Sunday November 25 2007

A cold morning, about 0 degrees. I never even went outside today. But it was mostly sunny and very little wind. Tonight another full moon is shining brightly.

Joe was up at his usual pre-dawn time. Debbie and I got up at almost 8. We had some breakfast and then our main project was to finish getting all the Thomas' nieces and nephews heirloom stuff packed up. We did a lot yesterday and the rest before lunch. There has been stuff in nearly every room and every closet so it was a challenge to dig it all out. Debbie climbed up to all the top shelves. I sat at the table and wrapped up all the dishes and she packed them into boxes. And then the job was done. Debbie took all the bags and boxes out to the garage to store on the shelves until they could come and get it.

Even though he had said last spring that it was o.k to do this, Joe had a hard time with seeing things going out of the house that had been here since his childhood, That was a little hard to overcome, but I think he's pretty o.k. with it when he realized its the right thing to do, and also to think about what might happen realistically in the future if it wasn't taken care of.

Yesterday Debbie called the realtor in Maui who is in charge of the condo that Jan offered to us for a week in January and explained to her that we wouldn't be coming there. It might be a really stupid thing to pass up such a great opportunity, but I just can seem to face making that kind of trip. Also I likely will be in the midst of treatments once a week. It is a major undertaking to travel and fly out of here when I'm well, let alone being sick and in the middle of January. So.... We're not doing that after all.

Debbie cleaned up the house and other housework. In the morning she'll change the sheets. Then she is going to start home. I will really be sorry to see her go. Have so much appreciated her care and help. I have also enjoyed being with her for over a month.

Today I put out new paint on the palette and began to work on a painting - a commission - I want to finish.

Charm and Betty called today and we visited for a while. I called Phyllis and thanked her for having Joe to dinner and sending us over care plates. I forgot to mention that my grandson Justin called us yesterday, so it was good to hear from him.

Then this evening Joslyn called and said Howie and Jacques would be here tomorrow afternoon to haul away all the boxes Debbie packed up. It will be nice that they don't have to do that packing.

I didn't feel as good today as yesterday, and maybe I did a little too much yesterday or maybe I'll just have ups and downs for a while until the healing is complete. The Dr. said it would take two or three months to be back to feeling normal.