Halloween will be here soon and I ordinarily like to put on my white witch costume and greet kids wearing it – it’s usually a hit. (You can’t impress some kids.) But I am so very tired that the thought doesn’t resonate this year. Maybe I’ll perk up.

I took a walk down to the big road today and that was it for my energy level. I need to have a destination so I stopped in at Frills and chatted with another clerk. It was Debbie’s day off. They’re all nice and personable.
Yesterday I had a nice phone chat with Sue, my friend who closed up her tailor shop and moved back to Wisconsin. I miss her a lot. She said she would come visit in January. I really hope she makes it. That’s a good month to leave Wisconsin, yes?

She’s doing very well there financially, compared to the struggle she was having here, and her grown kids are there with grandchildren, so she is happy to be near them. She has two others, teens, who live with her and are still in school. Much as I miss her, I know it was a good move for her. She sent me photos of her little dog, Sally, and one special one is now on my screen and I get such a wave of warmth when I look at that little face. I tried to post it but MyBloggers wouldn't accept it.

My sis called to touch base. I haven’t been over there because of my feeling so sick. As much as is going on with her memory, she still knows when she hasn’t seen me, so that is a good sign.

Our friends, Karen and Dennis, who were doing clean up work at a rental they own in the Keys, are back, and we will see them for dinner Friday. They are great fun.

Ed finished a course he was taking to become a guardian for the State of Florida and he passed the course test. Now he has to take a state test, probably in January. The court assigns cases. There will be some paid cases and some bro bono cases. He hopes to be of some use in this area since the ombudsman program has been so dumbed down that volunteers’ authority to make a difference has been severely compromised. Many have quit.

I was watching NCIS re-runs and then Ed came in and wanted to watch old Palladin shows that have been running daily (help). So I withdrew.

xx, Teal