This has been a real good week. Bill had a couple of doctor's appointments, but nothing big. He's just perking along. Last evening a friend told me that she has noticed such improvement in him over the past year. I tend to focus on the immediate past, but in retrospect she is right. Last year this time was pretty bleak.

Yesterday we had the family Christmas gathering for Mom Roger's siblings. Everybody was amazed at how good Bill is. I told him afterward though that it does bother me when people talk to me about him as though he isn't there. When asked about "him" I responded by asking Bill - "what do you think?" At one point I did say, "I don't know, ask him."!!! I can only imagine how frustrated he is with this - however, I do have to think back to just a few months ago when he really couldn't respond or comprehend much so I guess I should cut a little slack.

Friday Bill had a psychiatrist appointment to review some meds. We discussed depression and he actually discussed it with the doc. At the end of the appointment he asked about one of the fish in the fish tank. He'd noticed it was changing colors and asked the doc about it. Well, I hadn't even noticed that. Doc looked at the fish, looked at Bill and explained he thought it could be the food he was feeding the fish. After that I asked the doc what he thought about the conversation and he just beamed. He was so impressed and I know he will make notes about it.

This week will be a busy one with finishing up the baking and getting ready for Trey's visit. I'm going to bake the rest of my fruit breads, make some peanut butter fudge and a couple kinds of cookies - the latter to share at the family Christmas and the former to deliver to neighbors and friends. That's the best part of Christmas for me - the sharing of our love through the giving of goodies.

I'm not complaining about this warm weather the way many folks are. I'm just thankful we aren't having snow or ice. My attitude about snow and Christmas changed when I moved here. The first year it was hard to get in the spirit without the snow - but now I just enjoy being able to get around so easily.

We are making plans for our Florida trip. It's been put back to February because I have a niece getting married in Kentucky January 6th so we are planning to go there. It will be a good road trip for us and I'll be able to better gage Bill's endurance for riding based on that trip.

Now it's time to get out of here and into the shower. I'd like to do a couple of errands this afternoon and it seems to work better if I can get myself taken care of before Bill gets up. A couple of changes on that front too, my showering no longer seems to trigger him into wanting to get his out of the way. He's started sitting when he goes to the bathroom too. I thought he might do it once and then forget, but he hasn't since he'd decided for himself that he needed to sit instead of stand. Miracles do happen!!!