,Day 2 in NC

  Well,  I made it to NC after 24 hours of no sleep and more physical activity than I have taken for a long time! I went to bed about  10 pm

and  slept right through until 6 am.

High points so far:

• We had Pizza Hut Pizza last night. Do you know how many years it  has been since I  had Pizza Hut Pizza? And just in case you didn’t know, cold Pizza Hut Pizza  for breakfast is the Food of The Gods! Fred used to think I was very strange to eat any pizza cold, and the fact that Jake agrees with me shows that he was Well Brought Up!
• Jake rides his motor bike to work, and the plan was that I would use his truck. That was until I actually saw it and discovered I can’t get in it without considerable effort . And that has nothing to do with the fact that I am Officially Old and Somewhat Infirm!  It  is the biggest truck I have ever seen which is not at all surprising when you remember  that its owner is 6 foot 8 inches. And apropos of that, living  in his house is like living in the house of a giant where all the chairs  and couches are bigger than normal  and the pictures on the wall are set at his eye level and not at mine! Anyway, Jake went online and rented a small car for me while I am here and we will pick it up on Saturday.
• One thing that is nice for me is that he has two cats. They are rescued cats ( see, I told you he was Well Brought Up!} and although they are not brothers, they became good  friend in the shelter  so I am glad he took both of them. They are talkative cats too, which I also like. They are friendly cats, too, although a bit wary of me as yet. In fact, Rocky came out from where he was sleeping last night when he heard Jake in the kitchen and when he saw me he was all puffed up although last night he was friendly and affectionate with me!
• Today I am going to put stuff we went out to buy last night into a crock pot and we will have beef stew tonight. Apart from that, and getting a shower and washing my hair, I am planning to do as little as possible for the rest of the day.

Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary. The people we trust with that important talk can help us know that we are not alone. ~Fred Rogers (Mr. Rogers)

  You are not happy because you are well. You are well because you are

happy. You are not depressed because trouble has come to you, but

trouble has come to you because you are depressed. You can change

your thoughts and feelings, and then the outer things will come to

correspond, and indeed there is no other way of working.

— Emmet Fox