Here I am late in the day!

 TERRY

As I write it is 6:00 PM, WOW.  Terry has had one of her sleepy days and as I write she has her eyes closed and the paper is on her chest.  Most of the day she has been sleepy.  Well she did interrupt my day with some needs but we need not get into that.  It is one day at a time here with many days bringing surprises some of which are not all that welcome!  Enough!

I intended to get a haircut today but that did not happen.  I have been home except for a 10:30 tennis match which was a welcome relief from what is now my daily life.  I had a great time and I lost!!!  Karl and I more than met our match this morning but it was a really fun time.  Now that I can have fun while I lose not sure what is next???

Terry continues on her journey of not eating a lot, not drinking a lot but she seems to be doing OK.  I did make a chicken breast stuffed with things and I am guessing she ate maybe 1/4 of a helping.  

Usually at this time we would be watching the local news but as I said she is sleeping with some game show on and I will not go in and disturb her.  Yes, I can turn on the TV in the living room IF the news was that important but it is not at this time

I admit that as time goes on life seems to be more and more of a struggle.  I do not mean life for me but what I mean the life of a care giver is not one that is easy.  Now that Terry is in bed 24/7 and not getting out of bed for ANYTHING I think I may need to engage some help during the day.  If it was only the physical things it would be no problem but the physical along with the mental aspect at times seem to be over whelming.  Maybe it is because I am 74 but I suspect even if I were younger it would be a challenge. I still remember very vividly a situation as Gail was near death.  She was on the couch in the living room as we had not yet gotten a hospital bed.  A friend, Larry, came over to visit and as he came into the doorway of the living room Gail stared right at hime and said "I see Jesus".  I knew at that time Gail was not going to get better and really her days were limited.  Now Terry is NOT at that point in any way.  But it was a time when I just closed my eyes and said to myself, "Lord what ever you have in mind I accept!"  

No I think I need to come up with something to fix for dinner when Terry wakes up.  I will leave with a picture that I got out of the paper today that I thought was kind of cute.

Perhaps more than a few of us can relate!  AND yes I enjoyed my FP as it helped me get through the day.