Still in good spirits.

Momma and birthday daughter

Yesterday was such a good day. We broke our routine just a bit. 

When we went over to Sweetie's daughter for her birthday, she asked if I had any old cooking receipts that her mom still had. I told her I had a stack of old cookbooks and we could bring them over for her to look at. 

We arranged time after my golf game to go over and do the "book" thing. I cleared out all but one, cookbook, an full size crock pot, and some metal mixing bowels. I was going to take them to the Good Will if she didn't want them. 

To my surprise, she took all of that which we brought over. Everything from the Betty Crocker cook book, to the BBQ and Southwest Chili cookbooks that I'd acquired over the years. A very productive trip. 

Little by little, I'm clearing away the things that are becoming dust collectors. The way I look at it is, if we don't have it on display, and it is a surprise to open a box, or file, and find pictures, notes, or old love letters and they don't mean the same today as they did back then, then the time has come for those to be the memory, not the item in the house. 

Wednesday

I'm watching and she is looking at the camera, getting out of bed and heading for it. What is wrong? I get in the room, and the camera is beeping. I must of touched the speaker button on my phone to set off the alarm. Getting in, turning off the beeping, and putting her back to bed all went well. She went back to sleep.

She stayed asleep until I went back to get her up for the day. Up, to the bathroom, showered, clean pullups on, and then dressed and out to the dinning room for breakfast. 

I told her of the plans for the day including our excursion over to her daughters house after the round of golf. She seemed excited to do that. 

After breakfast, I got out the things we were taking over to daughter's place. It was then I had been thinking about the crock pot, and other dishes. I figured if she didn't want them, there was a Good Will not far from her place, and with a hop, skip and jump, I could donate those there. As you read earlier, that wasn't necessary. 

On our way over to her house, I was thinking that I don't have any CBD with me and how will Sweetie do without her afternoon dose. I thought that she would do OK as long as there wasn't anything that would upset her. As it turned out, I was correct. 

She was happy to see her daughter, which always amazes me. She can't remember me, but with her daughter that she may see once a year, there is instant recognition. 

It wasn't until I was looking at the picture above that I was able to see the family resemblance in her and her daughter. 

Afterwards, we headed out for lunch. The first time in a sit down, fast food restaurant. I got her some chicken tenders, and me a huge double meat hamburger, lettuce, tomato and onion with fries and a soda. It was so good to eat someone else's cooking. I was full after a few bites, but I keep going until it was gone. Sweetie had a slow start on her tenders, because they were so hot, and wasn't sure on how to eat them. Once she figured it out, they were gone. 

From there we headed for our walk about, some groceries, and then home. It was after 3 when we got home and she had been without her CBD for over 5 hours. I was happy that she was still in good spirits and behaving well. 

The only thing new was, when we went out to get the mail, we took a walk around the block to get to the mail box. You see it is right out in front of our house, and the walk was to drain her energy level a little. 

After the mail, back inside, turned on the TV, and did the catnap for the next couple of hours. Had dinner, and then, when it was time,  off to bed. 

I gotta tell you, Driver did an excellent bit of driving today. No bumps, no hard curves or sudden stops. Just a very pleasant day, driving through the lovely valley, one of many, this day. As we motor down the Road to Dementia Town, Keeping our Shiny Side Up. C'ya, Luv Ya, and God Bless.