Noel, I'm so sorry your husband has covid. Your family has had more than your share of sickness. I pray for a quick recovery and that the rest of you don't get it. It is heartbreaking that families have to be separated during hard times of this nature. What a thoughtful gift from your brother!
Robin, being Medical Power of Attorney is not an enviable job. On my husband's first day in the nursing home, before he was even well situated, the social worker came into the room and started hounding me to sign a "do not resuscitate" form. It was pretty upsetting to me. I was still so unsettled and stressed out over having to put him in the nursing home. He was confused and unhappy and not understanding why he couldn't go home. The worst part, which was inexcusable to me, was that she came right into his room and started yakking about it, instead of asking me to come speak with her in her office. It was over six months before I was ready to agree to do it. Aww, Vinnie is just like a young child. It was nice that he wore himself out enough to rest and give you a bit of a break.
Poirot, it's good your husband is still able to make medical/legal decisions for himself. I suppose it doesn't make much difference where the nursing home is located, since you are not allowed to go and visit him anyway. I think about both of you a lot.
Kat, you're going to have enough turkey dinners to last for a long time!
Lil0, I can kinda see what you're saying about the sun coming up in the south. My sunroom has eight large windows across the east side of the house (counting French doors with full glass) and two at each end, north and south (includes one full-glass door at the north, going out onto a small deck). This gives me a good chance to observe the sun throughout the year. Regardless of the season, I have to close all the east curtains every morning for a while, unless it's cloudy and no sun to glare onto the hardwood floor. But on the ends I have to close curtains only on the north, during the summer, and only on the south, during the winter--or thereabouts.
I always enjoyed a Christmas tree. I like the lights with different colors. At night I would turn off most of the lights in the house and just sit and enjoy the tree all lit up. I haven't put one up in some years now because I quit doing Christmas. A part of me would like to put one up just to enjoy looking at it, especially in the evenings. But I think it might be depressing to have a tree with no presents under it, and knowing there wouldn't be any. Seems kinda pointless.
We got a little over an inch of rain yesterday. It didn't seem like that much, since it came down lightly, off and on. But it kept coming throughout the day and most people in the area reported the same amount. Very nice.
