Hello From Rockville

I will try and catch you up on two days.

Yesterday I spent time with Harlan, when I got in to see him we discovered that there was a treat being served on Harlan's floor we decided we'd try it. It was very good in fact Harlan had two it was, I'm not sure what, kind of like a cookie, bar or a piece of cake and flavored like a spice cake. After the treat we went to his room to rest and watch TV and Rick called so our plans changed and we went to McD for coffee, Harlan chose to have a cheese burger and coffee I had coffee and Rick just visited, we headed back to the VA and Rick went off to fix The ST. Cloud House garage door. It was good to see Rick. After Harlan took his meds and his neb machine I went home as Denese had made plans to come up to spend the night. She got up here a bit after 7:00. We watched a fun program on TV it was about clothing designers. The program like a lot of the shows on TV is going in the direction of one winner after several months. Yesterday we watched two segments the first one the designers had to fashion an outfit out of potato sacks and had one day to do so and they came up with some interesting pieces of clothing at the end one designer was sent "packing". The second segment we watched the designers were given money and could shop for supplies up to a certain amount and then had to design and make a garment with one designer eliminated. Because I have done sewing it was fun watching and if I remember next week I'll watch it again.

Today was a fun and exciting day. The YAH's group from church were to come here for a buffet pot luck and I wanted to include Harlan which is the reason Denese came up. We got everything ready in the community room then Denese went in to pick Harlan up. We had great food everyone brought wonderful stuff to eat with a great variety from hot dishes, salads, soup, lasagna, several deserts and every bite was great. Harlan had a good time and everyone enjoyed seeing him.

Because of all the activity it was hard for Harlan when we took him back so I guess at this time it will be the last time I will bring him here, he was not at the the apartment just to the community room and when he was here at Christmas time everything went so good I thought today would go well too and it did until we got back to the VA.

Today was a good day and we had a good time with friends and it's always good to see Denese and she was such a help to make the day great. So until tomorrow Good Night....Fran