After all that has happened the last few weeks, we needed a little normal yesterday

We had nothing on the schedule, totally blank

Matt had a decent night sleep, so did I, after the whole patch thing

He started his day back in his normal way, getting up once or twice in the morning, pretending to get coffee, then migrating back to bed

I thought, maybe we should do one of classic day plans, hike the lake, got to VJB for lunch, yeah, that’s a great plan, it felt so right to me

I had a call with mom, we sorted out her return, talked about our upcoming visit to see her, what was going on in her life right now, how she was feeling, what she was dealing with

About 11:30 am Matt was wandering around so it was time to think about executing our day plan

Crap! I totally forgot to feed him breakfast…..maybe he will eat a banana and then we can just go have a big lunch

Between getting him dressed in something that wasn’t showcasing what he ate the last 2 days and getting the dog into her new fully supportive harness, by the time we were ready to leave the house it was 1:30 pm

“how about we just go to VJB for lunch?” “OK, that sounds good”

We go frequent enough I think they know…..you know….that we are going through some sort of journey

We see the same staff and pick up on conversations we had the time before, catch up on their stories

We had our usual lunch, salad and pizza. They, VJB, never fail to deliver great service, great food, smiles, a happy place for us

Sheba, our beautiful aging girl, came along for the ride

It had been several weeks since she got in the car, either she or Matt been confined to limited activity

Since her back injuries were discovered, we hadn’t gotten her to walk up the new extended stepped ramp into the Volvo

So for her, while there was no hike, I think she had success today by getting all the treats offered to coax her up the new car ramp

It was a big day, one other stop to a winery after VJB so I could quit that club, finally. Too many wine clubs…..narrowing it down to those that create happy places for us and supporting only those for now

We got home, and in normal fashion, Matt took a snoozer on the couch

Its nice to have a normal day, whatever normal looks like

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