Steve and Judy's Travels!

 

Henry is polite.  He waits for permission before he jumps up in your lap.  He can often anticipate what we want, and do it before we even ask.  We have to be careful stepping over him when he’s lying on the floor.  Right in the middle of the step-over, he’s liable to jump up to get out of the way (which creates its own problem of course).

 

Jesse.  She’s different.  She does what she wants.  We don’t seem to be involved so much in decisions about where she goes and when.  If she is lying on the floor and we need to step over her, that’s just fine with her.  The most she’ll move is her head while she watches us change our stride or route so as not to disturb her.

 

I think Jesse is a cat.

 

 

 

A single story about a coronavirus death; what happens to that person, the people caring for them, and the family, can bring me to tears.

 

How can a person process that times a hundred thousand?

 

 

 

Judy Taylor.

 

According to the Louisville Times.

 

Eighteen years ago.

 

The week of September 4^th, in the weekly newspaper, 2002.

 

Judy and Annie.

 

 

 

 

 

No caffein.  No chocolate.  No alcohol.  No dessert.  Nothing to eat after 7pm.

 

Pathetic, isn’t it, but how I sleep now is fully a matter of how I eat.  Any caffein (after my morning cup of coffee) and I’ll have a “surface” night of sleep.  Not even decaf coffee.  Decaf still has caffein.  Certainly not a coke at lunch.  Chocolate?  Same problem.  Caffein.  I’ll be in for a very long night.  Alcohol?  If I have a beer or glass of wine at or after dinner, I’ll fall asleep just fine, but I’ll wake up at three o’clock with an “alcohol rebound” as the stimulant effect kicks in.  There is a greater risk of indigestion as well.  Dessert?  Indigestion, and that burst of sugar makes it harder to fall asleep and stay asleep.  Nothing after 7?  Solid sleep doesn’t happen on a full stomach.  It’s better to go to sleep a little hungry than to succumb to a 10 o’clock snack.

 

I don’t live a life of denial; I can do any of the things I list not to do, but at the same time I recognize that if I want a solid night’s sleep, I need to get every one of these things right!

 

 

 

Can there be a second wave if the first wave never crests?