I got home this evening after work and walked into the courtyard on my way to the back door to be greeted by this charming man. Looking a little puny, and a little rumpled, but just like the guy we all know and love. Roger was up and about albeit for short spurts throughout the day. He said he feels better than the day before - the pain is less and he's able to swallow a little tiny bit better. He called me late afternoon to share an image too priceless to pass sharing. Now remember, our sense of humor is a little "off" to begin with so hopefully I won't offend anyone...Mid afternoon Roger saw our neighbors across the street out raking their leaves. They are an elderly couple who have adopted us and we've adopted them. Roger decided he'd go out and help them bag their leaves. Two additional neighbors came out of their houses to start raking/bagging leaves as well. Roger said you should have seen the sight (and we're not exaggerating). They were quite the motley crew: an old gal with 1.5 feet, an old guy who suffered a couple strokes and can't move quicker than a shuffle (he had to sit down and watch), another neighbor with one arm (no kidding), and the last neighbor with a bum ankle that she twisted while traveling in Budapest, and then the "robust" guy in the crowd, Roger who just finished chemo and radiation. Roger said it was really laughable. No one was making any big progress in their respective leaf raking attempts. The above pictures are how Roger looked after helping our neighbor bag TWO bags of leaves. He said he knows he's not going to win any leaf bagging awards this fall. I told him he can do them ALL next fall if he wants to make up for it. :-)
As you can probably deduce its a better day today than yesterday and the day before that. You can't possibly imagine how excited I was to see Roger up on his own and not headed to the oncology center or headed to bed. He was laughing and joking a little. He ate and drank a little. It really is a good day. Hopefully this is foreshadowing for a good weekend.
More soon. Love R&A
Great news about good days! Glad to hear that Roger's getting his groove on again. Hope your weekend is lovely and restful and laced with fun. And, I'll be happy to let Roger rake and bag leaves at my house next year, too, in case he REALLY wants to win that award. I love you both. L
ReplyDeleteMay this one good day be followed by a better one. On leaves: windy days take our leaves into the adjacent woods unless Diane is feeling super active and heads out there with a rake and a tarp. They, the leaves down here in southern Indiana, are suddenly full of color. Quite striking.
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