August 18, 2015, Tuesday

We were up early and arrived at the VA in Denver about

8:05.  The traffic was terrible!!  It usually takes us 45

minutes to get there, or less.  But it took more than an

hour this time.  I dropped Robert at the front door and

went to the parking garage.  I had my handy handi-

cap placard, but I didn't use it.  I found a spot on the

2nd floor and that was fine.

I met Robert and we went to the cafeteria for 

breakfast.  We had cheese omelets which were

good and Robert had a scoop of hash, too. We

shared a bottle of juice.  I forgot to get coffee,

but don't miss it when I do.  I guess I could

just stop drinking it, but I would miss it.

Robert is still doing fine!!!! His blood counts are

okay and he feels fine.  He certainly has more 

energy than I, but that was the way it was most

of our life together.

Yesterday we went to the Justice Center to 

watch court proceedings.  Our friend Pete had

an injunction taken against him which forbid

him from getting to Marti's house except from

the back way.  Actually, the thing was

ridiculous because, if enforced, he wouldn't even

be able to drive on Gold Run Road.  It was an 

interesting afternoon.  Bradley Mitchell brought

the injunction and Pete is trying to have it removed.

Bradley had only 3 witnesses for him and one of

them obviously didn't want to be there.  He had been

subpoenaed.  Pete had about ten witnesses and would

have had four more except that one other couple,

besides us, was out of town when the proceedings

started.  We would have gladly spoken for Peter.

The whole thing really got tense back in, I think,

February.  We all went to a Town Meeting to

listen to the County's plan for Salina.  We still

owned our house there although we were not

living in it.  In the middle of the meeting Pete

asked a question of the county as to why so

many yards of dirt had been dumped at Brad's

rental house.  At that, Brad in a very nasty tone,

said, "He's just jealous because I bought the

little house before he had a chance to do it."

And as he said that he jumped up and headed

for Pete.  I didn't see what happened next, but

apparently Bradly pushed Pete and Pete pushed

back and by the time I turned around they 

were at it tooth and nail.  They ended up

rolling around on the floor; Bradley's head

smashed the window at some point (I didn't

see that, either).  Eric broke the choke hold that 

Pete had on Brad and someone pulled them apart.

I said to Robert, Please get me out of here.

And so we escaped and didn't see the end of

the whole thing.

In any case, feelings have been strained since

then.  Bradley's injunction which he knew if

he got it through would make it impossible

for Pete to drive to Marti's.  

Thursday, the 20th, we go back again to see

the rest of the story and hope Bradley loses.

Robert and I walk, most days, before breakfast.

We do the Brockway Loop which is the road

through the neighboring little community. The

loop we take is just a mile long which at this

point seems to be perfect.