Well two events of note happened today, one not so pleasant the other very very pleasant...I'll start with the unpleasant one...although it started and ended well. We, Mac and I did our usual walk along the river - this time we were to meet our friend Rachel for lunch at Rigoletto, and on the way of course we enjoyed the scenery in fact it was perfect...sun, birds, tiny fluffy clouds, - we even found a very furry kind of mans pilot hat - which we gave to the owner of the restaurant on the corner just in case someone comes looking for it..
Anyway, we finally got to Rigoletto, and without thinking I walked in, Mac following behind, and suddenly i heard a big OOOH turned to see poor Mac flat on the floor on his face, quickly the woman behind him lifted his head and said - are you alright, don't get up..(just for her info he couldn't even if he wanted to- but i digress). He answered I'm fine, but where's my wife, i said, here I am - what happened, -well he tripped over the door stop . Later the waitress said the woman who helped him so much also was kind of rushing in behind him and put him off balance..but since i didn't see it - who knows, he is definitely a shaky walker, and has visual perception problems and so probably didn't see the kind of raised step at the door. In any case he used his smarts from cc skiing days, and turned over got on his knees and with the help of a chair, the lady behind and the waitress and I he was able to get to our table, and finally enjoy a great lunch...though he was more than normally quiet...no surprise there.
Earlier though, was the really pleasant part of the day..it happened when we received the mail this morning. Our friend Carolyn sent us terrific pictures she had taken in St. Henri. He was so thrilled particularly with one where his smiling face is right in front of the St. Henri Fire Station, another he and I are pointing up a street and in another we are walking through his favourite park...and so on. I phoned Carolyn and said after thanking her so much, well wait, Mac will thank you too. Gave the phone to Mac, and he proceeded to tell her with so much emotion, how much he loved the pictures - and then I heard him say - are you there? and he gave me the phone...Well she was there and it was the most touching moment, as the three of us realized that for sure he remembered, we were all pretty teary eyed, as Mac said, I remember the pictures are so good, so thank you so much.
Well the day progressed from walking back along the river to our car, we relived the photos rather than the fall, and by now it's long gone from Mac's memory, in fact when I said we should have a light dinner as we had a very full lunch, he said, we did, what did we have? He couldn't remember Rigoletto's, but he did say, hey where are those pictures, want to look at St. Henri...for him for sure, those were the days my friends.
so there you are this day has ended, g'nite.
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