Jody and Dennis, Have a great time!

I'm glad to be here for such a long time in winter. This spring it'll be 5 years since Dennis helped my dad buy his house and move in together, and Jody's been dad's activity director, companion and personal driver for the past 3 years or more. Jody and Dennis deserve a great vacation! I hope you all have fun.

I've managed to get dad to bed by 12 or 1 then he sleeps for nearly 12 hours! When he gets up he stays up for another 12 hours with a few short naps. Tuesday we went to the cemetery, his barber (I got a haircut too--just to surprise him), and Sage Farm. He always runs into people he knows at Sage farm and he talks! It was so fun to hear him have a mini-conversation. Yesterday, it was Wednesday and Jody told us that Tracey Aviary is free on Wed so we went had a lot of fun. The last time we went, dad was really tired. This time, he was more awake and was pretty interested especially seeing the huge vulture and owls. He made noises at them..sounded like barking. It was a little cold (40s) so we only stayed an hour or so.

Earlier that day he started asking about his car again and how he and Trevor gets to drive his car. I told him that his license is expired and he can't drive anymore. So when we went to the bank to cash his check, the first thing he said to the teller was, "Bad news.... I can't cash my check.... my license is expired." He bragged about his age and said, "I'm 94! ...but she said I can't drive anymore." He waved me off when she told him that I was supposed to drive him now and said that he was the better driver. It was fun to see him talking again. But later in the evening, around 8, he put on his shoes and coat and went outside without his cane. His car wasn't there anymore so he went around through the fence and into the garage. When I went out there the garage door was closed, it was dark and he was in Dennis's car, trying to start it with the house key.

Today, he looked a little down even with Elise visiting. Tomorrow I hope to take him to the festival of trees. Maybe he'll forget about driving for a little while.