Here we are in the first Monday of July and the weather is HUMID and HOT.

TERRY

I must admit that Terry's illness is wearing on her a lot and for that matter me also.  There is NO comparison to what Terry is going through and what I am experiencing but I can tell time is taking a toll.  Terry now is on day 94 in the hospital/rehab.  If you think about that it is a quarter of a year.  I just get down when I think of what she is going through.  I could tell in our talk yesterday she was lonesome and down.  (I say down as I do not think depression is the right word).  She so wanted me to take her home yesterday and what is a person to say.  I can not blame her in any way and it just is so so difficult when that subject comes up.  She say, Carmen please come and take me home."  AND I have to reply, "Honey I want to but I can't".  The social worker told me Thursday that the team was meeting on Friday and she said she would call me Friday afternoon or Monday.  NO call on Friday so I am expecting one today.  I am hoping it will be the morning.  I have not called the rehab yet but I will visit Terry around noon today.  She is pretty busy in the morning and then visiting hours have to be between 12:00-2:00.  I am assuming that again it will be not on 4th floor but rather outside which is good except it may be raining today.  So as I start the first full week of July I have to remind myself, "one day at a time".

The Monday morning garden pictures

The plants are starting to take down my netting as they grow so I need to take care of that.  I think the radishes are about done as they are now ALL top and not much bottom and I don't know if it would be a good idea to plant new or not.  The beans look crazy and I am guessing there will be many in a very short time.  I planted some of Dale Binde's wheat and that looks good.  Maybe I will get some wheat later and I can enjoy some wheat gum!  I know this getting old sometimes brings you back to the "good old days".  I emphatically say "old days".

This is my upside down cake of rhubarb and a yellow cake mix.  I admit it does not look so great and I have not tasted it BUT I think it is OK.  Got to use that rhubarb up before it goes to seed.  Actually I think it would have been better NOT to turn it upside down but then it would have the wrong name so I did what it said.  If anyone knows me I try to do what I am told some of the time!

As I sit at the den window and work on the computer I see this gal pretty much every day.  She runs with a golden setter tied to her waist and then a second time she runs with a lab tied to her waist.  She is a pretty darn dedicated dog owner.  I thought to myself she can't really live in one of the many apartments down the street so today when I saw her came back a second time I noticed that she does live in the end house on the other side of the street.  I knew there were new owners but I never had seen who lived there.  

As I finish my writing for this morning we just had a storm blow through with .35" of rain.  We need the rain but the forecast says it will NOT cool down the temp much for the day.

No, I need to figure out how to use the day but first I need to call the rehab center and tell them I am coming to visit Terry.    I am on my last cup of happiness, FP that is, so time to shut down.