Boy does it ever! Larry and I had a great two days in the mountains of North Carolina last Friday and Saturday. We finished getting supplies for the baths and the fans for the bedrooms as well as having the opportunity to watch the last of the granite being installed. It was such a blessing for me to be able to get away.
Things are just about the same here. Kenny is still going to bathroom about every 30 - 45 minutes when he is awake and "unoccupied". If he is watching a program on TV, he will go for an hour or more before going to the "latrine" as he calls it. I really think he is bored and has too much time to think. This morning he woke up at 4:00 , rang the bell and wanted to know what I was doing? I told him I was sleeping; was he ready to get up at 4 AM? No? Well why in the world did he ring the bell. No particular reason. I think his body is only requiring 7 hours of sleep a night but he thinks he should sleep longer so frustration takes hold and he lies in bed thinking about getting up, sleeping some more, his meds. the bathroom, the covers, me...who knows what all...any other time of day it would be funny but my sense of humor is decidedly lacking at 4 AM, knowing that I will probably not get back to sleep and will be up for a very long day. I have been known to throw a pity party. Po' po' pitiful me!
While we were gone last weekend, Kenny went out on the town with Jude', my sister-in-love (my baby brother's wife). Jude' took him to the beach and to the river where he said he looked at all the pretty women in bikinis. Then they went and got a milk shake and had a wonderful time. People are so great to him. His hospice nurse, Colleen is just a wonder. She spends so much time with him. She is a great liason for us. If we need a certain mind set from him, Colleen starts talking positively about the subject and he becomes much more amenable. Larry is getting ready to finish assembling our new gas grill down in the carport. I am thinking that I will take Papa down to supervise...what a hoot that will be. Frick and Frack for sure. I really need to do more of that but I just never seem to remember to do it. I guess my creative juices are running slow or low. He is looking forward to the Fourth of July picnic and the Murrells Inlet world famous boat parade. He gets to see lots of folks and the fireworks are great. Usually my nephew has some fireworks too but it seems that this year he will be out of town. Too bad!
This time of year, our minds frequently harken back to those days almost two and a half centuries ago when many of our great-greats were willing to put their lives and their fortunes on the line for a cause they believed was bigger than themselves. I wonder if we will ever see that kind of courage in this generation? Freedom is not free; the cost is frequently very high. Are we willing to pay the price today? Without that freedom, where would we be? Hard questions. We wish you all a great Fourth of July. May God bless American again.
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