It is much cooler in the AM now and I have been taking our dog for a walk when I first get up. It is wonderful to feel the sun on my skin and feel the breeze. Yesterday I suggested to Cowboy we put the top down on the car and go for a drive and he liked that idea. We stopped at Sonic and had a good old hamburger and tator tots which he ate all of. Not on his list of things he should eat but I didn't care a lick. It was nice to get out.
The last few days have been quiet and I have been tidying up bathroom cabinets and trying to feel in control. . I found a tube of toothpaste behind the bandaids in an area where we keep first aid supplies. I wonder how it got there?
Cowboy has been very quiet and napping a lot but seems OK.
Today is September 11 and we put out our little flags around the yard as have some of our neighbors. I asked Cowboy if he remembered that day and he said yes but couldn't tell me where he was or what he was doing. I remember it so well. I was doing chores around the house and Cowboy was in the garage puttering around when I happened to walk past the TV and saw the coverage. I had planned on making a run to WalMart that morning so after watching the coverage for a while I decided to go ahead and go. When I got about a half mile from WalMart I ran into a traffic jam of cars lined up for gas at their pumps. I finally found a place to park and went into the store. It was total chaos. People were rushing about, filling their carts with all kinds of things and the lines to check out were long. The cashier that checked me out was in tears and said they wouldn't tell them anything or let them see the TV coverage. She had heard that all the power was being cut off soon. I have no idea where that came from and I tried to soothe her but was not very successful. We lived in Broken Arrow Oklahom which seems a million miles from NYC. I was astounded at the reaction of my neighbors. It seems like for the next several days we did nothing but watch the TV.
I am in the final stages of planning a getaway in November. I am going with a friend to my sister's in New Mexico while she is here looking after Cowboy. Haven't seen Santa Fe in a good long while and we are also going up to Taos.
My daughter that lives in New York is coming for a visit on October 4. I haven't seen her in almost 2 years so am really looking forward to her visit. I flew up there in the fall two years ago and we took a road trip through New England. It was great. I told her then that I could not leave again unless Cowboy had someone with him. That time his daugher came and stayed with him. It doesn't seem like it has been that long since I felt like he needed watching after. Two years. I knew we had a problem even then but it was much later that it was finally diagnosed.
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