Ethan’s Journey

 This morning’s coffee chat was about the man in Hawaii that assaulted his wife with a rock. He was found guilty. I am not part of the jury, I did not have all the facts. I made my assumption he was guilty after hearing bits and pieces of the trial. Mostly the part where he confessed to his son what he did and then put his son in the predicament of having to testify to put him in jail. What a jerk. I altered my voice to sound like the guilty party in every Scooby Doo episode. “I would have gotten away with it too if it weren’t for those meddling nurses” I mocked pretending the be the man found guilty. Who goes on a walk with a loaded string filled with undisclosed injectable medication? The whole situation is pretty awful. Moe wanted to be outside today. I opened the door and moved his bed so he could be nosy and not bite anyone. He sleepily guarded the house. You can see little Jiminy right by his side. He was not guarding the house at all. Ha! We went to my Mom and Gene’s tonight...

 Paul’s results came back good from his angiogram. He has a dilated (widened) part of his aorta (the vessel that carries blood to the body) but it has been that way for 23 years. They will keep watching for changes. Yay! I went over the warning signs of an issue with Paul. I can’t have him dying on me. He is more valuable alive. Also, who would put up with me otherwise? The mud continues in our yard. What a mess! Mother Nature is really trying to beat down my daffodils. My daffodils will prevail. They are so hardy and no match for Mother Nature’s temperature fluctuations. By this afternoon they were perky again! I let The dogs out this morning. Penny and Ferguson came back, but NO MOE! I peaked out the windows to find him. I just see him sitting like a statue, guarding over the house. I can’t leave him outside alone for long in case a delivery person comes. I am afraid Moe will bite them. He is very serious about guarding! I moved my computer desk so I could watch him. He stayed li...

 I was able to sneak in some fitness today with walking in the driveway. Everything else is squishy outside. I made 75 % of the dogs go outside with me while I walked sit was too cold for Jiminy. He runs away from the door when it is cold. We went over guesstimating for costs for Ethan when he moves into his place. I think he is a little bit overwhelmed at how much being an adult sucks….paying bills…working just to pay bills. I am frustrated with the slow progress of this building. Not enough to insert myself into the mix, but just in general. The weather and wetness has played a large part in the halted progression. This evening Paul went to get a snack. He “looked all over” but couldn’t find the bag of carrots in the fridge. “Were your eyes open when you looked?” I asked trying to be helpful (that is a lie). I knew that clearly his eyes were not open when he looked. I went to the refrigerator and opened the door. There they sat in plain sight. I started razzing him. “They would h...

 Paul seemed a bit nervous today with his procedure. Last night Ethan was telling him it wasn’t that bad and he shouldn’t be nervous. Easier said than done. We chatted about how Ethan has been through so much medically (since he was a baby) and Paul had not. This is a big deal for Paul even though it was an easy procedure. Paul was reading there they will be using radiation for the imaging and panicked a little.  “Isn’t radiation bad for you?” He asked. “Not this small amount.” I assured him. I reminded him that he has been exposed to radiation all over the place. Just small amount. The airport, smoke detectors, ceramic tiles…not all kinds but some kinds. Plus we can even ingest it (potassium 40). I did my wifely duty of keeping the car ride light. I noticed a school for the blind. I pointed it out and I very seriously asked him “Do you think they have a driving school?” We arrived. We went to the floor for cardiology. There were signs all over saying to check in via kiosk. ...

 Paul is having an angiogram tomorrow. I was reading to him what to expect based on Google’s assessment of the procedure. I got to the potential complications.  “While generally safe, occasionally patients can experience a loss of limb due to allergic reaction.” “WHAT?!?!?” He said in a panicked tone “And their penis can disintegrate”. I finished. I burst into laughter. “That does NOT happen!” He said in a very disgusted voice. He called me a swear word. I earned it and was proud of it! We hosted an Easter lunch. We had family over for lunch. It was a nice day and we spent it together. I was able to put daffodil’s from my garden in a couple of vases. They smelled so good. We had a leisurely late afternoon and evening. I practiced looking at the inside of my eyelids for a little bit. We picked out the man doors for Ethan’s barndominium. Paul was returning the favor and was being super annoying on purpose and thinking he was hysterical. (He was mildly hysterical at best.) “Did y...

 Today was fun. I did some chores but also squeezed in brief fitness time. I went to my Mom’s mid day. My brother was visiting for a few hours from Buffalo. We helped with a few things at their house and then had some apple pie and ice cream! Yum! I went to Avery’s apartment to meet with Avery, Kendall and their friend. This friend has the gift of being able to communicate with people who have passed. Some people say they can do this and they are farce. Some people I believe can actually do it.  I have a fascination with this gift. I have my own theories of what happens after we die. I have developed these theories from reading articles, watching people who claim to have the gift and a healthy dose of “my brain fills in the blanks with no scientific reasoning”. I had so many questions for this young lady. She answered them one by one and I was even more fascinated. She did a “reading” where she is able to see pictures in her brain. She explained that she can see shadowy figure...