Yesterday was a full day. We attended a funeral for the woman who cleans our house. In order to avoid rushing by dressing and undressing for the service, we dressed for the service before going to Panera. We were there at 10:30. That gave Kate time to have her muffin and work a few puzzles. We left for lunch shortly after 11:00 so that we could be at Bluefish right after they opened at 11:30. This was really a long way to go given that the funeral was to the west just outside of Knoxville, but I like sticking to our routine as much as we are able. As it turns out, the timing was perfect. We had a leisurely lunch and ample time to pick up Melanie, a colleague at my office for the past 37 years and get to the service on time (at least the time we intended to be there). It turned out there was a very large crowd. We were just in time to get seats. If we had been much later we wouldn’t have been so lucky.
As I have mentioned several times, Kate has had a very good week. That continued yesterday. This was one of those times when I picked out her clothes, and she was very cooperative about getting dressed. The funeral service was over two hours with a lot of singing, praying, and praising. I knew she was unable to follow what was going. I had told her several times that we were going to the funeral, but she wasn’t able to remember. Near the end of the service, she leaned over to me and asked, “Where are we?” I told her we at Libby’s funeral service. She said something like, “Oh, I’m glad we came.” I can’t imagine what it was like for her sitting there all that time and not knowing where she was or why. She handled it beautifully. Her only problem was her arthritic knee. That is making getting around more challenging.
When the service was over we took Melanie back to where we had picked her up and then headed back into town. It was early, but we stopped for dinner before going home. After we were seated, Kate said, “Are we in Fort Worth?”
Despite this kind of confusion, she enjoyed the day. We spent a little while relaxing before she turned out the lights at 8:00. We have now completed seven straight very good days.
