Cindy's Job At The Birch Street Nursing Home

I was excited to get back to work on the robot seeing eye dog, so I arrived at the Birch Street Nursing Home a little early today. I immediately went down to my basement laboratory, and carefully took out the robot dog, which so far was just a battery and motor. Last week I had wrapped those parts in Mrs. Chang's old sweater to keep them safe. I started today by removing all the other spare robot maid parts that Grandmother had given me and organizing them on my workbench. Once I had separated all the parts into groups, I realized there were many components I would need to get. I decided to take a trip to the hardware store, and figured on the way out I could check on the patients. They were all standing at the door, looking outside through the window. When I asked them what they were looking at, the patients were startled. They said they were looking for me, and thought I'd been hit by a car. Mrs. Lieberman announced that since I had not been hit by car, they could start the poker game. I felt bad, so I played a few hands before telling the patients I had to run an errand. I promised them I would be careful and I wouldn't be gone long. On my way back, I picked up a box of doughnuts to share with them. 

Cindy's Job At The Birch Street Nursing Home

Today at the Birch Street Nursing Home, I spent most of the morning working on the robot seeing dog for Mr. Pearlman. In the box of parts that Grandmother had donated to this project, there was a motor and a battery. I began there, connecting the two with a portion of the heap of wires Grandmother had also included. I was so excited when the motor began to hum, and I wanted to continue working. But right then the patients started calling for me. It sounded like an emergency, but it was an argument over the poker game. Both Mrs. Kunkle and Mrs. Macmillan had ten-high straights, and Mrs. Macmillan was arguing that because her ten was a spade and Mrs. Kunkle's was a heart, that she was the winner. Mrs. Lieberman normally rules on these disputes, but apparently she had been in the bathroom for more than twenty minutes and the other patients were eager to get on with the game. So it was left to me to rule that Mrs. Kunkle and Mrs. Macmillan had to split the pot evenly. 

Edward's Ice Cream Truck Adventures

The special I've been running has been a hit with the kids, and because of the heat wave in most parts of the country, I've decided to extend the special through July. For each ice cream a child purchases, he receives a big squirt of sunblock, which I spread on all his vulnerable areas for him. I've been purchasing sunblock by the gallon, and have already gone through four containers in my efforts to protect the children.

Cindy's Job At The Birch Street Nursing Home

This morning I took components for the robot seeing eye dog to my laboratory in the basement of the Birch Street Nursing Home. Last night after I showed Grandmother my blueprints for the dog, which she applauded, she let me have some of the leftover parts from her robot maid. Today I left the patients to their poker game and began sorting through the materials. I quickly realized I had enough parts to get started on a certain section of the robot dog. I wanted to tell Mr. Pearlman, but decided to wait until the dog is completed and let it be a surprise.

Spread The Word

Help spread the word, Kiddies! If you are ever interviewed on a live news program because your neighbors committed a heinous crime, rather than offering the usual drivel about how they seemed like nice people, look straight into the camera and tell the viewers to follow Grandmother's Fanny Game.

Cindy's Job At The Birch Street Nursing Home

I took a break today from the poker game at the Birch Street Nursing Home to go down to my basement laboratory and begin drawing up plans for Mr. Pearlman's robot seeing eye dog. While I was working, I suddenly remembered it was the 4th of July. But since none of the patients seemed to remember, I decided to keep quiet about it.