V2 - A Veritable Plethora of Verys

This past week has been a week of many Verys: very hot, very humid, very busy, very thankful, very vexed.

It has indeed been very hot and humid. Remember back this spring when I couldn't wait to open up the house, get outside, enjoy the warm weather and sunshine? Well, the time has been here, and then gone on to the next painful level. Here we are back in the closed-up house again, only this time with the air conditioner running constantly. The electric bill came today, and it was a shocker!

I would love to dress in my muu muu all day every day - without undies. Those Hawaiian mamas have it going on. I can't wait until after supper and I'm sure we are home for good. Then it is on with the muu muu (yes, I actually have one) and off with the bra. To tell the truth, I generally do the changing into night wear thing right after supper all year round. If you visit us in the evening, you need not dress formally. In fact, you are welcome to wear your pajamas.

Today I read all about the many things that were happening in Anderson today. Goods Chocolate and Ice cream store was having an all day festival called "Goodstock". Get it? It is a knock off of Woodstock. They had all day bands outside, and served psychadelic ice cream cones. Attendees were invited to wear their hippy garb. We drove over to join the "love-in" and have some of the psychadelic ice cream, but we took one look at all those hot people out in that sun-baked field and drove straight to McDonald's drive up for plain old vanilla. Then later we went to a quiet, sedate, air-conditioned lounge, had some wine, and listened to the Larry Mechem jazz combo. Now that's my idea of a Love-in.

Very thankful! I want to declare how much we appreciate facilities like the Golden Living Center where all the employees are doing their jobs with such kindness. Mother is making a fantastically good adjustment to her new circumstances. We went to see her this morning. She is so happy with her new "apartment". She enjoyed her coffee and cookie treat, took us for a walk to show us all the sights. We sat at her lunch table for awhile. (Middle of morning, no lunch, we were the only folks there). She told us about the folks that eat with her. She is sure all the other residents are crazy, but she is helping to care for them. Isn't it wonderful to be in a place where you think you are helping and are needed? And she likes taking care of her new room, and has reorganized the closet and all the drawers that we had so carefully labeled. But that is okay. If fact, it is gosh darn good. She feels she is in her own place, and can do things her way.

You know, it is so much easier to love someone, that you don't have to be with twenty-four hours a day. Except for Don, that is, we have learned to love one another through most all places and all times.