Things are coming to a climax for my friend in foreclosure - I think we have his ducks lined up now so he can move this weekend and still earn the payment for cleaning the house. He'll be able to pay people back and settle into the new digs. By this time next week it will all be finished with.

Not so good for Susie, the aspiration test on the bone marrow shows the cancer there, so he'll be moving to hospice in a few days. They're fighters who have reached that insurmountable point. He's comfortable and that's the best they can hope for. I won't draw comparisons to W y s i w y G's mom, but he also had a lucid day when he was quite talkative and enjoyed family company. This is a gift, and she knows it - they'll give him enough platelets to get him through a few days of family coming in, and then I think they won't.

Meanwhile, back in the village, I'm still planning a garage sale in 3 weeks if the weather cooperates, most likely sans Susie. I have household goods to move out, and we'll pool stuff from neighbors on this end of the block. It might be only one day, but if I publish enough photos of the items for sale I think some of it will go early.

It's cooler but not fall weather cool yet. My garden is really active; I finally spotted one of the culprits who eats cantaloupe - it's a rat. I put a rat trap with meat in it next to the cantaloupe it has been eating. I'll have to catch them one at a time because I don't want to fill the place with toe crushers. I saw a path yesterday and I'll put it there next.

Busy week and it's only Tuesday.

SRS