and were parked at Carl's and planning to live in the Van.
We were both pretty stressed. I think more stressed than
perhaps either of us had ever been.
A few days later we moved to Jo's house on Spruce and stayed
there until we could get back into our house. What a lovely
gift that was! Jo and Alf were at the Cape for a month and
allowed us to live in their house. It is a lovely home and
helped lower our stress level, not completely, but lowered
it quite a bit.
It was a surprising number of weeks after we returned home
before our brains seemed to be working normally. It was
quite a shock to feel you had acquired overnight dementia,
but our younger friends were reassuring saying they too were
having problems processing information. Thank goodness we
eventually were back to normal or at least to where we were
before the fire.
Now we have survived our first flash flood with a barn
filled with 18 inches of mud. The mud has been cleaned out
and I parked the Prius in the barn for the first time since
July 13th! That was a good feeling.
Life has pretty much returned to normal.
Robert has had a terrible cold going on four weeks now. It
has really slowed him down although he says he thinks he is
finally getting better. We see his oncologist next week.
Last week I went to a reception for Nancy Pelosi and Jared
Polis. It was held in a beautiful south Boulder home which
had a glass wall in the living room with gorgeous views of
Boulder and the front range. I had an opportunity to speak
with Nancy, briefly and to have my picture taken with Jared
and Nancy. I'm hoping to get a copy of the picture
eventually.
This past weekend my Granddaughter, Rochelle
Doney-Ritterson has been here. Carl, Martha and Gabby
came for supper on Sunday and Connie came for lunch
and the afternoon on Monday. Connie and Greg had
spent the earlier part of the weekend in Vail celebrating
their 28th wedding anniversary! Rochelle and I went to
the "Hometown Fair" in Boulder on Sunday morning.
Rochelle commented that it was really a Fair for families.
Neither of us found much of interest to us.
We had lunch at Pei Wei and I brought Hot and Spicy Soup
home for Robert to add to the lunch I had left for him. He
loves Hot and Spicy soup so was happy for the addition.
Connie, Rochelle and I went to NCAR after lunch on Monday
and toured the science exhibits there. I was surprised
there were no art exhibits as there used to be.
I had planned on touring a candy factory in Denver, but of
course it was closed for Labor Day. We killed time until we
could have an early supper at the Gondolier and then Connie
and Rochelle headed off for the airport and I headed home.
It was fun to have Rochelle here for a few days. It is
delightful to find your grand-kid isn't a kid, but a very
successful and thoughtful adult!
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