I do have reason to be thankful for the frequent wakeup calls at night.

Me too. If I am not up at least twice in the night, I can hardly move in the AM, I'm so stiff and sore. Twice is enough though, and I think I just about have the evening fluids calculated right.


It takes two of us to remember one name and sometimes that takes quite a while.

Yes, although thank God I can remember, usually, how I know the many, many people I run into in my husband's line of work, and what has passed between us. I remember the person, just not necessarily their name. That's OK-- they don't recall mine either! :~)

As far as outliving our cars-- my mother was quite surprised, but I was even more surprised (in a weird way) when last year it happened that she had outlived her wonderful-when-she-bought-it little red car. She drove herself all the way from Illinois to Californy, all by herself, on her first long road trip solo-- when she moved there after retiring. The rest of the family were worried about her, but I knew she'd have a ball on the trip and she did, carful of cats, lamps, and plants, and all.

But when she got it, she said it would be her last one. We all assumed she'd turn out to be correct. I'm glad she was wrong.

~Susan