GOING TO BED EARLIER AND EARLIER

LAST NIGHT, MIKE WAS IN BED BEFORE 6:30pm!!!  HE IS SLEEPING MORE AND MORE, AND HAVING MORE AND MORE TROUBLE WALKING.  HE IS NOW USING A CANE UNTIL THE WHEELCHAIR COMES.  HE IS ONLY COMPLAINING ABOUT HIS KNEES, FOR WHICH I AM TRULY GRATEFUL.  HE CONTINUES TO WANT TO GO TO THE MEETING WITH ME, BUT I CAN SEE HOW MUCH HARDER IT IS FOR HIM.  THE BROTHERS ARE SO KIND, IF HE IS IN THERE FOR VERY LONG-THEY WILL GO IN AND CHECK ON HIM FOR ME.  SUNDAY IT WAS KIND OF FUNNY.  HE WAS IN THE BATH ROOM FOR QUITE A WHILE, AND SO KEN R. WENT IN TO CHECK ON HIM, AND IT WAS PITCH BLACK IN THERE. THE TIMER HAD BEEN LEFT ON, AND THE LIGHTS WERE OUT.  KEN TURNED THEM BACK ON, AND SOON AFTER WARDS MIKE CAME OUT.  THE FIRST THING HE SAID TO ME WAS "SOMEBODY TURNED OUT THE LIGHTS"!!!  I EXPLAINED TO HIM WHAT HAD HAPPENED, AND OF COURSE HE WAS OK WITH IT. I THOUGHT MIKE WOULD WANT TO WATCH FOOTBALL, SO I WENT INTO MY ROOM AND WAS WATCHING SOME PRERECORDED SHOWS.  WHEN I GOT UP TO CHECK ON HIM, HE WAS NO WHERE IN THE HOUSE. I LOOKED IN THE BACK YARD FIRST, AND HE WAS JUST SITTING ON THE BACK PORCH-PRESLEY (OUR MALE DOG) BY HIS SIDE.  IT MADE ME SO SAD, AS I COULD JUST IMAGINE WHAT HE WAS THINKING "BOY WOULD I LOVE TO BE PULLING SOME WEEDS RIGHT NOW"!!  I'VE NEVER KNOW ANY ONE WHO ENJOYED DOING THAT MORE THAN MIKE.  WELL, THAT'S ABOUT IT FOR TODAY-I'M STILL COUNTING MY BLESSINGS, AND MY GLASS IS STILL HALF FULL.  HOPE YOUR DAY WILL BE JOYOUS!  JUST ME