It is 4:45 as I begin this post. We arrived home from lunch shortly after 2:00. I can’t remember the last time that Kate has wanted to stay at home this long. This is really unusual. Almost an hour ago, I asked if she wanted to go to Barnes & Noble. She indicated that she was comfortable working her puzzles here in the family room. I have had a variety of music playing since we got home. She has enjoyed that. If we stay at home much longer, we’ll probably just go directly to dinner. Ah, just as I was writing that last sentence, she asked if I was ready to go. I told her to give me a minute, and I would be ready. I think we’ll go to Panera. It is close to our house and to the Thai restaurant where I was planning to go for dinner.
I should add that Kate did get up a little earlier than yesterday and did so without my waking her. It was a little late for Panera. We went directly to lunch where we arrived shortly after 12:30.
Except for one bit of confusion, she has seemed fine today. Before leaving for lunch, she picked up her night gown from our bathroom and gave me an expression and hand signal that I didn’t understand. I now think she was asking if she should take it with us. I told her she could take it to her room. She looked confused and asked me where he room is. I walked her to our bedroom door and pointed down the hallway and told her to turn left and walk straight ahead. There could have been some confusion because I said “your room.” In the distant past, we referred to this as her office. It is furnished as a guest room but has a desk and printer for her computer. Now it is the room in which she usually gets dressed. Most of her clothes are in the closet of that room as well as a dresser that has her undergarments and socks.
As she often does, she asked me questions about names during lunch. At one point, she said, “I’ll probably have to ask you again.” That is something else that she frequently says. Then she said, “I wouldn’t want to live without you.” That has a lot more meaning for both of us now than in the past.
One thing she hasn’t forgotten is TCU. Quite a few members of her family have gone to school there including the two of us, our son, and a grandson. She has very strong feelings of loyalty to the university. She has always been able to call it by name without any hesitation. There aren’t many other things that I can say that about.
All in all, we’ve had a good day. I’m expecting a nice evening as well.
