A new adventure.

My Sweetie Pie loves flowers.

As I'm sitting here, the thought came to me, that I'm now starting a new life. I've been through the riggers of growing up, getting married, having children of my own. Having survived the death of my friend, lover and wife. I start out on the road to a new normal life. A life that, by all rights, should be the life that I've been waiting for. 

As in the movie "Lord of the Rings, The return of the King." Bilbo is at the boat, and he says that "I'm ready for a new adventure." So am I.

Wednesday 

The snow has already disappeared. It just doesn't last long, and that is just fine with me. 

After my morning start, I'm getting excited about what is about to happen. There are things that I still have to do, and I'm ready to get going. 

There are things that I'm looking forward to. The first is to be alone so I can feel Sweetie again. I know that with my grandson here, I don't get that private time with her. 

Second, I want my house and life back. If that sounds strange, to me it isn't. I've live with Sweetie for the past 4 years, traveling down the Road to Dementia Town, basically on our own. I've grown accustomed to it being just Sweetie and me. Besides, like fish, after 3 days, they begin to stink. 

For the first time since Sweetie's passing, I'm going to open her urn and get some of her ready to travel to Cali. 

I've got the tubes out, and the tablespoon ready. I'm not sure on how much to put in each tube, so it is a guessing game. First, two tablespoons, and then three, and to me, that is enough. 

Then, it is who is going to get one of these tubes of Sweetie? Counting noses, I've got the two brothers, her cousin, her two that are with us, my two, and me. So, that is, what, eight tubes of Sweetie to prepare. 

Need to get some purple wrapping paper, so off I go. First place I head for is the dollar store, and it is empty. Then, why put it off, I head for the Super Store. 

No purple wrapping paper there, but I spy purple napkins. That will work. Needed to get a vacation feeder for the fish, got it too. 

Home, finished up, and put the rest of Sweetie back in her bedroom. 

There is a change between me and my grandson. He is beginning to relax around me. He is also beginning to engage in conversation, and we are taking about life. 

I told him about my life, and how I used the Navy to escape my family. At the time, I didn't think of it that way, it was only after long years away from that point in my life, I could see it. 

We talked about how I saw so much in me in him. That it would take some time for him to see what I was telling him about him using the Navy to flee his family. 

Told him, how both Sweetie and me knew that once he graduated, he was gone, just as I was. 

It was after that, it seemed that the wall he had built up between us, came down a little. Now he is talking about, when he gets out of the Navy, he will come and live with me. I didn't say anything, because that is 2 and a half years away. A lot can change in that amount of time. 

It looks like our time in Dementia Town is drawing to an end. Soon, we will be able to travel down a new road. A road of adventure, a road to a new destination, and a new life. I'm not worried about it, because wherever it leads, I'll be traveling with my Driver and we will be keeping our Shiny Side Up. C'ya, Luv Ya, and God Bless. Arthur.