Here we are on the last Monday of April 2022

 TERRY

I would say Terry is doing OK today.  She was awake and looking at her phone when I opened my eyes around 8:15.  Now I do have an excuse for the late wake up!  Terry had needs during the night on 4 occasions so my sleep was like a roller coaster, up and down and up and down.  I may just take a nap this PM.  But I would say no change and with each passing day we hope and pray for healing for Terry.

I am finding it difficult to lose weight with what I am doing--no exercise to speak of.  I have found in the past that playing tennis 4 or 5 times a week was enough exercise for me to lose weight IF I did not over eat.  Really, I do not think I am over eating now but the weight has remained the same over the last week.  Maybe I need to make sure I get in a longer bike ride each day as that would help.

I really do not have much to say today.  For the week the big thing will be my doctor appointment on Wednesday but then I do not expect any surprised during that either.  Perhaps the bigger things is my appointment with Dr. Vickers, my neurologist, which takes place early in May.  He seems to figure things out with his pin sticks etc😋.  I am thinking IF I could go way way back in time I may get 100% well.  Back on the farm when I was in a way of wondering or thinking etc I would shimmy up the light pole by the barn door.  I would then walk across the roof to the west side and lie down.  There I could soak in the sun and gaze towards the sky and that seemed to clear my mind.  Really I am not sure WHY a teenage boy on the farm needed to clear his mind.  Somehow at the time it was the ideal thing to do but as I think about it that may not do the trick at this time in my life.  AND it was free and insurance did not even have to cover it!!!  I might add that an additional benefit was as I took my time on the west side of the roof Mom and Dad could not see me!  Well I should add that seldom if ever did either of them yell to find out where I was or what I was doing.  But I promise those times on the barn roof were great times of relaxing, thinking and planning.  Maybe I need to find some kind of barn around here in Naples!

I have found, I think, a substitute for my premade frozen breakfast sandwiches that I used to eat often for breakfast.  The brand was Jimmy Dean and they were very good but I think my own self made ones are a lot healthier.  This handy dandy machine makes a sandwich in 4-5 minutes.  You just put half of the muffin on the bottom.  You then put some meat and cheese on top of that.  Then the middle plate is put down and on that you crack an egg, pierce the yolk and add the other half of the muffin.  Close it and in 5 minutes you have a breakfast sandwich that I think is much better to eat than the frozen ones you get in the store.  Actually they are kind of pretty I think!!!  So several days of the week that is my breakfast but I should say this for the sake of Judi and John.  The only way to enjoy them fully is to have a side of FP😄!!!  I think about Judi and John often as I am wondering how they are doing with moving things they need into the A frame and then putting their beautiful home on the market.  It sounds like a lot of work but as many of us know along with the aging process comes changes in our lives and often big changes.  The few times we have stayed with Judi and John at the lake are times to remember as it is a beautiful setting.  However time changes things for all of us.  I need to add that it was sad that brother Dave did NOT get to make a lot of changes in the aging process in terms of life style as he went to heaven too young.  I know, 50 years ago the age of 75 would have been considered kind of old but in todays world there are different standards for sure!

No I am thinking a bike ride may be in the short future this AM so will close for now.  I still have half a cup of FP so will bring up the market to see if my $1.98 is up or down and my prediction is down!