Where to begin................

Life is so good. Jesse is going back to work slowly but surely. Hopefully that means life is going to get back to some kind of normal. I love him and he takes such good care of me but I am looking forward to us not being joined at the hips. I am so use to going and doing things by myself and we were together for over 2 months 24/7. Anyway, things are being to get busy with Alzheimer's. I went to our face to face meeting in Chicago this past Friday. It did not start out so good but it got better. Chris my 19 year old who is in national guard and was active at the time came into my room after we had gone to bed and messed my clock up so he could get up on time at a later time than I had set for me to get up and get to Monroe to catch the plane. You guessed it, we missed the plane. I had me so messed up for a couple hours. Jesse, said I was not my friendly self at that point. Anyway we were lucky enough to get our flights changed and up in the air 3 hours later. All my sightseeing that I had figured out for 2 days was shot. We got to the Hard Rock Hotel about 6:30 pm and were to be downstairs at 7:30pm to meet some of the others for supper. We had a great time visiting with other ESAG members and their family. We went to the Alzheimer's Association office and had a wonderful time meeting and game planning. I have two projects or groups that I will be working on right now. We left Friday and flew on the biggest plane I have ever seen. I got to watch a movie all the way from Chicago to Dallas on my own screen monitor. Then we met my daughter in Dallas and spent the night. I got to see my grandsons Sat morning and played the 'why' game all the way to the airport. They are so cute. Then we made it to Monroe in time to go and get a birthday present for another grandson in Pineville and head for his party. Then since I was so close to my mom which is in a nursing we decided to go and check on her since I had not seen her since the hurricanes. She has a male friend and really did not act like she cared if we were there or not so we left. Came home, emailed a wonderful lady on our LA Alzheimer's Association that nominated me for the task force to make sure our Thurs. meeting was still on. Well, it's been moved to Tues. So I guess I will rest tomorrow and then head to Baton Rouge Tues morning for my first meeting there. It is going to be busy but I am going to enjoy every minute of it. It really makes me feel needed and that I have a purpose and can do something to help others with this disease. Well, wish me luck and I hope to get better at this blog. Oh, how could I forget how I celebrated World Alzheimer's Day, I made and gave everyone in my church a purple ribbon to wear today, (about 50) then we went to Fred's and I came the cashier's one to wear and share with people today. Let's get the word out there. Talk later. Hug someone and let them know you care.