We had dinner with Cowboy and talked to the other residents some. I had small cupcakes for everyone and we passed them out. I got a larger fancy one for Cowboy with one candle and lit it and he blew it out. Then I had to make sure he didn't eat the whole thing. I managed to get some of it and he ate about half of it. He really enjoyed it. What a treat !
On Friday we spent the morning going through things and letting his daughter take anything from my pile in the garage home. She didn't bring the truck so that limited things a little bit but it was amazing how much she could get in her Impala.
In the afternoon we took the rest to the garage sale location and helped some of the folks from the neighborhood set up. Took a couple of hours and we had a ton of stuff. Then we covered it all with tarps and hoped for the best.
I took her to a cool restaurant called Tombstone and she had red snapper and sweet potato fries. I had shrimp and slaw. Good meal. Then to bed early.
Yesterday we got up at 6 and were at the garage sale site by 7:30. It was a lot of work but they let me handle the cash box so I had it pretty good. We did really well, made over $900!
Then we headed out to visit Cowboy. I decided to take the back roads and show her the countryside and the wildflowers that are blooming. Turned out to be a bad decision. The road was closed for repairs to a railroad crossing and we had to backtrack. Added 30 miles to the trip.
When we got there Cowboy was asleep. He had covered up and it was very warm in the room so he was bathed in sweat. There were soiled clothes in the floor and in the bathroom. I went to the desk to ask and learned he had complained of a stomach ache at lunch and ate little. I could not get him to wake up and he would open his eyes and then close them and didn't seem to respond to anything. I uncovered him and we sat with him a while and then left. I called later and learned his blood sugar had fallen to 73 and they gave him a snack and then made sure he ate dinner. He was now fine. It gave me a bit of a scare.
This morning we got up and went back over to see him. He was feeling fine and talked to us a little bit. He talks very little these days and he didn't talk much today. His daughter headed on home. I stayed for a bit and then came on home. Am catching up on laundry, the paper and various other little things this afternoon.
I plan to pick up soil and mulch before Tuesday and we are going to get the flower beds done.
The roofer will be here tomorrow to talk about the new roof. I also have a session with the trainer at the gym in the morning so will be busy again the next couple of days.
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