March Update from Kansas

Well, it's been 4 weeks since my prostrate surgery and still having some problems. I hope to get it resolved this week when I have my next doctors appointment. This could possibly slow down my departure date (4-18) to Tanzania by a few weeks. Wish me luck.
The weather has been pretty cool all month (40's) and really felt cold during the 2 hr St Pat's Parade this week. Wow. It was an impressive parade. I had no idea how many Irish decendants (clubs) and supporters there are in this city (KC). And I could not believe the skimpy outfits that some of the high school bands and dance teams were wearing for this weather. But they were good and seemed to be enjoying themselves just like the crowd, who was dressed much warmer, but just as silly looking.
By Friday (2 days later) it was up to 68F and sunny and everyone was glad to see that Spring was just a day away. Then the front came thru and by 5 pm it was raining and down to 38F. The next morning we had 6 inches of snow on the ground. Today (Sun.) we have 2 more inches but the temp is coming back up. I'm getting a lot of use out of my new snow shovel and lots of help from my brother-in-law. Sure is different than Texas or TZ, but enjoying the change. We took my sisters grandchildren (5 and 7 yr) sledding and they had a ball. So did we.
I really enjoyed the NCAA basketball this week, with the victory of K State over a good BYU team. That puts them in the sweet 16 in Houston next week. There are lots of happy fans here, but even more very sad KU fans, since they were upset last night by a very good Northern Iowa team. They sure had a great season and great team (beat K Sate 3 times).
I got the first half of my used laptop order this week (15 of 30) so I'll be busy checking them all out before I start shipping them to TZ. The prices were higher than last year but still reasonable and still climbing. I hope they all make it undamaged to TZ. Between damages and theft this could be an expensive project. Wish me luck. I hope the insurance works. I'm loading AVG anti-virus, Skype and Mozilla on all of them, checking the wifi, battery life and key functions, etc.