"WHAT KIND OF ACCOMODATIONS DID YOU GET FOR US?"

HAVING ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHAT IN THE WORLD MIKE IS TALKING ABOUT, I ASKED HIM "WHAT ACCOMMODATIONS DO YOU MEAN HONEY"?  MIKE SAYS "YOU KNOW, HOUSE, HOTEL"?  I'M WONDERING WHAT IS HE THINKING ABOUT, SO I JUST SAID "YES, WE HAVE WONDERFUL ACCOMMODATIONS AND THERE RIGHT ON THE BEACH".  THAT SEEMED TO WORK, AS HE DRIFTED OFF TO SLEEP.  I ALMOST LOOK FORWARD TO NIGHT TIME THESE DAYS, AS I NEVER KNOW WHAT MIKE WILL COME UP WITH, AND SOME OF IT IS SO VERY  FUNNY, AND YET MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL. LIKE YESTERDAY SAYING WE WOULD THROW SNOW BALLS AT EACH OTHER (IN FL.).  WELL, NEEDLESS TO SAY, MIKE IS STILL IN BED SLEEPING.  I GOT UP EARLY TO LET THE DOGS OUT, AND FED THEM.  GOOD THING WE HAVE THOSE LITTLE GUYS, AS I THINK THEY KEEP ME SANE (WELL SORT OF).  MIKE HAD A GOOD EATING DAY YESTERDAY, SO I AM VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.  HE HAD A NICE BOWL OF CEREAL WITH A BANANA FOR BREAKFAST, THEN MY SISTER VICKIE GOT HIM A HAMBURGER AND FRIES FOR LUNCH (SHE WATCHED HIM WHILE I WENT FOR MY CHEST EX-RAY).  THEN LAST NIGHT, I MADE MIKE A THICK PORK CHOP WHICH HE ATE MOST OF, A LITTLE YELLOW RICE, SOME TOMATOES (FROM MY GARDEN), AND ONE DEVILED EGG.  THAT IS A LOT BETTER THAN THE NIGHT BEFORE, SO I WAS THRILLED.  TODAY WE WILL GO FOR A LITTLE TRIP WITH MY SISTER TO THE LAKESIDE WINERY.  SHE HAS A BUY ONE BOX GET ONE FREE, SO NOW IS THE BEST TIME TO GO.  THEN WE WILL HAVE LUNCH OUT, AND IF MIKE IS STILL UP TO IT, TAKE IN AN EARLY MATINEE.  THE WEATHER LOOKS GOOD, AND WE COULD ALL USE SOME FRESH AIR, AND A "FUN DAY" AS MIKE HAS CALLED IT.  WELL, THAT'S IT FROM ME FOR NOW-HOPE YOUR DAY WILL ALSO BE A "FUN DAY"-TILL TOMORROW-JUST ME

"THEN WE'LL THROW SNOW BALLS AT EACH OTHER"!

MIKE WAS SAYING ALL SORTS OF THINGS LAST NIGHT AGAIN.  HE MUMBLED SOMETHING REALLY FAST, AND THEN SAID "IS THAT OK WITH YOU" CLEAR AS A BELL.  HE ASKED AGAIN IF THAT WAS OK WITH ME, SO I JUST SAID UN HUH SO I COULD GO TO SLEEP.  I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I AGREED TO, BUT HE SAID "OK WE'LL DO IT" AFTER WARDS, SO I SURE AM HOPING IT'S NOT SKY DIVING OR ANY THING CRAZY LIKE THAT.  HE HAD SAID HE WANTED TO HAVE A FUN DAY, AND ASKED ME WHAT WOULD I LIKE TO DO.  MY ANSWER IS USUALLY GO TO THE BEACH, AS I KNOW HE HAS ALWAYS LIKED THAT.  ANY HOW, I THINK WE BOTH SLEPT PRETTY GOOD LAST NIGHT, AND NO EARLY BIRD DOOR BELL RINGERS LIKE YESTERDAY.  WE HAVE A SWEET NEIGHBOR WHO DECIDED TO BRING US SOME FOOD AT 7AM.  THEN HE BROUGHT MORE FOOD OVER AT 7:30AM JUST AS I WAS DOZING OFF AGAIN.  OH WELL, I KNOW HE MEANT WELL, AND THE FOOD WAS MUCH APPRECIATED.  MIKE DID NOT EAT MUCH AT ALL YESTERDAY.  HE ATE A NICE BREAKFAST SANDWICH (THANKS TO OUR NEIGHBOR), O.J., AND COFFEE.  THAT WAS IT UNTIL DINNER, AND HE ONLY HAD A SMALL PIECE OF FISH TWO OR THREE BITES OF RICE WITH VEGETABLES MIXED IN, AND SOME STRAWBERRIES.  HE DID NOT EAT ANY LUNCH YESTERDAY, BUT DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY HE DID EAT PRETTY GOOD, SO I AM NOT OVERLY WORRIED.  MIKE IS STILL RESTING IN BED-I GET UP EARLY TO LET THE DOGS OUT AND FEED THEM.  THEN I POST ON MY BLOG, HAVE SOME YUMMY CAFE' CON LECHE' (CUBAN COFFEE), AND MAKE MY PLAN FOR THE DAY.  TODAY I WILL HAVE TO HAVE A CHEST EX RAY, BUT HOPEFULLY THAT WILL TURN OUT OK.  ALL THE MEDS. THE DR. PUT ME ON SEEM TO BE HELPING-THAT'S A GOOD THING.  I THINK I KINDA LOST TRACK OF TIME THIS PAST WEEK-IN CASE ANY OF YOU NOTICED, I WROTE MY VERY FIRST SAT. BLOG BEFORE I EVEN REMEMBERED THAT IT WAS SAT.!!  OH WELL, I AM BOUND TO LOSE IT EVERY NOW AND THEN, BUT I'M SURE WITH GOD'S HELP AND THE PRAYERS OF ALL MY DEAR FRIENDS (AND PILLS-OF COURSE I AM TAKING THEM!!) I WILL GET PAST THIS AND THEN I CAN HAVE THE RESURRECTION TO LOOK FORWARD TO.  THAT'S IT FOR TODAY-LOVE WELL, PRAY OFTEN-TILL TOMORROW-JUST ME

TODAY IS SAT. AND I AM UP BY 8:30 A.M.

YESTERDAY WAS NOT A VERY GOOD DAY FOR MIKE.  WHEN I LEFT TO GO TO MY DR.'S APPOINTMENT, FONDA WAS WITH HIM, AND SAID HE BROKE DOWN AND WAS CRYING FOR NO REASON.  I KNOW THAT MUST HAVE BEEN VERY HARD FOR HER, AS SHE LOVES HER DAD VERY MUCH.  THE DR. GAVE ME A BUNCH OF NEW MEDS. INCLUDING SOMETHING MORE FOR MY NERVES, AS I TOO BROKE DOWN IN THE DR.'S OFFICE.  THERE IS NO TIME FOR ME TO SHOW ANY SADNESS AROUND HERE, AND ALL IT TOOK WAS A QUESTION ABOUT MIKE, AND THE TEARS BEGAN TO FLOW.  I GUESS MY EMOTIONS ARE PRETTY HIGH RIGHT NOW, I AM HOPING THAT THE NEW MED. MY DR. GAVE ME YESTERDAY WILL HELP WITH THAT. ANY HOW, WE WENT TO MY SISTER VICKIE'S YESTERDAY AND HAD SOME DINNER THERE.  SHE MADE A PORK ROAST IN THE CROCK POT WITH SOME B,B,Q, SAUCE, THAT WAS VERY YUMMY.  WE WATCHED MORE OF THE "I LOVE LUCY" TAPES THAT SHE HAS, AND WE ALL HAD A FEW GOOD LAUGHS.  ONCE WE GOT HOME, I PUT THE MAGIC ON FOR MIKE, AS HE HAS ALWAYS LIKED BASKETBALL.  WHEN HE CAME TO BED JUST AN HOUR OR SO LATER, I SAID "IS THE GAME OVER ALREADY"? AND MIKE SAID "WHAT GAME-I WASN'T WATCHING ANY GAME".  I HAVE NO IDEA WHY HE WOULD CHANGE THE CHANNEL, EXCEPT THAT SOMETIMES WHEN A COMMERCIAL COMES ON HE THINKS THE SHOW IS OVER OR MOVED TO ANOTHER CHANNEL, SO HE STARTS CHANGING CHANNELS TRYING TO FIND IT.  ANY HOW I PUT IT ON WHEN HE CAME TO BED, BUT HE DID NOT SEEM TO WANT TO WATCH IT.  HE WAS MUMBLING ABOUT GAS AND HOW MUCH DID WE HAVE.  HE COUNTED FROM ONE TO 11, AND THEN SAID SOMETHING LIKE "WILL YOU GIVE ME WHAT YOU HAVE"? TO WHICH I SAID "YES".  THEN HE MUMBLED MORE STUFF I COULD NOT MAKE OUT AND WOULD SAY "IS THAT RIGHT"? SO I WOULD JUST SAY "I THINK SO HONEY". TILL HE FINALLY FEEL ASLEEP.  HE ALWAYS LOVED TO TALK WHEN WE WERE IN BED OR DRIVING IN THE CAR.  I COULD LISTEN TO HIS VOICE FOR HOURS.  HE IS STILL SLEEPING RIGHT NOW, BUT FELINA SAID SHE WOULD BE OVER THIS AM, SO I NEED TO GET MYSELF DRESSED.  SO,  TILL TOMORROW-UP AND AT EM!!  JUST ME

I FINALLY GOT UP AND FED THE DOGS-AT 10:30AM !!

YES, I AM SUCH A LAZY BONES.  ACTUALLY I JUST LOVE TO CUDDLE UP WITH MIKE IN THE MORNING.  I HAD GOTTEN UP EARLIER TO LET THE DOGS OUT, BUT THEY WERE NICE AND QUIET, NOT BUGGING ME TO FED THEM, SO I JUST LAID BACK DOWN THERE WITH MIKE.   IT WAS SUPPOSE TO BE RAINING THIS AM, BUT SO FAR NO SIGHT NOR SOUNDS OF IT.  MAYBE THE WEATHER MAN GOT IT WRONG-YOU THINK??  I HAVE NO IDEA WHY I AM SO TIRED IN THE MORNINGS.  I COULD HAVE STAYED IN BED WITH MIKE UNTIL NOON!!  MAYBE IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF DEPRESSION-I WILL HAVE TO TALK WITH MY P.C.P. ABOUT IT NEXT TIME I SEE HER.  I STARTED THAT NEW PHYSICIANS WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM YESTERDAY.  I MAINLY GOT IT BECAUSE IT COMES WITH A B-12 SHOT ONCE A WEEK.  I GUESS I AM GRASPING AT STRAWS, BUT I WAS HOPING THAT THE B-12 SHOT WOULD GIVE ME A LITTLE BURST OF ENERGY, AND THAT WOULD SPUR ME ON.  SO FAR NADA, ZIP, ZERO.  IN FACT, I SLEPT LONGER TODAY THAN BEFORE.  MAYBE IT WILL HAVE THE OPPOSITE EFFECT ON ME LIKE SOME OTHER MEDICINES DO.  I REMEMBER WHEN THERE WAS A PRODUCT FROM BEES THAT WAS SUPPOSE TO GIVE YOU ALL THIS ENERGY, SO I BOUGHT IT.  I WAS FALLING ASLEEP EVERY TIME I SAT DOWN!!  THEY SAID THAT MAYBE ONE IN A HUNDRED (OR MAYBE IT WAS A THOUSAND) IT HAS THE OPPOSITE EFFECT ON, AND I WAS THAT ONE.  ANY HOW, MIKE IS UP, I CAN HEAR HIM BRUSHING HIS TEETH.  HE IS SO AMAZING TO ME.  HE CONTINUES TO LOSE WEIGHT-LOOKING SO VERY VERY FRAIL, AND YET HE REMAINS SO PLEASANT TO BE AROUND.  HE REALLY ENJOYS WORKING IN THE YARD STILL EVEN THOUGH IT IS JUST FOR MINUTES AT A TIME NOT HOURS WHICH HE USE TO WORK.  WELL, I NEED TO GET HIS BREAKFAST NOW, SO TILL MONDAY-HAVE A HAPPY SUNNY WEEK END-JUST ME
OOPS!!  I WAS WRONG-IT IS NOW PAST 11:30AM, AND MIKE IS STILL IN BED.  HE LOOKS SO PEACEFUL, I HATE TO WAKE HIM, BUT I MUST.  YESTERDAY, HE ONLY HAD BREAKFAST  AT LUNCH TIME, AND ONLY HAD A FEW BITES OF DINNER.  I AM JUST TRYING TO HOLD IT TOGETHER, BUT IT IS GETTING HARDER EACH AND EVERY DAY THAT PASSES. PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR BOTH OF US.  THANKS!!!

IT TAKES TWO !!

MIKE TOLD MYSELF, AND HIS HOSPICE NURSE THAT HE DID NOT SLEEP WELL NIGHT BEFORE LAST.  HE SAID HE COULD NOT PUT HIS FINGER ON WHY.  SHE ASKED HIM SOME QUESTIONS, BUT HE SAID NO TO ALL OR MOST OF THEM.  SHE THEN CALLED HIS HOSPICE DR. TO LET HIM KNOW ABOUT HIS NOT SLEEPING WELL, BUT ALSO THE CONDITION OF HIS STOMA BAG.  SHE SAID IT HAS BLOOD IN IT, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER STUFF FLOATING AROUND.  I TOLD HER I KNEW THAT AND THAT HE HAD JUST GOTTEN OFF ANTIBIOTICS FOR A DIFFERENT PROBLEM, BUT THAT COULD BE A RESULT.  SHE STILL CALLED THE DR. AND HE WANTED MIKE TO GO BACK ON SOME ANTIBIOTIC ESPECIALLY FOR THAT PROBLEM.  ALSO THE DR. UPPED HIS ONE SLEEPING PILL A NIGHT TO TWO.  THEY ARE VERY LOW DOSAGE, SO HE THINKS THAT THE TWO WILL DO THE TRICK. MIKE TOOK HIS FIRST ANTIBIOTIC PILL  WITH LAST NIGHTS DINNER.  WE GOT A CALL FROM OUT SON, WHICH MADE US BOTH VERY HAPPY.  IT SEEMS THAT OUR YOUNGEST GRAND DAUGHTER AUTUMN,  MANAGED TO BUST HER HEAD WHILE THEY WERE ON VACATION AND HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE E.R..  I TRULY FEEL BADLY FOR BOTH  MIKE JR. & LAURA HIS WIFE, AS I KNOW FIRST HAND WHAT IT IS LIKE TO HAVE A CHILD WHO IS FEARLESS AND A CLIMBER TO BOOT!!  BOTH GIRLS ARE AS CUTE AS CAN BE, AND LILLY (THE OLDEST) TOOK SKIING LESSONS AND LOVED IT. WHO IN THE WORLD EVER THOUGHT A FOUR YEAR OLD WOULD LOVE SKIING?  I WOULD BE SCARED OUT OF MY WITS, AND I MEAN NOW AT MY AGE!!  KIDS THESE DAYS ARE PRETTY AMAZING!!  WELL, I HAVE A DR.'S APPOINTMENT THIS AM, AND I HAVE A HOSPICE VOLUNTEER COMING TO SIT WITH MIKE WHILE I AM AWAY.  I AM TRULY SO APPRECIATIVE TO HAVE SOME ONE TO LEAVE HIM WITH, SO I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HIM TILL I GET BACK HOME. MIKE IS STILL IN BED SLEEPING, AND IF HE DOES WHAT HE DID YESTERDAY-HE WILL STILL BE IN BED TILL I GET BACK HOME.  HOPE LIFE IS GOOD AT YOUR HOME -TILL TOMORROW-JUST ME

" IS HE WRITING A BOOK"?

THAT WAS THE FIRST OF A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FROM MIKE THAT HAD ME SAYING WHO?  THE QUESTION THAT SEEMED SO STRANGE TO ME WAS "DOES HE GO TO CHURCH"?  I KEPT ASKING WHO?  HE DID NOT TELL ME, SO I STILL DON'T KNOW WHO HE WAS DREAMING ABOUT.  USUALLY WHEN HE SPEAKS OF A GUY-HE IS THINKING OF OUR SON, AND I THINK THAT IS WHO HE WAS DREAMING ABOUT WHEN HE SAID THE THOSE THINGS LAST NIGHT.  WE WERE TAKING ABOUT MIKE JR. BEFORE HE WENT TO SLEEP, SO THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE I GUESS.  ANY HOW, MIKE IS STILL SLEEPING RIGHT NOW.  HE HAS BEEN SLEEPING TILL AT LEAST NOON, AND THEN I USUALLY HAVE TO WAKE HIM UP.  THERE IS SOMETHING NEW GOING ON WITH HIS URINE, AND IT HAS ME VERY WORRIED.  THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF BLOOD IN IT.  THERE IS ALSO SOME OTHER STUFF, BUT IT'S THE BLOOD THAT MOSTLY HAS ME  WORRIED.   HE IS DOING PRETTY GOOD OTHER WISE.  HE ATE PRETTY GOOD YESTERDAY, BUT IS STILL EATING AND DRINKING FAR LESS THAN HE USE TO.  I USE TO BE ABLE TO GET HIM TO HAVE A KLONDIKE EVERY NIGHT BEFORE GOING TO BED, BUT NOW HE NEVER SEEMS TO WANT ONE.  I ALSO BOUGHT HIM SOME CINNAMON BUNS WHICH HE NORMALLY LOVES, AND WOULD FINISH OFF THE ENTIRE BOX IN JUST ONE OR TWO DAYS.  NOW THE BOX IS ALMOST FULL, AND EVEN WHEN I OFFER TO HEAT ONE UP FOR HIM-HE DOES NOT SEEM INTERESTED.  HE WILL JUST SAY "MAYBE LATER-I'M FULL RIGHT NOW".  I KNOW THIS IS BOUND TO HAPPEN, AS I HAVE BEEN FOREWARNED, BUT IT SADDENS ME SO MUCH TO SEE HOW FRAIL AND THIN HE IS GETTING.  TODAY WE WILL GO TO COSTCO WITH MY SISTER VICKIE, AND LET HIM WALK AROUND A BIT IN THERE.  YESTERDAY WE TOOK HIM FOR A WALK AROUND THE BLOCK, AND YOU COULD SEE THAT HE WAS HAVING A HARD TIME, BUT HE WANTED TO KEEP GOING.  TODAY HIS NURSE PEGGY FROM HOSPICE WILL BE HERE, AND WE WILL SEE WHAT SHE HAS TO SAY-IF ANY THING.  I HATE FOR HIM TO GET UP ON THE SCALE!! WELL, I NEED TO GET DRESSED AND FINISH MY COFFEE, SO TILL TOMORROW-TREASURE YOUR HEALTH-JUST ME

"DID YOU KNOW THAT PUBLIX IS HAVING AN AUCTION"?

MIKE  WAS READING FROM THE NEWS PAPER ABOUT THIS AUCTION IN TITUSVILLE.  HE ASKED ME IF I LIKED TITUSVILLE, AND I SAID I DON'T KNOW-WHY?  MIKE SAID THAT IT HAS A BEACH, AND WE LIKE BEACHES.  I'M LIKE OK, WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT?  HE AGAIN STARTS READING FROM THE NEWS PAPER, AND SAYS THAT PUBLIX IS HAVING AN AUCTION IN TITUSVILLE, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WILL BE A GOOD ONE.  I TAKE THE PAPER AWAY FROM MIKE TO SEE WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT AND I COULD NOT HELP BUT GIGGLE INSIDE.  IT WAS NOT PUBLIX WHO WAS HAVING AN AUCTION, IT WAS A PUBLIC AUCTION IN TITUSVILLE!!!  MIKE HAS A LOT OF TROUBLE READING THESE DAYS.  HE READS VERY SLOW-ONE WORD AT A TIME, AND IF HE SHOULD GET THAT ONE WORD WRONG, IT CHANGES THE MEANING OF THE WHOLE SENTIENCE.  HE IS TRYING HARD NOT TO LOSE THAT SKILL, AND HE WILL SPEND AN HOUR GOING OVER THE SAME PIECE OF PAPER.  HE HAS BECOME SO HUMBLE, THAT I AM OFTEN FLOORED BY IT. AT MEETINGS HE LIKES ME TO PUT MY FINGER UNDER EACH WORD OF THE SONG, SO HE CAN FOLLOW ALONG, AND NOT GET HELD UP ON A WORD HE MAY NOT EASILY KNOW.  LAST SUNDAY I WAS CRACKING UP (AGAIN TO MY SELF), BECAUSE THE BROTHER IN FRONT OF US KEPT RAISING HIS HAND TO COMMENT, BUT THEY KEPT CALLING ON SOMEONE ELSE.  MIKE THEN POINTS AT THE BROTHER THE NEXT TIME HE RAISES HIS HAND-LIKE SAYING HEY, CALL ON HIM WILL YA!!!  HE IS STILL IN BED RESTING RIGHT NOW, AND I HAVE SOME STUDYING TO DO FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK, AND I ALSO HAVE A DENTIST APPOINTMENT TODAY.  I SURE DO HOPE MY DENTIST SAYS THAT MY CRACKED TOOTH CAN BE SAVED WITH JUST A FILLING.  OH WELL, IT IS WHAT IT IS.  WE ARE  BLESSED IN MORE WAYS THAN WE CAN COUNT-ENJOY YOUR MANY BLESSING FOR TODAY-JUST ME

WHAT A NICE SURPRISE!!

YESTERDAY I WAS LAYING ON THE SOFA THINKING WE WERE NOT GOING TO MAKE OUR MEETING, AS WE WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE BY NOON, AND IT WAS 11:30, AND MIKE WAS NOT EVEN UP YET.  BOY WAS I WRONG!!  HE COMES OUT OF THE BED ROOM IN HIS SKIVES, AND I ASKED HIM WHAT WAS HE DOING.  MIKE SAID I THOUGHT I WAS  GETTING READY FOR THE MEETING.  HE HAD ALREADY SHOWERED, AND SHAVED!!  I TOLD HIM WE WOULD REALLY HAVE TO HURRY, AND WE WILL HAVE TO EAT SOMETHING ON THE WAY THERE.  HE WAS FINE WITH ALL THAT, SO I GRABBED THE FIRST DRESS I COULD PUT MY HANDS ON, AND PICKED OUT A SUIT FOR MIKE.  WE MADE IT WITH TIME TO SPARE.  MIKE WOULD NOT EAT ANY THING BEFORE OR AFTER THE MEETING.  WE WENT TO PUBLIX AND I GOT HIM SOME CORN BEEF AS THAT IS HIS FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT, AND I MADE HIM A NICE SANDWICH WHEN WE GOT BACK HOME.  HE ONLY ATE PART OF IT.  HE ATE SOME DINNER LATER, BUT AGAIN NOT TOO MUCH.  ONE OF THE FRIENDS AT THE HALL TOLD MIKE NOT TO LOSE ANY MORE WEIGHT, THAT IT IS REALLY SHOWING IN HIS FACE.  I WANTED TO TELL HER HE HAS LITTLE CONTROL OVER THAT, BUT I JUST KEPT SILENT.  MIKE REALLY ENJOYS THE FRIENDS, I HAD TO PRACTICALLY PUSH HIM OUT OF THERE YESTERDAY.  HE SEEMS VERY HAPPY, AND THAT MEANS THE WORLD AND ALL TO ME.  TODAY WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS.  I WAS THINKING ABOUT GOING BACK TO MY P.C.P. DR., AS I AM STILL COUGHING A LOT DURING THE NIGHT, AND RUNNING A LOW GRADE FEVER, BUT I WILL WAIT AND SEE HOW THE DAY GOES.  ALL I WANT TO DO IS LAY DOWN IN BED-I THINK MY IMMUNE SYSTEM IS ON ROCK BOTTOM.  I AM SUPPOSE TO GO TO MY DENTIST TOMORROW AND SEE IF HE THINKS THAT CRACKED TOOTH OF MINE CAN BE SAVED.  I SURE HOPE SO, AS LATELY OUR S.S. CHECKS SEEM TO HAVE SPROUTED WINGS AND TAKEN FLIGHT!!!  I GUESS EVERYONE IS IN THE SAME BOAT OR EVEN WORSE.  SO MANY WITH OUT JOBS, LOSING THEIR HOMES, IT IS SO HARD TO WATCH THE NEWS ANY MORE.  WELL, I NEED TO FIX MIKE SOME BREAKFAST-I HEAR HIM STIRRING.  HOPE YOUR WEEK WILL BE FILLED WITH JOY, AND ONLY GOOD SURPRISES-JUST ME

"HOW ARE YOU FEELING HONEY"? " I DON'T KNOW-I'M SLEEPING".

THAT WAS THE LAST THING MIKE SAID TO ME LAST NIGHT, SO MAYBE HE REALLY WAS SLEEPING.  HE WENT TO BED EARLY LAST NIGHT-I WAS LISTENING TO MY MEETING, AND HE WAS SUPPOSE TO BE WATCHING A BASKETBALL GAME, BUT HE CAME IN THE ROOM TO BE WITH ME INSTEAD.  I THINK THE REASON MOST OF THE GAMES HE USE TO WATCH HAVE LOST THEIR APPEAL, IS BECAUSE THE ACTION IS JUST TOO FAST FOR HIM TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS GOING ON NOW.  SADLY THAT HAS HAPPENED WITH HIS READING AS WELL.  IT WILL TAKE HIM SEVERAL MINUTES JUST TO READ THE HEAD LINE, AND THEN HE WILL SAY SOMETHING LIKE "WHAT"?? AS IF IT MADE NO SENSE TO HIM.  EVEN AT THE KINGDOM HALL, IF THE SONG IS SLOW, HE CAN FOLLOW ALONG, BUT IF IT IS A FASTER TEMPO, HE GETS LOST-EVEN WITH ME USING MY POINTER FINGER UNDER EVERY WORD.  EXCEPT FOR A COUGH EVERY NOW AND THEN, I SLEPT VERY WELL AGAIN, AS DID MIKE. HE IS STILL IN BED, BUT I GOT UP TO LET THE DOGIES OUT, AND DECIDED I WOULD DO MY POST BEFORE GOING BACK TO BED. IT IS STILL DARK HERE AND IT IS ALMOST 7AM.. I AM STILL SICK WITH WHAT EVER THIS THING IS, AND I AM AFRAID I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GO OUT IN SERVICE TOMORROW-WITH ALL MY PLANS IN PLACE.  THIS STINKS, BUT I HAVE BEEN TAKING MY BREATHING TREATMENTS AT HOME, AND MY ANTIBIOTICS, AND TRYING TO GET AS MUCH REST DURING THE DAY AS I CAN.  MY SISTER HAS ONCE AGAIN BEEN A LIFE SAVIOR, AS SHE BROUGHT OVER SOME MORE SOUP YESTERDAY, AND THAT IS WHAT WE HAD AGAIN FOR DINNER WITH SOME CORN BREAD.  MIKE HAS ALWAYS  BEEN SO EASY TO FEED-NOT LIKE MANY HUSBANDS WHO WANT MEAT AND POTATOES EVERY DAY.  HE WILL EAT, AND THANK ME FOR WHAT EVER I PUT IN FRONT OF HIM. WELL, I GUESS I WILL TRY AND CRAWL BACK INTO BED NOW WITHOUT WAKING UP MIKE.  HOPE YOUR WEEK END WILL BE JOYOUS-JUST ME

HOSPICE TO THE RESCUE!!

YESTERDAY THE HOSPICE NURSE WAS HERE, AND HAD THE DOCTOR PRESCRIBE SOME NEW SLEEPING PILLS FOR MIKE.  THEY WORKED LIKE A CHARM-ON ME!! NO, I DID NOT TAKE ONE OF HIS SLEEPING PILLS, BUT I THINK KNOWING THAT HE WOULD SLEEP ALL NIGHT-HELPED ME TO SLEEP ALL NIGHT.  WE BOTH JUST GOT UP A FEW MINUTES AGO, AND IT WAS ALREADY AFTER 9:30A.M.!!! IT IS AMAZING WHAT A GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP CAN DO FOR A PERSON!!  MIKE STILL HAD SOME CONFUSION LAST NIGHT-HE ASKED ME "AM I IN MY OWN HOUSE"?  I TOLD HIM OF COURSE YOU ARE, YOU ARE IN YOUR HOME, IN YOUR BED, WITH YOUR WIFE, RIGHT WHERE YOU BELONG.  HE SEEMED TO BE OK WITH THAT AS HE DIDN'T ASK ANY MORE QUESTIONS, AND WAS IN BED ALL NIGHT.  WE DIDN'T GO ANY WHERE YESTERDAY, AND I TRIED TO REST WHEN EVER I COULD.  I STILL HAVE THIS HORRIBLE COUGH WITH WHAT SOUNDS LIKE A RATTLE OR WHEEZE AFTER WARDS.  I AM FEELING BETTER, SO I SURE HOPE ALL THE MEDS. WILL KICK IN SOON, AS I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WITH MIKE IF I HAD TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL.  HOSPICE IS GOING TO GET A PERSON TO STAY WITH MIKE MAYBE ONE DAY EVERY OTHER WEEK FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS, SO THAT I CAN DO MY SHOPPING, OR GO TO ANY MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS I MIGHT HAVE.  SHE HAS STAYED WITH MIKE ONCE BEFORE, AND WILL BE HERE AGAIN THIS SAT. SO I CAN GO OUT FOR A LITTLE WHILE IN SERVICE.  I AM SO GLAD THAT THE SAME WOMAN WILL BE THE ONE WHO WILL HELP OUT ONE DAY EVERY OTHER WEEK OR SO.  IT IS BETTER FOR MIKE TO FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE PERSON, AND IF HE HAS ALREADY MET HER HE WILL.. HERE'S YOUR FUNNY FROM MIKE FOR TODAY.  HE SAW IN THE PAPER THAT EATING A BANANA HELPS THE BRAIN, SO I SAID MAYBE WE SHOULD EAT A WHOLE BANANA EVERY DAY INSTEAD OF JUST HALF OF ONE.  MIKE SAID "NO, HALF A BRAIN IS GOOD"!!  I'M PRETTY SURE HE MEANT TO SAY-HALF A BANANA IS GOOD.  WELL, TIME FOR ME TO FIX MIKE HIS BREAKFAST, SO TILL TOMORROW-HOPE ALL YOUR DREAMS ARE SWEET!!  JUST ME

" HOW DO I GET HOME FROM HERE"??

POOR MIKE.  LAST NIGHT HE WAS SO DISORIENTED IT WAS NO LONGER FUNNY.  HE WAS STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR BED ROOM ABOUT 1:30AM WHEN HE UTTERED THE WORDS ABOVE.   I TOLD HIM TO COME TO BED, BUT MIKE SAID "NOT HERE"!  "I WANT TO GO HOME"!!  I TRIED TO TELL HIM HE WAS HOME, AND HE SAID I WAS CRAZY.  I GOT UP AND PUT HIM IN BED (WITH MUCH RESISTANCE).  I THEN TOLD HIM HE WAS IN HIS HOUSE IN HIS BED WITH HIS WIFE.  HE SAID "YOU SOUND LIKE MY WIFE".  I ASKED HIM IF HE REMEMBERED MY NAME, TO WHICH HE ANSWERED "LINDA MARIE".  I ASKED HIM WHERE DID HE THINK HE WAS, TO WHICH HE SAID-"OUT OF THIS WORLD".  I THEN ASKED HIM IF HE WAS DREAMING OF THE NEW WORLD, TO WHICH HE SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW.  THAT WAS ONE OF ABOUT THREE OR FOUR TIMES I HAD TO GET MIKE BACK IN BED LAST NIGHT.  IT WAS JUST A MISERABLE NIGHT WITH OUT SLEEP AGAIN.  HIS HOSPICE NURSE PEGGY WILL BE HERE THIS A.M., AND I WILL ADDRESS THIS MATTER WITH HER.  I ALSO NEED TO FIND OUT IF THEY PROVIDE BOOST OR ENSURE AS MIKE IS JUST NOT EATING LIKE HE USE TO.  I AM ALSO WORRIED ABOUT MY  HEALTH.  THE DOCTOR SAID TO DRINK LOTS OF LIQUIDS AND GET LOTS OF BED REST.  I HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE MORE OF THE FIRST, AND PRECIOUS LITTLE OF THE SECOND!!  I'M READY TO ASK FOR HELP FROM ANY ONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER 2 OR 3 HOURS ONE DAY DURING THE WEEK, SO I CAN TAKE CARE OF MY PERSONAL NEEDS (DOCTORS &  DENTAL VISITS, GROCERY SHOPPING, SANITY BREAK,  ETC.).   I WILL CHECK WITH HOSPICE AND SEE IF THAT IS SOMETHING THEY CAN HELP ME WITH.  WELL, I THINK I AM JUST TOO TIRED TO THINK RIGHT NOW, SO I WILL SAY ADIOS UNTIL TOMORROW.  SAW A FEW LOGS FOR ME WILL YA??  JUST ME

WHAT A MESS!!!

I COULD HEAR PRESLEY DOING HIS "NEED TO GO OUTSIDE DANCE" AROUND 3AM.  I KEPT HEARING IT (AS THE DR. GAVE ME COUGH SYRUP WITH CODEINE  IN IT SO THAT I COULD GET A GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP) TILL AROUND 4AM WHEN IT STOPPED, AND A VERY STRONG ODER CAME DRIFTING INTO MY AIR SPACE.  YELP, PRESLEY POOPED BIG TIME, AS HE HAD DIARRHEA!!  I GOT UP, AND CLEANED IT ALL UP, THEN CRAWLED BACK INTO BED.  THEN I STARTED HEARING THE SAME DANCE FROM PRISKA.  THIS TIME I GOT UP RIGHT AWAY, AS I WAS IN NO MOOD TO CLEAN UP ANOTHER MESS.  SINCE I WAS ALREADY UP, I DECIDED TO FEED THEM AND TAKE MY PILLS, AND MY NEW ATOMISER THE DR. GAVE ME YESTERDAY.  OH YEAH, I WENT TO THE DR.'S YESTERDAY, AS I HAD A TERRIBLE COUGH THAT HURT MY BACK AND MY HEAD EACH TIME I COUGHED.   HE SAID IT WAS TOO SOON TO TEST FOR PNEUMONIA SINCE I HAD JUST STARTED WITH THE COUGH, BUT HE DID SAY HE HEARD SOMETHING-INCLUDING A WHEEZE.  SO HE GAVE ME A STEROID SHOT, A BREATHING TREATMENT, PUT ME ON ANTIBIOTICS, AN INHALER FOR HOME, AND SOME COUGH SYRUP WITH THE CODEINE SO THAT I COULD GET A GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP.  YEAH RIGHT!!!  HE ALSO TOLD ME IF I WAS NOT MUCH  BETTER IN A WEEK I NEED TO COME BACK AND SEE HIM.  OH,  I ALMOST FORGOT THAT MIKE GOT UP AROUND 1 A.M.. SAYING HE THOUGHT THE T.V. IN THE LIVING ROOM WAS ON.  I ASSURED HIM IT WAS NOT, AS I CHECKED IT AFTER I LET THE DOGS OUT FOR THE NIGHT, AND  WENT TO BED.  HE SAID "WHAT'S MAKING ALL THAT NOISE THEN"?  I SAID "I DON'T HEAR ANY NOISE", BUT HE WENT OUT TO CHECK THE T.V. ANY WAY ONLY TO TELL ME WHEN HE CAME BACK TO BED THAT I WAS RIGHT-T.V. WAS  OFF.   I SURE HOPE THAT WHAT EVER I HAVE GOES AWAY AS QUICKLY AS IT CAME, AS I ALREADY HAVE ARRANGEMENTS FOR SERVICE ON SAT., AND I SURE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO CHANGE THAT.  MIKE AND I DID MAKE OUR MEETING YESTERDAY, AND HE WORE THE TIE OUR DAUGHTER AND SON IN LAW GOT HIM IN AUSTRALIA.  IT IS VERY CUTE WITH LITTLE KANGAROOS ALL OVER IT.   MIKE HAS LOST MORE WEIGHT-HIS THREE NEW SUITS (WAIST 34) NOW ARE SWIMMING ON HIM, SO I WILL NEED TO TAKE THEM SOMEWHERE TO HAVE THEM TAKEN IN.  OUR OLD FRIENDS TERRY  AND HIS SON PAUL MICHAEL (NAMED AFTER MIKE), CAME FOR A VERY SHORT VISIT.  IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE THEM, BUT I THINK THEY WERE A LITTLE TAKEN BACK BY BOTH MIKES ENORMOUS WEIGHT LOSS, AND HIS QUIETNESS.  MIKE HARDLY SAID TWO WORDS.  AFTER THEY LEFT I ASKED HIM WHY HE WAS SO QUIET, AND HE SAID BECAUSE HE WAS WORRIED ABOUT THEM.  HE DID NOT REMEMBER PAUL, AS HE ASKED ME TWICE WHO HE WAS, BUT THEN HE SEEM TO REMEMBER ONCE I TOLD HIM HE WAS TERRY'S SON.  WE GOT TO TALKING ABOUT TERRY, AND WHEN I MENTIONED TERRY HAD OPEN HEART SURGERY A FEW YEARS BACK, MIKE WAS TRULY SHOCKED-EVEN AFTER I REMINDED HIM THAT HE WAS THERE AT THE TIME.  I HAVE BEEN SO AFRAID THAT ONE DAY MIKE  WOULD FORGET WHO I AM OR WHO THE KIDS ARE BECAUSE OF THE ALZHEIMER'S.  NOW MY GREATEST FEAR IS OF LOSING HIM TO THE CANCER .  IT TRULY IS AS THEY SAY "THINGS COULD ALWAYS BE WORSE!!  ANY HOW, I LIKE TO THINK OF THE FLIP SIDE TO THAT "THINGS COULD ALWAYS BE BETTER"!!  I KNOW SOMEDAY THEY WILL, AND MIKE NOW SHARES THAT HOPE AS WELL.  I GUESS I SHOULD GET DRESSED NOW, I NEED TO PICK UP FELINA FOR WORK LATER, AND I HAVE MANY THINGS TO DO AROUND HERE FIRST.  HAVE A DELIGHTFUL DAY-JUST ME.

VISITORS TODAY!!

LAST MONDAY WE WERE SUPPOSE TO HAVE TERRY S. AND HIS SON PAUL MICHAEL OVER, BUT TERRY'S WIFE'S MOTHER DIED, SO ALL PLANS HAD TO BE CANCELLED.  THEY WILL BE HERE TODAY INSTEAD.  I AM FEELING NOT SO HOT FOR SOME REASON.  I SPENT THE WHOLE NIGHT COUGHING.  MY BACK AND CHEST HURT, AND I WOULD GO SEE MY PCP TODAY, BUT WITH GUEST COMING, I WILL BE HOUSE CLEANING INSTEAD.   I ALSO STILL NEED TO GET A SECOND OPINION ON MY CRACKED TOOTH. MAYBE I CAN CALL AND AT LEAST SET UP AN APPOINTMENT WITH BOTH THE PCP, AND THE DENTIST. ANY HOW, MIKE IS STILL IN BED SLEEPING, AND OTHER THAN CONTINUING TO LOSE MORE WEIGHT, AND LOOK MORE FRAIL, HE IS STILL IN VERY GOOD SPIRITS.  AFTER OUR MEETING,  I TOLD HIM THANK YOU FOR GOING TO THE MEETING WITH ME TODAY, AND HE SAID "I WANTED TO".  I THEN TOLD HIM "I HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR THAT FOR 35 YEARS, AND IT IS JUST WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU THERE AT THE MEETING WITH ME".  HE JUST SMILED.  I GUESS THAT'S WHY THE BIBLE SAYS WE NEED TO PERSEVERE IN PRAYER, AND TO PRAY INCESSANTLY!!!  WELL, I HAVE FED MY DOGIES, AND HAVE BROUGHT IN THE PAPER, AND AM NOW HAVING MY YUMMY CUP OF YKW.  I WAS HOPING TO START THAT PHYSICIANS WEIGHT LOSS PLAN THIS WEEK, BUT I WILL HAVE TO SEE IF I CAN FIND SOMEONE TO WATCH MIKE WHILE I GO.  I HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG THE FIRST SESSION WILL TAKE-I GUESS I WILL HAVE TO CALL THEM AND FIND OUT.  I AM HOPING THAT THE VIT. B-12 SHOTS THAT COME WITH THE PROGRAM WILL HELP ME HAVE A LITTLE MORE ENERGY-I GUESS TIME WILL TELL.  IT IS A 4 WEEK PROGRAM, SO MAYBE I CAN LOSE A FEW UNWANTED POUNDS, AS WELL AS GET A BOOST OF ENERGY!!  WELL, I HEAR MIKE, SO I NEED TO GET HIS BREAKFAST READY, SO TILL TOMORROW-STAY WELL-JUST ME

WE'VE BECOME ABBOT AND LOU COSTELLO!!!!

LAST NIGHT MIKE ASKED ME "DOES SHE WORK"? SO I SAID "DOES WHO WORK"? THEN MIKE SAID "I DON'T KNOW". THEN HE CONTINUES "I THOUGHT SHE HAD A COUPLE OF GIRLS". AGAIN I SAY "WHO"? THEN MIKE SAYS "WHO EVER WE WERE TALKING ABOUT".  AT THIS POINT I FELT LIKE SAYING "WHO'S ON FIRST"?!!! OH WELL, HE DOES MAKE ME LAUGH-EVEN IF HE DOES NOT KNOW WHY.  MIKE WAS IN MORE PAIN YESTERDAY-I COULD SEE IT IN HIS FACE, AND IN HIS WALK.  HE SAID HE LEGS WERE NOT WORKING VERY WELL, SO I RUBBED THEM DOWN WITH THAT CREAM FROM HOSPICE, AND THAT SEEMED TO HELP FOR A BIT.  HE IS STILL RESTING IN BED, BUT I THINK WE BOTH SLEPT PRETTY WELL LAST NIGHT.  I WENT TO THE DENTIST YESTERDAY WHILE MY SISTER VICKIE WAS WATCHING MIKE FOR ME.  EVERY OTHER WORD OUT OF THE DENTIST MOUTH WAS CROWN!!  I EXPLAINED THAT WE ARE ON A TIGHT BUDGET, AND I ONLY WANT THE ONE TOOTH THAT HAS A CRACK IN IT FIXED.  SHE SAID "OH THAT TOOTH CAN'T BE FIXED, IT NEEDS A ROOT CANAL AND A CROWN".  THE COST? $1900. FOR ONE TOOTH!! I SAID WOULD NEED TO GET A SECOND OPINION, AND TOOK MY ESTIMATE AND XRAYS AND LEFT.  I SURE HOPE MY FORMER DENTIST CAN FILL IT SOMEHOW-I WOULD SURE HATE TO PULL IT AS MY BOTTOM PARTIAL IS CONNECTED TO IT.  I KNOW, IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS IT IS NOT EVEN WORTH MENTIONING.  TODAY IS FRIDAY, AND WE WILL BE GOING TO MY SISTERS HOUSE FOR DINNER AND POSSIBLY A MOVIE.  IT HAS BEEN A LONG WHILE, BUT I THINK SHE IS FINALLY MOVING FORWARD A LITTLE.  I KNOW SHE STILL REALLY MISSES HER HUBBY, BUT IN TIME IT WILL HURT LESS (OR SO I AM TOLD).  IT IS SUPPOSE TO GET QUITE COLD TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, BUT WE HAVE HAD AN EASY WINTER SO FAR, SO NO COMPLAINTS.  I SURE HOPE THE WEEK END WILL BE GOOD TO YOU, AND JAH. WILLING, I WILL BE BACK HERE ON MONDAY.  JUST ME

MIKE BEAT ME UP THIS MORNING!!!

NOT REALLY, I GOT UP FIRST TO LET THE DOGIES OUT, AND THEN I WENT BACK TO BED. MIKE GOT UP ABOUT AN HOUR LATER-ALSO TRIED TO GET ME UP, BUT I WAS REALLY BAD, AND PRETENDED I WAS SOUND ASLEEP, AND IGNORED HIM.  I DID GET A TINY BIT MORE SLEEP BEFORE MY CONSCIENCE STARTED BOTHERING ME.  I WAS WONDERING WHAT KIND OF MISCHIEF HE WAS GETTING INTO WHILE I JUST LAY THERE.  SO NEEDLESS TO SAY, I TOO GOT UP.  I HAVE BEEN SUPER TIRED LATELY, SO I SIGNED UP FOR THE PHYSICIANS WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM WHEN IT WAS AVAILABLE ON GROUPON.  IT WAS ONLY $59. FOR A $399. PROGRAM INCLUDING 4 VIT. B SHOTS.  I THINK THAT IS WHAT SOLD ME-MAYBE THOSE SHOTS CAN BOOST MY ENERGY LEVEL.   AND YES, I ALSO  SIGNED UP BECAUSE I AM FAT, AND NEED TO LOSE SOME WEIGHT. MIKE IS NOW EATING HIS BREAKFAST AND HAVING HIS COFFEE-YUCK-IT'S REGULAR COFFEE-SO BORING!!  I ON THE OTHER HAND AM HAVING MY DELICIOUS CUP OF CAFE' CON LECHE'!  I HAVE BEEN DREADING THIS DAY FOR A LONG WHILE-MIKE IS BACK ON HIS LOTTO THEORY THAT THE LOTTO PEOPLE ARE STEALING FROM HIM.  HE WANTS ME TO CALL THEM NOW, SO HE CAN TALK TO THEM AGAIN!! I TRIED TO TELL HIM THAT WE HAVE CALLED THEM BEFORE-HE TALKED TO THEM, I TALKED TO THEM, AND THAT HE EVEN HAD THE MANAGER FROM PUBLIX CALL AND TALK TO THEM.  OF COURSE HE HAS NO MEMORY OF THAT. THESE ARE ABOUT THE ONLY TIMES WHEN HIS ALZHEIMER'S ILLNESS IS A PROBLEM FOR ME. WELL I MUST GO-I STILL NEED TO DO SOME STUDYING FOR MY MEETING TONIGHT-SURE WISH I COULD BE THERE IS PERSON, BUT AM SO VERY VERY THANKFUL FOR THE PHONE CONNECTION!!  TILL TOMORROW-DON'T MAKE LITTLE PROBLEMS FEEL SO IMPORTANT-JUST ME

MIKE LET ME SLEEP, BUT NEW GPS KEPT ME AWAKE!!

THE NEW GPS THAT I GOT FOR MIKE (LIKE ON STAR BUT FOR AROUND HIS NECK), KEPT ME AWAKE LAST NIGHT.  I PUT IT ON THE CHARGER, BUT APPARENTLY WHEN MASSEY SPRAYED YESTERDAY AND MOVED OUR BED THEY MUST HAVE SOME HOW UNPLUGGED THE CHARGER FOR MIKES GPS..  I PLUGGED IT IN, BUT IT KEPT MAKING THE SAME SOUND EVERY 5 OR 6 MINUTES. DING DING DING.  DING DING DING.  I WAS TOO TIRED OR TOO LAZY TO GET UP AND PLUG THE CHARGER BACK IN, SO I WAS AWAKENED EVERY FEW MINUTES WITH THE DING DING DING.  ANY HOW, MIKE IS STILL SLEEPING, BUT I HAVE BEEN UP FOR A WHILE NOW.  I HAVE FED THE DOGS, LET THEM OUTSIDE, MADE MY YUMMY CAFE' CON LECHE', AND NOW MAKING MY POST FOR THE DAY.  MIKE HAD A GOOD DAY YESTERDAY EVEN THOUGH WE WERE PRETTY BUSY MOST OF THE DAY. MY MAIN CONCERN FOR YESTERDAY WAS THAT HE ONLY TOOK A FEW LITTLE BITES FOR DINNER AND SAID HE WOULD EAT IT LATER-WHICH HE NEVER DID. WHEN I TRIED TO GET HIM TO EAT MORE-HE JUST SAID HE WAS FULL, AND HE WOULD EAT MORE LATER.  THE PCP VISIT WENT WELL,  THEY PUT MIKE ON SOME ANTIBIOTICS AND TOLD ME TO INCREASE HIS FLONAISE FROM ONCE A DAY TO TWICE A DAY AND  HE ALSO ADDED SOME SUDDAFED TO HIS OTHER MEDS.. I HOPE ALL OF THAT WILL HELP CLEAR UP HIS STUFFY EARS, AND HIS NASAL DRIP.  I WONDER WHY SO MANY PEOPLE SUFFER FROM THAT NOW DAYS.  MAYBE IT IS SOMETHING THEY PUT IN OUR FOOD!!!  WELL, TODAY IS THE DAY MIKES HOSPICE NURSE COMES FOR A VISIT.  SHE WILL CALL FIRST, BUT USUALLY COMES AROUND 10AM..HE LIKES HER, AND I AM GLAD OF THAT.  THE HOSPICE VOLUNTEER WHO TOOK CARE OF MIKE A COUPLE SATURDAYS AGO SO I COULD GO OUT IN SERVICE WILL BE WATCHING HIM AGAIN ON THE 21ST..  I AM SO HAPPY ABOUT THAT, AS I DEARLY MISS GOING OUT WITH THE FRIENDS ON SAT. AS WELL AS ALL MY CALLS  (RETURN VISITS).  GUESS I SHOULD GET DRESSED NOW-IT IS ALMOST 8:30AM, AND I HAVE NOT EVEN BROUGHT IN THE NEWS PAPER YET OR READ MY DAILY TEXT-I AM SUCH A SLACKER THESE DAYS!!!  HOPE YOUR DAY WILL BE A SUNNY ONE-WE ARE SUPPOSE TO GET SOME BADLY NEEDED RAIN!! TILL TOMORROW-JUST ME

BACK TO BEING SLEEPLESS IN ORLANDO!

DON'T KNOW WHY I HAD SUCH A HARD TIME FALLING ASLEEP LAST NIGHT.  MIKE GOT UP AND TURNED ON THE BED ROOM LIGHT A COUPLE TIMES BEFORE I FINALLY ASKED HIM WHAT HE WAS DOING.  HE WAS TAKING HIS NIGHT TIME FOLEY BAG TO THE BATH ROOM TO EMPTY IT.  I TOLD HIM IT HARDLY HAS ANYTHING IN IT, AND IT IS SUPPOSE TO BE BIG ENOUGH FOR THE WHOLE NIGHT.  HE SAID "OH" AS IF IT WERE NEWS TO HIM, AND DID NOT GET OUT OF BED AGAIN, BUT BY NOW IT WAS 3:30AM.  I HOWEVER  WAS WIDE AWAKE, EVEN THOUGH I HAD TAKEN A PAIN PILL, A FLEXERIL FOR MY MUSCLES, AND A SLEEPING PILL!! I AM ONCE AGAIN IN A FOG, AND THIS IS SUCH A BUSY DAY FOR US.  MASSEY IS COMING TO SPRAY ONE LAST TIME AT 10AM EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE NOT SEEN A SINGLE TICK.  THEN WE ARE PICKING UP FELINA FOR WORK, AND THEN I HAVE TO TAKE MIKE TO SEE HIS PCP.  HE HAS BEEN HAVING A PROBLEM WITH HIS EARS AND HIS NOSE FOR A WHILE NOW, SO HE MAY NEED SOME ANTIBIOTICS OR SOMETHING.   I ALSO HAVE TO TAKE THE DOGS TO THE GROOMERS AS THEY CAN NOT BE HERE FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS AFTER MASSEY SPRAYS.  I AM WORN OUT JUST THINKING ABOUT IT ALL.  PLUS I MUST CALL OUR INS. COMPANY, AS THEY SENT A LETTER YESTERDAY SAYING WE ARE NOW IN THE GRACE PERIOD AND THAT THIS WAS THEIR LAST OR FINAL NOTICE.  WELL, IT IS THE FIRST  NOTICE WE HAVE GOTTEN, SO I'M MORE THAN A LITTLE UPSET OVER THAT.  THEY WANT $247.23 IMMEDIATELY OR THEY WILL CANCEL OUR LIFE INSURANCE!! OH WELL, SINCE MONEY JUST GROWS ON TREES, I'LL GO IN THE BACK YARD AND PICK ME SOME!!!  MIKE JUST GOT UP, AND IS FULL OF QUESTIONS, SO I'D BETTER GET HIM SOME BREAKFAST AND SOME COFFEE.  HOPE I AM IN A BETTER MOOD TOMORROW-SORRY IF I SOUND A LITTLE SARCASTIC THIS AM-I GUESS I'M JUST TIRED. TILL TOMORROW-JUST ME

" WHAT DOES HIS FATHER DO"?

OUT OF THE CLEAR BLUE SKY LAST NIGHT MIKE ASKED ME THE ABOVE.  I WAS MORE THAN HALF ASLEEP, SO I SAID "WHOSE FATHER'? MIKE REPLIED "THE RUNNER OF THE TRUCK I GUESS.  HE DOES THIS EVERY NIGHT.  JUST WHEN I AM ABOUT TO DOZE OFF HE STARTS SAYING STUFF THAT MAKES NO SENSE, SO I WIND UP ASKING HIM QUESTIONS TO SEE IF I CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT HE IS THINKING OR TRYING TO SAY.  ANY HOW WE WERE IN BED BY 8:30 LAST NIGHT.  I LEFT HIM WATCHING A FOOTBALL GAME IN THE LIVING ROOM, BUT HE TURNED OFF THE T.V. IN THERE TO COME GET INTO BED WITH ME.  IT'S AFTER 9AM. AND HE IS STILL SLEEPING,  I HAVE BEEN UP FOR AN HOUR OR SO ALREADY. I HAVE FED THE DOGS, MADE MY YUMMY CAFE' CON LECHE' AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR MIKE WITH HIS P.C.P. FOR TOMORROW AT 3:45PM.. HE IS HAVING SO MUCH CONGESTION IN HIS HEAD, CONSTANTLY BLOWING HIS NOSE, PLUS HIS EARS ARE HURTING HIM.  I'M PRETTY SURE HE HAS A SINUS INFECTION OR SOME OTHER KIND THAT WILL REQUIRE SOME ANTIBIOTICS, AS WE HAVE HAD HIM ON EVERY THING ELSE.  THREE OF MIKE'S OLDEST FRIENDS ARE GOING TO BE HERE TODAY AROUND 1PM.  THE GUY WHO INTRODUCED MIKE AND I SO MANY YEARS AGO (TERRY S.) AND HIS SON PAUL MICHAEL (WHO WAS NAMED AFTER MY HUSBAND0, AND ANOTHER FRIEND CHUCK M.. I HOPE IT WILL BE A GOOD DAY FOR MIKE AND HE WILL ENJOY HIS COMPANY.  MIKE AND I WENT TO OUR MEETING YESTERDAY-SO GLAD THAT THE TIME HAS CHANGED TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR MIKE AND I TO GET THERE ON TIME.  IT WAS GREAT TO SEE EVERYONE, AND MIKE SAID IT WAS A GOOD MEETING WHEN WE GOT INTO THE CAR.  IT IS WONDERFUL HAVING SOMEONE GO WITH ME TO THE MEETINGS AGAIN.  IT SEEMS LIKE FOREVER SINCE MY KIDS USE TO GO WITH ME.  WELL, I NEED TO GET MIKE UP AND FED-YESTERDAY HE ONLY ATE BREAKFAST AND DINNER.  I THINK WHEN HE GETS UP SO LATE, HE IS NOT HUNGRY FOR LUNCH.  WELL, HOPE YOUR DAY/WEEK WILL BE FILLED WITH GOOD THINGS FROM ABOVE, AND HEALTH-TILL TOMORROW-JUST ME

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT-I SLEPT TILL 9:30 THIS MORNING!!

WOW!!  TALK ABOUT YOUR GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP!  WHAT A HUGE DIFFERENCE IT MAKES WHEN MIKE WEARS HIS NIGHT TIME FOLEY.  I'M SURE WE BOTH GET A MUCH BETTER NIGHTS SLEEP.  I AM SO THANKFUL THAT HE HAS BEEN SO GOOD ABOUT THAT THE PAST TWO NIGHTS.  I SURE HOPE HE KEEPS IT UP EVEN AFTER MIKE JR. IS GONE.   MIKE'S NURSE WILL BE HERE ANY MINUTE, AS SHE HAD AN EMERGENCY ON WEDS. AND ASKED IF SHE COULD COME ON FRIDAY INSTEAD. I WAS TRULY GLAD BECAUSE I HAD SO MANY OTHER THINGS GOING ON.  MY SISTER VICKIE FINALLY TRADED IN HER HUSBANDS CAR (2001) AND GOT A BEAUTIFUL CAMRY.  IT WAS HARD FOR HER TO LET GO, BUT IN THE LONG RUN, I KNOW IT WAS THE BEST AND SMARTEST THING FOR HER TO DO.  MIKE IS UP AND HAVING BREAKFAST WITH HIS SON RIGHT NOW.  BOTH READING THE PAPER.  MIKE READS HIS OUT LOUD.  I AM USE TO IT, BUT I WONDER HOW MIKE JR. WILL REACT.  THIS MORNING AT 11:15 WE WILL ALL HEAD TO FELINA'S, AS SHE WILL NEED A RIDE TO WORK. MIKE JR. HAS A SURPRISE FOR HER, SO I CAN'T SAY WHAT IT IS-JUST IN CASE SHE WILL READ THIS BEFORE WE GET THERE.  WELL, I WENT TO MY ONCOLOGIST YESTERDAY.  OTHER THAN MY BLOOD WORK BEING SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN LAST TIME, AND MY BLOOD PRESSURE BEING 177/?, AND HAVING A SLIGHT FEVER-I'M IN GREAT SHAPE!!  I DID MAKE IT TO MY MEETING LAST NIGHT, AND I WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE ALL THE FRIENDS.  IT WAS AMAZING, AND THE MEETING WAS ALSO PRETTY GREAT.  I FEEL LIKE I HAVE THE BEST FRIENDS IN THE WORLD, AND I TRULY THANK JEHOVAH EVERY DAY FOR ALL OF THEM, AND ALL OF MY OTHER MANY BLESSINGS.  HOPE YOU DON'T FORGET TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE ONE THAT GIVES US SO MUCH. HAVE A SUPERB WEEK END, AND I WILL BE BACK (JAH. WILLING) ON MONDAY-JUST ME

FINALLY--SOME SLEEP!!!

MIKE JR. HAD A TALK WITH MIKE SR. YESTERDAY ABOUT HOW I NEED MY SLEEP IF I AM TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF HIM, AND I CAN'T GET A GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP IF HE WON'T PUT ON HIS NIGHT TIME FOLEY.  WE GOT TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT HE DOES NOT LIKE ABOUT IT, AND AS IT TURNS OUT, IT IS THE EXTENTION THAT I PUT ON IT SO THAT HE COULD HAVE MORE ROOM TO STREACH. CRAZY-NO??  ANY HOW, HE DID WEAR IT LAST NIGHT AS HE PROMISED MIKE JR. TO DO, AND I AM HAPPY TO SAY I FEEL ALMOST HUMAN AGAIN!!  TODAY I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH MY ONCHOLOGIST-SURE HOPE I HAVE NOT TAKEN A STEP BACKWARDS, AS I HAVE NOT BEEN VERY GOOD ABOUT KEEPING UP WITH ALL MY MEDS.  IT IS HARD TO REMEMBER ALL THE THINGS FOR MIKE, AND I AM TRYING TO DO THAT WELL, AND I GUESS I HAVE JUST BEEN ON OVER LOAD. ANY HOW, GUESS I'LL KNOW SOON ENOUGH.  IT HAS BEEN SO GREAT HAVING MIKE JR. AROUND ALL THESE PAST DAYS-WE ARE SURE GOING TO MISS HIM WHEN HE HEADS BACK HOME ON SAT..  IT WAS REALLY SO SPECIAL HAVING HIM HERE, AND WE APPRECIATE HIS WIFE LAURA SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN.  IT IS REALLY COLD HERE THE PAST FEW DAYS-MAYBE NOT AS COMPARED WITH N.Y. OR OHIO, BUT FOR US IT IS UNUALLY COLD.  I REMEMBER GOING SWIMMING IN DEC.  & JAN. MANY TIMES, BUT SURE COULD NOT DO THAT THIS YEAR!!  TONIGHT I WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEND MY FIRST THUS. NIGHT MEETING IN A VERY LONG TIME. THANKS TO MY SON, AND MY SON IN LAW MIKE B..  I AM TRULY EXCITED.  I AM TRYING TO GET VOLUNTEERS TO WATCH MIKE FOR ME ON THURS. NIGHTS, SO I CAN BE AT MY MEETINGS AGAIN.  IT IS HARD BECAUSE THEY END AFTER NINE, SO I DON'T GET HOME MUCH BEFORE 9:30PM.  I WILL CONTINUE TO TRY AS MY MEETINGS ARE SO ENCOURAGING AND STRENGTHENING FOR ME.  WELL, NOT MUCH ELSE TO REPORT FOR NOW, SO TILL TOMORROW-JUST ME

I THINK I AM BECOMING A ZOMBEE!!

COULDN'T SLEEP AGAIN LAST NIGHT, AND NOW I AM UP, AND MIKE IS SLEEPING LIKE A BABY.  SO NOT FAIR!!  YESTERDAY WHEN I TRIED TO TAKE A NAP, THE PHONE KEPT RINGING (PHONE SOLICITORS), AND WHEN I WAS JUST ABOUT TO FALL ASLEEP, MIKE WOULD SAY MOM.  IF I DID NOT ANSWER HIM HE WOULD SAY IT A LITTLE LOUDER, MOM!  WHEN I WOULD SAY "WHAT"? HE WOULD SAY "ARE YOU OK"? "IS THERE ANY THING I CAN DO FOR YOU"?  AFTER ABOUT THE THIRD TIME OF HIM DOING THAT I FINALLY SAID "YES"! "PLEASE LET ME REST".  BUT, HE WOULD FORGET, AND THEN THE DOOR BELL RANG, AND IT WAS MY SON-SO GLAD I GOT UP AND CHECKED.  I WAS GOING TO IGNORE IT THINKING IT WAS MAYBE A NEIGHBOR OR FED-X.  ANY HOW, MIKE'S HOSPICE NURSE COMES TODAY, AND I WILL SEE IF SHE WILL BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING TO GET MIKE TO PUT ON HIS NIGHT TIME FOLEY.  HE HAS WORN THE THING FOR ALMOST 4 YEARS NOW, SO I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY ALL OF A SUDDEN HE HATES IT AND WILL NO LONGER PUT IT ON.  WELL, ON A DIFFERENT NOTE, MY SON HAS WORKED SO HARD AROUND HERE-TODAY I THINK HE PLANS TO PAINT MY CUPBOARD.  I AM ALREADY WORKING ON A NEW LIST FOR HIM, AS HE HAS PUSHED THROUGH ALL ON THE FIRST LIST I HAD FOR HIM!!  I DO THINK THAT MIKE JR. CAN SEE WHAT ISSUES I FACE, AS IT IS HARD TO FULLY UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU ARE SO FAR AWAY.  MIKE ASKED ME LAST NIGHT HOW MANY MORE DAYS WILL MIKEY (HE HATES FOR US TO CALL HIM THAT) BE HERE.  THEN AFTER I TOLD HIM HE SAID, "I SURE AM GOING TO MISS MY BOY".  SO SWEET.  I FEEL THE SAME WAY, BUT WE ALL HAVE TO GO WHERE WE CAN MAKE A LIVING AND TAKE CARE OF OUR FAMILY.  WELL, I GUESS I WILL GET DRESSED NOW, AS I HAVE MUCH TO DO TODAY, AND MY POOR SKINNY (THEY WISH) DOGS ARE STARVING, AS I HAVE NOT FED THEM YET.  SO, TILL TOMORROW-JUST ME

NOT A WINK OF SLEEP AGAIN FOR ME

MIKE CONTINUES TO NOT USE HIS NIGHT TIME FOLEY-HE STILL SAYS HE HATES IT AND WILL NO LONGER WEAR IT.  I WILL HAVE TO TALK WITH HIS HOSPICE NURSE TOMORROW TO SEE IF SHE HAS ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR ME.  I TRULY THINK I MAY BE CATCHING ALZHEIMER'S-SOMEHOW I THREW AWAY MY REAL GOLD CHARM BRACELET.  I HAD IT WRAPPED UP IN A TISSUE IN MY PURSE AS I WAS PLANNING TO TAKE IT TO A PAWN SHOP TO SEE WHAT THEY WOULD GIVE ME FOR IT.  WHEN I LOOKED IN MY PURSE-IT WAS GONE!! I CLEANED OUT MY PURSE ABOUT A WEEK AGO, AND MUST OF THOUGHT IT WAS A USED TISSUE SINCE IT WAS ALL WADDED UP.  I AM SUCH A MESS LATELY-DON'T SEEM TO KNOW WHICH END IS UP ANY MORE!!  ANY HOW OUR SON IS HERE FROM CA, AND HE IS HELPING OUT SO MUCH WITH STUFF THAT I CAN'T DO AND MIKE SR. CAN NO LONGER DO. WISH I COULD HAVE HIM AND HIS FAMILY HERE ALL THE TIME, BUT THEY BOTH HAVE GOOD JOBS IS CA., AND FINDING WORK HERE WOULD NOT BE EASY WITH THE ECONOMY THE WAY IT IS.   LAST NIGHT WE HAD ALL THE KIDS (EXCEPT FONDA & ART WHO ARE STILL IN AUSTRALIA).  WE HAD SUCH A NICE TIME-THAT JUDAH-BEN IS  SUCH A CARD-HE KEPT US ALL IN STITCHES!!  JAKKI IS SO CUTE WITH HER TUMMY GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER.  CAN'T WAIT TO SEE LITTLE MINKA, I WONDER WHO SHE WILL LOOK LIKE.  WELL, MIKE JR. JUST ARRIVED, AND I NEED TO GET HIM SOME SUPPLIES FOR HIS BREAKFAST.  HOPE YOU HAVE A WARM DAY-OURS IS QUITE CHILLY!!  TILL TOMORROW, JUST ME

"DID MIKE JR. COME TO OUR WEDDING"?

I SAID NO, AND THEN MIKE WANTED TO KNOW WHY NOT, AND I JUST SAID HE WAS NOT BORN YET.  I'VE GOTTEN USE TO SOME OF THE CHILD LIKE QUESTIONS THAT MIKE WILL ASK, BUT SOMETIMES I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE MY EARS.  MIKE AND I WENT TO OUR MEETING YESTERDAY AND WHAT A JOY (BEYOND COMPARE) TO SEE AND HUG ALL MY DEAR FRIENDS!!  I AM JUST SO HAPPY AT THE MEETING TIME CHANGE, AND I AM HOPING THAT WE WILL AT LEAST BE ABLE TO MAKE ALL THE SUNDAY MEETING NOW.  I HAVE HELP FOR THIS THURS. NIGHT, SO I WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO ATTEND THAT MEETING.  OUR SON MIKE JR. IS IN TOWN FOR THE WEEK, AND WE HAVE ALREADY PUT HIM TO WORK.  THERE JUST ARE SO MANY LITTLE THINGS AND SOME BIG THINGS THAT I JUST CAN'T DO, SO I AM TRULY GRATEFUL THAT HE HAS COME ALL THE WAY FROM CA. TO HELP US.  THE LATEST PROBLEM I AM HAVING WITH MIKE IS THAT HE IS NOW REFUSING TO WEAR HIS NIGHT TIME FOLEY BAG.  I HAVE BEGGED, PLEADED, AND CAJOLED, BUT HE INSIST HE IS NEVER WEARING THAT THING AGAIN, AND THEN HE SAID "I HATE IT"!!!  NOW I CAN'T SLEEP THINKING THAT HIS LITTLE BAG WILL OVER FLOW AND BUST DURING THE NIGHT.  I KEEP ASKING HIM TO CHECK HIS BAG ALL NIGHT LONG, SO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH SLEEP THAT ALLOWS ME TO HAVE. ZIP, ZERO, NADA, NIL, AND IT IS THE SAME IN ALL THE OTHER LANGUAGES-NONE!!  OH WELL SUCH IS LIFE.  WE DID HAVE A LOVELY MEAL PREPARED BY OUR SON IN LAW MIKE B. AT OUR GRAND KIDS HOME.  MIKE COULD NOT EAT AS HE HAS HAD THE BURPS SINCE AROUND 4pm.  JAKKI DID NOT HAVE TUMS-CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? A PREGNANT WOMAN WITH NO TUMS IN THE HOUSE??  I WAS SHOCKED!!  I PRAY SHE WILL NOT EVER NEED THEM, BUT IF THAT LITTLE DARLING SHE IS CARRYING  HAS ANY HAIR, SHE WILL SURELY NEED TO PICK SOME UP SOON!! ANY HOW AFTER WE GOT MIKE BACK HOME I GAVE HIM TWO KINDS OF MEDS . FOR THE BURPING AND THEY FINALLY STOPPED.  WELL, I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT THIS A.M. SO I NEED TO GET A MOVE ON. IT'S ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY OUTSIDE-SURE HOPE YOU CAN ENJOY IT!!  TILL TOMORROW-JUST ME