Yesterday, I showed a picture of the bench I thought I was going to sleep on. I wasn’t able to get to sleep on it for very long, so I moved to some chairs with a back I could lay my head on, but that didn’t work very well either. I got a few winks in but spent most of the night working on crossword puzzles. I had left a message in my last post for someone to call me at 5:00 this morning to make sure I was awake for my flight. My mother, God bless her soul, did! I was already awake anyway, but I was glad she called.
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Maybe the last time
Elaine had made arrangements to visit her sisters in Dallas, Oregon for lunch today and I told her I’d sit with Dad so she could go. It was four hours that I got to spend with Dad, perhaps for the last time since I’m flying back to Tucson tomorrow.
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Mom wanted to take me around and show me some of her favorite things today.
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This morning, I had an appointment at Miracle-Ear at 11:00, but I had to stop by Dad’s house to get the address first. Dad kept thinking that his hearing aids were over next to the computer and he couldn’t understand why I was going to their office to pick them up.
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This morning, Mom and I called Mark and sang Happy Birthday to him. Thank you to all of you who sent birthday greetings for him too!
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Phone interruptions
This morning, Mom came into my room looking all pretty and asked if I’d go to church with her. When I told her that today was Tuesday, she couldn’t believe it!
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Thank you to all those of you who were praying about my migraine. I woke up without it today and it never came back! Also, I want to assure you that Mom and I are still friends. We’re never mad at each other for very long and we laugh about it later!
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I woke up with a migraine again this morning and thought, “Enough is enough!” Two or three days are normal for me, but when it goes longer than that, I take action.
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As I have mentioned the last couple of days, I’ve had a migraine and I woke up with it this morning after being awake half the night.
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