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Saturday, January 21, 2023 — What an evening this has been… All of my kids are here with us — and I do mean ALL — as in both nieces (yep, the one from Texas flew out as a surprise for me), along with both sons and a friend of the younger son. I’m telling you, I am blessed beyond measure. We’re going to breakfast at Keene in the morning — probably our last time there in this lifetime.

We had to disappear earlier in the afternoon because there was a showing at 3:30 p.m. Thankfully, our ever-diligent realtor came early and was able to put the house back in order in time for the showing. As Robert and I left out my garage door, I saw a woman walking up to the front door–talk about timing! LOL When we were ready to leave the restaurant, I called Lindsay (our realtor) to see if it was o.k. to return home and she said the showing went well and she was already back in her office. I would dearly love to have an offer in hand before we leave for Santee. I have to continue to be patient, but it is difficult.

The kids are all primed to take stuff down and I’m sure we’re not going to take as much as they think we’re going to be taking. Time will tell… my one niece says they’ll take the necessities and then come back in a couple of weeks to take anything we’ve missed. I don’t think that’s going to be possible since the Go2Girlz are going to be selling anything left behind. I told my kids that I really wasn’t attached to anything in the house anymore… it’s served its purpose quite well and now it needs to go to someone else and live another life somewhere else. Less is more…

Robert had a fairly bad day today that got worse as the day wore on. There was a lot going on today and I think that had an effect on him. By 7:30 p.m. he was in the living room (I was on the phone talking to a Depot friend) and he began taking his clothes off… I was curious as to why he was doing it in the living room… he got down to his shorts and then took his clothes and headed to his garage. I quickly got off the phone and then saw he was just getting ready for his evening shower. He still seemed to be a bit out of it, but managed to get his shower, and had his robe on when he came down to the hall to my office. He said he was done…and I asked him if he wanted to be tucked in and he said, “Please.” So I got up and followed him down the hall. It was barely 8 p.m. but it had been a hard day for him with a lot of activity. I’ll be glad to get him set up at the new place and get a new program in place. Having a lot of people in and out and a lot going on is confusing and tiring for him so having a more controlled environment will be a welcome thing, for sure.

Moving day has come and I am more than ready for it. I can feel the relief already. Take good care of yourself–enjoy your life. I told Robert at dinner that I was going to spend the rest of my life enjoying life, and then I ordered Flan for dessert with everything on it!! LOL It felt good.

Each day is a blessing. Take good care of yourself and those you love. And be sure to tell those you love that you love them. Apologize when you’ve wronged someone through word or deed. There is a whole world of possibilities for gratitude–find one and think on it. Be at peace with yourself and others. Blessings to you…

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