Now when I look out the window,  I'm seeing what I want in my garden.  Reeds.  Flowers.  Pathways.  Decent grass.  

I was up last night coughing.  I was so tired that I hoped and hoped that the coughing would stop so I could go back to sleep.  Larry couldn't sleep listening to all that.  So I trudged down stairs,  looking for cough syrup.  And yay.  I found the great and wonderful Umcka,  cold care.  Two doses and a cup of tea,  and I am ready for sleep.  How could I forget about Umcka?  It's like forgetting your husband's name.  Well,  sort of.  

MKate heard me croaking.  She suggested that I call Dr H and ask for . . . .  Western Med alert--a Z pack.  If I hadn't already been sick for a month,  I wouldn't have done it.  But . . . .   I don't want to be sick anymore.  So . . . . I took a deep breath and called.  Dr H said yes.  

Luke didn't want me to go out.  So,  I waited for him to come home and pick up my prescription.  Poor kid had to give up the first part of Jeopardy to do it.  We don't seem to be able to find a workable drain cover.  We have three now.  None of them fits.  What?  Why should it be so hard?  Most folks have bathtubs and hair.  And they want to protect their drains from all that hair.  N'est pas?  

Since I was home I called Nana.  Bless her heart.  She isn't perfect but she has so much history and humanity in her.  Sadly,  she's suffering now.  Alone and scared and sad and bored and stuck in the house.  She talks about the awful loneliness of old age and she talks about her pain and fear.  

But I have found a subject that lifts her spirits and makes her voice smile--it's Cora's story.  The late Cora was MKate's mother-in-law.  Nana loves to hear how awful Cora's life was and how she was in the nursing home alone.  And how suddenly Cora called MKate to tell her the good news--her angel had come to protect her and keep her company.  And she said,  "I'll be all right now.  My angel will take care of me."  It's enough to make you cry.  And I told Nana that no one dies alone.  When her time comes her angel will be there and her mom and fav sister, Nettie will also be there.  Nana felt happy when it was time to hang up.  You know.  Nana and I didn't always get along.  We didn't speak for years.  But now.  It's come full circle and I thank God that I can see the greatness in her.  When she needs it most.  

I made dinner.  A put- together left overs and forzen veggies dinner.  I'm drained right now.  But I wanted Luke to be able to eat as soon as he came home and see a part of his show.  

The American Idol is fun.  And usually the best singer wins.  Meanwhile all the top singers get heard.  So a lot of people win.  Not like the ikky Bachelor.  I'm not watching anymore.  That last bachelor cured me.  What an idiot.  So ugly.  Luke has never liked the show.  He says it's mean minded.  And now I have to agree with him.