saturday

My sweet, precious, boyfriend passed away unexpectedly Friday morning at home.
I  can hardly believe it's true.

thursday

Boyfriend had a umbilical hernia repaired, and his peritoneal dialysis catheter put in yesterday. It was all outpatient. He's in quite a bit of pain but doing better today than he did last night.

I finally got my house listed. It was a huge relief. I felt like a ton of bricks had been lifted off my shoulders!
I used the realtor who handled the paper work
from the sale of the house I recently bought. I really like her. She's on the ball, organized, funny, and competent.
So she listed it yesterday. We had had several showings yesterday and today.  I got two offers today, countered one of them and it was accepted. So if all goes well (knock on wood) we will close by Oct. 15th.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

friday

I was on the elevator with boyfriend yesterday headed up to see one of his doctors. A little boy and his mother was in the elevator with us. I watched as the little boy, probably 4 or 5 years old, was taking in the fact that boyfriends left leg was gone. I worried a little that it would scare him. But
 little boy then got boyfriends attention and pulled his own pants leg up to show a bandaid to his upper thigh.
It was the sweetest thing in the world.
Little boy sharing "war stories" with this big strong man.
Made my whole day.

wed

it's quite a trek for a cat to walk from the new house to the old house and it involves crossing a highway. it worries me to think that Woody made his way from here to there. i haven't allowed him outside since his little adventure. last night he knocked down curtains, a picture off the wall, and knocked over a garbage can. he was acting out over not being allowed outside.
kind of feels like i have a troubled adolescent living with me.

boyfriends son will leave for home this evening.
i'm sorry to see him go but it's been weeks since things here have felt normal AND I still have things I HAVE to get done at the old house.
thursday i hope to have it all done...............the roofer didn't show monday, said he'd be here tuesday........he didn't show tuesday either............he has really screwed with my time......i suppose i will look for another roofer today.

thankfully the furnace people did show, though a day late, and my new furnace is installed.

sunday

Woody didn't come home today after time outside.
He was gone for a couple of hours.
I found him at the old house.
He was relaxing under the big maple tree in the front yard.
He rolled to his back for a belly rub as soon as he saw me.
I gave him a belly rub and a big kiss.

saturday

boyfriends brother and sister-in-law left yesterday morning.
it was a busy week full of doctors appointments and therapies
but they hung with us through it all and we managed to squeeze in some fun.
i will miss having them here!
boyfriends son arrived here last evening.
usually he stays in a hotel but this time he is staying at the house.
woody likes when we have company.
he's very social that way.

we have no appointments or therapies or dialysis this weekend. it will be nice to have the time off!
we still need a kitchen table, and I still have a handful of things to do at the old house. i'm hoping to get it all 100% done this weekend.

the moon was so incredible last night. it's supposed to be tonight too. take a look at it if you can!

thursday

just busy, busy.
company still here from colorado.
appointments everyday plus ot and pt visits.
fired the nurse. she was a no show for 9 days so whats the point?
looking forward to the day when things slow down!

sunday

boyfriends brother and sister-in-law are here from colorado!
i love having them here. she's a great friend. it will be a fun week! except for today.
i hAVE TO go to the old house and get a few things done. luckily my great friend is going to go with to keep me company. 

sunday

yesterday we power washed the deck and some of the brick at the back of the old house. we also power washed the driveway wall. the wall looks good. the deck looks clean but a lot of the stain chipped off. so i don't know. i may or may not stain it.
I took out all of the vent covers, washed and painted them, and i've washed all the ceiling light covers. i'll put all the light covers back after i've finished painting, and the vent covers back after they've had awhile to dry.
took out and threw away a book shelf and cleaned up some clippings from last fall..............also removed a bush that just wasn't very attractive.
 so the old house is almost finished and ready to list. today i'm going to paint my old bedroom. son is going to caulk the frame of the garage door, and paint the frame. he's also going to caulk some areas on the front porch and power wash the driveway.
daughter is going to help me paint the bedroom.
other son is going to make the yard look trimmed and manicured again. right now it is a mess!
so even though i feel like we are almost finished we still have much to do! my goal is to have it all completed by the 10th. and that with 4 doctor appointments this week, and 2 visits from ot and pt.
if we can just get through this next week i will be able to breathe!