One of us, I think it was one of them, on later WDW road trips, had the forethought to bring the question cards from the original "Trivial Pursuit" game. That gave all of us something to occupy our minds on those long stretches of travel.
Sorry to hear that. We all do quite a bit of reading in the car, except when driving, that would not be good. Now they need to perfect a self driving car
Thanks to the new avatars from @Mr Ferret 88 and @MOXOMUMD , I looked up what was going on in London today and read the news. (I was at work all day and focused on my job--I hadn't heard any news at all.) It wasn't until about 15 minutes ago when I saw your avatars, that I checked the online national news. Tragic.
Reading in a moving vehicle never bothered me. I had an hour bus ride home from school and I would work on homework or read. Most of the time I skipped the homework and read my book. I would do a lot of reading on family road trips as well. We would play some games too. I also liked the books with the magic pen that I would get at the Cracker Barrel, those were a hoot. Does anyone remember those?
Hopefully your lungs will be better soon xoxo
. Never had any gadgets on long drives/boat journeys when i were a child. we just read books or talked as a family 
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) a lot less yucky than having the goose poop on you...! 
