I go to bed every night between 8 pm and 10 pm. Mostly because I have worked myself too hard and my body just won't take any more. Of course, I do get up between 4 am and 5 am. I enjoy my quiet mornings and work on my computer, play a couple of hands of Spider Solitaire and have my coffee. Think that is a left over from reading the paper, having my coffee and cigarette before the kids got up. Kind of set up my day and as my dear Al would say, "Get your ducks lined up".
We are in Maricopa and have been here since last Wednesday. Howard had an appointment at Mayo on Thursday. Don't remember if I told you, but daughter (Alisa) is moving back to Michigan. So Garage sale to get rid of ALL her "stuff"! You know, the "Stuff" I paid to move here and the "Stuff" I bought for her! and the "Stuff" I gave her because I thought we would be living together. Now she is either taking some of that "Stuff" back to Michigan (like my mothers jewelry box, my grandmothers portraits, etc.) or selling it. I am buying back some of the things I bought for her for use in the house at a higher price than I paid for them the first time. This is NOT making me happy but has made it a lot easier for me to see her go.
As far as her weight loss, I am extremely proud of her. She has lost 50 lbs and still working on it. She needs to loose about 30 lbs more BUT you can now see the lovely girl she used to be, you can see that she has nice legs and a waist. She just needs to work on loosing the tummy (that looks like she is 6 months pregnant) and since she has never had any kids, that shouldn't be too hard. She is determined and very good about her diet. I am sure she will accomplish her goal before she leaves for Michigan. Her other goal, to get everything sold and to get top dollar for her race car is another subject. She needs to sell all this to finance her move which I will not subsidise. She thinks she will end up having enough to pay for her trip, pay a moving company to move the items she wishes to keep, and put a down payment on a small house. Good Luck to that one. Just another pipe dream like racing that race car was. Oh well, you can't take dreams away from people.
In the meantime, Howard and I are doing great and head over heals in Love. Kind of like two teenagers.
Can't seem to keep our hands off each other and do not want to be apart at all. Funny how that old feeling can come back to you. We leave for Idaho Nov 17 or 18 to visit his son and then on to Olympia, Wa to have Thanksgiving with his daughter. I am looking forward to the trip. I enjoy both his kids and they seem to like me.
So, this morning, we leave for Yuma and Howards winter home. He is loosing a front tooth (already has a root canal and cap) and now the root is cracked. He has to have it removed and either a tooth added to his small partial or, hopefully an implant. If the implant works, I think he may go for implants to replace the partial.
Well, that brings you up to date at my end. Give yourself a good year before you make any major decisions like where you want to live. See if any of the Senior Complexes have anything where you can stay for just a week or two to try it out. OR how about an apartment in a senior subsidized building? A lot of those have all the activities you mentioned including a beauty parlor and DR who comes in once a week. That way you still keep your own independent living as long as you want it.
