As usual when we walk, especially around dinner time, Mac wants to go through his life history, where is his mom, is she dead, and where is his bank account...then when i told him, he asked, 'how do you know...for one thing we're married i replied...He looked like someone shocked him completely, "we're not married, no way"...well we've gone through this scenario so often, but i managed to distract him direting his attentiion to looking out the window at the trees, and the breeze and changed the subject - we were walking around the building we're in, he didn't want to go out...too cold and windy he said, so o.k. we're trying to walk inside, as walking is the only solution i find to his sleepless nights, or i should also say mine, as he can go back to sleep after checking out the front room, or the windows, or whatever, in the morning around 3:00 a.m.(which he did last night) ..and then .i'm lying wide awake...
He is still a feisty guy and has lots of questions about all kinds of things, and still has a fun streak, but when i read something today...a quote from B.B. king, which was, " the beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you...well sorry B.B. but the darn A. disease can take so much learning away...which is tucked into our memories...
But. on an p side, we were at Mac's barber today, he has had the same barber for over 40 years now...they are great friends...Raymond was feeling a bit sad mac doesn't remember him and trying to make up for it, Raymond started talking about his family and how he retired from his barber shop in CN station, when suddenly Mac said, hey I kind of vaguely remember CN, and working there...when was that...well just a little thing like his saying that cheered both Raymond and myself...we launched into when and where he worked, but it soon all faded away...but we all manged to feel good, and enjoy the sun ...as we continued on with our day Raymond taking us on our way..he is so great he does Mac's hair in his basement barber shop, picks us up and brings us back...and as he did he remeniced about how mac used to be so on-target with politics and now with the elections going on in mtl. soon...he wished Mac could talk about that...but that's a thing of the past...
Yesterday, .Glenna managed to get him engaged and happy too by showing him his degree from Sir George and putting it up here in the apartment...he seemed to understand that...and enjoy the fact...so guess learning in different ways is
how we will continue our life, and the fun of just enjoying what's going on now is what is important...like listening to dear Ella, as right now he is tapping his foot to Mac the Knife..
today's quote by victor hugo says it all, "Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent.....g'nite
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