I am back at home and very tired. Got back from Costa Rica at 10PM on Thursday night and got up Friday morning and drove to Dallas to close on the house. Stayed over the weekend because my daughter was in town and we had to work out some things on furniture placement, improvements, etc.
Yesterday I came home and stopped to see Cowboy. I had talked to him twice on the telephone and when I spoke with him on Saturday he was a little agitated. Wanted me to come to see him. I spent a lot of time there yesterday. He was fine, not upset, didn't question where I had been or anything. It was a very nice day and we went outside for a good long while. He went on and on about the "redbirds" he sees in the trees. Not sure if he is talking about cardinals, robins or something his mind only is seeing. He was very happy about it.
The staff tells me he spends a lot of time outside and he is spending more time in the day room as well. This is good. He is interacting a lot more with the other residents.
It has been two weeks since I was there and came back to find that three of the men had passed away and been replaced with new people. Wow, that really hit me. In just two weeks. One of them didn't surprise me but there was nothing to indicate the others were close to death.
The trip to Costa Rica was wonderful. I had a great time. There were several single ladies, two traveling together from Canada, a mother and daughter from California that were rather annoying, two young ladies from Chicago that were very nice and fun and one other single lady traveling alone. She was from Arizona. There were 40 people in all but I was the only one from Texas. I actually became good friends with a couple from Florida. She just kind of adopted me and we got on great. I could go on and on about what we did and where we went but not at the moment. I have so much to do to get ready to move. Maybe later.
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