Bucket O' Bulletz

Even though no one in my family has Alzheimer’s, it is still a cause that is near to my heart. I have friends who’s grandparents have had to go deal with the disease directly. It was terrible to have to hear their stories of heartbreak and loss as they watched their grandparents deteriorate into people who didn’t know them at all. I cried with them many times.

My own father has memory issues unrelated to Alzheimer’s. He had cancer a few years back that left a huge impression on his memory. He had a tumor in his brain that required radiation and chemotherapy. He had just gone through the same treatments for a lesion in his lung, and this was the recurrence of the cancer. His memory issues haven’t gotten any better over the last few years, either. We even got him a little digital voice recorder so he could record his thoughts to play back later in case he forgot. His condition is much like Alzheimer’s and my heart bleeds for him.

The Memory Walk has been going on since 1989 and raised more than $220 million dollars for the disease. Team captains are encouraged to sign up as soon as possible to participate in the walk. Fundraising has already begun. Check out the website to see what walks are going on in your area.

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I wrote this post before but MY BLOG ATE IT!!!

Anyway, here is how you can tell that my nephew has come to visit:

Yep, he got us all playing our guitars again. The middle one is his. I love him to bits and pieces and am so glad he came to spend time with us. He has a girlfriend. You might remember when he played guitar for that talent show two months back. Well, the girl in the video is no one other than his cute little girlfriend. She is a sweetie. I have talked to her on the phone a few times since he has been here. I can’t wait to meet her in person.

We have laughed, talked, and had some major fun since he has been here. Right now we are trying to figure out what we are going to do today. We WERE going to the fair, but the sign at the fair LIED and said that today was the last day when it was actually yesterday. *sigh* Oh well, back to the drawing board.

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I hate this drip drip drop drip in my bathroom. It drives me bonkers. I am always turning the hot water knob off further and further so that noise doesn’t drive me bonkers. It’s like Chinese water torture or something. I have told the maintenance about it before, but they are kind of incompetent. I should just replace the sink… if we had one of those vessel sinks I wouldn’t even consider doing it. Ours is a freestanding unit, easy to replace. I just don’t feel like putting that much expense into an apartment.