4:45 AM!

At 4:45 this morning, the phone rang. Of course, I thought the worst — that something had happened to Fred. I let it go all through the message but when I heard the voice after that, I leaped out of bed and ran into the next room because it was Fred’s voice! He had no idea what time it was, apparently. He wanted to be sure I sent the right earphones with his daughter! Actually, as I write this, I am not sure which earphones he said. I am not at my best when woken up from a deep sleep at night! Oh, and I mentioned that his daughter had told me she was picking up the walker and he said for me to not –and here I quote "let it out of my hands!" So, when I have finished here, I will call him and get it all straightened out!

I am slowly accepting that at 77, it takes me longer to recover from stress than it used to take. The day before yesterday, I did laundry–two loads, and my usual procedure is to fold, and put away laundry after I bring it up from the laundry area on the same day I wash them. Yesterday, I put Fred’s underwear on the bed, and since he is not here to put it in the drawers, I was going to do that. Then I looked at the other basket which has the dry non-whites in it but that is as far as I got–looking at them. And I observed them with interest yesterday but they still hadn’t put themselves away! But I will get them done today. It is not a particularly long job.

Our neighbor came over yesterday to see how I was and asked me did I know the landlord was moving out from the apartment above us to go live with his girlfriend! Hmmm, we had wondered if he was selling the house when we heard all sorts of hammering going on up there a couple of weeks ago! Apparently, he has already got the apartment rented to a woman who, judging by the noises I heard yesterday, is already moving in!

OK, it is almost 10 am and time to call Fred and make sure which pair of earphones he wants me to send and to be sure he doesn’t want the walker sent.

Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks,

breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.

— Mary Lou Cook

"We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers – but never blame yourself. It’s never your fault. But it’s always your fault, because if you wanted to change you’re the one who has got to change." — Katherine Hepburn

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.

You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.

You’re on your own. And you know what you know.

You are the guy who’ll decide where to go. ~ Dr. Seuss