" SLEEPING MORE IN THE DAY TIME-LESS AT NIGHT "

MIKE SEEMS TO FALL ASLEEP EVERY TIME HE SITS DOWN IN HIS RECLINER THESE DAYS.  HE SLEEPS UNTIL HIS SNORING WAKES HIM UP, THEN HE ASKS A WEIRD QUESTION (LIKE MAYBE SOMETHING HE WAS DREAMING ABOUT), AND THEN IT'S RIGHT BACK TO SLEEP.  HE IS ALSO HAVING MORE AND MORE TROUBLE RECALLING SIMPLE WORDS NOW.  HE WILL POINT TO THINGS OR TRY TO DESCRIBE IT WITH HIS HANDS.  HE MAKES A BOX LIKE MOTION WITH HIS HANDS, AND I NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HE WANTS.  I ALWAYS DID LIKE CHARADE'S, BUT THIS IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT, AND NOT AS MUCH FUN.  OTHER WISE, MIKE SEEMS TO BE DOING WELL. HE EATS LIKE A HORSE, SO HIS APPETITE IS VERY GOOD, AND HE STILL ENJOYS PLAYING BACKGAMMON EVERY DAY, AND OF COURSE WORKING IN THE YARD.  I HAD BEEN PAYING THE BOY NEXT DOOR TO CUT JUST THE BACK YARD, AS I FELT (AND STILL FEEL) LIKE OUR YARD IS JUST TO BIG FOR HIM TO KEEP CUTTING ALL BY HIMSELF.  HOWEVER, YESTERDAY HE INSISTED THAT HE WAS GOING TO CUT THE BACK YARD AGAIN, AND I AM NOT TO PAY $20. ANY MORE TO GET THAT DONE.  WE SHALL SEE.  WHEN THE GRASS GETS TO BE KNEE HIGH AGAIN, I WILL HAVE TO GET SOMEONE TO CUT IT.  HE STILL THINKS HE CAN DO IT ALL, BUT THE TRUTH IS, HE IS GETTING VERY TIRED AFTER ONLY AN HOUR OR TWO OUTSIDE.   IN DAYS GONE BY, HE COULD EASILY SPEND 4 OR 5 HOURS IN THE MORNING, AND THEN GO BACK OUT AGAIN AFTER LUNCH, AND DO ANOTHER 4 OR 5 HOURS.  HE IS MOVING MUCH SLOWER THESE DAYS, NOT SURE IF PART OF THAT IS HIS KNEE PROBLEM, BUT GUESS WE WILL FIND OUT ON WEDS. WHEN HE GOES TO THE ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALIST.  LAST NIGHT MIKE WAS SOUND ASLEEP IN HIS CHAIR UNTIL 2:30am WHEN I GOT UP AND MADE HIM COME TO BED.  I HEARD THE TV GOING SO I THOUGHT MAYBE HE WAS WATCHING BASKETBALL OR ANOTHER SHOW, BUT NO, HE WAS IN LA LA LAND.  I GOT HIM IN BED, AND THEN FELL BACK TO SLEEP.  I AM TIRED, BUT UP EARLY, AS THE DOGS ARE RELENTLESS WHEN THEY WANT THEIR BREAKFAST!!  MAKE YOUR DAY IS A HAPPY ONE-AND I WILL TRY AND DO THE SAME.  JUST ME