" TWENTY THREE HUNDRED, AND NINETY NINE DOLLARS "

THAT IS HOW MIKE NOW PROCESSES $23.99.  HE JUST FINISH READING THAT IN THE PAPER THIS MORNING FROM AN AD THAT WAS FOR VITAMINS!!  THEN WHEN HE WAS TELLING ME HOW MUCH THE DENTIST BILL WAS GOING TO COST HIM,  HE SAID THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, INSTEAD OF $3,500.  FOR SOME REASON, HIS MIND IS NOW READING NUMBERS DIFFERENTLY THEN THEY ARE, AND HE SEEMS TO BE DOING THIS ON A REGULAR BASIS.  IF HE READS HOW MUCH SOMETHING IS IN THE NEWS PAPER IT ALWAYS COMES OUT WRONG LATELY. SOMETIMES HE WILL ASK HOW MUCH A HOUSE COST OR HOW MUCH WE PAID FOR OUR HOUSE, AND WHEN I TELL HIM (AS AN EXAMPLE) WE PAID 98 FOR IT, HE WILL SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT WAS A GOOD BUY!  HE THINKS I AM SAYING WE PAID ONLY $98. FOR OUR HOME.  I HAVE TO BE VERY SPECIFIC WITH MIKE WHEN EVER I AM TALKING ABOUT MONEY.   HE ALSO IS TALKING A LOT MORE TO THE DOGS THESE DAYS.  SOMETIMES WITH HIS HANDS. THE OTHER DAY HE WAS TRYING TO GET PRISKA (SHE'S A BIT OVER WEIGHT AND ALSO A LITTLE LAZY) TO GO FOR A WALK WITH HIM AND PRESLEY.  I AM WATCHING HIM FROM THE LIVING ROOM, AND HE IS SAYING IN SUCH A PERSUASIVE WAY "PRISKA ,  COME  ON, LET'S GO FOR A WALKIE WITH DADDY AND PRESLEY". THEN HE STARTS  MAKING MOTIONS WITH HIS HANDS TO DEMONSTRATE TO HER  WHAT A WALK IS-WHICH IS HILARIOUS !!  IT LOOKS MORE LIKE HE IS SWIMMING THAN HE IS WALKING.   LIFE IS NEW AND DIFFERENT EVERY DAY-I NEVER KNOW WHAT NEW CHANGES I WILL SEE OR WHAT OLD PART OF HIM WILL BE GONE.  THIS ALZHEIMER'S IS TRULY A STRANGE AND CRUEL DISEASE.  I JUST TRY AND CHERISH EACH DAY, BE GRATEFUL FOR ALL THAT HE IS STILL ABLE TO DO AND REMEMBER, AND KEEP PRAYING THAT THEY WILL SOON FIND A CURE.  HOPE YOUR DAY WILL BE MEMORABLE-JUST ME