I slept in today. Until about 4:30am. I don't know why I wake up that early but I do. I don't go to bed exceptionally early.

Today was errand day with my wife. We left about 8:45am to drive to Toledo. We were going to Sam's Club, Wal Mart, and Kroger for various items we had been putting off for awhile.

I got through Sam's with no problem. It was pretty much like any other Sam's Club.... Huge!!!!!!!!!

We got to Wal Mart. We had a list of what we needed to get. We got those and my wife had to go looking for something to wear. She looked..... and looked...... and looked it seemed. In reality, she probably wasn't looking that long but it seemed like it. I started feeling fatugued at this time. I mean rrrrrrreeeeeeeeaaaaaaaallllllllllllllyyyy fatigued.

She realized that I was losing steam, found what she was looking for and we came back home. I decided that laying down was the answer. I laid down at about noon and it seemed like moments later it was after 1:00pm. I felt like a new person, had a spring in my step that I didn't have when we had gotten home an hour earlier, and was no longer fatigued.

I know that fatigue is an side effect of stroke and I know that I no longer have the stamina I had prior to my stroke. However, what I wasn't prepared for was how quickly this fatigue attack came on. From feeling OK to oh man am I going to make it.

If it seems like I am critizing my dear wife who is my caregiver for the length of time she spent looking for that particluar piece of clothing, I am not. She has sacrificied her own health issues to see that I was taken care of. She deserved to get something.

So what has our super hero learned from today you may ask? I learned that I can no longer walk these huge "big box stores" anymore. I have been relegated to driving one of those carts.

There was a point in time in the not too distant past that my wife would state that I was leaving her quickly behind because of her health issues.

Now it is me saying "Hey speedy! Slow down!!!!!!!!!"

It is amazing how life seems to seek its own balance.

Next thing you know dogs and cats will lay down together. That is a thought for another day.

Charles Ramsey