...the Beast and I tidied up the house a bit since we will soon be having new neighbors moving into the (now) empty lot next to our house. LOL! It will be the kids. Our kids...the Princess, Johnnycakes, Chewlee and Gunner. Of course, it will be in their RV which is roomy enough for a camping jaunt but will eventually get on their nerves if it's for too long.
Personally, I would have loved something like this for when we traveled from Chicago and down through Texas and then across New Mexico, Arizona and into California. We were on the road, taking our time, for six weeks. We were tenting and had our VW bus and were hauling a trailer filled with the things we would need immediately to set up a household once we decided where we were going to put down roots. We had a blast, actually. Saw a lot of interesting places and things but were so ready to settle when we hit San Diego and fell in love with it. But I digress....
The Beast decided the bedroom needed cleaning up (the dog hairs were almost out of control, even on the bed) and I had to do some straightening up of my desk and my storage box that I keep my jammies and stuff in. It's just easier to keep them in there since I often forget if they are in my drawers to take out what I need after my shower. I often take my shower late at night and the Beast is asleep by then. I don't want to disturb him so I started keeping my undies and pajamas in my computer room. It came in handy after my surgeries on my legs since I was so restless at night and also needed to be close to a bathroom. I just slept in my recliner. It was also easier to keep my leg elevated above my heart like I was supposed to.
I found that hard to do in our regular bed since I would turn over and the pillows would be disturbed and often end up on the floor. I didn't have the same problem in my recliner since it was so comfy that I slept like a log and my leg stayed on the pillows elevating it. I sometimes wonder if part of the reason I slept like a log was not hearing the Beast snore or the dog. It was dangerous for me to try to get to our bathroom since Baron slept on MY side of the bed and would also wake me up to let him out. When I had my leg surgery (I had one on each leg, separately), that was impossible so I had to wake the Beast. When I started sleeping on my recliner, Baron would wake the Beast instead. LOL!
Now, he's gotten used to waking the Beast and only on occasion will he wake me. I don't get mad at him...he's just a dog, after all, and he just wants to go out to do what he must. He doesn't usually take more time than he needs to although he will sometimes stop to sniff the air a few times. Who knows what he is smelling? Once, when he was in the middle of taking a leak, he suddenly stopped, turned rapidly around and chased some animal out of the yard. It was so sudden that it surprised the hell out of me. But he trotted back, looked behind him once or twice, then finished up what he had been so rudely interrupted doing and came back up to the back door. He just went for a little bit of water before he hit his bed and plopped down for the night like nothing unusual had happened.
I'm really wondering what it's going to be like to have the kids so close. I do hope I get to see more of Chewlee and Gunner, that's for sure. It will be nice while it lasts since after that they will be living out in the boonies. It will be a bit more difficult to go to see them, especially without an invite and/or a phone call to make sure the Princess will be home. But, for a while, they will be close at hand. *Grin*
Dinner tonight consisted of a boneless, breaded pork chop with country gravy for both it and the mashed potatoes. I was out of tomatoes, so no salad but we had some good, buttery, cinnamon sugar apples as a side dish. It was really tasty and filled the hole. In fact, neither of us snacked on anything after that so it was both satisfying and filling.
The Beast keeps vacillating on whether or not he's going to go down with his cousin, Bev, to see his cousin, Butch in Florida. I keep telling him he needs to go visit him while his cousin is alive. That way, he won't have to feel bad about not going down when he dies. I know he won't. But I will make sure we send some flowers. I wish it were going to be different but I don't think so. Not when there are so many cancers in his body. Lungs, brain, lymph nodes, and more. I don't think he would be gone for more than a week at the very most and I told him....go and do some fishing with your cousin.
You both did that together a lot. Give him some comfort just by being there. He knows in his heart he is going to die and he's probably afraid. Go and help him out just by being with him. He loves you like a brother. You know he's a jerk but you love him anyway...or despite it. I hope the Beast thinks about what I said and goes. But, with the Beast, you never know. He doesn't feel about family the same way I do.
Time to get this posted. I've lost my TV twice tonight so far because of cloud cover and a possible storm that may or may not hit us. The weather people just can't make up their minds...lol. Oh well. What will be, will be.
Love you all. Hope your weekend was enjoyable or at the least, peaceful. Be good. Be grateful for waking up every day. ***Hugs***
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