while Jody's on vacation

Tuesday, March 2
I've been here since Saturday. We had a party for him on Sunday. He really went to town on the cake cutting long strips and little boxes. He then cut and served pieces to everyone. We laughed so hard. He has been pretty tired for 3 days. But yesterday it was really sunny so he wanted to go for a walk. He walked the length of his street. And I pushed him around the rest of the block and we even went to look at his back door neighbor's house, the one hes always curious about. She was outside so we got to say hello. And today I took him out to lunch and he perked up a bit. Afterwards he wanted to go for a drive so we went up toward the mountains and drove around a neighborhood with big houses. He really likes big houses. Then we drove down into the valley and I just followed his directions. He knew exactly where we were at all times. He even pointed out his old dentist's office, where we went about 3 years ago. We went to see Bill, his old friend who raises chickens and sells fresh eggs. When he saw Bill, he said, "Hello Bill!" I was surprised he remembered his name.