Sunday, October 6, 2024

Sunday, October 6, 2024, MN

 I have felt very sad and heavy hearted this week as it gets closer to the time that Joann was leaving and I was helping her with last minute preps and packing.  Her son got here on Friday and she left for Nebraska yesterday afternoon.

On Thursday morning when I left the building to go for a walk with Joey, I noticed two cop cars in the parking lot and a cop walking to his unmarked car.  I learned that my friend Sheila had passed away during the night.  She was always a ray of sunshine in this place and greeted everyone with a big smile and a hug, in spite of her health challenges of kidney failure (dialysis several times a week) and physical challenges (scooted around in an electric wheelchair).

And then it’s sad when we see the family come and empty out their apartments and they are gone.  Another resident was moved to assisted living a couple of weeks ago and we watched his family empty his apartment.  It is truly the downside of senior apartment living.

Yesterday when I was on my way home from watching Norah at swim practice, I got a phone call from my sister-in-law Sharon.  She and her daughter Rachael were on their way to visit Reanna who is going to college in River Falls and they invited me to meet up with them for dinner.  We met at the Tamarack Bar and Grill in Woodbury and had a lovely visit and good dinner.  It turns out that Reanna has a long weekend to go back home on the 24th, just when I am planning to head to Stoughton again, so she can ride with me and save Rachael a 4-hour trip to pick her up.


We celebrated Camille and Norah’s birthday at Lois and Dennis’ house this afternoon.  They baked and decorated their own cakes and Ben and Dennis fried Walleye from their fishing trip for dinner.  It was so tasty and I’m happy that they shared.