" I'LL BE THERE IN TWENTY FIVE MINUTES "

I WAS IN THE LIVING ROOM WHEN I HEARD MIKE SAY THE SAME THING ABOUT THREE TIMES IN A ROW.  I THOUGHT HE WAS ASLEEP, SO I WENT INTO THE ROOM TO CHECK ON HIM.  SURE ENOUGH HE WAS ASLEEP-TALKING TO THE GPS RESPONDER THAT HE WEARS AROUND HIS NECK.  HE MUST HAVE ACCIDENTALLY PUSHED THE BUTTON.  THE WOMAN ON THE OTHER END MUST HAVE FIGURED OUT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH MIKE, AS I HEARD HER SAYING "LET ME SPEAK TO YOUR WIFE".  I TOOK THE RESPONDER AND EXPLAINED TO THE LADY WHAT HAD HAPPENED.  SHE WAS VERY NICE ABOUT IT-MIKE HAS DONE THAT A COUPLE OTHER TIMES BEFORE.  I AM SO GLAD THAT THERE IS SUCH A THING OUT THERE-I DON'T THINK I WILL EVER WANT TO BE WITH OUT IT. ANY HOW, MIKE SLEPT UNTIL ABOUT 3:30PM YESTERDAY, AND HE DID EAT SOME BUT NOT AS MUCH AS I WOULD HAVE LIKED.  WHEN I AM NOT IN THE ROOM, HE TRIES TO GIVE SOME OF HIS FOOD TO THE DOGIES.  I CAUGHT HIM YESTERDAY, AND HE GOT UPSET WITH ME BECAUSE I WOULD NOT LET HIM GIVE HIS PLATE OF FOOD TO THEM.  WE STAYED UP UNTIL 10PM.  I WAS IN BED EARLIER, BUT MIKE WAS WATCHING THE MAGIC GAME IN THE LIVING ROOM.  AFTER A WHILE OF NOT HEARING THE T.V. ANY LONGER, I WENT INTO THE LIVING ROOM AND MIKE WAS JUST SITTING IN HIS CHAIR ALL BY HIMSELF.  I ASKED HIM IF HE WANTED TO GO TO BED, AND HE SAID "IF THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT TO DO".  SO OFF TO BED WE WENT.  HIS LEGS ARE SO THIN AND FRAIL I CRINGE EVERY TIME I SEE HIM TRY TO WALK, I AM SO AFRAID HE WILL FALL AND BREAK SOMETHING.  MIKE SAID HE HAD A GOOD DAY BEFORE FALLING ASLEEP, AND ASKED ME IF I DID.  EVERY DAY IS A GOOD DAY TO MIKE-HE JUST ENJOYS LIFE, AND ESPECIALLY THE OUT DOORS, AND HIS DOGIES.  I HAVE BEEN AWAKE SINCE 3:03AM.  I TRIED AND TRIED TO STAY IN BED, BUT IT IS SO FRUSTRATING TO JUST LAY THERE WIDE AWAKE.  I HATE NIGHTS LIKE THAT, BUT LATELY I HAVE BEEN HAVING MORE AND MORE OF THEM.  THE HOSPICE DR. WILL BE HERE THIS AFTERNOON TO CHECK ON MIKE AND SEE WHAT HE CAN DO TO MAKE HIM MORE COMFORTABLE.  ALL OF THE HOSPICE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SUPER NICE AND HELPFUL.  I JUST HAVE TO KEEP REMINDING THEM THAT MIKE DOES NOT KNOW THAT HE HAS BONE CANCER, OR THAT HE IS ON HOSPICE.  I THINK IF HE HEARD THE WORD "HOSPICE" HE WOULD KNOW HE IS MUCH SICKER THEN I HAVE TOLD HIM.  I PRAY THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN.  THAT'S ABOUT IT FROM ME FOR TODAY-HAPPY THURSDAY-JUST ME