Our version of retirement: Living a childhood dream

Seems the town deer are taking note of my raised bed activity......

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The eldest, Faith, is a bit of a handful

Her severe case of Dravet is quite a stumbling block
She's come to use it to her advantage

Pretty much a clone of a spoiled young Helen Keller

Her and I have had a few bouts
She fixates on my computer mouse
Wants to have it
Tends to throw whatever she has in her hand when she tires of it

I'm not much into catering
I come quite short of psychoanalyzing anyone, especially little ones, so it becomes a challenge

I don't hide the mouse

She'll pick it up and look at me
Thinking 'is it worth it'
Then the stare down

So far, so good

Now, my lady will adapt
Put most everything out of reach

Me?
I quit closing the roll top desk
Just keep everything as I like it

Nothing broken......yet

Next quest is to keep the sand in the sandbox
 
Best laid plans......

Sunday morn;

Had places to go......things to do

Jumped into the truck.......click.....click

Starter is done

Took most the day to secure a good one and install it

Today;

Used the truck
2 yards of six mix garden soil

Tomorrow;

.plenty of yard work
 
Sliverfox said:
Gary?? what's going on??
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We lost our eldest schizophrenic son

The local police paid us a visit around one AM
He relayed the info from up north, near Portland
He was found in his apartment
Packages were piling up at his door
So the manager called in the police

Not to make it an issue here, but he'd just gotten his vaccine a few days before
He was on some serious meds.
So much so, he had to have his major organs checked ever few months

My lady and our daughter are quite beside themselves

We have yet to get word to our fisherman son

Gotta head north to take care of his stuff and make arrangements
 
Gary O' said:
We lost our eldest schizophrenic son

The local police paid us a visit around one AM
He relayed the info from up north, near Portland
He was found in his apartment
Packages were piling up at his door
So the manager called in the police

Not to make it an issue here, but he'd just gotten his vaccine a few days before
He was on some serious meds.
So much so, he had to have his major organs checked ever few months

My lady and our daughter are quite beside themselves

We have yet to get word to our fisherman son

Gotta head north to take care of his stuff and make arrangements
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O Gary... 😢😢😢.
 
Thanks, everbody

Guess I'm a hardened soul

Haven't really been very torn up with this

My lady and our daughter have had every emotion there is, and then some

Last couple days I've just been driving for hours, swilling coffee, and once arrived, sorting out his stuff

I'd like very much to haul it all to Goodwill, and dump it off

But

The local rels have been invited to sort thru it all for 'treasures'

I too, will be rooting thru for a keepsake or two

Whoa...was he ever a collector of things

Just hope my lady doesn't want too much of it......

Yeah, I'm a hardass

Tomorrow, a visit with the cremation folks

Seems the only thing I collect are documents
I have his birth cert
Guess I need that to get the death cert

Fun fun fun
 
Gary O' said:
Thanks, everbody

Guess I'm a hardened soul

Haven't really been very torn up with this

My lady and our daughter have had every emotion there is, and then some

Last couple days I've just been driving for hours, swilling coffee, and once arrived, sorting out his stuff

I'd like very much to haul it all to Goodwill, and dump it off

But

The local rels have been invited to sort thru it all for 'treasures'

I too, will be rooting thru for a keepsake or two

Whoa...was he ever a collector of things

Just hope my lady doesn't want too much of it......

Yeah, I'm a hardass

Tomorrow, a visit with the cremation folks

Seems the only thing I collect are documents
I have his birth cert
Guess I need that to get the death cert

Fun fun fun
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Everyone grieves in their own way. Continued prayers for you and your family @Gary O'
 
RadishRose said:
I know your son had been ill for a long time, and I think you've been grieving for a long time. Finally you came to grips with it, to some extent.
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I think yer dead on, sister

Ever since we first visited him in 'Thunder Dome', when he was shackled from head to toe, and totally out of it, not knowing who he or we were
He weighed less than 90 lbs
RadishRose said:
I think you've prepared yourself for this some time ago.
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Yup
Around thirty years ago

That was some day.....
 
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